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BEIT HAMIKDASH

The Order of Fires and Offerings on the Altar

The Order of Fires and Offerings on the Altar

Part of Beit Hamikdash · 13:34

Walks through the sequence of fires and offerings on the Temple altar -- from the blood offering through the incense, meal-offerings, and libations.

Audio Transcript
Opening confusion about the freilach greeting

Huh? We used to sing it and this guy didn't know what to say. Oh, in shul, in shul here? Oh, yeah. So Okay. Yeah, this guy didn't know it here, so we'd sing it and this guy said No, no, no, not officially. Okay. Yes, it was freilach here. I heard. We always wish everyone a freileche Chanukah, it should be a freileche. You were here? You were in freilach? Okay, we're holding here 住讬诪谉 讻状讜. 讗讘讬讬 讛讜讛 诪住讚专 住讚专 讛诪注专讻讛 诪砖诪讗 讚讙诪专讗 讜讗诇讬讘讗 讚讗讘讗 砖讗讜诇. Why did he say Abba Shaul? Because Abba Shaul was the one who knew it. Came from Abba Shaul. Huh? Because in one in one 驻专讟 of what it says here, there's a machloket between Abba Shaul and the 讞讻诪讬诐. And because this goes according to Abba Shaul. In this 住讚专, in one 驻专讟 there is a machloket, and this 住讚专 goes according to Abba Shaul's opinion. What is this 住讚专? So, we're going to tell us the 住讚专 of the way when they brought the korbanot in the Beit Hamikdash, what was the order? So, he's 诪住讚专 the 住讚专 讛诪注专讻讛. The 诪注专讻讛 is when they brought the korbanot, all the This is what we read every day? Every day we say this, 驻专拽 讗讬讝讛讜 诪拽讜诪谉. You look in the Siddur on the bottom, it says Yoma 讚祝 诇状讙. Look in the Siddur, in the 诪专讗讛 诪拽讜诐 it says Yoma 讚祝 诇状讙. Yeah. 诪注专讻讛 讙讚讜诇讛 拽讜讚诪转 诇诪注专讻讛 砖谞讬讬讛 砖诇 拽讟讜专转. Huh? No, no, that's 讗讘讬讬 讛讜讛 诪住讚专. Okay. 诪注专讻讛 讙讚讜诇讛, this was a 诪注专讻讛 is the place where they had the fire. So, they

First 诪注专讻讛: the big fire for the korbanot

had a fire, and this was called a 诪注专讻讛 讙讚讜诇讛, a big one, because that's where they were 诪拽讟讬专 the 拽讟讜专转. So, that was the first thing. That came before the second 诪注专讻讛. 拽讟讜专转? 拽讟讜专转. 砖诇讗 讬拽讟讬专讜 讻诇 讛拽讟讜专转. No, all the 讛拽讟专转. No, no. The second one was. The 拽讟讜专转. All the korbanot, which is called 讛拽讟专转, because when you maktir a korban, even though the word ketoret the word ketoret No, no. This This is the seder. So, first they made the fire, the first fire for all that were all the korbanot. But this came before 诪注专讻讛 砖谞讬讬讛 砖诇 拽讟讜专转, then there is a second 诪注专讻讛 of ketoret. And that was in the corner the the mizbeach was very big, so they had the big fire in the middle, then they had on the side small 驻讬讬注专诇讗讱, small little fire they made. That was a pesukim we learn out because it says the word 转讜拽讚 on the mizbeach three times, so there were three a few 诪注专讻讜转, whatever. What's a 诪注专讻讛? 诪注专讻讛 is when they set up the wood. Setting up? Setting up with the and they put the fire on it. So, they set this up. So, they set up the first 诪注专讻讛, then you have the second 诪注专讻讛. The

Second 诪注专讻讛: the fire for the ketoret

second 诪注专讻讛 was also on this mizbeach. Why is it called 诪注专讻讛 砖诇 拽讟讜专转? Because when they brought the ketoret, they have to take the fire from here. So, they took it from this second 诪注专讻讛, that's why they called this the 诪注专讻讛 砖谞讬讬讛, second 诪注专讻讛 砖诇 拽讟讜专转. 诪注专讻讛 砖谞讬讬讛 砖诇 拽讟讜专转 拽讜讚诪转 诇住讬讚讜专 砖谞讬 讙讝讬专讬 注爪讬诐. The second 诪注专讻讛 of ketoret came before they were mesader two wood two pieces of wood. There was a special halacha that you have to put two What's the English for this? Blocks? of wood. Not logs? Logs. Oh, not logs. Logs. Okay, two two pieces of wood. Onto the mizbeach. Onto the mizbeach. 住讬讚讜专 砖谞讬 讙讝讬专讬 注爪讬诐 拽讜讚诐 诇讚讬砖讜谉 诪讝讘讞 讛驻谞讬诪讬. This came before In other words the way He said in a funny seder. The next came that they cleaned the inside mizbeach. There's a big mizbeach on the outside, there's a small mizbeach for the ketoret inside, so they used to clean it every day. This came after it. 讚讬砖讜谉 诪讝讘讞 讛驻谞讬诪讬 拽讜讚诐 诇讛讟讘转 讞诪砖 谞专讜转. Cleaning the 诪讝讘讞 讛驻谞讬诪讬, the inside mizbeach, came before the preparation of five of the candles. The menorah had seven candles. Five were cleaned and prepared separately and two separately. These are all learned out from pesukim. So, now came the five. 讛讟讘转 讞诪砖 谞专讜转 拽讜讚诪转 诇讚诐 讛转诪讬讚. Making these five candles, preparing them came before the korban tamid. 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚 it says 讚诐, the I mean the 砖讞讬讟讛 and then the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚. Huh? They cleaned it. From the night before, they took out the oil, put in new wood. Yeah, they cleaned five first. They didn't light it yet. Took out the ashes from from the 诪谞讜专讛. No, no. Yeah. All this they prepared, they made it ready. Then came the the 讚诐 讛转诪讬讚, 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚. 讜讚诐 讛转诪讬讚 拽讜讚诐 诇讛讟讘转 砖转讬 谞专讜转.

Sequence: blood offering, two extra candles, then ketoret

After the 讚诐 讛转诪讬讚, then came the other two candles they prepared. 讜讛讟讘转 砖转讬 谞专讜转 拽讜讚诪转 诇拽讟讜专转. And preparing the two 谞专讜转 came before the 拽讟讜专转. 讜拽讟讜专转 拽讜讚诪转 诇讗讘专讬诐. 拽讟讜专转 came before they brought the 讗讘专讬诐, which are the the the limbs, the parts of the animal of the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚. 讜讛讗讘专讬诐 拽讜讚诪讬诐 诇诪谞讞讛. The 讗讘专讬诐, these parts of the 拽专讘谉 came before for the 诪谞讞讛, because a 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚, which was an 注讜诇讛, had a 诪谞讞讛 with it, had flour. 讜诪谞讞讛 拽讬讚诪讛 诇讞讘讬转讬谉, the 诪谞讞讛 came before the 讞讘讬转讬谉, which was a 拽专讘谉 讞讘讬转讬谉. Why is it listed like that instead of just, yeah, I'm saying it's a strange, yeah, it says it came before, okay, so that's part of the 讛诇讻讛. The reason why they came here because it had to be before that, okay. Would you know that if you started with one and went to ten, you know? No, no, you wouldn't know. No, you know it's the order, but the 砖讗诇讛 why is it? Is it because this comes first or is it because it has to come before the second? So they're trying, no, it writes this from here, the reason why this comes because it has to come before the next, and the next one has to be there because it has to be before the next. How many sorts of, huh, for the 讻讛谞讬诐? For the, 讞讘讬转讬谉 is for the 讻讛谉, the 讻讛谉 讙讚讜诇 brought a 拽专讘谉 讞讘讬转讬谉. Or a new 讻讛谉. What does 讞讘讬转讬谉 mean? 诪讞讘转, 诇砖讜谉 讞讘讬讜转, like a pan, frying pan. 讞讘讬转讬谉 拽讚诪讜 诇谞住讻讬诐, 讞讘讬转讬谉 came before 谞住讻讬诐. 谞住讻讬诐 when they poured the wine on the 拽专讘谉. So that, on the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚, that came after 讞讘讬转讬谉. 谞住讻讬诐 拽讚诪讜 诇诪讜住驻讬谉, if there was a 诪讜住祝, like it was 专讗砖 讞讜讚砖 or 砖讘转, there was 拽专讘谉 诪讜住祝, so this came before the 诪讜住祝. 诪讜住驻讬谉 拽讚诪讜 诇讘讝讬讻讬谉, the 诪讜住驻讬谉 came before the 讘讝讬讻讬谉. 讘讝讬讻讬谉 are the two, they call them spoons on the table which had the 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐, you had two spoons of 诇讘讜谞讛. So on Shabbos they would be 诪拽专讬讘 them, so they were 诪拽专讬讘 on Shabbos after the 诪讜住祝. 讘讝讬讻讬谉 拽讚诪讜 诇转诪讬讚 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐, the 讘讝讬讻讬谉 came before the second 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚. Some place in between they brought all the other 拽专讘谞讜转 which are not 讞讜讘讛. This is the seder of the day that had to be brought. It says 拽讜讚诪转 and then it says 诇... That means the same thing? 拽讚诪讜 before, no, 拽讜讚诪转 to. No, I didn't understand the 诇, why... Before, before to, it's the, yeah. And it came before the second 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚. That was the last thing. 砖谞讗诪专, it says: 讜注专讱 注诇讬讛 讛注讜诇讛, it says you should bring the 拽专讘谉 注讜诇讛 on it, 讜讛拽讟讬专 注诇讬讛 讞诇讘讬 讛砖诇诪讬诐, all the 拽专讘谞讜转 砖诇诪讬诐 should be on it. What does it mean on it? 注诇讬讛 讛砖诇诐 讻诇 讛拽专讘谞讜转 讻讜诇诐. See, people really don't understand the peshat. And it says that you have to bring it all before the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚, so how do you taytsh? Because the Gemara 讚专砖谞'讟: 注诇讬讛 讛砖诇诐, on it you should finish all the 拽专讘谞讜转. What's the on it? On the 诪讝讘讞? On which 转诪讬讚? Everyone learns like, everyone thinks the peshat like that, that's the wrong peshat. It's 诪砖诪注, he thinks that the word is, on it you have to finish all the 拽专讘谞讜转. On it means before it, before the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐. 讛驻砖讟 讗讬讝 驻讗专拽注专讟, on it goes on 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专. That everything has to be after the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专, not after the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐. You have to finish everything 讘讛诪砖讱 to the, to 注诇讬讛, to it, to the first 拽专讘谉. Memeila it means that you can't bring anything after the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐, because everything has to come after 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专. And that's how we know 注诇讬讛 讛砖诇诐, look immediately how Rashi learns: 注诇讬讛 注诇 讛注讜诇讛, the 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专, 讛讗诪讜专讛 讘专讬砖 注谞讬讬谞讗, 讚讻转讬讘: 讜注专讱 注诇讬讛 讛注讜诇讛, it says: 讛砖诇诐 讻诇 讛拽专讘谞讜转, 讜诇讗 注诇讬讛 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐. You have to finish it all after that. 诇讬诪讚, Rashi says, it teaches you, 注诇 讛转诪讬讚 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐 砖讛讜讗 讗讞专讜谉 诇讻诇 讛拽专讘谞讜转. So that teaches you that it's the last one. I want to know how they taytsh it in the English. What did they say here? On it? Not over there, no. This I'm, I'm saying the English translation of the Siddur. Let me find the English. What the ArtScroll? What does it, what does it say here? I'm sure it says, Rashi do you mean? Let's see what it says in the English. 注诇讬讛, on it, I'm sure, although they're writing, when they printed it, they definitely, when they wrote it, they looked up, they didn't just write from, from their head. Here, 注诇讬讛 讛砖诇诐 讻诇 讛拽专讘谞讜转 讻讜诇诐: The kohen shall arrange the burnt-offering on the altar and burn it, the fats of the, with this, all the offerings were completed. Aha, with this. So it shows that it's last. Complete, that's last. Yeah, with this they're all completed. Why? How else? No, we're saying it goes on the 拽专讘谉 砖讞专. Yeah, that we cannot do anything after the last... No, the 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专 is the morning. On it, all the 拽专讘谞讜转 have to come after the 拽专讘谉 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专, not after the 拽专讘谉 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐, so... Right, that's the last... No, with this all, with this meaning with what, with what is this? Completed, including the, the 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专, the whole thing is complete, the whole day is complete. That's why they said completed. That's mashma, which if that's what they meant, it's wrong, it's wrong. Why, you just said... What does it say again? It says that you had, then comes... All these offerings... Yeah, the kohen shall arrange, see, and the kohen shall arrange the burnt-offering on the altar and burn on it, on it the fat of the peace-offerings, of 砖诇诪讬诐. With this, all the offerings were completed. Meaning the whole day. You're saying that 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专. With this, and we were talking about 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专, the way it says this, all the, the whole day, including, including... What mean with this? With which one is it finished? With the 转诪讬讚 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐! 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐 is the last one! But Rashi said that's not the pshat!

Progression from 讞讘讬转讬谉 to 谞住讻讬诐 to 诪讜住驻讬谉 to 讘讝讬讻讬谉

Rashi says the pshat is that since the 驻住讜拽 talks about the 拽专讘谉 砖诇 砖讞专, on the 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专 you have to finish everything! Which means, Rashi teaches you, that you can't bring anything after 拽专讘谉 砖诇 讘讬谉 讛注专讘讬讬诐. That's what we know now. So this, if this is what they meant... is wrong. But what does it say by you? It says upon it, that is the 转诪讬讚 砖诇 砖讞专, the morning 转诪讬讚. Oh, upon it the morning 转诪讬讚 is being offered? Yeah. No, but that's right. No, I mean, okay, because the lashon is Okay, fine. So the Gemara vayter. 转谞讜 But you can see they interpreted it as, now, 讛砖诇诪讬诐, the completions, meaning that they are that all the services of the day should be completed after the morning After the morning. before the Wait, turn back, give me the part of Rashi. How does the The English does that. Here also does that. Artscroll's good. But here, it's not clear. It says on it, maybe Okay, I don't know. 转谞讜 Really, it's not simply taytsh, it's into the Because the taytsh you can't say, taytsh is it, but the peshat of what it means is. Maybe that's what they mean, too? No, but the way the way it's written doesn't seem right, but could be they meant right, too. 转谞讜 专讘谞谉, 专讘讬 讬讛讜讚讛 讗讜诪专, 专讘讬 讬讛讜讚讛 learned, Listen man, yeah. 讜讗诪专讬 诇讛, some say that Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda said: 讗讞专 砖讻诇转讛 注讘讜讚转 爪讬讘讜专 on Yom Kippur, after the Kohen Gadol finished that avodah that belongs for the community, 讻讛谉 砖注砖转讛 诇讜 讗诪讜 讻转讜谞转, if a Kohen what if the Kohen Gadol his mother made made for him a special clothes, 诇讜讘砖讛, he could put it on, 讜注讜讘讚 讘讛 注讘讜讚转 讬讞讬讚. Now 注讘讜讚转, personal avodah he can do. But Rashi, what does that mean? When he came into the 拽讜讚砖 讛拽讚砖讬诐 the second time to take out the censers, that's not 注讘讜讚转 爪讬讘讜专. It's not an avodah. He pashut had to take it out. That the Gemara calls 注讘讜讚转 讬讞讬讚. So then he could put on something that his mother made for him special, 讜讘诇讘讚 砖讬诪住专谞讛 诇爪讬讘讜专, as long as she was given over, donated it that it should become part of the 爪讬讘讜专. The Gemara 驻砖讬讟讗. Obviously, why? If it's given to the 爪讬讘讜专, what's the difference? Why would you think not? What's the problem? It's supposed to belong to the 爪讬讘讜专. If the mother made it for him specially, but she gave it away as a donation, sure it's good. The Gemara said, 诪讛讜 讚转讬诪讗, I would think, 谞讬讞讜砖 砖诪讗 诇讗 诪住专讛 讬驻讛 讬驻讛. I would be afraid, maybe she really when she gave it, she didn't really want to give it, because she meant it for her son. For her son, yeah. No, it's her son. She really meant it should be for her son. So 诪诪讬诇讗 拽讗 诪砖诪注 诇谉 that we don't worry about it. 讗诪专讜 注诇讬讜 注诇 讬砖诪注讗诇 讘谉 驻讗讘讬, they said on 讬砖诪注讗诇 讘谉 驻讗讘讬, 砖注砖转讛 诇讜 讗诪讜 讻转讜谞转 砖诇 诪讗讛 诪谞讛, she made a shirt for him, 诪讗讛, a hundred 诪谞讛. A 诪谞讛 is a hundred. $10,000 worth of wool, 讜诇讜讘砖讛, and he wore it, 讜注讜讘讚 讘讛 注讘讜讚转 讬讞讬讚, and he did the 注讘讜讚转 讬讞讬讚, 讜诪讜住专讛 诇爪讬讘讜专, and it became part of the 爪讬讘讜专. 讗诪专讜 注诇讬讜 注诇 讗诇注讝专 讘谉 讞专住讜诐, I mean 砖注砖转讛 诇讜 讗诪讜 讻转讜谞转 砖诇 砖转讬 专讘讜讗, 砖转讬 专讘讜讗 is 20,000, 20,000 coins worth, 讜诇讗 讛谞讬讞讜讛讜 讗讞讬讜 讛讻讛谞讬诐 诇诇讜讘砖讛, they wouldn't let him put it on, 诪驻谞讬 砖谞专讗讛 讻注专讜诐, because it was so fine, so fine, so it was see-through! He looked naked! Fragt di Gemara: 诪讬 诪住转讘专讗? How could he be see-through? 讜讛讗诪专 诪专: 讞讜讟谉 讻驻讜诇 砖砖讛? Doesn't it say that when you make it you have to each thread was made of six, and there was gold in it, I mean? 讗诪专 讗讘讬讬: 讻讞诪专讗 讘诪讝讙讗. Or 讻讚讗诪专讬谞谉 诇拽诪谉 Flax. Yeah, but they were still 诪讜爪祝, it says, the 驻砖转谉 诪讜爪祝, Rashi says, 讻讱 讛讬讛 驻砖转谉 诪讜爪祝. What it means to say is, that sometimes when you put water in a kli, and the kli is very thick, you have a lot of it, and you look, you still could see through. So the same thing, it was taka thick 住讞讜专讛, but you could see through. Yeah.

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