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TA'ANIS 27
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[a - 42 lines; b - 44 lines]


1)
[line 24] IKAR SHIRAH B'FEH - "The essential aspect of the songs of the Beis ha'Mikdash is the singing"(a) Wine libations were brought with many of the Korbanos, as it states in Bamidbar 15:5-10. One of the appointments of the Leviyim in the Beis ha'Mikdash was to sing Tehilim and play musical instruments at the time that the wine libations were poured into special pipes at the top of the Mizbe'ach ha'Olah.
(b) There is a Machlokes as to whether the musical instruments are an essential aspect of the songs in the Beis ha'Mikdash. Those who hold that Ikar Shirah b'Feh (the main aspect is the singing) rule that the musical instruments are not necessary, and that instruments may be played by those who are not Leviyim as well as by Leviyim.

2)
[line 37] "...BEIS AV ECHAD ACHUZ L'ELAZAR V'ACHUZ ACHUZ L'ISAMAR." - "...one [extra] unit for [each family of] Elazar, but one unit for [one family of] Isamar." (Divrei ha'Yamim I 24:6) - The number of the divisions of the families of Elazar was doubled while the number of the divisions of the families of Isamar remained the same.
3) [last line] PASHCHUR - the name of one of the families of Kohanim that came back to Eretz Yisrael with Ezra and the Olei Bavel. Rashi notes that his name is not mentioned in the original list of the 24 Mishmaros of Kohanim (Divrei ha'Yamim I 24:7-18). The Keren Orah claims that Pashchur is the new title for the Mishmar of Malkiyah (#5), since the verses (Nechemyah 11:12, Divrei ha'Yamim I 9:12) mention Pashchur ben Malkiyah. (Modern sources, based upon archeological findings, identify Pashchur with the Mishmar of Yakim (#12) -- Y. Landy.)

The 24 Mishmaros, as listed in Divrei ha'Yamim I 24:7-18, are:
1. YEHOYARIV
2. YEDAYAH
3. CHARIM
4. SE'ORIM
5. MALKIYAH
6. MIYAMIN
7. HAKOTZ
8. AVIYAH
9. YESHU'A
10. SHECHANYAHU
11. ELYASHIV
12. YAKIM
13. CHUPAH
14. YESHEV'AV
15. BILGAH
16. IMER
17. CHEZIR
18. HAPITZETZ
19. PESACHYAH
20. YECHEZKEL
21. YACHIN
22. GAMUL
23. DELAYAHU
24. MA'AZYAHU


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4)
[line 2] KALFI - a lottery-box
5)
[line 16] EGLAH MESHULESHES - three calves
6)
[line 25] ASKERA - choking; (O.F. bon malant) quinsy, a severe development of heat, pain, redness and swelling in the throat (RASHI Berachos 40a)
7)
[line 28] NOTZRIM - Jews who were mislead and followed the teachings of the Nazarene
8)
[line 30] NESHAMAH YESEIRAH - (a) breadth of spirit which relaxes a person and makes him happy and gives him an appetite to eat (RASHI Beitzah 16a); (b) an extra soul upon which rests divine inspiration which gives a person the ability to delve into the Torah (RITVA, SHITAH MEKUBETZES Beitzah ibid.)
9)
[line 31] VAI AVDAH NEFESH - woe, the Neshamah Yeseirah has gone
10a)
[line 35] DOLEG - he goes back; the second reader goes back and rereads the third verse
  b)
[line 35] POSEK - he splits the third verse into two; the first person reads until the middle of the third verse and stops, and the second reader continues from there
11)
[line 37] REBBI CHANINA KARA - Rebbi Chanina the Bible Teacher (who knew all of the verses and their cantillations by heart)

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