Commentary for Yoma 36:5

ואי בעית אימא יחודי הוו מיחדי להו לפי שאינו דומה מי שיש לו פת בסלו למי שאין לו פת בסלו

But did not Raba say: If one has proposed marriage to a woman and she has consented then she must await seven clean<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The assumption being that because of the excitement involved she has become a menstruant.');">¹¹</span> days? - The Rabbis informed them before by sending their messenger earlier. Or, if you like, say: They only arranged for private meetings with them, because 'You cannot compare one who has bread in his basket with one who has no bread in his basket'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The craving of him who lacks the opportunity of gratifying it is much more intense than that of him who has the opportunity.');">¹²</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>THE ELDERS OF THE COURT HANDED HIM OVER TO THE ELDERS OF THE PRIESTHOOD AND THEY TOOK HIM UP TO THE UPPER CHAMBER TO THE HOUSE OF ABTINAS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There the family of Abtinas prepared the incense, there the high priest was taught the skillful manipulation that would enable him to take up the incense without spilling one grain.');">¹³</span>

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