Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 70:1

מיתיבי (יחזקאל מד, יט) ולבשו בגדים אחרים ולא יקדשו את העם בבגדיהם

An objection was raised: And they shall put on other garments and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLIV, 19. [The prohibition of the use of woolen garments in verse 17 shows that the reference is to the Day of Atonement, as on other days some of the priestly garments were made of wool; further, the words 'and they shall put on other garments' are taken as applying to their return in the afternoon into the inner court after they had gone forth into the outer court to put off their garments with which they ministered in the morning, and the words 'they shall not sanctify the people with their garments' are taken as a separate command forbidding the use by the priests of the garments of ministry when not in actual service (Rashi) .]');">¹</span> Would you not say that 'other' implies better garments? - No, 'other' implies inferior ones. R'Huna B'Judah, or, as some say, R'Samuel B'Judah learnt: After the community service is over, a priest for whom his mother made a tunic, may put it on and perform therein private service,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The removal of the spoon and coal-pan, which may be done even when the community is absent, hence is called 'individual or private service.');">²</span> provided he hands it over to the community.

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