י מיתיבי והיכן קורין בו בעזרה רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אומר בהר הבית שנא'
10 AND HE RECITES EIGHT BENEDICTIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, VIZ., OVER THE TORAH, FOR THE TEMPLE-SERVICE, FOR THE THANKSGIVING, FOR THE PARDON OF SIN, OVER THE TEMPLE, OVER ISRAEL, OVER THE PRIESTS, OVER JERUSALEM, AND THE REST OF THE PRAYER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The separate editions of the Mishnah and the J. Talmud omit 'over Jerusalem', and to complete the number eight read 'and over the rest of the prayer'. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Is it to be deduced from this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the Torah was handed to his inferiors before being delivered to the High Priest. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> that honour may be paid to a disciple in the presence of his master? — Abaye said: [No]; all this was done for the purpose of honouring the High Priest. THE HIGH PRIEST STANDS, RECEIVES [THE SCROLL] AND READS etc. [Since it is stated that] he stands, it follows that he had been sitting; but a Master has said: In the Temple-court the kings of the house of David alone were allowed to sit, as it is said: Then David the king went in, and sat before the Lord, and he said: Who am I? etc!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. VII, 18. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> — It is as R. Hisda declared, [This occurred] in the Court of Women;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A part of the Temple-precincts which was non-holy. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> and here also [with the reading of the High Priest] it was in the Court of Women. An objection was raised: Where did the lection take place? In the Temple-court; R. Eliezer b. Jacob declares it was on the Temple Mount, as it is said,