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BEIT HAMIKDASH

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 -- the fragrance of the sacrificial meat, rain never extinguishing the altar's fire, and the showbread staying miraculously warm.

Audio Transcript
Miracle of the Holy Meatโ€™s Fragrance

ื”ืงื•ื“ืฉ and through the ืจื™ื— ื‘ืฉืจ ื”ืงื•ื“ืฉ ืœื ื”ืคื™ืœื” ืื™ืฉื”. ืื“ืจื‘ื”, ืคืฉื˜ ืคืฉื˜ is that forget, ื‘ืฉืจ ื”ืงื•ื“ืฉ could make her miscarry because it's a good smell. Nevertheless, it was a miracle, she didn't miscarry. Here, forget, there's miracles not to miscarry because of the ืจื™ื— ื‘ืฉืจ ื”ืงื•ื“ืฉ. Maybe the Jewish give her to eat. Uh? Not even I would. give her to eat, it won't happen. That would be good. Another thing, ื•ืœื ื”ืกืจื™ื— ื‘ืฉืจ ื”ืงื•ื“ืฉ ืžืขื•ืœื, never did any holy meat meat of ืงืจื‘ื ื•ืช start smelling, get ruined. ื•ืœื ื ืจืื” ื–ื‘ื•ื‘ ื‘ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžื˜ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื, never was a fly in in in the place where they slaughtered the meat, cuz it's not normal. Cuz it's the blood and the meat, and this place was full of flies. There was no fly there. ื•ืœื ืื™ืจืข ืงืจื™ ืœื›ื”ืŸ ื’ื“ื•ืœ ื‘ื™ื•ื ื”ื›ื™ืคื•ืจื™ื, never happened to the ื›ื”ืŸ ื’ื“ื•ืœ, became a ื‘ืขืœ ืงืจื™ on Yom Kippur. ื•ืœื ื ืžืฆื ืคืกื•ืœ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ ื•ื‘ืฉืชื™ ื”ืœื—ื ื•ื‘ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื, never did they find a ืคืกื•ืœ in the ืงืจื‘ืŸ ื”ืขื•ืžืจ which they brought the second day of Pesach, not in the ืฉืชื™ ื”ืœื—ื that they brought on Shavuot, and not in the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื which they brought every week. Another miracle was ืขื•ืžื“ื™ื ืฆืคื•ืคื™ื ื•ืžืฉืชื—ื•ื•ื™ื ืจื•ื•ื—ื™ื, they stood crowded, they bowed down with space.

No Snake or Scorpion Harm in Jerusalem

ื•ืœื ื”ื–ื™ืง ื ื—ืฉ ื•ืขืงืจื‘ ื‘ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื, never did any snake or scorpion do any damage in Yerushalayim. ื•ืœื ืืžืจ ืื“ื ืœื—ื‘ืจื• ืฆืจ ืœื™ ื”ืžืงื•ื ืฉืืœื™ืŸ ื‘ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื, never did a person have to say to his friend, \"You know, there's not enough space for me to sleep over in Yerushalayim.\" It'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 time, but no one cared. No one complained about that. So, how many nisim do we have? So, let's count it. K. No one was No woman miscarried. 10 10 nisim. The It's a 10. Let's count which ones. The meat never got spoiled. There was no fly in the butcher there. No ืงืจื™ for the ื›ื”ืŸ ื’ื“ื•ืœ. There was no ืคืกื•ืœ in the ืขื•ืžืจ and the ืฉืชื™ ื”ืœื—ื and the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื. They stood crowded and they ืžืฉืชื—ื•ื•ื™ื ืจื•ื•ื—ื™ื. A snake didn't ruin them, and a person never said that it's crowded in Yerushalayim. Here are the 10. K. The Gemara will discuss it. First the Gemara What are we going to? ืคืจืง ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจื”, ืคืชื— ื‘ ื‘ืžืงื“ืฉ ื•ืกื™ื™ื ื‘ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื. He started off by saying there were 10 nisim in the Beit Hamikdash, but then the end is not Beit Hamikdash, that no snake scorpion did harm in Yerushalayim, no person said there is no space in Yerushalayim. So the Gemara says, ืื™ื›ื ืชืจืชื™ ืื—ืจื™ื ื™ ืกื‘ื ื“ื‘ื™ืชื”. There are two more in the Beit Hamikdash. And ืชื ื™ื, what is it?

Rain Never Extinguished the Temple Fire

ืžื™ืžื™ ืœื ื›ื‘ื• ื’ืฉืžื™ื ืืฉ ืฉืœ ืขืฆื™ ื”ืžืขืจื›ื”. Never did ืœื ื›ื™ื‘ื• ื’ืฉืžื™ื. ื›ื™ื‘ื• ื›ื™ื‘ื•, yeah. They never They never extinguished the Any rain It was open The The mizbeach was in the outside. The mizbeach wasn't under a roof, so they never the rain extinguished the fire in the mizbeach, of the ืžืขืจื›ื”. ื•ืขืฉืŸ ื”ืžืขืจื›ื”, and when it came to the smoke of the ืžืขืจื›ื”, ื›ืœ ื”ืจื•ื—ื•ืช ืฉื‘ืขื•ืœื ื‘ืื•ืช ื•ื ื•ืฉื‘ื•ืช, the strongest winds that came and blew ืื™ืŸ ืžื–ื™ื–ื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื•, didn't move it. The smoke went up straight, never got moved. K. So then we have in the Beit Hamikdash, we have two more. So the ื’ืžืจื ื•ืชื• ืœื™ื›ื? There's no more? ื•ื”ืชื ื™ื ืจื‘ ืฉืžืขื™ื” ืžืงืœื ื‘ื•ื™ื”, Rav Shmaya learned ืฉื‘ืจื™ ื›ืœื™ ื—ืจืก ื ื‘ืœืขื™ืŸ ื‘ืžืงื•ืžืŸ. The din is like this, that when you cooked a korban in a ื›ืœื™ ื—ืจืก the ื›ืœื™ absorbs the taste. What happened afterwards? The taste stays there, but the korbanot have a din of notar. 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 ื›ืœื™, you can kasher the ื›ืœื™, so you won't hear But ื›ืœื™ ื—ืจืก, you can't kasher, so what do you do with a ื›ืœื™ ื—ืจืก? You have to break it. Now, okay, so once you break it, all the time break it, what do you do with it? Gonna pile up. ื™ื›ืคื”ื• ืขืœ ื›ืœื™ื•. ืงื•ื‘ืจื”ื•. You're going to can 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 allow to. It went back in touch. Taste again, it comes posel that again. You can't kasher Because that was the way to kasher. No, no. For tumah it's For ืืžืจ ืื‘ื™ื™, ืื‘ื™ื™ says Here it's a Here is the taste, it's not going to make it If it's by tumah, you could say it's always ื›ืœื™ so it loses its tumah. Here it's taste. For ืืžืจ ืื‘ื™ื™, ืื‘ื™ื™ says ืžื•ืจืื” ื•ื ื•ืฆื” ื•ื“ื™ืฉื•ืŸ ืžื–ื‘ื— ื”ืคื ื™ืžื™ ื•ื”ืžื ื•ืจื”, that the the the the the feathers and the insides and the the the the ashes from the mizbeach and the ashes from the ืžื ื•ืจื”, what did they do with it? It also got swallowed in the in in the in came in on the place. So here it comes out we have more miracles. So the Gemara says like this, ืคืกื•ืœืช ืชืœืชื ื”ื•ื”, ื—ืฉื™ื‘ ืœื™ื” ื›ื—ื“. Now, the three pesulim what we said there was never a pesul in the ืขื•ืžืจ, ืฉืชื™ ื”ืœื—ื, and ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื, that's really counted as one. It's one thing. There was never a pesul in the ืงืจื‘ื ื•ืช. ืืคื™ืง ืชืจื™, so you take out two. We counted those three as three. If you make them all into one, so you got less two. ื•ืื™ื™ืœ ืชืจืชื™, put in other two. K. So we put in two more. What are the two more? So we put in two more, one is that the smoke, and the ื’ืฉืžื™ื never extinguished The fire, and the ืขืฉืŸ ื”ืžืขืจื›ื” never went away, that's like one. And then you have all the ื›ืœื™ ื—ืจืก that these things got swallowed in. So the Gemara: ืื™ ื”ื›ื™, ื‘ืœื•ืขื™ืŸ ื ืžื™ ืชืจื™ ื”ื•ื•, ื“ืงื ื—ืฉื™ื‘ ืœื”ื• ื›ื—ื“, if you count all the swallowed-in as one, ื‘ืฆืจื• ืœื”ื•, then you'll be missing one. So the Gemara says: ืื™ื›ื ื ืžื™ ืื—ืจื™ืชื, there's another one. ื“ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ื‘ืŸ ืœื•ื™, ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ื‘ืŸ ืœื•ื™ just said:

Great Miracle of the Warm Showbread

ื ืก ื’ื“ื•ืœ ื ืขืฉื” ื‘ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื, there was a big nes on the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื, ืกื™ืœื•ืงื• ื›ืกื™ื“ื•ืจื•. 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 put a new one. So it was still warm. For a week. A ruchniyus'dike warmer. ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says: ืœืฉื•ื ืœื—ื ื—ื ื‘ื™ื•ื ื”ืœืงื—ื•, ื›ื™ื•ื ื”ืœืงื—ื•, ื‘ื™ื•ื ื”ืœืงื—ื•. They put up warm bread like the day it was taken. So there's another nes. Steam rising, there's a steam rising from it. They could see it was warm, yeah. Fregt di Gemara: ื•ืกืœืงื? There is no more? ื•ื”ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืœื•ื™, didn't ืจื‘ ืœื•ื™ say: ื“ื‘ืจ ื–ื” ืžืกื•ืจืช ื‘ื™ื“ื™ื ื• ืžืื‘ื•ืชื™ื ื•, we have a mesorah, tradition from our fathers, ืžืงื•ื ืืจื•ืŸ ืื™ื ื• ืžืŸ ื”ืžื“ื”, that the aron did not take up space. ื•ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข, ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ, ืจื‘ ื—ื ื™ื ื, ื›ืจื•ื‘ื™ื ื‘ื ืก ื”ื™ื• ืขื•ืžื“ื™ื. They were, besides the aron in in the Kodesh Hakodashim, there were keruvim that was made by Shlomo Hamelech, very big. And they were they were they were standing next to the aron, and their wings they made of 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 the thing itself should have all to the fallen. The weight was too much on one side, and nevertheless it stood there. So that was a nes! So they shine, why don't we count these? So the Gemara answers: ื ืก ื“ืœื‘ืจืื™ ืงื ื—ืฉื™ื‘. How did they even fit? Uh? Fit? Exactly into the room. They came till the end of the room, but it took up the whole room, the wings, and the spring was small. Imagine big wings, it should have fallen over. Cuz it didn't take any room, that's why it fit. The aron didn't take room, this took up room. They stuck a little bit into the parochet. Cuz each wing was five ืืžื•ืช. So wing tip to wing tip is ten ืืžื•ืช, and then you have two of them, so... That's twenty ืืžื•ืช. So twenty ืืžื•ืช wide? Twenty ืืžื•ืช, yeah. So the Gemara answers: ื ืก ื“ืœื‘ืจืื™ ืงื ื—ืฉื™ื‘. A nes that was outside that people could see, that's what counts, because it says people saw the miracles. ื ืก ื“ื’ื•ืื™, the nes that happened inside, ืœื ืงื ื—ืฉื™ื‘, that he's not counting. Fregt di Gemara: ืื‘ืœ ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื ื ืžื™ ื ื™ืกื ื“ื’ื•ืื™ ื”ื•ื? The ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื on the table was inside! So why did we count that? We said one of the nisim was that the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื was just as as warm, and also there was no ืคืกื•ืœ in the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื. But that's a nes that who could see it? It was inside! You had the body, so you got five plus the body... double the kings... You had the body, and then... Had to be some space in between. So the Gemara answers: ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื ื ืžื™ ื“ืœื‘ืจืื™ ื”ื•ื. ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื was seen on the outside. ื“ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ืœืงื™ืฉ, ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ืœืงื™ืฉ says: ืžืื™ ื“ื›ืชื™ื‘, it says: ืขืœ ื”ืฉื•ืœื—ืŸ ื”ื˜ื”ื•ืจ. It says the ืฉื•ืœื—ืŸ which is tahor. ื˜ื”ื•ืจ ืžื›ืœืœ ืฉื”ื•ื ื˜ืžื. If you say it's tahor means it's possible to become tamei. Something that can't become tamei you can't call tahor. So the question is: how did the ืฉื•ืœื—ืŸ, how was the ืฉื•ืœื—ืŸ able to become tamei? ื›ืœื™ ืขืฅ ืขืฉื•ื™ ืœื ื—ืช, ื›ืœื™ ืขืฅ ืขืฉื•ื™ ืœื ื—ืช, ื•ื›ืœ ื›ืœื™ ืขืฅ ืขืฉื•ื™ ืœื ื—ืช ืื™ื ื• ืžืงื‘ืœ ื˜ื•ืžืื”. The din is that any ื›ืœื™ that's made to stay and stay, furniture that's not made to move, doesn't become tamei. And also ื—ื•ืฆืฅ, not only doesn't it become tamei, but if tumah comes it blocks it out. So here, how could they say that the ืฉื•ืœื—ืŸ was tahor, which means it could become tamei? ืืœื ืžืœืžื“ ืฉืžื’ื‘ื™ื”ื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ืœืขื•ืœื™ ืจื’ืœื™ื. They would take it out. When the people came for Yom Tov, they would pick it up, take it out, ื•ืžืจืื™ืŸ ืœื”ื, they would show the people: ืจืื• ื—ื™ื‘ืชื›ื ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืžืงื•ื! Look how Hashem loves you! ืฉืกื™ืœื•ืงื• ื›ืกื™ื“ื•ืจื•, they say: look at the bread! It's old bread and it's still fresh. ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says: ืœืฉื•ื ืœื—ื ื—ื ื‘ื™ื•ื ื”ืœืงื—ื•, that it was warm. So mimeila it shows that the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื was taken out. So it was seen, and that's a nes from the outside, and a nes from the outside you count. Going out, all these people, all of Israel? Huh? All of Israel, all of them. Certain things stand by after outside. ื›ืœื™ื ืœืจื’ืœื™ื, ื›ืœื™ื ืœืจื’ืœื™ื. Huh? Those big ื›ืจื•ื‘ื™ื side to side... Has to be ื›ืœื™ ืงื™ื‘ื•ืœ. Shlomo Hamelech made ื›ืœื™ ืงื™ื‘ื•ืœ... ืฉื•ื˜ื”... ืฉื•ื˜ื” ืขื•ืœื...

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