Yoma 56b

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Topic

רבי יהודה and ברירה, why there is one stand on יום הכפורים, and the sprinklings in the היכל

Overview

The amud opens by asking whether רבי יהודה accepts ברירה, the idea that a later choice can reveal what was true all along. A proof from the wine case is rejected, because there the worry may simply be that the jug could burst. A stronger proof comes from איו's ברייתא about a two-sided ערוב, and רבי יוחנן explains why the east-or-west case is not ברירה. With אין ברירה established, the גמרא asks why רבי יהודה does not allow two labeled stands on יום הכפורים, since he does trust writing. The answer is that the fasting כהן גדול is too weak to notice differences. He does not notice bowl size or blood color, so he would not notice a label either. רבא then corrects a חזן whose description of the עבודה mixed the views of the רבנן and רבי יהודה. Finally, a ברייתא teaches that the sprinklings in the היכל copy those inside the קודש הקדשים, and that the שכינה stays with ישראל even in their impurity. A צדוקי's challenge to that idea begins at the end of the amud and continues on the next one.

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The steps (21)

1. Proofרבי יהודה forbids drinking before separating, so he seems to reject retroactive clarification
2. RejectionThe wine case may rest on a different reason: the jug might burst
3. ProofA better proof: רבי יהודה forbids a two-sided condition
4. StatementWhat is allowed and what is not in a conditional ערוב
5. StatementRecalling why two open directions do not work
6. ChallengeThe east-or-west case should also fail
7. ResolutionThe חכם had already arrived
8. ChallengeThen use two labeled stands on יום הכפורים
9. ResolutionThe כהן גדול's weakness means he won't notice labels
10. ProofProof: the bowls already differ in size
11. RejectionRejecting the idea that he collects only part of the bull's blood
12. RejectionRejecting the idea that spilled blood makes them equal
13. ConclusionConclusion: weakness explains it, and labels won't help either
14. StatementA prayer leader before רבא recites the order of the service
15. Challengeרבא points out a mixed-up description
16. Resolutionרבא's corrected wording
17. StatementThe משנה: sprinkling toward the curtain from outside
18. QuestionWhat does 'so shall he do for the אהל מועד' teach?
19. ResponseThe היכל sprinklings copy the inner ones
20. StatementThe שכינה stays even in impurity
21. StatementA צדוקי speaks to רבי חנינא