Yoma 54

הוי אומר זה טלה

Say it is the lamb.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The passage 'Upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar' is superfluous, for v. 7 contains that information already, hence the inference is right that the six priests are suggested here.');">¹</span> R'Assi said in the name of R'Johanan: A non-priest who laid the pile of wood in order [on the altar] incurs the penalty [of death].

א"ר אסי אמר רבי יוחנן זר שסידר את המערכה חייב כיצד הוא עושה פורקה וחוזר וסודרה מאי אהני ליה אלא פורקה זר וסודרה כהן

What should he do [post facto]? - Let him break it up and then put it in order again. What is the good of that? - Rather: Let the non-priest break it up again and let a priest put it in order afterwards.

מתקיף לה ר' זירא וכי יש לך עבודה שכשירה בלילה ופסולה בזר

R'Ze'ira demurred to this: But is there not a service which may be performed also at night and which a non-priest would render invalid? Surely, there is the smoking of the limbs and the fat-pieces.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 24a.');">²</span>

ולא והרי אברים ופדרים סוף עבודה דיממא היא

That is but the conclusion of the service of the day. But there is the removing of the ashes?

והרי תרומת הדשן תחלת עבודה דיממא היא דא"ר אסי א"ר יוחנן קידש ידיו לתרומת הדשן למחר אינו צריך לקדש שכבר קידש מתחלת עבודה ואלא קשיא

That is the beginning of the work of the day, as R'Assi has reported in the name of R'Johanan: If he has sanctified his hands [by washing] in the morning for the removal of the ashes, he need not sanctify [them] on the morrow, for he has already sanctified them from the beginning of the service.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 22a.');">³</span> But the difficulty remains!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where do we find a service which may be performed at night and which a non-priest renders invalid?');">⁴</span>

אלא כי איתמר הכי איתמר א"ר אסי א"ר יוחנן זר שסידר שני גזירי עצים חייב הואיל ועבודת יום היא מתקיף לה רבא אלא מעתה תיבעי פייס אשתמיטתיה הא דתניא מי שזכה בתרומת הדשן זכה בסדור מערכה ובסדור שני גזירי עצים

If this statement was made, it was stated thus: R'Assi said in the name of R'Johanan: A non-priest who laid the two logs of wood in order incurs the penalty [of death] because this is a day service. Raba demurred to this: If so, a count should be required for it! - It escaped him what had been taught: He who secured the task of clearing the ashes off the altar, [thereby also] secured the task of putting in order the pile of wood and the two logs of wood.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 22a.');">³</span>

למימרא דעבודת יום בעיא פייס עבודת לילה לא בעיא פייס והרי אברים ופדרים סוף עבודה דיממא היא והרי תרומת הדשן משום מעשה שהיה

Shall we, then, say that only service performed during the day requires the count but service performed during the night does not require the count? Surely there is the [smoking of the] members and the fat-pieces?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For which a count has been arranged.');">⁵</span>

למימרא דעבודת יום ושזר חייב עליה מיתה בעיא פייס אין זר חייב עליה מיתה לא בעיא פייס והרי שחיטה שאני שחיטה דתחלת עבודה היא

- That is the end of the service of the day. But there is the removal of the ashes? - That is due to a certain event.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mentioned in Mishnah supra.');">⁶</span>

אמר מר זוטרא ואיתימא רב אשי והא אנן לא תנן הכי אמר להם הממונה צאו וראו אם הגיע זמן השחיטה ואילו זמן שני גזירי עצים לא קתני

Shall we say that only for service performed during the day and for participation in which a non-priest incurs the penalty of death, a count is required, but that wherever a non-priest does not incur penalty of death for performance of a service, no count is required? But then what of the killing [of the animal]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which may be performed by a non-priest and yet requires a count.');">⁷</span>

הך דלית לה תקנתא קתני הך דאית לה תקנתא לא קתני

- It is different with the killing because that is the beginning of the service. Mar Zutra or R'Ashi said: But we have learned otherwise: The officer said to them: Go forth and see if the time for the killing [of the continual morning sacrifice] has arrived,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 28a.');">⁸</span>

וא"ד מתקיף לה רבי זירא וכי יש לך עבודה שיש אחריה עבודה ופסולה בזר

but he is not teaching about the laying in order of the two logs of wood?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it took place during the night.');">⁹</span> It speaks only of such things as cannot be remedied<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The continual morning offering must not be offered before daybreak; de facto it was invalid, had to be replaced by another and be burnt in a place far from the altar like any invalidated sacrifice.');">¹⁰</span> again, but not such for which there is a remedy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the logs of wood had been put in order before daybreak, one could break them up and put them back in order again after daybreak.');">¹¹</span> Some say<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The text from this point to the end of the chapter is in disorder, consisting, according to Rashi and others, of several interpolations. The interpretation that follows is that of Tosaf. on the basis of curr. edd.]');">¹²</span> this is what R'Ze'ira asked: Is there any service followed by another service, which would be invalidated if performed by a non-priest?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [R. Ze'ira's question has reference to R. Johanan's ruling, that a non-priest who arranges the wood pile on the altar is liable to death. Against this R. Ze'ira raises the objection that since it is followed by another service, i.e.,the arranging of the two logs of wood, a non-priest should incur tfht no penalty nor invalidate it by his performance of it. V. Tosaf. s.v. .]');">¹³</span>