Why the Kohen Gadol Personally Checked Every Sacrifice
Why the Kohen Gadol Personally Checked Every Sacrifice
Part of Yom Kippur · 16:16
Covers the Kohen Gadol's inspection of Yom Kippur offerings, five foods that cause tumah, and the ancient herb used as an eye remedy.
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says by the Kohen Gadol, 注专讘 讬讜诐 讻讬驻讜专, they would pass by him, they would make him look at the 驻专讬诐, 讗讬诇讬诐, 讜讻讘砖讬诐, the bulls, the rams, and the sheep. 转谞讬, because these were the korbanot they had to bring on Yom Kippur, so he should be well familiar with it. 转谞讬, in the 讘专讬讬转讗 it says, 讗祝 讛砖注讬专讬诐. Also, the 砖注讬专讬诐 they would take, goats. 驻专注讙讟 讚讬 讙诪专讗, 讜讟注诪讗 讚转谞讗 讚讬讚谉 诪讗讬 讟注诪讗 诇讗 转谞讬 砖注讬专讬诐? So how come in the Mishnah doesn't mention it? It just mentioned they took the 驻专讬诐, the 讗讬诇讬诐, and the 讻讘砖讬诐, why not the 砖注讬专讬诐? So, obviously, our 转谞讗 in the Mishnah holds that they only took in front of him the 驻专讬诐, the 讗讬诇讬诐, 讜讻讘砖讬诐, they did not take the 砖注讬专讬诐, why not? It says, 讻讬讜谉 讚注诇 讞讟讗 拽讗转讜, since it comes for an aveirah, it comes for a 讻驻专讛, 讞诇砖讗 讚注转讬讛, so if he's 注专讘 讬讜诐 讻讬驻讜专 going to see the 砖注讬专讬诐 which remind him of the 砖注讬专, remind him of the 讞讟讗, the 讞讟讗讬诐, he's going to feel bad. 驻专注讙讟 讚讬 讙诪专讗, 讗讬 讛讻讬 驻专讬诐 谞诪讬 注诇 讞讟讗 拽讗转讜, 讜讞诇砖讗 讚注转讬讛? The 驻专讬诐 also! Because one of the korbanot was a 驻专, and the 驻专 was to be 诪讻驻专 on his aveirot and his family's aveirot, so they also remind of 讞讟讗讬诐. But the Gemara answers: 讻讬讜谉 讚注诇讬讜 讜注诇 讗讞讬讜 讛讻讛谞讬诐, since that is to forgive for him and for the other 讻讛谞讬诐, 谞讜, 讚讗转讬, it comes for that, so he himself obviously, if it reminds him of an aveirah, is not bad. Let him do teshuvah! So that's going to make him do teshuvah. 讜讗讞讬讜 讛讻讛谞讬诐, also by the brothers, the 讻讛谞讬诐, 讗讬 讗讬讻讗 讗讬谞讬砖 讚讗讬转 讘讬讛 诪讬诇转讗, 诪讬讛讚专 讜讬讚注 讘讬讛. If there is a 讻讛谉 that takeh has some aveirah, he knows about it, adraba, it'll make him do teshuvah. But the other one, the 砖注讬专讬诐, that came for 讻讜诇讬 讬砖专讗诇, that's for mechaper on all the Yidden. 诇讗 讬讚注, that he doesn't know who did it, what, and that will remind him there is aveirot and there's nothing I can do about it. It's going to make him feel bad, that's why they didn't do it. So that's why they stay away from it.
讗诪专 Ravina, Ravina says, 讛讬讬谞讜 讚讗诪专讬 讗讬谞砖讬, this is what people say, used to be an expression like this: 讗讬 讘专 讗讞转讱 讚讬讬诇讗 讛讜讬, if the son of your sister becomes a a a 砖讜讟专 讛诪诇讱, becomes a officer of the government, 讞讝讬 讘砖讜拽讗 拽诪讬讛 诇讗 转讞诇讜祝, if you see him far away in the street, don't pass by him, leave. That was, if a relative of yours or somebody that knows you well, becomes the the the policeman, he knows more about you, he knows all your details, stay away from him! So that's an expression, the same thing here, that they say when comes to the 砖注讬专, stay away from the 砖注讬专 because you know too much. Weit, Zagt di Gemara, 转谞讜 专讘谞谉, the 专讘谞谉 have learned. See, it says that he would eat very little on Erev Yom Kippur, so he shouldn't come tamei. So the Gemara brings things noge'a a zav. 转谞讜 专讘谞谉, Rabbanan have learned, zav, if a person's a zav, and if you are a zav, and there's a din of one 专讗讬讬讛, and two 专讗讬讜转, and three 专讗讬讜转, and then you have to go to the mikveh to become tahor, and all kinds of dinim of a 讝讘, 转讜诇讬谉 诇讬讛 讘诪讗讻诇 讜讘讻诇 诪讬谞讬 诪讗讻诇. If he ate certain, a lot of food, certain foods Men have also one or two or three? A man, yeah. So if he ate certain foods, you could be toleh that that's not a zav. If you know a reason why the 讝讬讘讛 came, then he doesn't have a regular din of a zav. 讗诇注讝专 讘谉 驻谞讞住 讗讜诪专 诪砖讜诐 专讘讬 讬讛讜讚讛 讘谉 讘转讬专讗: 讗讬谉 诪讗讻讬诇讬谉 讗讜转讜 We don't give him to eat, this is the 讻讛谉, 诇讗 讞讙讘状讬 讜诇讗 讙讘状诐, not 讞壮 讙壮 讘壮 讬壮 and not 讙壮 讘壮 诪壮, 讜诇讗 讻诇 讚讘专讬诐 讛诪讘讬讗讬诐 诇讬讚讬 讟讜诪讗讛, not anything else that brings to the tumah. What is it? 诇讗 讞讙讘状讬, 讞壮 讙壮 讘壮 讬壮, 诇讗 讞诇讘, not milk, 讜诇讗 讙讘讬谞讛, not cheese, 讜诇讗 讘讬爪讬诐, not eggs, 讜诇讗 yayin, not wine. These things are all merabeh et hazera, can bring to the tumah. And not 讙讘状诐, what's 讙讘状诐? The 讙壮 is 诪讬 讙专讬住讬谉 砖诇 驻讜诇, it's a certain soup of beans, 讜讘砖专 砖诪谉, the 讘壮 is meat, fat meat, and the 诪壮 is 诪讜专讬讬住. Says here it's like 讝讗诇抓 讜讜讗住注专. Fish brine. Brine. A fish brine. We hear it all the time. Yeah. 讜诇讗 讻诇 讚讘专讬诐 讛诪讘讬讗讬诐 诇讬讚讬 讟讜诪讗讛, not anything Isn't 诪讜专讬讬住 that's a Fish, yes, fish. That has something milk in it, doesn't it? No, no, that's 讻讜转讞. Oh, 讻讜转讞, yeah. Here 讟讬讬讟砖讟, in Yiddish it's 讝讗诇抓 讜讜讗住注专. 讝讗讙讟 讚讬 讙诪专讗 weiter,
转谞讜 专讘谞谉, the Rabbanan have learned, 讞诪砖讛 讚讘专讬诐 诪讘讬讗讬谉 讗转 讛讗讚诐 诇讬讚讬 讟讜诪讗讛, there are five things that could bring a person to tumah. 讗诇讜 讛谉, these are: 砖讜诐, 讛砖讜诐, garlic, 讛砖讞诇讬讬诐, yeah, what's 砖讞诇讬讬诐? We need the English for it. Cress. What is it? Basically what this means. 讞诇讙诇讜讙讜转, what's that? Purslane. Yeah, the English is just as bad as the Hebrew. What's that in English? 讜讛讙专讙讬专, what's 讙专讙讬专? Gargir. Figs. I don't know, whatever Called 讙专讙讬专. What's it called? What's it called? 讙专讙讬专 in Hebrew. What's in English? What's in English? You won't believe it. What is it? You can't even pronounce it. No, of course I can. Rocket. Oh, you know what it is? There's a leaf called rocket? I've never. Okay. And 诇讬讛 of a beitzah, an egg, these are brings to 砖讻讞讛. And it quotes a pasuk, it says 讜讬爪讗 讗讞讚 讗诇 讛砖讚讛 诇诇拽讟 讗讜专讜转, someone went to the field to collect 讗讜专讜转.
转谞讗 诪砖诪讬讛 讚专讘讬 诪讗讬专 讝讛 讙专讙讬专. 讙专讙讬专 is 讗讜专讜转. 讗诪专 专讘讬 讬讜讞谞谉 诇诪讛 谞拽专讗 砖诪谉 讗讜专讜转? 砖诪讗讬专讬谉 讗转 讛注讬谞讬讬诐. It makes you see good, it lights up the eyes. 讜讗诪专 专讘 讛讜谞讗, 专讘 讛讜谞讗 said, 讛讗讬 诪讗谉 讚诪砖讻讞 讙专讙讬专, if you find 讙专讙讬专, 讗诐 诪爪讬 讗讻讬诇 诇讬讛 诇讬讻诇讬讛, if you can eat it, eat it. 讜讗诐 诇讗, if not, if you can't eat it, 诇讜讙专专讬讛 讗注诇 讙讘讬 注讬谞讬讛. Make, go use it over your eyes, it helps your eyes. Exercise. 讗诪专 专讘 驻驻讗, 专讘 驻驻讗 said, it's only 讙专讙讬专讗 讚诪爪专谞讗, only a 讙专讙讬专 that grows at the 诪爪专, that grows at the border. That means that there is, no, but wherever it is, because on one side it doesn't have anything else that grows, because if you have other things that grow it takes away the koach. Rashi says it weakens the koach of it, but if it's like on its own area, then it has a stronger koach and it helps your eyes. No, no. 讗诪专 专讘 讙讬讚诇 讗诪专 专讘, What? I'll get some rocket herbs. You know what it is? You'll find it, you know, in water. Order it online. And then I won't need glasses anymore. Right. 讗诪专 专讘 讙讬讚诇 讗诪专 专讘,
讗讻住谞讗讬, if you're a guest in someone's house, 诇讗 讬讗讻诇 讘讬爪讬诐, don't eat eggs, 讜诇讗 讬讬砖谉 讘讟诇讬转讜 砖诇 讘注诇 讛讘讬转, don't sleep in the garment, which means in the in the in the bed-gewand, in the linen, the sheets of the 讘注诇 讛讘讬转, because shouldn't eat eggs because it might make you have like a keri, so then it's not nice. And if you sleep in the 讟诇讬转讜 砖诇 讘注诇 讛讘讬转, it's also going to be not nice. Yeah? Okay. 讝讗讙讟 讚讬 Gemara weiter, 专讘 Normally you go to somebody's house, you sleep in the bed. Yeah. Why before does it say 讝讘 and one says 讟讜诪讗讛? That's the same thing, right? They're talking about the same thing. They're talking about 讟讜诪讗转 讝讘, yeah. Yes. Okay. 专讘 讻讬 诪拽诇注 诇讚专砖讬砖, 专讘, when he came to, when he happened to be in 讚专砖讬砖, 诪讻专讬讝, he would make an announcement: 诪讗谉 讛讜讬讛 诇讬讜诪讗? Who wants to marry me for one day? He came to the city for a day, so he wanted a wife, so he would marry somebody there. 专讘谉 讙诪诇讬讗诇, 专讘 谞讞诪谉, 谞讞诪谉 讻讬 诪拽诇注 诇砖讻谞爪讬讘, when he came to 砖讻谞爪讬讘, 诪讻专讬讝, he would make an announcement: 诪讗谉 讛讜讬讛 诇讬讜诪讗? Who wants to be my wife for a day? 驻专注讙讟 讚讬 Gemara, 讜讛转谞讬讗, didn't it say in a beraita, 专讘讬 讗诇注讝专 讘谉 讬注拽讘, 专讘讬 讗诇注讝专 讘谉 讬注拽讘 says, 诇讗 讬砖讗 讗讚诐 讗砖讛 讘诪讚讬谞讛 讝讜 讜讬诇讱 讜讬砖讗 讗砖讛 讘诪讚讬谞讛 讗讞专转, you can't marry a woman, a wife here and then marry another wife there, why? 砖诪讗 讬讝讚讜讜讙讜 讝讛 讗爪诇 讝讛, maybe they might meet, 讜谞诪爪讗 讗讞 谞讜砖讗 讗转 讗讞讜转讜. One wife will have a boy, the other wife will have a girl, they won't know, later they'll meet up and they'll marry each other, and brother will marry a sister, 讜诪诇讗 讻诇 讛注讜诇诐 讻讜诇讜 诪诪讝专讜转, the world will get full of 诪诪讝专讜转. 注诇 讝讛 谞讗诪专, it says 讜诪诇讗讛 讛讗专抓 讝诪讛, the earth is going to full full of 讝诪讛 because people are not going to know. But 讚讬 Gemara answers, 讗诪专讬, I'll tell you, 专讘谞谉 拽诇讗 讗讬转 诇讛讜. This is only by 住转诐 people, because they don't know, but a 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐 is a 拽讜诇, so everyone will know that this son, this boy was born by this woman who married one day this 讞讻诐. And the other, this girl married, so they won't come to coming to marry each other. If they're going to have a wedding, no, you know, the families are going to come, so they're going to Yeah, but what do they forget? First of all, they probably married very quietly. If you marry for one day, you probably made no fuss over it. If anybody's interested, rocket is arugula. Huh? Arugula. Arugula? What's arugula? Yeah, arugula, rocket. Arugula, I know arugula. Arugula, you can buy in Publix. Salad herb? Yeah, salad herb. It's commonly used now. Yes, comes in that. Okay, so that's 讙专讙讬专. It's very healthy. Yeah. A little bitter. That's for eyes. Good for eyes. Does science say that? I don't know, bugs. I don't think so. I haven't heard of it. Okay. Looks like a lettuce, huh? Absolutely. Small leaves. So then 驻专注讙讟 讚讬 Gemara, how could he marry a wife for one day? 讜讛讗诪专 专讘讗, didn't 专讘讗 say, 转讘注讜讛 诇讬谞砖讗, if you ask a woman to marry, 讜谞转驻讬讬住讛, and she agreed, 爪专讬讻讛 诇讬砖讘 砖讘注讛 谞拽讬讬诐. How can he marry today, yeah? How can he marry her today? She had to wait seven days and go to the mikveh before she gets married. And for 讚讬 讙诪专讗, 专讘谞谉 讗讬注讚讜讬讬 讛讜讜 诪讜讚注讬 诇讛 诪拽诪讬 讛讻讬, 诪砖诇讞讬 砖诇讜讞讗. They would know, the fact is that they came in that day. They would send a message before, and saying and anybody wanted would prepare herself seven days, and when she comes they get married for one day, and the next day he divorces her, and he leaves. Why couldn't the women were already were already counting, suspecting that maybe he'd come? No, no, you can't count again. Yeah, it's only when you know that you're going to get married. Yeah, but you're not allowed to marry a woman if you don't intend to stay married to her. Well, it depends. If he's 讚注转讜 诇讙专砖讛, depends why. It's why you want to divorce her, because you don't like her. Yeah, the Tumim family. Two peshatim. One peshat is because a pasuk. No, no, why you can't marry. One peshat is because you're tricking her. She doesn't know that. It says there's the Rambam, the Rambam has two reasons. So according to that reason you're allowed to, because she made up lechatchilah. What did you say, Tumim? The Tumim family, they he was a real good-looking bachur, and he was a big lamdan, everybody wanted him. But he was walking, and then Princess Wilhelmina, the King's daughter, saw him. She came home and said, \"I saw this guy. That's who I want to get married to.\" \"So who is it?\" \"Jewish guy.\" \"Jewish guy? Crazy?\" She said, \"No, I got to marry him.\" He says, \"Alright, so we'll have to convert him.\" So so the his rav, somebody found out that they're going to come to be 转讜讘注 the son. So, \"Run away.\" So, you have to marry \"We'll have to marry somebody right now today.\" They couldn't find who to marry on such short notice, nobody would marry on such short notice, so he had to marry the maid, had a young maid. And they stayed married? That was the thing. After the after the chasunah they told the princess, \"We're sorry, he's married already.\" Then the next day the mother says, \"Alright, let's make the divorce.\" She, \"How can I do that?\" They said to her, \"Are you ready to mekabel a get?\" She said, \"No.\" They said to her, you know, \"You want to force her?\" and she said, \"No.\" So then then they had she had two sets of Tumim. Tumim. Something like similar to the story from the the the Shpaler Zayde. Yeah. Not the Shpaler Zayde, 专' Leib Sarah's. R'' Leib Sarah's also the pritz wanted to marry. A whole story R'' Leib Sarah's. Yeah, that's why he's called R'' Leib Sarah's, because his mother was Sarah and she agreed to marry this old man, that was the thing. Melamed. Melamed. She, he wanted her. No, this was the opposite. He wanted right? The pritz, the son, wanted her, and then they were going to go get her, and then, so, had to marry her off, and there was nobody there, just the alter melamed. So she said, \"For one day I'll marry him.\" And the next day, when they came to divorce, she said she doesn't want to. This guy did such a mesirat nefesh, they stayed, and they had a child, and the child was R'' Leib Sarah's.
R'' Leib Sarah's is such a big person that his name is even mentioned in Sefer Raziel Hamalach in the back. Raziel Hamalach? Yeah. Mentioned there as what? As a tefillah, a tefillah of Reb' Leib ben Sarah. Who was the girl that the prince wanted to marry her and then she Kiddush Hashem, Raziel Hamalach No, that's the whole thing. The Rebbe said it shows the 讗诪讬转讬讜转 of the 注谞讬谉 that they have 讻转讘讬诐 of this 住驻专 with this 转驻诇讛 in the back before Reb' Sarah was born, and there's no other person in history, in Jewish history, which we know with the name of Sarah of Leib ben Sarah. I mean, a famous person. I mean, if something is there, it must be somebody big and not stam. So, that's what it says there. Rabbi Shabazi, a Yemenite big rabbi, 诪拽讜讘诇, 讙讚讜诇. A prince, Muslim, 诪讜住诇诪讬, 专爪讛 讗转 讛讘转 砖诇讜. 讗讬 讗驻砖专 诇住专讘 诇诪诇讱? Yeah. So she was walking to the chasanah, and he killed her. Kill her. She died. Yeah, 讛专讙 讗讜转讛. Shpaler Zeide. What did he do to her? Kill her. With the Shem. She died. Her father killed her? The father killed her because the the Arab want to marry her. He want to to take her to the palace. Her name was not Sarah. But the Rebbe said, that's what the Rebbe said, that he thinks it's the same person, even though the name of the mothers are different. Her name was not Sarah. Why kill her? Kill the Arab. Kill the Arab, they're going to kill all the Jews. No, with the Shem! I said they can Kill the Arab? How would they know that he They know him very well, these guys. Being 诪拽讜讘诇, anything happens there they know he done it. How do they know? So they should blame him and then for the girl too. If they know everything, they can blame him for the girl too. Moshe Rabbeinu knew how to kill with the 砖诐 讛砖诐. Kill the 诪爪专讬 with the 砖诐 讛砖诐. Nobody learns the Tumim anymore. I don't see the 住驻专 around. Urim v'Tumim? It's not the same Tumim. The Tumim that's What? The Tumim, Sefer Tumim, the Urim v'Tumim is written by 住驻专 by Rabbi' Yonatan Eibeshitz. That's not the That must be different, this is. No, yeah, There is a different Tumim, there is in the back of this Gemara there is a 诪驻专砖. That's written by Frankel, Frankel Teomim I think they call it. How you spell Teomim? 转' 注' or 转' 讗'? 转' 讗', yeah. Not, not like a Urim v'Tumim, like a, like a tefillin. Te'omim, Te'omim, yeah. Yeah, Te'omim, that's what's his name, he's a 讞住讬讚讬砖注 专讘讬, no? 注专 讗讬讝, 注专 讗讬讝 讗 讞住讬讚讬砖注 专讘讬 讗讚注专 讗 专讘. Yeah, but it's in the back of the Gemara you have a 驻讬专讜砖, the Te'omim, Frenkel Te'omim, I forgot his name, I think so, yeah. Well, I think, it's not, it's not, it was not easy to find a shidduch for his, to find, one day, one day he started to find, you know, Yale's zayde. Yale's zayde? Some 30 some years. So that's not such a long time ago, the the Te'omim. That's a long, not not a long ago. This one that the one that we're talking about is shorter. Short time. Before, I mean after I think, even even after, 150 years ago or something, yeah. I found that sefer. Don't worry about that, we'll speak about it. Did you car-borrow this? He takes mine, and I borrow his.