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בְּכָל יוֹם הָיָה חוֹתֶה בְּשֶׁל כֶּסֶף וּמְעָרֶה בְתוֹךְ שֶׁל זָהָב, וְהַיּוֹם חוֹתֶה בְשֶׁל זָהָב וּבָהּ הָיָה מַכְנִיס. בְּכָל יוֹם חוֹתֶה בְשֶׁל אַרְבַּעַת קַבִּין וּמְעָרֶה בְתוֹךְ שֶׁל שְׁלשֶׁת קַבִּין, וְהַיּוֹם חוֹתֶה בְשֶׁל שְׁלשֶׁת קַבִּין, וּבָהּ הָיָה מַכְנִיס. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, בְּכָל יוֹם חוֹתֶה בְשֶׁל סְאָה וּמְעָרֶה בְתוֹךְ שֶׁל שְׁלשֶׁת קַבִּין, וְהַיּוֹם חוֹתֶה בְשֶׁל שְׁלשֶׁת קַבִּין, וּבָהּ הָיָה מַכְנִיס. בְּכָל יוֹם הָיְתָה כְבֵדָה, וְהַיּוֹם קַלָּה. בְּכָל יוֹם הָיְתָה יָדָהּ קְצָרָה, וְהַיּוֹם אֲרֻכָּה. בְּכָל יוֹם הָיָה זְהָבָהּ יָרוֹק, וְהַיּוֹם אָדֹם, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מְנַחֵם. בְּכָל יוֹם מַקְרִיב פְּרָס בְּשַׁחֲרִית וּפְרָס בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם, וְהַיּוֹם מוֹסִיף מְלֹא חָפְנָיו. בְּכָל יוֹם הָיְתָה דַקָּה, וְהַיּוֹם דַּקָּה מִן הַדַּקָּה:

Every day, he (the officiating priest) would scoop out (coals) [When he would scoop out coals from the second wood pile of incense to bring them to the inner altar for the incense offering of morning and evening], (he would scoop out coals) with (a coal pan) of silver and spill them into one of gold [and he would not scoop them out with one of gold, for the scooping out of coals wears out the pan, and the Torah "pitied the money of Israel."], but today (Yom Kippur), he (the high-priest) scooped them out with one of gold and brought them in therewith [so as not to tire the high-priest to spill them from vessel to vessel.] Every day, he would scoop them out with one of four kavin and spill them into one of three kavin, but today, he scooped them out with one of three kavin and brought them in therewith. R. Yossi says: Every day, he would scoop them out with one of a sa'ah and spill them into one of three kavin, but today, he scooped them out with one of three kavin and brought them in therewith. Every day it was heavy [i.e., its wall was thick], but today, it was light [its wall was thin]. Every day, its handle was short, but today, it was long [so that the high-priest could use his arm for support]. Every day, the gold one was yellowish, but today, it was reddish [parvayim gold, so called because it looked like the blood of bullocks (parim)]. These are the words of R. Menachem. Every day, he would offer up a pras [half a manah] in the morning and a pras in the afternoon, but today, he would add a full handful. Every day, it (the incense) was (ground) fine, but today, it was extra fine. [For it is written (Leviticus 16:12): "…and his full handfuls of incense (ground) fine." Why need this be stated? Is it not already written (Exodus 30:26): "And you shall crush it fine"? To apprise us that on Yom Kippur it must be extra fine.]

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