Commentary for Yoma 137:16

וכהן גדול עומד מכלל שהוא יושב והא אנן תנן

They said to him: A great king like yourself should bow down before this Jew? He answered: His image it is which wins for me in all my battles. He said to them: What have you come for? They said: Is it possible that star-worshippers should mislead you to destroy the House wherein prayers are said for you and your kingdom that it be never destroyed! He said to them: Who are these? They said to him: These are Cutheans who stand before you. He said: They are delivered into your hand. At once they perforated their heels, tied them to the tails of their horses and dragged them over thorns and thistles, until they came to Mount Gerizim, which they ploughed and planted with vetch, even as they had planned to do with the House of God. And that day they made a festive day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prohibiting every public mourning. This shews that Simeon wore the priestly garments outside Jerusalem.');">¹⁰</span> If you like say: They were fit to be priestly garments, or, if you like, say: It is time to work for the Lord: they have made void Thy law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXIX, 126. [In Megillath Ta'anith the day of the destruction of the Temple on Mount Gerizim is 21st Kislev. According to Josephus it was destroyed by Hyrcanus in the year 128 B.C.E. For the literature on the subject v. Lichtenstein, H., HUCA, vol. VIII-IX, p. 288].');">¹¹</span> THE SYNAGOGUE ATTENDANT WOULD TAKE A SCROLL OF THE LAW. One may infer from here that one may shew honour to the disciple in the presence of his master?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The question is, shall we consider this an answer to the problem propounded elsewhere and not answered (B.B 119b; Sotah 40b) as to whether it is legitimate to shew honour to a subordinate in the presence of his superior, (disciple in presence of master) . The solution, inferred from here, would be the affirmative.');">¹²</span> - Abaye said: It is all done for the sake of the high priest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., what happens here serves but to indicate how many subordinates the high priest has, i.e., how exalted his position is. The problem is still unsolved as to a situation in which the honour would be intended exclusively for the benefit of the disciple or subordinate.');">¹³</span> AND THE HIGH PRIEST STANDS. From this you can infer that he was sitting before, but surely we have learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Read with var. lec.: 'A Master said', as what follows is no Mishnah].');">¹⁴</span>

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