בַּשַּׁחַר הָיָה לוֹבֵשׁ פִּלּוּסִין שֶׁל שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מָנֶה, וּבֵין הָעַרְבַּיִם הִנְדְּוִין שֶׁל שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת זוּז, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, בַּשַּׁחַר הָיָה לוֹבֵשׁ שֶׁל שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר מָנֶה, וּבֵין הָעַרְבַּיִם שֶׁל שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מָנֶה, הַכֹּל שְׁלשִׁים מָנֶה. אֵלּוּ מִשֶּׁל צִבּוּר. וְאִם רָצָה לְהוֹסִיף, מוֹסִיף מִשֶּׁלּוֹ:
In the morning, he wore pilusin [fine, thin linen from Ra'amses. (Targum Yerushalmi: "Ra'amses" = "Pilusa"] of twelve maneh, and in the evening, hindvin [from India], of eight hundred zuz. These are the words of R. Meir. The sages say: In the morning he wore (vestments) of eighteen maneh, and, in the evening, of twelve maneh — all together, thirty maneh. [The tanna combines them to apprise us that if he deducted from (the value) of the morning vestments and added to those of the afternoon, it is of no consequence.] These come from the congregation. If he wishes to add, he does so from his own (pocket) [on condition that he make the addition a gift to the Temple.]
Tosefta Shekalim (Lieberman)
The women wove the curtains, the Garmu family made the shewbread, and the Abtinas family made the incense They got their reward from the lifting of the combs, the pots, the shovels, the mezammerot and the swiveling bowls and the implements the priests used come from the remains of the chamber. The golden altar and the garments for the priests and the garments for the high priest and cedarwood and 'hyssop and the crimson one Cloth come out of the heave of the chamber. The bridge for the cow ־ Abba Shaul says: The chief priests must buy them out of their own wealth. If the first man built it but did not use it when he died, his successor, although he had not yet used it, does not use it, but tears it down and builds another in its place. And more than sixty kikkar gold used to be spent on them, The ram offered because of some prohibition and the billy goats because of idolatry are required of them. [These are the] words of R. Yehuda. R. Shimon says They will be sacrificed by the appropriation of the chamber.
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