Egli [il sacerdote nominato] disse loro: Esci e porta un agnello dalla Camera degli agnelli. Ora, la Camera degli agnelli era nell'angolo nord-occidentale [della Camera di fuoco]. C'erano quattro camere lì: una era la camera degli agnelli, una era la camera dei sigilli, [dove si potevano comprare i gettoni contrassegnati con l'offerta di pasto appropriata], una era la camera di fuoco e una era la camera dove avrebbero fatto il Lechem HaPanim .
Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid
משלכת הטלאים – the chamber/office where the lambs of the daily offering/תמיד were.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Tamid
He said to them: Go out and bring a lamb from the chamber of lambs. After having cast the lots, the first thing done was to fetch a lamb to use for the morning tamid.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid
לשכת החותמות – of those who take fine flour for meal offering and wine for libations, for they would go near the superintendent appointed over the seals and give him the money according to the libations that he requires, and he gives him a seal and he brings the seal to the superintendent over the libations and he receives from him libations. And the chamber that the superintendent sits in is called the chamber of the seals. And in Tractate Shekalim (see Chapter 5, Mishnah 3), it explains that there four seals in the Temple and it was written on them: “calf, ram, kid and sinner” When he brings the seal that is written on it, “calf,” it is known that he gave money for the libations of a bull. [When he brings the seal that is written on it] “ram,” it is known that he gave money for the libations of a ram, for the Aramaic translation of a ram is דכרא /male of the flock (ram). [When he brings the seal that is written on it], “kid,” it is known that he brought the money for the libations of a lamb. [When he brings the seal that is written on it], “sinner,” it is known that he brought the money for the libations for a leper.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Tamid
Now the lamb’s chamber was in the north-western corner. And there were four chambers there the chamber of lambs, the chamber of the seals, the chamber of the fire-room and the chamber where the showbread was prepared. There were four chambers in the north-western corner of the Temple. My personal favorite is the chamber of the seals. Here the priests would teach the seals all sorts of tricks, like how to bounce a ball on your nose, how to clap your fins and most importantly, how to wave at the crowd when the show is over. I wonder where they kept the chamber of the little fish ☺. [Seriously, the seals were used to stamp the libation offerings so that the priests would easily know which libation goes with which offering. See Shekalim 5:3]
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Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid
לשכת בית המוקד – on account of the fire that is always burning there.
