Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 37:13

ואמרו לו אישי כהן גדול וכו' לימא תהוי תיובתא דרב הונא בריה דרב יהושע דאמר רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע הני כהני שלוחי דרחמנא נינהו דאי אמרת שלוחי דידן נינהו

enter the Sanctuary and officiate all day at the service; towards evening he would be sprinkled,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The sprinkling made the clean unclean, hence the necessity of immediate immersion so as to fit him for to-morrow's service.');">²⁰</span> return southward, immerse himself<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 4b.');">²¹</span> and rest. But if you were to say that the Counsellors' Cell is to the north, he would then get up, relieve nature,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This would, on this assumption, take place in the north.]');">²²</span> turn to the south, immerse himself and learn the hafinah, enter the Sanctuary, perform the service all day, be sprinkled towards evening, return to the south and immerse himself, and then he would have to turn and go to the north to rest. Would we trouble him so much?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it seemed reasonable to assume that the Counsellors' Cell lay to the south.');">²³</span> Why should we not put him to much trouble so that if he be a Sadducee, he will give up; or in order that he become not too overbearing; for if you do not say so, let us place the two [cells] next to each other; or, let one be enough for him. THEY SAID TO HIM: SIR HIGH PRIEST etc. Shall we say that this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Our Mishnah, according to which he is addressed as 'Our Messenger'.');">²⁴</span> will be a refutation of R'Huna, the son of R'Joshua, for R'Huna, the son of R'Joshua said: These priests are messengers of the All Merciful God. For if you were to say they are our own messengers,

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