Commentary for Yoma 10:5

בשלמא מכנסים כתיבי בענינא דבגדים אלא עשירית האיפה מנא לן אתיא זה זה (ויקרא ו, יג) מוזה קרבן אהרן ובניו אשר יקריבו לה' עשירית האיפה

But when it says, And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIX, 1.');">¹³</span> it includes the breeches and the tenth part of an ephah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which the priests are obliged to offer up on the day of their Consecration. V. Men. 51b.');">¹⁴</span> It may rightly be said that breeches are included in the general term 'garments',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIX, 5: And thou shalt take the garments and put upon Aaron.');">¹⁵</span> but whence do we know about the tenth of an ephah? - [This we know] by inferring [the meaning of the word] zeh [used here]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIX, 1.');">¹⁶</span>

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