Talmud for Yoma 4:4

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.]

Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim

Solomon made ten candelabra, [as it is said]¹²³Corrector’s insert following B., he made the ten candelabra according to its rules¹²⁴2 Chr. 4:7. In the other two sources correctly “their rules”, and they add the end of the verse, to which the next argument refers: and put them in the Temple Hall, five to the right and five to the left. Cf. Babli Menaḥot98b–99a.. If you would say, five to the North and five to the South, but the candelabrum is only qualified in the South, as it is said, and the candelabrum opposite the table on the South side¹¹⁶Ex. 26:35.. Why does the verse say, five to the right and five to the left? Five to the right of Moses’s candelabrum, and five to its left. Nevertheless, only Moses’s alone was kindled, as it is said¹²⁵2 Chr.13:11, showing actual practice.\, and the golden candelabrum and its lights to kindle evening by evening. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Jehudah says, all of them were kindled, for it is said¹²⁶2 Chr. 4:20–21., the candelabra and their lights, to kindle them regularly in the Temple Hall, closed gold¹²⁷Cf. Yoma4:4, Note 101., and the flower¹²⁸According to Rashi, the ornament of the candelabrum mentioned in Num. 8:4 but not in the original instructions, Ex. 25:31–40., and the lights, and the pincers of gold, this uses up the gold. These used up Solomon’s gold. Rav Jehudah in the name of Assi¹²⁹In B a Tannaitic text, a statement of R. Jehudah in the name of Issy.: Solomon took 1’000 talents of silver, put them repeatedly into the (fire) [smelting furnace]¹³⁰The scribe’s text (in parentheses) is confirmed by the Genizah text; the corrector’s [in brackets] is from B. until they were reduced to one, to fulfill what is written¹³¹Ex. 37:24., from one talent of pure gold he made it. It was stated, Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Jehudah said, ¹³²The following is from Yoma4:4, Notes 107–108. it happened that the golden candelabrum which Moses made in the desert was in excess of one gold denar, and they returned it to the fire eighty times and it did not lose anything¹³³This seems to contradict the preceding story of Solomon’s refining smelter.. This is correct. Before it is refined it loses a lot, once it is refined it will not miss anything.

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Jerusalem Talmud Megillah

All letters written with the Name as prefix are profane and may be erased, e. g., to the Eternal, by the Eternal, as the Eternal, that the Eternal, since we find that on the diadem it was separate from it, “holy to” at the bottom, “the Eternal” at the top³⁹⁰Yoma4:1 Note 27; Babli Šabbat 63b, Sukkah 5a. For the following, Ševuot 35b.. All letters written with the Name as suffix are holy and may not be erased, e. g., our God, your God. These are the Names which may not be erased: one who writes the Name of four letters, whether YH or AD³⁹¹The Name אֲדֹנָי used as pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton. If the intention is to אֲדֹנַי “my masters”, the word is profane and may be erased.. “El, Elohim, Elohei, Elohenu, Elohekhem, Shadday, Sabaoth, Ehye-Ašer-Ehye.” If one writes AD from Adonai, EH from Ehye, ŠD from Shadday, ṢB from Sabaoth, these may be erased and one erases their additions³⁹²אֵד “vapor”, אַה has no sense, שַׁד “female breast” שֶׁד “spirit”, צָב “turtle” are profane words.. “To Elohim” one erases “to”; “to the Eternal” one erases “to”³⁹³As noted at the start of the paragraph.. If he wrote YH³⁹⁴Which is a divine Name in its own right and should have been mentioned in the list. of the four-letter Name, EL from Elohim, it may not be erased. This is the rule: Any which at another place is a permanent Name may not be erased.

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