Commentary for Pesachim 171:3

ת"ש אבא שאול אומר עליית בית קדשי הקדשים חמורה מבית קדשי הקדשים שבית קדשי הקדשים כהן גדול נכנס לו פעם אחת בשנה ועליית בית קדשי הקדשים אין נכנסין לה אלא פעם אחת בשבוע ואמרי לה פעמים בשבוע ואמרי לה פעם אחת ביובל לידע מה היא צריכה

Come and hear: Abba Saul said: The upper chamber of the Holy of Holies was more stringent than the Holy of Holies, for the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies once a year, whereas the upper chamber of the Holy of Holies was entered only once a septennate - others say, twice a septennate - others say, once in a Jubilee - to see what it required?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., repairs. Thus the upper chambers were sanctified.');">⁵</span> -Said R'Joseph: Shall a man stand up and raise an objection from the Hekal!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Holy, the hall containing the golden altar etc. , contrad. to the Holy of Holies (Jast.) . In the present passage, however, R. Joseph appears to use the word more elastically, making it embrace the Holy of Holies too.');">⁶</span> The Hekal is different, because it is written, Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the Temple], and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the ark-cover;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Chron. XXVIII, 11.');">⁷</span>

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