Commentary for Yoma 49:12

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> איבעיא להו כשהן מפייסין לעבודה אחת מפייסין או דילמא לכל עבודה ועבודה הן מפייסין תא שמע ארבע פייסות היו שם ואי סלקא דעתך לכל עבודה הן מפייסין טובא הוו אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק הכי קאמר ארבע פעמים נכנסין להפיס ולכל חדא וחדא היו בה טובא פייסות

THE CAKES<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Made on the (pan) . V. Men.96a. It was the daily sacrifice of the high priest which accompanied the daily regular sacrifice. Lev. VI, 13; Shek. VII, 6.');">²³</span> AND THE WINE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVIII, 7.');">²⁴</span> ALTOGETHER THIRTEEN PRIESTS OBTAINED A TASK.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two, that of slaughtering and sprinkling; two, clearing the golden altar and the candlestick; six, taking up the limbs and inwards, three, taking up the flour and wine-offerings.');">²⁵</span> BEN AZZAI SAID BEFORE R'AKIBA IN THE NAME OF JOSHUA: IT [THE DAILY OFFERING] WAS OFFERED UP IN THE WAY IT WALKS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'according to the manner of its gait', i.e., in order of the parts of the body active in the movements; first head and right hind-leg, then breast and neck, then the two fore-legs, then the two flanks, the tail and the left hind-leg.');">²⁶</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>The question was asked: When they take the count, do they do so for one service or for each individual task? - Come and hear: Four counts were there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 22a.');">²⁷</span> Now if the thought should arise in you that there was a separate count for each task, there would be need of many counts! - R'Nahman B'Isaac said: This is what [the Mishnah] means: Four times they went in for counting, and on each occasion there were many counts.

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