Yoma 69

Chapter 69

א <big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מאי פרוה אמר רב יוסף פרוה אמגושא
1 <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>What does 'Parwah' mean? - R'Joseph said: Parwah is [the name of] a [Persian] Magus.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabbenu Hananel reported that according to some scholars, Parwah had dug a cave under the ground of the Sanctuary, so that he might be able to watch the high priest at the service of the Day of Atonement. The Sages, noticing the digging, sought and found the cave, and hence called the cell after him.');"><sup>1</sup></span> THEY SPREAD A SHEET OF BYSSUS [LINEN] BETWEEN HIM AND THE PEOPLE.
ב פרסו סדין של בוץ מאי שנא של בוץ אמר רב כהנא כדי שיכיר שעבודת היום בבגדי בוץ
2 Why was it of Byssus [linen]? R'Kahana said: That he may perceive that the service of the day was [to be performed] in garments of Byssus [linen].
ג בשחר היה לובש פלוסין של שמונה עשר וכו' ותנא מניינא אתא לאשמועינן הא קמ"ל דבציר מהני לא נעביד הא אי בציר מהני וטפי אהני לית לן בה
3 IN THE MORNING HE PUT ON PELUSIUM LINEN WORTH EIGHTEEN MINAS: Does the Tanna wish to teach us summing up?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The summing up seems superfluous, it is too simple to warrant the statement by the Tanna.');"><sup>2</sup></span> - This is what he teaches us: One should spend neither more nor less than the sum total, but it does not matter whether one spends less for the one or more for the other.
ד דכולי עלמא מיהת דשחר עדיפי מנא לן אמר רב הונא בריה דרב עילאי אמר קרא (ויקרא טז, ד) בד בד בד בד מובחר בבד
4 Now everybody, at any rate, agrees that the garments for the morning are more important, whence do we know that? - R'Huna, the son of R'Elai said: Scripture said: Linen. linen. linen. linen,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI, 4, in connection with the putting on of the garments in the morning. Four times, as if to indicate the best of all possible linen.');"><sup>3</sup></span> i.e., the choicest linen.
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