Related%20passage for Sukkah 5:7

בִּשְׁלשָׁה פְרָקִים בַּשָּׁנָה הָיוּ כָּל מִשְׁמָרוֹת שָׁווֹת בְּאֵמוּרֵי הָרְגָלִים וּבְחִלּוּק לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים. בַּעֲצֶרֶת אוֹמְרִים לוֹ, הֵילָךְ מַצָּה הֵילָךְ חָמֵץ. מִשְׁמָר שֶׁזְּמַנּוֹ קָבוּעַ, הוּא מַקְרִיב תְּמִידִין, נְדָרִים וּנְדָבוֹת וּשְׁאָר קָרְבְּנוֹת צִבּוּר, וּמַקְרִיב אֶת הַכֹּל. יוֹם טוֹב הַסָּמוּךְ לְשַׁבָּת, בֵּין מִלְּפָנֶיהָ בֵּין מִלְּאַחֲרֶיהָ, הָיוּ כָל הַמִּשְׁמָרוֹת שָׁווֹת בְּחִלּוּק לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים:

Three times a year (i.e., in the three festivals) all the watches were equal in eimurei haregalim [i.e., "what was stated" (amur) concerning the festivals, e.g., the breast and shoulder of the individual festival peace-offerings, the burnt-offerings of the (Temple) visitation burnt-offerings (oloth re'iah), the congregational mussafim, and the goat sin-offerings], and in the distribution of the show bread [when Shabbath fell out on a festival. For on Shabbath the (previous) show bread was removed and a different one arranged, viz. (Leviticus 24:8): "On the day of Sabbath he shall arrange it." On Atzereth (Shevuoth), he is told: "Here is matzah; here is chametz." [When Atzereth falls out on Shabbath, and he (a Cohein) shares in the two breads, which are chametz, and in the show bread, which is matzah — each one is told when he is given his share in the show bread: "Here is matzah"; and when he is given his share in the two breads: "Here is chametz." For one offering is not distributed in place of another; but he takes a share from each offering, viz. (Ibid. 7:10): "To all the sons of Aaron shall it be, one man as well as another." Therefore, he is apprised that he is being given his share, whether of chametz or of matzah.] The watch whose time is fixed [to serve on this Shabbath on which the festival falls] sacrifices the temidin, [for they are not for the sake of the festival], vows and gift offerings [of the entire year, which were brought on the festival] and the other congregational offerings, [to include the bullock of "forgetfulness" of the congregation and the goats for (atonement of) idolatry, where beth-din erred in their ruling and most of the congregation acted according to their ruling. If these were offered on a festival, the fixed watch sacrifices them.], and he sacrifices everything, [including the (offerings of the) "summertime of the altar," when it (the altar) is idle: When the tamid has been sacrificed and there are no vow or gift-offerings, money is taken from what is left over in the lishkah, beasts for burnt-offerings are bought for it, and they are sacrificed as congregational gift-offerings. These, too, if they are sacrificed on the festival — the fixed watch sacrifices them.] If the festival fell out next to Shabbath — either before or after it — all of the watches were equal in the distribution of the show bread. [If the festival fell out after Shabbath, even though Shabbath was not in the midst of the festival, still, since they had to come on Sabbath eve because of the festival (not being able to come on Shabbath), they shared in the show bread. Likewise, if the eighth day (of Succoth) fell out on Sabbath eve, even though Shabbath was not in the midst of the festival, they shared in the show bread, since they could not leave.]

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