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Talmud for Sanhedrin 2:1

כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל דָּן וְדָנִין אוֹתוֹ, מֵעִיד וּמְעִידִין אוֹתוֹ, חוֹלֵץ וְחוֹלְצִין לְאִשְׁתּוֹ, וּמְיַבְּמִין אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, אֲבָל הוּא אֵינוֹ מְיַבֵּם, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר בָּאַלְמָנָה. מֵת לוֹ מֵת, אֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא אַחַר הַמִּטָּה, אֶלָּא הֵן נִכְסִין וְהוּא נִגְלֶה, הֵן נִגְלִין וְהוּא נִכְסֶה, וְיוֹצֵא עִמָּהֶן עַד פֶּתַח הָעִיר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא מִן הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כא) וּמִן הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לֹא יֵצֵא. וּכְשֶׁהוּא מְנַחֵם אֲחֵרִים, דֶּרֶךְ כָּל הָעָם עוֹבְרִין בָּזֶה אַחַר זֶה וְהַמְמֻנֶּה מְמַצְּעוֹ בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין הָעָם. וּכְשֶׁהוּא מִתְנַחֵם מֵאֲחֵרִים, כָּל הָעָם אוֹמְרִים לוֹ אָנוּ כַפָּרָתְךָ, וְהוּא אוֹמֵר לָהֶן תִּתְבָּרְכוּ מִן הַשָּׁמָיִם. וּכְשֶׁמַּבְרִין אוֹתוֹ, כָּל הָעָם מְסֻבִּין עַל הָאָרֶץ וְהוּא מֵסֵב עַל הַסַּפְסָל:

A high-priest judges and he is judged; he testifies and he is testified for; he administers chalitzah and his wife receives chalitzah. His wife is taken in yibum, but he does not perform yibum, for a widow is forbidden to him. If one of his kin died, he does not follow the litter, [lest he come to touch it in his preoccupation, and it is written (Leviticus 21:11): "And to any dead body he shall not come."] But they (the litter bearers) are concealed and he is revealed; they are revealed and he is concealed. [When the litter bearers are "concealed" from the alleyway that they left, he is "revealed," and enters it. But so long as they are "revealed" in the alleyway, he is "concealed," from it, not entering it.] And he goes out with them until the entrance of the city. [For there are alleyways in the city in which he can conceal himself, but outside the city there is no (distinguishing) sign (of his separation from the procession)]. These are the words of R. Meir. R. Yehudah says: He does not go out of the sanctuary, viz. (Leviticus 21:12): "And from the sanctuary he shall not go out." [R. Yehudah expounds: "And from the sanctuary (mikdash), he shall not go out" — at all. R. Meir expounds: "And from his sanctity (kedushatho), he shall not go out," i.e., He should take care to avoid contact (with the body). And within the city, where there are alleyways, there is a distinguishing) sign, so that he takes care. The halachah is in accordance with R. Yehudah.] And when he consoles others, (when) it is the custom of all the people to pass by one after the other [(For all agree that he may follow the litter of one who is not his kin; for not being preoccupied, he will take care to avoid contact with the litter. And when they return from burial and stand in a file to console the mourners, who stand in their halts, and each one says: "Be consoled by Heaven")], the memunah (the "appointed one") [the adjutant high-priest, who is appointed to substitute for the high-priest if he becomes unfit on Yom Kippur] positions him in the middle between himself and the people. [For the memunah walks to the right of the high-priest, and all the people to his left, so that the high-priest is found to be in the middle.] And when he is consoled by others, all the people say to him: "We are your atonement" [i.e., You will receive atonement through us, and we are in your place for all that should come upon you], and he says to them: "Be blessed by Heaven!" And when they give him the mourner's meal, [for a mourner is forbidden to eat the first meal of his own food, and his kin and friends provide it for him], everyone sits on the ground [constricting themselves, and mourning for his suffering], and he sits [in (regard for his) dignity] on a bench.

Jerusalem Talmud Horayot

MISHNAH: An Anointed Priest who sinned and then was removed from his anointed status, or a Prince who sinned and then was removed from his exalted status. The Anointed Priest brings a bull and the Prince brings a goat1Since at the moment of the sin they became obligated for the sacrifices, a later change of status has no influence. The difference between ecclesiastical and political offices will become clear in Mishnah 2..
An Anointed Priest who was removed from his anointed status and then sinned, or a Prince who was removed from his exalted status and then sinned: The Anointed Priest brings a bull and the Prince is like a commoner2Again the moment of the sin determines the kind of sacrifice. Priestly offices follow the rule that “one rises in holiness; one does not descend;” the former Anointed Priest remains in his status. He cannot officiate as Anointed Priest since another one holds the office; neither can he officiate as common priest since he may not descend in rank. The same is true for an unanointed High Priest. But a politician who loses his rank is free to run for any other office; his sacrifice is a female goat or sheep like everybody else’s..
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Jerusalem Talmud Demai

It was stated: “Heave of the tithe from demay that returned to its origin makes dema27Dema‘ (a word of unclear etymology, Ex.22:28) describes profane produce mixed with heave, which is unfit for human consumption if heave and food are impure, and is food only for Cohanim and their families if both the heave and the food are pure. It can be put in order only if the amount of heave in the total is less than 1 in 101. Since heave from demay is genuinely holy only in a minority of cases, that heave does not necessarily create dema‘. (Maimonides Maäser 12:4 and R. Abraham ben David ad loc.), not to its origin does not make dema‘. Rebbi Simeon from Shezur said, both at its origin and not at its origin it does not make dema‘.” Rebbi Abun bar Ḥiyya asked before Rebbi Zeïra: For one who says, it makes dema‘, it makes dema‘; for one who says, it does not make dema‘, it does not make dema‘; this is reasonable28That means, I can understand R. Simeon from Shezur, that we always follow the majority of cases and, therefore, heave from demay cannot create dema‘. I also could understand the position that, once the name of heave was attached to any produce, it must be treated like heave in all respects.. But if one says, in its origin it makes dema‘, not in its origin it does not make dema‘; what is the difference between in its origin and not in its origin? Rebbi Ḥaggai came up. They said, this one will say, “by Moses, I shall explain the reason29R. Ḥaggai’s standard answer to questions of this type..” He said, by Moses, I shall explain the reason: He who says, it makes dema‘, because it permits the rest to be eaten30Since without tithing, demay may not be eaten by rabbinic ordinance, it should in this respect be treated like heave taken according to Biblical precept.. He who says, it does not make dema‘, because it does not permit the rest to be eaten31For other produce, it simply is food of questionable status.. Rebbi La taught according to that of Rebbi Ḥaggai32He declares practice to follow the anonymous Tanna in the baraita.. Rebbi Zeïra said: A case came before Rebbi Ḥanina and he taught according to Rebbi Simeon from Shezur. Rebbi Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Jonathan: Practice does not follow Rebbi Simeon from Shezur33In Babli Ḥulin 75b, both R. Ḥanina and R. Jonathan endorse the ruling of R. Simeon from Shezur as valid practice..
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Jerusalem Talmud Horayot

MISHNAH: The High Priest rends his garment below, the common priest above198Rending one’s garment is a required mourning rite for a close relative (as defined in Lev. 21:2–3). The High Priest is forbidden any mourning rites, including rending his garment (Mishnah 5). One allows him to make a tear at the bottom of his robe where nobody will notice it.. The High Priest sacrifices while in deep mourning but does not eat; the common priest neither sacrifices nor eats199“Deep mourning” is the time between the death of a close relative and his burial (on the same day or the following night). Since the High Priest is forbidden to leave the Sanctuary (Lev. 21:12) he must be permitted to officiate. But eating sancta while in deep mourning is forbidden to everybody (Deut. 26:14), including the High Priest (Lev. 10:19–20). The common priest is required to defile himself for the burial of a close relative (Lev. 21:1–2); automatically he is excluded from the Sanctuary and all its service..
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