Yoma 70

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.

מאי לאו אחרים חשובין מהן לא אחרים פחותים מהן

Is that not self-evident?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That he may perform therein a 'private' service once he hands it over to the community.');">³</span> You might have said: Let us fear he may not hand it over properly,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., without reservation.');">⁴</span> therefore he teaches us that we have no such fear. They told about R'Ishmael B'Phabi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 37, n. 5.');">⁵</span>

תני רב הונא בר יהודה ואמרי לה רב שמואל בר יהודה אחר שכלתה עבודת ציבור כהן שעשתה לו אמו כתונת לובשה ועובד בה עבודת יחיד ובלבד שימסרנה לציבור פשיטא

that his mother made him a tunic worth one hundred minas which he put on to officiate at a 'private' service and then handed it over to the community. They told about R'Eleazar B'Harsom<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 37, n. 5.');">⁶</span> that his mother made him a tunic worth twenty thousand minas and his brethren, the priests, would not suffer him to put it on because he looked like one naked. But how could it be transparent, did not a Master say the thread [of the priestly garments] was six times twisted? - Abaye said: [It was visible] even as wine shines through a [glass] cup.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Be it ever so thick. Thus was the flax of his garments transparent and his body visible.');">⁷</span>

מהו דתימא ניחוש שמא לא ימסרנה יפה יפה קמ"ל אמרו עליו על רבי ישמעאל בן פאבי שעשתה לו אמו כתונת של מאה מנה ולובשה ועובד בה עבודת יחיד ומסרה לציבור

Our Rabbis taught: The poor, the rich, the sensual<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'wicked'.');">⁸</span> come before the [heavenly] court - They say to the poor: Why have you not occupied yourself with the Torah? If he says: I was poor and worried about my sustenance, they would say to him: Were you poorer than Hillel? It was reported about Hillel the Elder that every day he used to work and earn one tropaik,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Corresponding to ** (Victoriatus) - Quinarius, half a denar, Jast.');">⁹</span>

אמרו עליו על ר' אלעזר בן חרסום שעשתה לו אמו כתונת משתי ריבוא ולא הניחוהו אחיו הכהנים ללובשה מפני שנראה כערום ומי מתחזי והאמר מר חוטן כפול ששה אמר אביי כחמרא במזגא

half of which he would give to the guard at the House of Learning, the other half being spent for his food and for that of his family. One day he found nothing to earn and the guard at the House of Learning would not permit him to enter. He climbed up and sat upon the window,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An aperture in the roof looking down to the ground floor.');">¹⁰</span> to hear the words of the living God from the mouth of Shemayah and Abtalion - They say, that day was the eve of Sabbath in the winter solstice and snow fell down upon him from heaven.

ת"ר עני ועשיר ורשע באין לדין לעני אומרים לו מפני מה לא עסקת בתורה אם אומר עני הייתי וטרוד במזונותי אומרים לו כלום עני היית יותר מהלל

When the dawn rose,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the pillar of the morning'.');">¹¹</span> Shemayah said to Abtalion: Brother Abtalion, on every day this house is light and to-day it is dark, is it perhaps a cloudy day. They looked up and saw the figure of a man in the window. They went up and found him covered by three cubits of snow.

אמרו עליו על הלל הזקן שבכל יום ויום היה עושה ומשתכר בטרפעיק חציו היה נותן לשומר בית המדרש וחציו לפרנסתו ולפרנסת אנשי ביתו פעם אחת לא מצא להשתכר ולא הניחו שומר בית המדרש להכנס עלה ונתלה וישב על פי ארובה כדי שישמע דברי אלהים חיים מפי שמעיה ואבטליון

They removed him, bathed and anointed him and placed him opposite the fire and they said: This man deserves that the Sabbath be profaned on his behalf. To the rich man they said: Why have you not occupied yourself with the Torah? If he said: I was rich and occupied with my possessions, they would say to him: Were you perchance richer than R'Eleazar? It was reported about R'Eleazar B'Harsom that his father left him a thousand cities on the continent and over against that one thousand boats on the sea.

אמרו אותו היום ערב שבת היה ותקופת טבת היתה וירד עליו שלג מן השמים כשעלה עמוד השחר אמר לו שמעיה לאבטליון אבטליון אחי בכל יום הבית מאיר והיום אפל שמא יום המעונן הוא הציצו עיניהן וראו דמות אדם בארובה עלו ומצאו עליו רום שלש אמות שלג פרקוהו והרחיצוהו וסיכוהו והושיבוהו כנגד המדורה אמרו ראוי זה לחלל עליו את השבת

Every day he would take a sack of flour on his shoulder and go from city to city and from province to province to study the Torah. One day his servants found him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not knowing who he was.');">¹²</span> and seized him for public service. He said to them: I beg of you, let me go to study the Torah.

עשיר אומרים לו מפני מה לא עסקת בתורה אם אומר עשיר הייתי וטרוד הייתי בנכסי אומרים לו כלום עשיר היית יותר מרבי אלעזר אמרו עליו על רבי אלעזר בן חרסום שהניח לו אביו אלף עיירות ביבשה וכנגדן אלף ספינות בים ובכל יום ויום נוטל נאד של קמח על כתיפו ומהלך מעיר לעיר וממדינה למדינה ללמוד תורה

They said: By the life of R'Eleazar B'Harsom, we shall not let you go. [He gave them much money so that they let him go].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a marginal addition.');">¹³</span> He had never seen them, for he was sitting all day and night, occupying himself with the Torah. To the sensual person they would say: Why have you not occupied yourself with the Torah?

פעם אחת מצאוהו עבדיו ועשו בו אנגריא אמר להן בבקשה מכם הניחוני ואלך ללמוד תורה אמרו לו חיי רבי אלעזר בן חרסום שאין מניחין אותך ומימיו לא הלך וראה אותן אלא יושב ועוסק בתורה כל היום וכל הלילה

If he said: I was beautiful and upset by sensual passion, they would say to him: Were you perchance more beautiful than Joseph? It was told of Joseph the virtuous that the wife of Potiphar every day endeavoured to entice him with words - The garments she put on for him in the morning, she did not wear in the evening, those she had put on in the evening, she did not wear in the morning. She said to him: Yield to me! He said: No. She said: I shall have you imprisoned.

רשע אומרים לו מפני מה לא עסקת בתורה אם אמר נאה הייתי וטרוד ביצרי הייתי אומרים לו כלום נאה היית מיוסף אמרו עליו על יוסף הצדיק בכל יום ויום היתה אשת פוטיפר משדלתו בדברים בגדים שלבשה לו שחרית לא לבשה לו ערבית בגדים שלבשה לו ערבית לא לבשה לו שחרית

He said: The Lord releases the bound.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXLVI, 7.');">¹⁴</span> She said: I shall bend thy proud stature.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., humiliate you with a slave's labour.');">¹⁵</span> He replied: The Lord raises those who are bowed down.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 8.');">¹⁶</span> She said: I shall blind your eyes.

אמרה לו השמע לי אמר לה לאו אמרה לו הריני חובשתך בבית האסורין אמר לה (תהלים קמו, ז) ה' מתיר אסורים הריני כופפת קומתך (תהלים קמו, ח) ה' זוקף כפופים הריני מסמא את עיניך (תהלים קמו, ח) ה' פוקח עורים נתנה לו אלף ככרי כסף לשמוע אליה לשכב אצלה להיות עמה ולא רצה לשמוע אליה

He replied: The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 8.');">¹⁶</span> She offered him a thousand talents of silver to make him yield to her, to lie with her, to be near her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXXIX, 10.');">¹⁷</span> but he would not listen to her; not to 'lie with her' in this worl not 'to be with her' in the world to come. - Thus [the example of] Hillel condemns the poor, [the example of] R'Eleazar B'Harsom condemns the rich, and Joseph the virtuous condemns the sensual.

לשכב אצלה בעוה"ז להיות עמה לעוה"ב נמצא הלל מחייב את העניים רבי אלעזר בן חרסום מחייב את העשירים יוסף מחייב את הרשעים

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>HE CAME TO HIS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two bullocks were offered up on that day, one from community funds at the additional sacrifice (Num. XXIX, 8) , the other from the high priest's means; the latter, here dealt with, is therefore called 'his' bullock.');">¹⁸</span> BULLOCK AND HIS BULLOCK WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE HALL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Ulam leading to the interior of the Temple connecting the Hekal with the Temple court.');">¹⁹</span> AND THE ALTAR,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The outer altar in the Temple court.');">²⁰</span> ITS HEAD TO THE SOUTH AND ITS FACE TO THE WEST.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The priest turned its head in the direction of the Hekal, so that the horns, between which the priest pressed his hands on its head, faced the Hekal, v. GEMARA:');">²¹</span>

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> בא לו אצל פרו ופרו היה עומד בין האולם ולמזבח ראשו לדרום ופניו למערב והכהן עומד במזרח ופניו למערב וסומך שתי ידיו עליו ומתודה

AND THE PRIEST STOOD IN THE EAST WITH HIS FACE TO THE WEST.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The priest thus stood at the side of his bullock, his back to the altar, his face towards the Holy of Holies.');">²²</span> AND HE PRESSED BOTH HIS HANDS UPON IT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., upon its head, between the horns.');">²³</span> AND MADE Confession. AND THUS HE WOULD SAY: O LORD!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'O, the Name'.');">²⁴</span>

וכך היה אומר אנא השם עויתי פשעתי חטאתי לפניך אני וביתי אנא השם כפר נא לעונות ולפשעים ולחטאים שעויתי ושפשעתי ושחטאתי לפניך אני וביתי ככתוב בתורת משה עבדך (ויקרא טז, ל) כי ביום הזה יכפר וגו' והן עונין אחריו ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד

I HAVE DONE WRONG, I HAVE TRANSGRESSED, I HAVE SINNED BEFORE THEE, I AND MY HOUSE. O LORD! FORGIVE THE WRONGDOINGS, THE TRANSGRESSIONS, THE SINS WHICH I HAVE COMMITTED AND TRANSGRESSED AND SINNED BEFORE THEE, I AND MY HOUSE, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE TORAH OF MOSES THY SERVANT: FOR ON THIS DAY SHALL ATONEMENT BE MADE FOR YOU [TO CLEANSE YOU; FROM ALL YOUR SINS SHALL YE BE CLEAN BEFORE THE LORD].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI, 30.');">²⁵</span> AND THEY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The priests and the people who stood in the Temple court and who, on hearing him pronounce the ineffable Name of God, prostrated themselves.');">²⁶</span> ANSWERED AFTER HIM: BLESSED BE THE NAME OF HIS GLORIOUS KINGDOM FOR EVER AND EVER!