מניין לשנוי בגדים מן התורה שנא' (ויקרא ו, ד) ופשט את בגדיו ולבש בגדים אחרים ותנא דבי רבי ישמעאל לימדך תורה דרך ארץ בגדים שבישל בהן קדירה לרבו אל ימזוג בהן כוס לרבו
Whence do we learn change of garments<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As an act of honour.
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');"><sup>2</sup></span> and the School of R. Ishmael taught: The Torah teaches you manners: In the garments in which one cooked a dish for his master, one should not mix a cup [of wine] for his master.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Talmudic times liquor was diluted with water.
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Sefer HaChinukh
From the laws of the commandment is that which they, may their memory be blessed, said (Yoma 23b) that the lifting of the ashes is one of the services of the priesthood. But the priestly garments in which they would lift the ashes were lowlier than the vestments that he would use for the other services; as it is stated (Leviticus 6:4), "And he shall take off his clothes and wear other clothes." And even thought this verse was stated about the removal of the ashes to outside of the camp, nonetheless also with the lifting of the ashes – which is when he removes it from on the altar and puts it down on the floor next to the altar – we should learn that it also not fitting to do that service with those clothes in which he serves (otherwise). And it is said about this metaphorically (Shabbat 114a), "He should not mix the cup for his master with the clothes that he cooked the food for his master."
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