Ten Miracles That Happened Every Day in the Temple
Ten Miracles That Happened Every Day in the Temple
Part of Beit Hamikdash · 9:34
Aggada listing the Temple's recurring miracles, including how the holy meat's smell prevented miscarriage, and a halachic debate over counting internal versus external miracles.
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讘砖专 讛拽讜讚砖, and through the 专讬讞 讘砖专 讛拽讜讚砖 诇讗 讛驻讬诇讛 讗讬砖讛. What was that? Tzemach Tzedek. How the peshat, the peshat is that adrabah, 讘砖专 讛拽讜讚砖 could make her miscarry because it's a good smell. Nevertheless, it was a miracle she didn't miscarry. Here, adrabah, there was a miracle not to miscarry because of the 专讬讞 讘砖专 讛拽讜讚砖. You should give her to eat. Ah? Not even that much. Should give her to eat. 专讜讞 讗讞专转. That we could. Another thing: 讜诇讗 讛住专讬讞 讘砖专 讛拽讜讚砖 诪注讜诇诐, never did any holy meat, call it meat of korbanot, start smelling, get ruined. 讜诇讗 谞专讗讛 讝讘讜讘 讘讘讬转 讛诪讟讘讞讬讬诐, never was a fly in in in the place where they had the meat, because it's not normal. Because the the blood and the meat and this, it was full of flies, there was no fly there. 讜诇讗 讗讬专注 拽专讬 诇讻讛谉 讙讚讜诇 讘讬讜诐 讛讻讬驻讜专讬诐, it never happened that the Kohen Gadol became a 讘注诇 拽专讬 on Yom Kippur. 讜诇讗 谞诪爪讗 驻住讜诇 讘注讜诪专 讜讘砖转讬 讛诇讞诐 讜讘诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐, never did they find a pasul in the 拽专讘谉 讛注讜诪专 which they brought the second day of Pesach, not in the 砖转讬 讛诇讞诐 that they brought on Shavuot, and not in the 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐 which they brought every week. Another miracle was 注讜诪讚讬诐 爪驻讜驻讬诐 讜诪砖转讞讜讜讬诐 专讜讜讞讬诐, they stood crowded, they bowed down with space. 讜诇讗 讛讝讬拽 谞讞砖 讜注拽专讘 讘讬专讜砖诇讬诐, never did any snake or scorpion do any damage in Yerushalayim. 讜诇讗 讗诪专 讗讚诐 诇讞讘专讜 爪专 诇讬 讛诪拽讜诐 砖讗诇讬谉 讘讬专讜砖诇讬诐, never did a person have to say to his friend, \"You know, there's not enough space for me to sleep over in Yerushalayim.\" There's always room. Now, the also, the velt taytsh, the taytsh here, it doesn't say there was never a time. No one complained. There were times, but no one cared! No one complained about it. So, how many nissim do we have? So, let's count it. Okay. No one was, no woman miscarried. Ten, ten. It
said ten, let's count which ones. The meat never got spoiled. There was no fly in the butcher there. No 拽专讬 for the Kohen Gadol. There was no pasul in the 注讜诪专, and the 砖转讬 讛诇讞诐, and the 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐. They stood crowded and they 诪砖转讞讜讜讬诐 专讜讜讞讬诐. A snake didn't ruin them, and a person never said it's crowded in Yerushalayim. These are the ten. Okay. The Gemara will discuss it. First the Gemara asked, What are we going to do? Fregt di Gemara: 驻转讞 讘诪拽讚砖 讜住讬讬诐 讘讬专讜砖诇讬诐, he started off by saying there were ten nissim in the Beit HaMikdash, but then the end is not Beit HaMikdash, that no snake or scorpion damaged Yerushalayim, no person said there's no space in Yerushalayim. So the Gemara says, 讗讬讻讗 转专转讬 讗讞专讬谞转讗 讘诪拽讚砖, there are two more in the Beit Hamikdash. 讚转谞讬讗, what is it? 诪讬诪讬 诇讗 讻讘讜 讙砖诪讬诐 讗砖 砖诇 注爪讬 讛诪注专讻讛, never did 讜诇讗 讻讘讜 讙砖诪讬诐, 讜诇讗 讻讘讜, 讻讘讜, yeah. They never they never extinguished, may rain, because it was open. The fire. The Mizbeach was in the outside. Mizbeach wasn't under a roof, so then never the rain extinguished the fire in the Mizbeach, of the 诪注专讻讛. 讜注砖谉 讛诪注专讻讛, and when it came to the smoke of the 诪注专讻讛, 讻诇 讛专讜讞讜转 砖讘注讜诇诐 讘讗讜转 讜谞讜砖讘讜转 讘讜, the strongest winds that came and blew, 讗讬谞谉 诪讝讬讝讜转 讗讜转讜, they couldn't move it. The smoke went up straight, never got moved. Okay. So then we have in the Beit Hamikdash, we have two more. Fregt di Gemara: 讜转讜 诇讬讻讗? There's no more?
讜讛转谞讬 专讘 砖诪注讬讛, Rav Shemaya learnt, 砖讘专讬 讻诇讬 讞专住 谞讘诇注讬诐 讘诪拽讜诪谉. The din is like this: that when you cook the korban in a keli cheres, the keli absorbs the taste. What happens afterwards? The the taste stays there, but the korbanot have a din of 谞讜转专. After a certain time, a day and a half or something, a day and a night, it's leftover, you can't use it. So by another keli, you can kasher the keli, so you won't taste it, but keli cheres you can't kasher. So what do you do with the keli cheres? You have to break it. Now, okay, so once you break it, all the time break it, what do you do with it? They're going to pile up. 拽讜讘专 讗讜转讜. You're going to You're going to pile up, pile up. So what happened was, it used to by itself get swallowed into the ground. Couldn't break it in a way that you could put it back together? No, you wouldn't be allowed to. It would become tamei, touch taste again. It's considered posel that again. You can't kasher, that's not considered, but that was the way to kasher. No, that's tumah. Here it's about taste. In case of tumah you could say it's keli, so it loses the tumah, here it's the taste. 讜讗诪专 Abaye, 讗讘讬讬 said, 诪讜专讗讛 讜谞讜爪讛 讜讚讬砖讜谉 诪讝讘讞 讛驻谞讬诪讬 讜讛诪谞讜专讛, that the the the the the feathers and the inside and the the the ashes from the Mizbeach and the ashes from the menorah, what did they do with it? It also got swallowed in the in in came in on the place. So here it comes out we have more miracles! So the Gemara says like this: 驻住讜诇讬 讚转诇转讗 讛讜讜, 讞砖讬讘 诇讬讛 讻讞讚. Now the three pesulim when we said there was never a pasul in the 注讜诪专, 砖转讬 讛诇讞诐, and 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐, that's really counted as one. It's one thing, there was never a pasul in the korbanot. 讗驻讬拽 转专讬, so you take out two. We counted those three as three. If you make them all into one, so you got less two. 讜注讬讬诇 转专讬, put in other two. Okay. So we put in two more. What are the two more? So we put in two more: one is that the smoke, and the geshamim never extinguished If you count all the swallowed-in as one, 讞住专讗 诇讛, it will be missing one. So, the Gemara says, 讗讬讻讗 谞诪讬 讗讞专讬转讬, there's another one.
讚讗诪专 专讘 讬讛讜砖注 讘谉 诇讜讬, 讬讛讜砖注 讘谉 诇讜讬 just said, 谞住 讙讚讜诇 谞注砖讛 讘诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐, there was a big nes by the 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐. 住讬诇讜拽讜 讻住讬讚讜专讜, that when they took it away, it was as warm and as fresh as when they put it down. It was laying on the table for a week. On Shabbos they put it down. Next Shabbos they took off, and they put a new one. Right, warming it. So, when it was still warm. Yeah, for a week. So, it's a ruchniyusdike warmer. 砖谞讗诪专, it says, 诇砖讜诐 诇讞诐 讞诐 讘讬讜诐 讛诇拽讞讜, 讻讬讜诐 讛诇拽讞讜, 讘讬讜诐 讛诇拽讞讜. They put on warm bread like the day it was taken. Okay, so that's another nes. Steam rising? Is there steam rising from it? They could see it was warm, yeah. 转谞讬 讙诪专讗, 讜住讜 诇讬转, and there is no more? 讜讛讗诪专 专讘 诇讜讬, didn't 专讘 诇讜讬 say, 讚讘专 讝讛 诪住讜专转 讘讬讚讬谞讜 诪讗讘讜转讬谞讜, we have a mesorah, tradition from our fathers, 诪拽讜诐 讗专讜谉 讗讬谞讜 诪谉 讛诪讬讚讛, that the aron did not take up space. 讜讗诪专 讗讘讬谞讗, 讬讗诪专 砖诪讜讗诇, another thing we have in the name of 砖诪讜讗诇, 讻专讜讘讬诐 讘谞住 讛讬讜 注讜诪讚讬诐, they were, it decides the aron in in the Kodesh Hakodashim, there were keruvim that was made by Shlomo Hamelech, very big. And the the they were they were standing next to the aron, and their wings they went out gold. Their wings stuck out all the way to the end of the room. Now the problem is, the wings were so big that they were that the the thing itself should have to fall. The weight was too much on one side, and nevertheless it stood there. So, that was a nes. So the sha'al, why don't we count these? So the Gemara answers, 谞住 讚讘讬专讗 拽讗 讞砖讬讘. How did they even fit? Uh? How did they fit? It fit exactly into the room. They came till the end of the room, but it took up the whole room, the wings, and this thing was small. Imagine big wings, it should have fallen over. It didn't take any room, that's why it fit. No, it didn't. The aron didn't take room, this took up room. By the way, the sea started already not being able to They stuck a little bit into the 驻专讗讞. So each wing was five amot. So wing-tip to wing-tip was ten amot, so you have, and then you have two of them, so it's It's twenty amot. It's twenty amot wide? It's twenty amot wide, yeah. So the Gemara answers, 谞住 讚讘讬专讗 拽讗 讞砖讬讘. A nes that was outside, that people could see, that's the count, because it says people saw the miracles. 谞住 讚讙讜讗讬, the nes that happened inside, 诇讗 拽讗 讞砖讬讘, that he's not counting.
驻专注讙讟 讚讬 讙诪专讗, 讗讘诇 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐 谞诪讬 谞讬住讗 讚讙讜讗讬 讛讜讗? The 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐 on the table was inside. So why did we count that? We said one of the nissim was that the 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐 was just this as uh warm. And also there was no pasul in the 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐. But that's a nes that who could see it? It's inside. So the answer is 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐 谞诪讬 讚讘专讗讬 讛讜讗. 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐 was seen on the outside. 讚讗诪专 专讘讬 砖诪注讜谉 讘谉 诇拽讬砖, Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish says, 诪讗讬 讚讻转讬讘, it says, 注诇 讛砖诇讞谉 讛讟讛讜专. It says, the 砖讜诇讞谉, which is 讟讛讜专. 讟讛讜专 诪讻诇诇 砖讛讜讗 讟诪讗. If you say it's 讟讛讜专, it means it's possible to become 讟诪讗. Something that can't become 讟诪讗, you can't call 讟讛讜专. So the question is, how did the 砖讜诇讞谉 how is the 砖讜诇讞谉 able to become 讟诪讗? 讻诇讬 注抓 注砖讜讬 诇谞讞转, 讻诇讬 注抓 注砖讜讬 诇谞讞转, so 讻诇讬 注抓 注砖讜讬 诇谞讞转 讗讬谞讜 诪拽讘诇 讟讜诪讗讛. The din is that any 讻诇讬 that's made to stay and stay, furniture that's not made to move, doesn't become 讟诪讗. And also 讞讜爪抓 讘驻谞讬 讛讟讜诪讗讛. Not only it doesn't become 讟诪讗, that if 讟讜诪讗讛 comes, it blocks it out. So here, how could they say that the 砖讜诇讞谉 was 讟讛讜专, which means it could become 讟诪讗? 讗诇讗 诪诇诪讚 砖诪讙讘讬讛讬谉 讗讜转讜 诇注讜诇讬 专讙诇讬诐. They would take it out. When the people came for Yom Tov, they would pick it up, take it out, 讜讗讜诪专讬诐 诇讛诐, they would show the people, 专讗讜 讞讬讘转讻诐 诇驻谞讬 讛诪拽讜诐. Look how Hashem loves you, 砖住讬诇讜拽讜 讻住讬讚讜专讜, they'd say, look at the bread, it's old bread, and it's still fresh. 砖谞讗诪专, it says, 诇砖讜诐 诇讞诐 讞诐 讘讬讜诐 讛诇拽讞讜, that it was warm. So m'meila they it shows that the 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐 was taken out. So it was seen, and that's a nes from the outside. A nes from the outside it counts.