Yoma 45a

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Differences between a regular day and יום כיפור in the מקדש: the gold coal pan, the קטורת, the ramp, washing, and the wood piles on the מזבח

Overview

This amud finishes the list of the kinds of gold. רב אשי then says there are really five kinds, each with a regular and a better grade, and a ברייתא confirms that the יום כיפור vessel was red זהב פרוים. Next the גמרא goes through the משנה's list of ways יום כיפור differs from a regular day. On יום כיפור the קטורת is ground extra-fine, and a ברייתא learns this from an extra word in the פסוק. On a regular day the כהנים go up the east side of the כבש because every turn must be to the right. On יום כיפור they walk up the middle, and the כהן גדול washes from a golden flask, both out of honor for the כהן גדול. A ברייתא then brings three views on how many wood piles were on the מזבח: רבי יהודה, רבי יוסי, and רבי מאיר, whose count matches the משנה. The גמרא traces each pile to its source in the פסוקים, and the ברייתא about the leftover limbs and fats continues on the next amud.

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The steps (33)

1. StatementFinishing the list of the kinds of gold
2. Statementרב אשי says there are only five kinds of gold
3. ProofA ברייתא shows that the יום כיפור gold was red זהב פרוים
4. StatementThe משנה's next differences: the amount and fineness of the incense
5. QuestionWhy does the verse need to say 'fine'?
6. ResponseThe extra word teaches 'extra-fine'
7. StatementThe משנה: priests normally go up the eastern side of the ramp
8. ProofThe reason: every turn must be to the right
9. StatementOn יום כיפור they go up and down the ramp in the middle
10. ProofThe reason for walking in the middle is honor for the כהן גדול
11. StatementOn a regular day the כהן גדול washes from the כיור
12. ProofThe golden flask is also for the כהן גדול's honor
13. StatementOn a regular day there were four wood piles on the מזבח
14. Statementרבי יהודה: two piles every day, three on יום כיפור
15. Statementרבי יוסי: three piles every day, four on יום כיפור
16. StatementA third view: four piles every day, five on יום כיפור
17. QuestionWhere do the two piles everyone agrees on come from?
18. ResponseOne verse teaches both basic piles
19. QuestionWhere does רבי יוסי get his third pile?
20. Responseרבי יוסי learns it from a third mention of fire
21. Responseרבי יהודה uses that verse for lighting the kindling
22. ProofA ברייתא shows both readings of the verse
23. QuestionThen where does רבי יוסי learn the kindling law?
24. ResponseHe learns it from where רבי שמעון does
25. Proofרבי יהודה reads 'the sons of Aharon' as requiring a fit כהן
26. Rejectionרבי שמעון: the verse teaches lighting on top of the altar
27. Resolutionרבי יהודה explains why the verse is still needed
28. QuestionWhere does רבי מאיר learn the extra pile for leftover limbs?
29. Responseרבי מאיר learns it from the extra letter 'and'
30. ResponseThe רבנן do not expound the letter ו ('and')
31. QuestionWhat do the רבנן do with the leftover limbs?
32. ResponseThe leftovers go back to the large pile
33. ProofA ברייתא begins as the source for returning the leftovers