מילון על ערכין 65:2
Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim
How does he do it31The problem is that the sheqalim are Temple property which can only be used to buy sacrifices. If the Temple administrator would pay workers with these monies, he would be guilty of me`ilah, larceny of sacred property.? He takes coins from the money changer and gives them to the harvesters and the watchmen before the `omer is presented. He brings coins from the disbursement from the lodge and redeems them for it32The `omer is presented as flour. Therefore the value of the grain and the cost of all labor used in the preparation of the offering can be added and the sheqalim coins redeemed on the total value of the sacrifice. The redeemed coins can then be used to liquidate the debt incurred at the banker’s.; then it is in order33The reading of B, Rebbi Tibḥi ben Rebbi Yose, seems to be a grotesque misreading.. Rebbi Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Abba: Any which he gives are its coins from the start34The red cow whose ashes purify the impurity of the dead, Num. 19.. It was stated: The same is the case with the stone-masons35The scapegoat of the day of Atonement.. He takes coins from the money changer and gives them to the quarry workers and the stone-cutters before it is fixed in the row36The strip of purple wool, together with a branch of cedar and a hyssop, which the Cohen has to throw into the pyre of the burning Cow, Num. 19:6.. Then he brings coins from the disbursement from the lodge and redeems them for it; then it is in order. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun in the name of Samuel: Any which he gives are its coins from the start.
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