Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Yoma 70:1

מיתיבי (יחזקאל מד, יט) ולבשו בגדים אחרים ולא יקדשו את העם בבגדיהם

An objection was raised: And they shall put on other garments and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLIV, 19. [The prohibition of the use of woolen garments in verse 17 shows that the reference is to the Day of Atonement, as on other days some of the priestly garments were made of wool; further, the words 'and they shall put on other garments' are taken as applying to their return in the afternoon into the inner court after they had gone forth into the outer court to put off their garments with which they ministered in the morning, and the words 'they shall not sanctify the people with their garments' are taken as a separate command forbidding the use by the priests of the garments of ministry when not in actual service (Rashi) .]');"><sup>1</sup></span> Would you not say that 'other' implies better garments? - No, 'other' implies inferior ones. R'Huna B'Judah, or, as some say, R'Samuel B'Judah learnt: After the community service is over, a priest for whom his mother made a tunic, may put it on and perform therein private service,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The removal of the spoon and coal-pan, which may be done even when the community is absent, hence is called 'individual or private service.');"><sup>2</sup></span> provided he hands it over to the community.

Pri Tzadik

ויהי בימים וגו' וירא בסבלותם: In the Medrash it is written that G-d saw that they had no rest, and Moshe went and established the Shabbat day. This needs explanation - how is it hinted to here that Moshe established the day of rest for them? The verse says that G-d saw their hardships, no more no less. However, there is undoubtedly a hint towards the Shabbat day. The idea is that in every element of the creation of the world the words וירא אלהים כי טוב are used. How is it possible for the verse to say that G-d saw - didn't he see before/during his creation of the world? However, the intention of the verse is that through G-d's vision he was able to put the light (that he had created in the first day) into them. The only time it doesn't say כי טוב is when G-d created darkness and תוהו ובהו on the first day, and on the second day, G-d created Gehinom according to the Talmud in Pesachim (54A). The verse that says that G-d created evil, even though such a concept is not mentioned in the Genesis account of the creation of the world.
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