תלמוד על שקלים 5:1

Rebbi Zeˋira in the name of Rebbi Ḥanina: Incense which was extinguished becomes defective even in carats¹⁰¹Even if entire grains of incense are not touched by the fire, they become disqualified. Babli Menaḥot24b.; for consumption is written only for the external altar¹⁰²Lev.6:3. A wick which was extinguished needs replacement¹⁰³Babli Menaḥot88b.. Immediately? The students of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Julianus say, first it needs to be cooled. Does the oil have to be replaced? The word of Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac implies that oil has to be replaced. Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac asked, now on the winter solstice half a log for each light, on the summer solstice half a log for each light¹⁰⁴Since the candelabrum has to be lit “from evening to morning’ (Ex.27:21), one would assume that filling the same volume of oil in winter and summer means that in the summer the remnants of the previous night’s oil have to be discarded. Cf. Babli 15a.? Rebbi Yose said, from this you cannot conclude anything, as we have stated there¹⁰⁵Mishnah Šeqalim 5:1., “Ben Bevay for the skeins”, he was threading the wicks¹⁰⁶If larger wicks are used in summer than in winter, the same amount of oil can be burned in all seasons. The Babli presumes without discussion that the oil has to be replaced, Menaḥot88b..

Rebbi Yose went up to Kufra⁹⁴Possibly Koufeir near Hasbeya in South Lebanon. and wanted to appoint providers there, but they did not accept. He came and said before them⁹⁵Mishnah Šeqalim 5:1 lists the small permanent staff of the Temple, probably in the last times of its existence. Ben Babai administered the oakum, bought with public money, from which the wicks for the candelabra were made.: “Ben Bavai over the oakum.” If this one had been appointed over the wicks and therefore merited to be counted with the leaders of his generation, you who are being appointed over the lives of people⁹⁶The poor who would starve without assistance., so much more. Rebbi Ḥaggai, when he inducted providers, let them carry the Torah, to indicate that every public office is given by the Torah (Prov. 8:15–16): “Through me, kings rule, through me, princes become princes.” Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba appointed magistrates⁹⁷Greek ἄρχων. He also inducted them to their offices by giving them the Torah scroll to carry..

All found an excuse for their behavior except Ben Qamsar. Also following what we have stated there²³⁷Mishnah Šeqalim 5:1. The following Paragraph also is there (Leiden ms. ש, Babli editio princeps שׁ, Munich ms. of the Babli M.).