YOMA 73 (13 Tamuz) - Today's Daf is dedicated to the blessed memory of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Seymour Ira Gottlieb (Yitzchak Shimon ben Chaim Shlomo Yosef ha'Levi, Z"L), who died in Word War II on the 13th of Tamuz 5704 in the battle of St. Lo, France, fighting the Nazis to save his Jewish brethren in Europe.

[73a - 40 lines; 73b - 36 lines]

1)[line 9]משום איבהMISHUM EIVAH- in order to prevent strife

2)[line 10]מעלין בקדש ולא מורידיןMA'ALIN BA'KODESH V'EIN MORIDIN

When a person or object receives a higher status of holiness, we do not lower its status at a later time. We may only raise it to a higher level.

3)[line 14]פר כהן משיחPAR KOHEN MASHI'ACH

(a)The Par Kohen Mashi'ach is the young bull brought as a Korban Chatas by a Kohen Gadol who transgresses an Isur Kares thinking that the Torah did not prohibit such an act. (The bull is brought by a Kohen Gadol for the same sins that a Par He'elem Davar is brought when the people commit transgressions upon being misled by Beis Din in a Halachic matter.)

(b)The blood of the bull is sprinkled seven times on the Paroches, and is applied to the Keranos (raised corners) of the Mizbe'ach ha'Ketores in the Heichal. The Sheyarei ha'Dam (the remainder of the blood) is poured on the Western Yesod (foundation) of the Mizbe'ach while the Eimurim are offered on the Mizbe'ach ha'Chitzon.

(c)The meat of the bull, together with the other parts that are not sacrificed, is burned outside of the city of Yerushalayim (Vayikra 4:3-12). Those who carry the carcass out of the Azarah are Metamei Begadim. (According to Rebbi Shimon, Yoma 67b, those who are involved in burning the meat are Metamei Begadim.)

4)[line 14]ופר הבא על כל המצותPAR HA'BA AL KOL HA'MITZVOS- this term also refers to the Par Kohen Mashi'ach; one of the two terms should be erased (RASHI, HAGAHOS HA'GRA)

5)[line 15]ועשירית האיפהV'ASIRIS HA'EIFAH (CHAVITEI KOHEN GADOL)

The Kohen Gadol offers a Minchah every day that consists of 1/10 of an Eifah of wheat flour made into twelve wafers or rolls. They were fried in olive oil in a flat pan after being boiled and baked. Half of the rolls were offered in the morning and half towards evening. They were completely burned on the Mizbe'ach (Vayikra 6:12-15). The Chavitin had to be brought from the money of the Kohen Gadol, but he did not have to actually offer them on the Mizbe'ach.

6)[line 16]לא פורע ולא פורםLO PORE'A V'LO POREM (PERI'AH/PERIMAH)

A mourner must let his hair grow (Peri'ah) and make a tear (Perimah) of at least a Tefach in the upper part of his clothes as is learned from the verse in Vayikra (10:6), where Aharon and his sons were instructed not to perform these Mitzvos. (RAMBAM Hilchos Avel 8:1)

7)[line 16]פורם הוא מלמטהPOREM HU MIL'MATAH- he tears the bottom of his clothes

8)[line 18]ומקריב אונןU'MAKRIV ONEN - he may perform Avodah [even] immediately after a close relative's death (ANINUS)

(a)A person is called an Onen mid'Oraisa on the day of death of one of his seven closest relatives for whom he is required to arrange for burial (i.e. father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, wife). Chazal (Zevachim 101a) learn the Halachah of Aninus from the verse, "v'Achalti Chatas ha'Yom, ha'Yitav b'Einei HaSh-m?" (Vayikra 10:19). Among the Halachos that apply to an Onen is that a Kohen who is an Onen is prohibited from doing the Avodah (divine service) in the Beis ha'Mikdash unless he is the Kohen Gadol (Vayikra 10:7, 21:1-4). Moreover, an Onen (even the Kohen Gadol) may not eat Kodshim, Bikurim and Ma'aser Sheni.

(b)For a further discussion of Aninus and the difference between Aninus mid'Oraisa and Aninus mid'Rabanan, see Background to Yoma 13:5.

9a)[line 19]ונוטל חלק בראשV'NOTEL CHELEK B'ROSH- and he has first choice to take whatever part of the sacrifices that he chooses to eat

b)[line 19]ומקריב חלק בראשU'MAKRIV CHELEK BA'ROSH- and he has first choice to offer whatever part of the sacrifices that he chooses

10)[line 20]טומאת מקדש וקדשיוTUM'AS MIKDASH V'KODASHAV

(a)It is forbidden for a person to enter the Mikdash or eat Kodshim if he touched an Av ha'Tumah.

(b)If he knew that he was Tamei before and after the transgression, but forgot at the time he transgressed, he must bring a Korban Oleh v'Yored. This Korban varies based on the wealth of the penitent. If he is wealthy, he brings a female sheep or goat as a Chatas. If he cannot afford this, he brings two doves or two turtledoves, one as an Olah and one as a Chatas. If he cannot even afford the birds, he brings one tenth of an Eifah of fine flour as a Minchas Chatas. (Vayikra 5:6-13)

(c)If a person knowingly enters the Mikdash or eats Kodshim while Tamei, he is liable to Kares and lashes (Vayikra 12:4, 22:3-4, Bamidbar 5:3, 19:20)

(d)The Gemara (Horayos 9b) learns from the verse in Bamidbar (19:20) that the Kohen Gadol is exempt from the punishments for Tum'as Mikdash v'Kodashav.

11)[line 21]במרובה בגדיםMERUBEH BEGADIM

(a)A Kohen who becomes the Kohen Gadol must wear the eight vestments of the Kohen Gadol and do the Avodah for seven consecutive days to indicate his consecration, as stated in Shemos 29:30, "Shivas Yamim...." (RAMBAM Hilchos Klei ha'Mikdash 4:13)

(b)The eight vestments are:

1.Tzitz (forehead-plate),

2.Efod (apron),

3.Choshen (breastplate),

4.Me'il (robe),

5.Kutones (long shirt),

6.Michnasayim (breeches),

7.Avnet (belt),

8.Mitznefes (turban).

(c)The vestments of the ordinary Kohanim are:

1.Kutones (long shirt),

2.Michnasayim (breeches),

3.Avnet (belt),

4.Migba'as (hat).

(d)The Kohen Gadol is also known as the Kohen Mashi'ach since he was anointed with the Shemen ha'Mishchah, the oil made by Moshe Rabeinu for anointing the Mishkan and its vessels, the Kohanim Gedolim and the kings of the Davidic dynasty.

(e)Before the destruction of the first Beis Ha'Mikdash, King Yoshiyahu ordered the Aron to be hidden to prevent its capture (Divrei ha'Yamim II 35:3). The jar of Man (Shemos 16:32-34), Aharon's staff (Bamidbar 16:16-26), and the Shemen ha'Mishchah (Shemos 30:22-33) were also hidden together with the Aron (Yoma 52b). As a result, there was no Shemen ha'Mishchah with which to anoint the Kohanim Gedolim during the years of the second Beis Ha'Mikdash. The Kohanim Gedolim at the time of the second Beis ha'Mikdash are called Merubeh Begadim because they were consecrated solely by wearing the Bigdei Kehunah for seven days.

12)[line 22]במשוח שעברB'MASHU'ACH SHE'AVAR- A Kohen Gadol who had been appointed as a temporary replacement for the incumbent Kohen Gadol during the period that he could not do the Avodah

13a)[line 26]בדכוותיהBED'CHAVASEI- a Kohen Gadol of equal rank, the Mashu'ach she'Avar

b)[line 26]בדזוטר מיניהBED'ZUTAR MINEI- a Kohen Gadol of lower rank, the Mashu'ach Milchamah

14)[line 28]רבי חייא בר אבא אמרהREBBI CHIYA BAR ABA AMARAH- Rebbi Chiya bar Aba said it (that the Mashu'ach Milchamah wears the same eight vestments as the Kohen Gadol) in the name of Rebbi Yochanan

15)[line 30]משום יקרא דבי קיסרMISHUM YEKARA D'VEI KEISAR- because of the honor of the household of the Ceasar, to whom Rebbi Avahu was close (they turned away their faces and did not tell him explicitly that Rebbi Yochanan did not say it)

16)[line 30]נימרו ליה מימרNEIMRU LEI MEIMAR- let them say to him explicitly

17)[line 31]נשאל איתמרNISH'AL ITMAR- the statement that the Meshu'ach Milchamah wears the vestments of the Kohen Gadol was said regarding the times that he is asked by the king for the counsel of the Urim v'Tumim

18)[line 33]והנשאל פניו כלפי שכינהVEHA'NISH'AL PANAV KELAPEI SHECHINAH- (a) looking down at the Urim v'Tumim while the person asking faces him (RASHI); (b) facing the Aron while the person asking stands behind him (RAMBAM Hilchos Klei ha'Mikdash 10:11)

19)[line 36]ושאל לוV'SHA'AL LO- (a) he asks such that only the Kohen hears (RASHI according to MAHARSHA and RASHASH, RABBEINU ELYAKIM) (b) he asks such that only he himself hears (RAMBAM Hilchos Klei ha'Mikdash 10:11, DEVAR SHMUEL cited by MENAHCHEM MESHIV NEFESH)

20)[line 39]"היסגירוני...""HA'YASGIRUNI..."- "Will the leaders of Ke'ilah deliver me into his (King Shaul's) hand? Will Shaul come down...? And HaSh-m said, 'He will come down'" (Shmuel I 23:11).

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21a)[line 9]שמאירין את דבריהןSHE'ME'IRIN ES DIVREIHEN- they clarify their words

b)[line 9]שמאירין את דבריהןSHE'MASHLIMIN ES DIVREIHEN- they fulfill their words

22)[line 10]שלא ביחנו אם לנצח אם להנצחSHE'LO BICHANU IM LENATZE'ACH IM LEHINATZE'ACH- they did not ask if they would vanquish or they would be vanquished

23)[line 11]הסכימוHISKIMU- agreed [with the attempt of the tribes to vanquish the tribe of Binyamin]

24)[line 14]בולטותBOLTOS- the letters of the answer would stick out in their places (in the order of the answer — MAHARSHA)

25)[line 14]מצטרפותMITZTARFOS- the letters would come together to form the words and sentences of the answer

26)[line 19]סיועי הוה מסייע בהדייהוSIYU'EI HAVAH MESA'YEI BAHADAIHU- [the Kohen Gadol] would assist them (the Urim v'Tumim) [in the process of receiving an answer, through his power of Ru'ach ha'Kodesh]

27)[line 21]זה משוח מלחמהZEH MESHU'ACH MILCHAMAH- that is, this verse means to allow anybody who is needed by the Tzibur, such as a Meshu'ach Milchamah to ask of the Urim v'Tumim (as the Mishnah writes; see Rambam Klei Mikdash 10:12)

PEREK #8 YOM HA'KIPURIM

28)[line 26]ככותבת הגסהK'KOSEVES HA'GASAH- like a large date

29)[line 27]מלא לוגמיוMELO LUGMAV- the amount of liquids that can fill two cheeks

30)[line 30]חצי שיעור אסור מן התורהCHATZI SHI'UR ASUR MIN HA'TORAH

(a)Even though one only receives Malkos (lashes) if he ate an entire k'Zayis of a forbidden food, less than a k'Zayis is forbidden by the Torah as well, according to Rebbi Yochanan. This is the Halachic ruling.

(b)This Halachah applies not only to prohibited foods, but rather to every Isur that has a specified Shi'ur. If a person transgresses the Isur with an amount less than this Shi'ur, even though he does not incur Malkos, he has still transgressed an Isur mid'Oraisa. For example, if a person writes one letter on Shabbos or cooks an amount of food less than a Grogeres on Shabbos, he has transgressed an Isur Torah.

31)[line 34]קרבן שבועהKORBAN SHEVU'AH

(a)A person can take an oath, or a "Shevu'as Bituy," by swearing to do something or not to do something or by swearing that he did or did not do something in the past. If he does not keep his word, or if his oath regarding an action of the past is false, he transgresses the Torah's prohibition not to swear falsely (Vayikra 19:12; RAMBAM Hilchos Shevu'os 1:3). If his oath was made regarding an action that he will or will not perform in the future, he transgresses the Torah's prohibition not to violate one's word as well (Bamidbar 30:3, see KESEF MISHNEH to the Rambam ibid.). It is prohibited to take an unnecessary or ridiculous oath. Such a Shevu'ah is known as a "Shevu'as Shav," which the Torah prohibits in the Ten Commandments, Shemos 20:7. (See Rambam, Hilchos Shevu'os 1:4, for a description of the various categories of Shevu'as Shav and Background to Temurah 3:4, 7.)

(b)Shevu'os in which a person prohibits certain acts upon himself are similar to Nedarim (vows). However, as opposed to Nidrei Isur and Charamim, in which a person places a prohibition on a specific object (e.g. "this loaf of bread is prohibited"), when making Shevu'os a person places a prohibition upon himself which prohibits him from performing a certain action (e.g. "It is prohibited for me to eat this loaf of bread"), as the Gemara states in Nedarim 2b (see Background to Nedarim 2:1a:b, and Insights to Nedarim 2:3).

(c)Some Rishonim maintain that when expressing a Shevu'ah, one must mention a name of or a reference to Hash-m in order for the Shevu'ah to take effect (see RAN and Rishonim to Nedarim 2a).

(d)If one unintentionally transgresses his oath (Shevu'as Bituy), he is required to bring a Korban Shevu'ah. The Korban Shevu'ah is a Korban Oleh v'Yored, which varies based on the means of the penitent:

1.If he is wealthy, he brings a female sheep or goat as a Chatas (Korban Ashir).

2.If he cannot afford this, he brings two Torim (turtledoves) or two Benei Yonah (common doves), one as an Olah and one as a Chatas (Korban Oleh v'Yored b'Dalus).

3.If he cannot even afford the birds, he brings one tenth of an Eifah of fine flour as a Minchas Chatas (Korban Oleh v'Yored b'Dalei Dalus) (Vayikra 5:6-13). The Minchas Chatas is not mixed with oil, and Levonah (frankincense) is not sprinkled on top of it (Vayikra 5:11). When a non-Kohen brings a Minchas Chatas, a Kometz of the flour alone is burned on the Mizbe'ach and the Kohanim receive the Shirayim (the rest of the flour, which they must eat before the following sunrise — RAMBAM Hilchos Ma'aseh ha'Korbanos 10:7).

(e)If a person takes an oath prohibiting himself to do a certain act and he knowingly transgresses his oath, or if he knowingly takes a false oath that he did or did not do a certain act, he is punished with Malkus. However, if he swears to do something and does not do it, he does not receive Malkus, since no action is involved (RAMBAM Hilchos Shevu'os 4:20). If one unintentionally makes a Shevu'as Shav, he is not punished. If he intentionally makes such a Shevu'ah, he is punished with Malkus (RAMBAM Hilchos Shevu'os 1:7).

32)[line 36]מושבע ועומד מהר סיניMUSHBA V'OMED ME'HAR SINAI HU- a person is considered bound by the Mitzvos as if he took an oath to keep them

33)[line 37]בכוללB'KOLEL (EIN ISUR CHAL AL ISUR)

(a)An object that is already prohibited by one Isur Torah cannot become prohibited by a second one (Ein Isur Chal Al Isur). However, there are a number of possible exceptions to this rule which are debated by the Tana'im (Chulin 101a):

1.Isur b'Vas Achas - Two Isurim may take effect at the same instant to prohibit the same object.

2.Isur Kollel - The second Isur may take effect if it includes objects that the first Isur did not (e.g. Yom ha'Kipurim prohibits not only the eating of Neveilos, but Kosher foods as well).

3.Isur Mosif - The second Isur may take effect if it adds a new dimension of Isur to the first (e.g. it prohibits the object to people who were not included in the first Isur, or it makes the object Asur b'Hana'ah and not just Asur to be eaten).

4.Isur Chamur (according to Rebbi Yehudah) - A more stringent Isur can take effect on an object that is already prohibited by a less stringent Isur (e.g. the prohibition of Gid ha'Nasheh is more stringent than the prohibition of non-Kosher animals, since it applied to Bnei Yakov when they were still permitted to eat non-Kosher animals).

(b)According to Rebbi Shimon, an object that is already prohibited can never become prohibited by another Isur, even if the second Isur is Kolel, Mosif, or Chamur.

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