Yoma 39

(בראשית ד, ז) לפתח חטאת רובץ ושטן מאי אמר א"ל שטן ביומא דכיפורי לית ליה רשותא לאסטוני ממאי אמר רמי בר חמא השטן בגמטריא תלת מאה ושיתין וארבעה הוי תלת מאה ושיתין וארבעה יומי אית ליה רשותא לאסטוני ביומא דכיפורי לית ליה רשותא לאסטוני

Sin coucheth at the door.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. IV, 7. Overcoming people against their better intentions.');">¹</span> - What about Satan? - He answered: Satan has no permission to act as accuser on the Day of Atonement. Whence [is that derived]? - Rama B'Hama said: Hasatan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Satan.');">²</span>

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> בכל יום תורמין את המזבח בקריאת הגבר או סמוך לו בין לפניו בין לאחריו וביוה"כ מחצות וברגלים מאשמורה הראשונה ולא היתה קריאת הגבר מגעת עד שהיתה עזרה מלאה מישראל

in numerical value is three hundred and sixty-four, that means: on three hundred and sixty-four days he has permission to act as accuser, but on the Day of Atonement he has no permission to act as accuser. <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>EVERY DAY ONE WOULD REMOVE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 3: And the priest . . shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. In reality one did not remove all the ashes, but a handful. The rest was swept together on top of the altar and formed gradually a cone or 'apple', (tapuah ha-mizbeah) which was considered an ornament. It was removed only when it occupied too much room: And he . . shall carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place (ibid. 4) .');">³</span> [THE ASHES FROM] THE ALTAR AT KERI'ATH HA-GEBER OR ABOUT THAT TIME, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER'BUT ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT AT MIDNIGHT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To keep the high priest busy. This part of the work need not have been done by him, as Tosaf. Zeb. ');">⁴</span>

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנן התם אברים שפקעו מעל גבי המזבח קודם חצות יחזיר ומועלין בהן לאחר חצות לא יחזיר ואין מועלין בהן

AND ON THE FEASTS AT THE FIRST WATCH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to the watch, there is a diversity of opinion in Ber. 3a, some dividing the night into three, others into four such watches.');">⁵</span> AND BEFORE THE COCKCROW APPROACHED THE TEMPLE COURT WAS FULL OF ISRAELITES. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>We have learnt elsewhere: If limbs [of animal offerings] burst off from upon the altar before midnight, they must be put back and the law of Me'ilah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Me'ilah is the law concerning the unlawful use of sacred property; ma'al means 'commit a trespass' and refers to the use or appropriation of anything that belongs to the altar, to the Sanctuary, to God. If me'ilah has been committed by error, there is reparation and a guilt-offering: If one commit a trespass and sin through error, then he shall bring his forfeit to the Lord, a ram without blemish . . for a guilt-offering, and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss . . and shall add the fifth part thereto (Lev. V, 15-16) .');">⁶</span>

מנה"מ אמר רב כתוב אחד אומר (ויקרא ו, ב) כל הלילה והקטיר וכתוב אחד אומר (ויקרא ו, ב) כל הלילה והרים הא כיצד חלקהו חציו להקטרה וחציו להרמה

applies to them; if they sprang off the altar after midnight, they need not be put back and the law of Me'ilah does not apply to them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zeb. 86a.');">⁷</span> Whence do we know that?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That by midnight the limbs are considered consumed and treated as ashes.');">⁸</span> - Rab said: One scriptural verse says: All night and.

מתיב רב כהנא בכל יום תורמין את המזבח בקריאת הגבר או סמוך לו בין מלפניו בין מלאחריו וביום הכפורים מחצות וברגלים מאשמורה הראשונה

he shall make smoke<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 2-5. It is a loose combination of passages.');">⁹</span> and another passage says: All night. and he shall take up [the ashes],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In reality the smoking, mentioned at the end, might be assumed to take place at the end. The argument here is from the facts back to some support in the text.');">¹⁰</span> how is that? Divide [the night] half of it for smoking and the other half for taking up [of the ashes].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Any limb bursting off after midnight is regarded as consumed and can be removed as ashes.');">¹¹</span> R'Kahana raised an objection: EVERY DAY ONE WOULD REMOVE THE ASHES FROM THE ALTAR AT COCKCROW OR ABOUT THAT TIME, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER'BUT ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT AT MIDNIGHT AND ON THE FEASTS AT THE FIRST WATCH: Now