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Yoma 28a

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Topic

Arranging the two logs as an עבודה תמה, when a service gets a פייס, and the opening of the new chapter on checking for dawn and the כהן גדול's immersion

Overview

The גמרא first tests רבי זירא's equation that a service followed by another service is not one a זר is חייב מיתה for. It answers the challenges from אברים ופדרים and from תרומת הדשן, so רבי זירא's question on רבי יוחנן stands. It then revises רבי יוחנן's statement: a זר who arranges the two logs is liable because it is an עבודה תמה. רבא objects that such a service should have its own פייס. The גמרא answers that the logs were joined to the תרומת הדשן lottery for the reason given earlier in the chapter. It then tests the rule behind רבא's objection against שחיטה, the night burning of אברים ופדרים, and תרומת הדשן, and explains each case. An attempted proof from a משנה that arranging the logs is a night service is rejected. The chapter בראשונה ends. The new chapter opens with a משנה about checking for daybreak before slaughtering the תמיד, the moonlight mistake behind that check, and the rule for when a כהן needs טבילה or only קידוש ידים ורגלים.

Opening lines

וַהֲרֵי אֵבָרִים וּפְדָרִים!

But there are the limbs and the fats!

סוֹף עֲבוֹדָה דִימָמָא הִיא.

It is the end of the daytime service.

וַהֲרֵי תְּרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן!

But there is the removal of the ashes!

תְּחִילַּת עֲבוֹדָה דִימָמָא הִיא,

It is the start of the daytime service,

The steps (25)

  1. ChallengeChallenge from burning the limbs and fats at night
  2. ResolutionBurning the limbs belongs to the end of the day's service
  3. ChallengeChallenge from removing the ashes at night
  4. ResolutionRemoving the ashes is the start of the day's service
  5. ConclusionThe difficulty against רבי יוחנן remains
  6. ResolutionRevised version of רבי יוחנן's statement
  7. Challengeרבא: then it should need a lottery
  8. ChallengeBut there already is a lottery for the logs
  9. Resolutionרבא meant a separate lottery
  10. ResolutionAnswer: as we explained earlier
  11. ChallengeDoes Lottery Depend on Death Penalty for a Non-Priest? What About Slaughtering
  12. ResolutionSlaughtering Is the Start of the Day's Service
  13. ChallengeDoes Lottery Depend on a Service Being Final? What About Limbs and Fats
  14. ResolutionLimbs and Fats End the Day's Service
  15. ChallengeWhat About Removing the Ashes
  16. ResolutionThe Ash Lottery Came From a Past Incident
  17. ProofProof That Arranging the Logs Is a Night Service
  18. RejectionThe משנה Mentions Only What Cannot Be Fixed
  19. ConclusionHadran — Closing the chapter בראשונה
  20. StatementChecking whether it is time to slaughter
  21. Statementמתיא בן שמואל's version of the check
  22. QuestionWhy was such a careful check needed?
  23. ResponseThe moonlight mistake
  24. StatementThe כהן גדול goes down to immerse
  25. StatementTemple rule: when to immerse and when to wash