Talmud for Yoma 6:1

ללילה ולילה ליום הכא צריך שימסור יום ללילה ולילה ליום רבי חייה בר יוסה אמר מכיון שמסר יום ללילה דייו מה אמר ר' חייה בר יוסף בישיבת אהרן ובניו מה אין תמן שכתוב בו תמיד את אמר מכיון שמסר יום ללילה דייו כאן שאין כתוב בו תמיד לא כל שכן אשכחת אמר על דעתיה דר' יוחנן היה שם שבע עמידות וששה פירוקין על דעתיה דר' חייה בר יוסף היה שם ארבע עשרה עמידות ושלש עשרה פירוקין תני כל שבעת ימי המילואים היה משה מושח את המשכן ומעמידו ומפרקו וסודר עליו את העבודות וביום השמיני העמידו ולא פירקו ר' יוסה בי ר' יודה אמר אף ביום השמיני העמידו ומשחו ופירקו א"ר זעירא זאת אומרת שהקמת הלילה פסולה לעבודת היום אשכחת אמר על דעתיה דר' יוחנן כר' יוסי בר ר' יודה היה שם

But if the doubt exists, that the sight of the impurity dates partly from to-day and partly from the morrow, the impurity is certain, but the sacrifice uncertain. On account of this, R. Hiya bar-Joseph answered in the presence of B. Yohanan: Who is it who taught that one of these occasions of impurity can be divided into two? It was R. Yosse. He answered: You thus refute your own opinion; for you say that each twinkling of an eye of the time accomplished in a half-mile, according to R. Nehemiah, is doubtful, and not only the end of it. No contradiction can be offered to this; when the Prophet Elijah shall return to this world, and will explain to us what this twilight means, no one will contest him. R. Hanina argued against the disciples of the Rabbis: Since, said he, it is night as soon as three stars are visible, be the sun still high in the heavens, the same must apply (before the day) in the morning. R. Abba said: It is written (in Gen. xix. 23) : "The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar;" and is written (in Lev. xxii. 7): "And when the sun is down he shall be clean." The sunrise is compared with the sunset: As sunset corresponds to the disappearance of the sun from the sight of man, so also sunrise is manifested by the appearance of the sun to the eye of man.

Jerusalem Talmud Yoma

MISHNAH: He scrambled the urn¹To make sure that he had no control about which lot he grabbed in each hand. and brought up the two lots; one had written on it “for Hashem²Cf. Chapter 3, Mishnah 9, Notre 144.”, and the other had written on it “for Azazel³Since הָאֶ֥בֶן הָאָֽזֶל (IS. 20:19) is a monolith, עז-אזח is a strong monolith, either a rocky mountain top or a sheer cliff, in the words of the verse (Lev. 16:22) “in a cut (or cut-off) land.””, with the executive officer to his right and the head of the serving family to his left. If the Eternal’s came up in his right hand, the executive officer said to him, “Sir High Priest, lift you right hand.” But if it came up in his left hand, the head of the serving family said to him. “Sir High Priest, lift your left hand.” He puts them on the two he-goats⁴Standing between the two he-goats, the lot in his right hand is put on the he-goat to his right, and the one in his left on the he-goat to his left side. and says, “for Hashem a purification offering”⁵In Lev. 16:9 the expression וְעָשָׂה֭וּ חַטָּֽאת׃ cannot mean “sacrificed it as purification offering” since its slaughter is prescribed only in v. 15; it must mean “declare it as purification sacrifice.”. Rebbi Ismael says, it was not necessary to say “a purification offering,” only “for Hashem”⁶Since both he-goats already were taken as purification sacrifices, v. 5., and they answer, “praised be the glory of His Kingdom forever and ever.”

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MISHNAH: He tied a shiny strip on the head of the he-goat to be sent away⁵⁹Between its horns. and put it next to its departure gate, and on the one to be slaughtered around the place of its slaughter⁶⁰Around its neck, so it clearly would be distinguished from the he-goat chosen for the musaph sacrifice at the end of the service.. He came to his bull a second time, leaned both his hands on it and confessed, and thus he was saying: “Please Hashem, I acted criminally, I offended, I sinned before You, I and my house, and the Sons of Aaron, your holy people. Please Hashem, please atone the criminal acts,” etc⁶¹The text should be completed by the duly amended text of Mishnah 3:9..

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Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim

MISHNAH: The Cow³⁴The red cow whose ashes purify the impurity of the dead, Num. 19., the he-goat which is sent away³⁵The scapegoat of the day of Atonement., and the shiny strip³⁶The strip of purple wool, together with a branch of cedar and a hyssop, which the Cohen has to throw into the pyre of the burning Cow, Num. 19:6. come from the money disbursed from the lodge³⁷These are explicitly prescribed by biblical verses.. The ramp for the Cow³⁸Leading directly from the Temple to the Mount of Olives., the ramp for the he-goat which is sent away³⁹The ramp built to shield the scapegoat while it is lead away, Yoma6:4., the strip bound on its horns⁴⁰Mishnah Yoma4:2, 6:6., the water canal⁴¹The aqueduct which supplies water to the Temple. The need for a water supply is implicit in the biblical rules for the Tabernacle but is never explicitly mentioned., the city wall and its towers⁴²By biblical rules, family sacrifices may be consumed “in the camp.” The “camp” of the Temple is the walled city of Jerusalem. Therefore the integrity of the walls are a requirement of the Temple service and the necessary expenditures may be made from the Temple tax., and all needs of the city, come from the leftovers in the lodge⁴³The items mentioned in this sentence are all necessary or customary parts of the Temple establishment, but are not mentioned in biblical verses. They are paid for from monies not directly used for the service of prior years.. Abba Shaul says, the High Priests build the ramp for the Cow at their own expense.
What did one do with the leftover in the lodge⁴⁷What is left from the Temple tax at the end of the fiscal year.? One buys with it wine, oil, and fine flour,⁴⁸For public sacrifices these are paid for from the coins disbursed from the lodge. Wine, oil, and flour for private sacrifices are bought from the Temple as explained in the next Chapter. R. Ismael holds that the original funds for this operation come from the surplus of the Temple tax; R. Aqiba must hold that this is a self-financing non-profit operation. and the gain is the Temple’s, the words of Rebbi Ismael. Rebbi Aqiba says, one gains neither for the Temple nor funds for the poor⁴⁹He holds that the Temple may not be involved in commercial transaction. He objects to investing funds destined for the poor not only since avoidance of loss is more important than possible gain but also that money for the poor must be available at all times for possible emergencies..
What did they use the leftover of the disbursement⁷³If money was left in the boxes into which it was taken from the lodge at the time when new money was disbursed, the amount of new money was not reduced but the old money was put into a separate account to be used for other needs of the Temple. for? Gold sheets coating for the Holiest of Holies. Rebbi Ismael said, the leftover of produce⁷⁴The gain made by the Temple in providing flour, oil, and wine, for private sacrifices. is for adornment of the altar⁷⁵It is given to the gift account to buy elevation sacrifices in times when the altar otherwise would have been idle., the leftover of the disbursement is for Service vessels⁷⁶The vessels used in sacrificial acts.. Rebbi Aqiba says, the leftover of the disbursement is for adornment of the altar, the leftover of the libations⁷⁷As explained in Halakhah 5, the income from the trading arrangements with the suppliers to the Temple. is for Service vessels. Rebbi Ḥanania the executive officer of the Cohanim says, the leftover of the libations is for adornment of the altar, the leftover of the disbursement is for Service vessels. Neither of them did agree about produce⁷⁸R. Ḥanania agrees with R. Aqiba that the Temple has to provide the produce at cost and cannot make a gain on this service..

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