## Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma Chapter 7

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:1
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**בָּא לוֹ כֹהֵן גָּדוֹל לִקְרוֹת.** פָּרָשַׁת הַיּוֹם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בא לו כהן גדול לקרות – the [Torah] portion of the day (i.e., Leviticus, chapter 16).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:2
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**בְּבִגְדֵי בוּץ.** שֶׁעָבַד בָּהֶם עֲבוֹדַת הַיּוֹם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בבגדי בוץ – that he performed the Divine Service of the day.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:3
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**קוֹרֵא.** שֶׁמֻּתָּר לִלְבֹּשׁ בִּגְדֵי כְּהֻנָּה אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא בִּשְׁעַת עֲבוֹדָה, דְּבִגְדֵי כְּהֻנָּה נִתְּנוּ לֵהָנוֹת בָּהֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קורא – for it is permitted to wear the clothing of the Priesthood even not at the time of Divine Service, for the clothing of the Priesthood was given to derive benefit from them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:4
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**בְּאִצְטְלִית.** לְבוּשׁ עָשׂוּי כְּמִין חָלוּק לָבָן,

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
באצטלית – clothing made in the form of a white garment/undershirt.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:5
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**מִשֶּׁלּוֹ.** שֶׁקְּרִיאַת הַפָּרָשָׁה אֵינָהּ עֲבוֹדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
משלו – for the reading of the [Torah] portion is not Divine Service.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:6
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**חַזַּן הַכְּנֶסֶת.** שַׁמָּשׁ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
חזן הכנסת – the sexton/beadle.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:7
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**רֹאשׁ הַכְּנֶסֶת.** עַל פִּיו נֶחְתָּכִים כָּל צָרְכֵי הַכְּנֶסֶת, מִי מַפְטִיר וּמִי פּוֹרֵס עַל שְׁמַע וּמִי עוֹבֵר לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה. וְנוֹתְנִים סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה מִזֶּה לָזֶה, מִשּׁוּם יְקָרָא דְּכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, לְהַרְאוֹת שֶׁיֵּשׁ שְׂרָרוֹת הַרְבֵּה לְמַטָּה מִמֶּנּוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ראש הכנסת – through his word, all the needs of the community are decided, who recites the Maftir portion (i.e., Haftarah), and who spreads a cloak over the head for the recitation of the prayers preceding the Shema (Kaddish and Barchu) (alternatively, to recite the prayers for the benefit of those who come too late for the regular service), and who goes before the Ark (to lead the service). And we give the Torah Scroll from this one to that one, because of the honor/dignity of the High Priest to demonstrate that there are many authorities below him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:8
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**עוֹמֵד וּמְקַבֵּל.** מִכְּלָל דְּעַד הַשְׁתָּא יוֹשֵׁב הֲוָה. נִמְצֵינוּ לְמֵדִים דִּבְעֶזְרַת נָשִׁים הָיָה קוֹרֵא, דְּאִי בְּעֶזְרַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן בְּמָקוֹם הַמְקֻדָּשׁ יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנָּה אָסוּר לֵישֵׁב אֶלָּא לְמַלְכֵי בֵּית דָּוִד הֻתַּר לָהֶם לֵישֵׁב בָּעֲזָרָה, דִּכְתִיב (שמואל ב ז) וַיָּבֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד וַיֵּשֵׁב לִפְנֵי ה':

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עומד ומקבל – it follows that until here he was sitting, and we find that we learned that he would read in the Ezrat Nashim/courtyard of the women, for if he read in the courtyard of Israel/Ezrat Yisrael and all the more so, in a holier place than that, it would be prohibited to sit other than the Kings of the House of David that were permitted to them to sit in the courtyard, as it is written (2 Samuel 7:18): “Then King David came and sat before the LORD.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:9
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**וְקוֹרֵא אַחֲרֵי מוֹת וְאַךְ בֶּעָשׂוֹר.** שֶׁבְּפָרָשַׁת אֱמֹר. שֶׁמֻּתָּר לְדַלֵּג בַּתּוֹרָה בְּעִנְיָן אֶחָד כְּשֶׁהוּא קָרוֹב בִּכְדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יַפְסִיק הַתֻּרְגְּמָן, אֲבָל אִם קֹדֶם שֶׁיִּגְלֹל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה עַד מְקוֹם הַדִּלּוּג יַפְסִיק הַתֻּרְגְּמָן הַמְתַרְגֵּם פָּסוּק שֶׁקָּרָא הַקּוֹרֵא, אָסוּר לְדַלֵּג וְלִגְלֹל, שֶׁנִּמְצְאוּ צִבּוּר יוֹשְׁבִים וּמְצַפִּים, וְאֵין זֶה כְּבוֹד הַצִּבּוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וקורא אחרי מות ואך בעשור – that is in the [Torah] portion of Emor (Leviticus chapter 23, verses 26-32). For it is permitted to skip in the Torah in one subject matter when it is close in order that the [Aramaic] translator not stop. But if prior to his rolling the Torah Scroll until the place of the skip that the [Aramaic] translator would stop who is translating the verse that the reader read/recite, it is prohibited to skip and to roll, for it would be found that the community is sitting and waiting/anticipating and this is not the dignity of the congregation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:10
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**יוֹתֵר מִמַּה שֶּׁקָּרִיתִי לִפְנֵיכֶם כָּתוּב כָּאן.** שֶׁלֹּא לְהוֹצִיא לַעַז עַל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, כְּשֶׁרוֹאִין אוֹתוֹ קוֹרֵא פָּרָשָׁה שְׁלִישִׁית עַל פֶּה יִהְיוּ סְבוּרִים שֶׁסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה חָסֵר אוֹתָהּ פָּרָשָׁה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יותר ממה שקריתי לפניכם כתוב כאן – so as to not to spread evil talk against/to discredit the Torah scroll, when they see him (i.e., the High Priest) read a third portion by heart that they would think that the Torah scroll is missing that portion.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:11
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**וּבֶעָשׂוֹר שֶׁבְּחֻמַּשׁ הַפְּקוּדִים קוֹרֵא עַל פֶּה.** שֶׁהִיא רְחוֹקָה מִפָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת וְאַךְ בֶּעָשׂוֹר יוֹתֵר מִכְּדֵי שֶׁיַּפְסִיק הַתֻּרְגְּמָן, לְפִיכָךְ אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִגְלֹל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה עַד שָׁם, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין גּוֹלְלִים סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה בְּצִבּוּר מִפְּנֵי כְּבוֹד הַצִּבּוּר, וְסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה אַחֵר אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהָבִיא, מִשּׁוּם פְּגָמוֹ שֶׁל רִאשׁוֹן, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ הָרִאשׁוֹן חָסֵר הוּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובעשור שבחומש הפקודים קורא על פה – [Numbers chapter 29, verses 7-11] which is far from the portion of Aharei Mot, and “Mark the tenth day of the month” (Leviticus 23:27 and following), which is more than the [Aramaic] translator can stop, therefore, he cannot roll the Torah scroll to there since we do not roll a Torah scroll in public because of the honor/respect of the congregation, and he cannot bring another Torah scroll because of the [perceived] defect of the first [scroll] so that people won’t say that it is lacking/missing parts.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:12
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**עַל הַתּוֹרָה.** שְׁתֵּי בְּרָכוֹת, אַחַת לְפָנֶיהָ וְאַחַת לְאַחֲרֶיהָ, כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁמְּבָרְכִין בְּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על התורה – two blessings, one before [the reading] and one after it in the manner that we recite the blessings in the synagogue.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:13
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**עַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל הַהוֹדָאָה.** רְצֵה וּמוֹדִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על העבודה ועל ההודאה – “Accept” (i.e. the third-to-last blessing of the Amidah) and “We give thanks” (the second-to-last blessing of the Amidah).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:14
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**וְעַל מְחִילַת הֶעָוֹן.** סְלַח לָנוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ועל מחילת עון – “Forgive us.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:15
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**וְעַל הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.** שֶׁתִּשְׁרֶה בוֹ שְׁכִינָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ועל המקדש – that the Divine Presence should dwell in it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:16
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**וְעַל הַכֹּהֲנִים.** שֶׁיִּתְבָּרְכוּ וְיִהְיוּ קָרְבְּנוֹתָם לְרָצוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ועל הכהנים – that they should be blessed and that their sacrifices [would be accepted] with favor.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:1:17
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**וְעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל שְׁאָר הַתְּפִלָּה.** מְפָרֵשׁ בַּגְּמָרָא, תְּחִנָּה רִנָּה בַּקָּשָׁה מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, שֶׁעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל צְרִיכִין לְהִוָּשַׁע, בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה'‏ שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ועל ישראל ועל שאר התפלה – it is explained in the Gemara (Tractate Yoma 70a): a prayer for grace, chant and request from before You that Your people Israel needs to be saved. Praised are You, who Hears prayer.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:2:1
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**לֹא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רַשַּׁאי.** דְּמַהוּ דְּתֵימָא הָרוֹאֶה עֲבוֹדָה אַחַת אֵינוֹ רַשַּׁאי לְהַנִּיחָהּ כְּדֵי לֵילֵךְ לִרְאוֹת עֲבוֹדָה אַחֶרֶת דְּאֵין מַעֲבִירִין עַל הַמִּצְוֹת, וּרְאִיַּת עֲבוֹדָה מִצְוָה הִיא מִשּׁוּם בְּרֹב עַם הַדְרַת מֶלֶךְ, קָא מַשְׁמַע לָן דְּלֹא מֵעֲבַר מִצְוָה הוּא, כֵּיוָן שֶׁאֵינוֹ עָסוּק בָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא מפני שאינו רשאי – for you might have thought that the person who sees one Divine Service is not permitted to leave it in order to work and see another Divine Service, for we do not forgo the occasion for performing a religious act. And the viewing of the Divine Service is a Mitzvah because of (Proverbs 14:28): “A numerous people is the glory of a king,” which comes to tell us that he does foregoing a commandment since he is not engaged in it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:3:1
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**אֵילוֹ וְאֵיל הָעָם.** טַעֲמָא דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, מִשּׁוּם דְּאֵילוֹ וְאֵיל הָעָם וְאֵמוּרֵי חַטָּאת וְהוֹצָאַת כַּף וּמַחְתָּה, כָּל הָנֵי דִּכְתִיבֵי בְּרֵישָׁא בְּתוֹרַת כֹּהֲנִים בְּפָרָשַׁת הַיּוֹם, עֲבֵיד לְהוּ בְּרֵישָׁא, וַהֲדַר עֲבֵיד מוּסָפִין, פַּר הָעוֹלָה וְשִׁבְעָה כְּבָשִׂים וְשָׂעִיר הַנַּעֲשֶׂה בַּחוּץ, כֻּלָּן עִם תָּמִיד שֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם דִּכְתִיב לְבַסּוֹף בְּחֻמַּשׁ הַפְּקוּדִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אילו ואיל העם – the reason of Rabbi Eliezer is because his ram and the ram of the people, and the innards of the sin offering and the removal of the ladle and coal-pan, all these are written at the beginning of Leviticus in the portion of the day (Leviticus chapter 16), he does them at the outset, and goes back and performs the additional sacrifices/Musaf of a burnt offering of a bull and the seven lambs and the he-goat which are done outside, all of them with the daily offering offered at eventide, as it is written, at the end, in the Book of Numbers (chapter 29, verses 7-11).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:3:2
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**וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר.** פַּר הָעוֹלָה וְשִׁבְעָה כְּבָשִׂים שֶׁל מוּסָפִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ור"ע אומר – the burnt offering of a bull and the seven lambs of the Additional Service/Musaf.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:3:3
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**עִם תָּמִיד שֶׁל שַׁחַר הָיוּ קְרֵבִין.** דִּכְתִיב (במדבר כח) מִלְּבַד עוֹלַת הַבֹּקֶר אֲשֶׁר לְעוֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וְגוֹ', אַלְמָא מוּסָפִין עִם עוֹלַת הַבֹּקֶר נַעֲשִׂים בְּסָמוּךְ לָהּ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ עֲבוֹדַת הַיּוֹם, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שָׂעִיר הַנַּעֲשֶׂה בַּחוּץ, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא מִן הַמּוּסָפִין אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהַקְדִּים לַעֲבוֹדַת הַיּוֹם, לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (שם כט) מִלְּבַד חַטַּאת הַכִּפּוּרִים, לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁשָּׂעִיר הַפְּנִימִי שֶׁהוּא מֵעֲבוֹדַת הַיּוֹם קוֹדְמוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ אֵילוֹ וְאֵיל הָעָם, וְאַחַר כָּךְ אֵמוּרֵי חַטָּאת, כָּל אֵלּוּ בִּטְבִילָה שְׁלִישִׁית. וְאַחַר כָּךְ הוֹצָאַת כַּף וּמַחְתָּה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ תָּמִיד שֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עם תמיד של שחר היו קרבים – as it is written (Numbers 28:23): “You shall present these in addition to the morning portion of the regular burnt offering,” etc. Hence we see, that the Musaf/Additional offerings are made with the morning burnt offering near it, and afterwards, the Divine Service of the day, and after that the goat that offered outside, and even though it is from the Musaf, it cannot precede the Divine Service of the day, as it is stated concerning it (Numbers 29:11): “in addition to the sin offering of expiation [and the regular burnt offering with its meal offering, each with its libation],” we learned that the inner goat which is part of the Divine Service of the day precedes it, and afterwards, his ram and the ram of the people, and after that, the innards of the sin offering, all of these at the third ritual immersion. But the removal of the ladle and the coal-pan is after that and after that the daily offering of the eventide. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Akiba.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:4:1
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**וּלְהֵטִיב אֶת הַנֵּרוֹת.** הֲטָבָה זוֹ, הַדְלָקָה הִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולהטיב את הנרות – this trimming/cleansing of the lambs is kindling.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:5:1
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**בְּאֵלּוּ נִשְׁאָלִים.** כֹּהֵן הַנִּשְׁאָל בְּאוּרִים וְתֻמִּים צָרִיךְ לִלְבֹּשׁ שְׁמֹנָה בְּגָדִים. וְכֵיצַד שׁוֹאֲלִים בְּאוּרִים וְתֻמִּים. הַשּׁוֹאֵל פָּנָיו אֲחוֹרֵי הַכֹּהֵן הַנִּשְׁאָל, וְהַנִּשְׁאָל פָּנָיו כְּלַפֵּי הָאָרוֹן, וְהַשּׁוֹאֵל אוֹמֵר הַאֶעֱשֶׂה דָּבָר פְּלוֹנִי אוֹ לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה. וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹאֵל בְּקוֹל רָם וְלֹא מְהַרְהֵר בְּלִבּוֹ, אֶלָּא בְּקוֹל נָמוּךְ. וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ לוֹבֶשֶׁת אֶת הַכֹּהֵן וּמַבִּיט בַּחֹשֶׁן, וְרוֹאֶה אוֹתִיּוֹת בּוֹלְטוֹת בַּחֹשֶׁן כְּנֶגֶד פָּנָיו, עֲשֵׂה כָּךְ אוֹ לֹא תַּעֲשֶׂה כָּךְ, לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ כְּתוּבִים עַל אַבְנֵי הַחֹשֶׁן שֵׁמוֹת שֶׁל שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר שְׁבָטִים וְאַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב וְשִׁבְטֵי יָהּ, נִמְצֵאת כָּל הָאַלְפָא בֵּיתָא שָׁם, וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ הָיְתָה מוֹדִיעָה לַכֹּהֵן אֵיךְ יְצָרֵף הָאוֹתִיּוֹת הַבּוֹלְטוֹת זוֹ עִם זוֹ, עַד שֶׁיָּבִין מַשְׁמָעוּתָן שֶׁל הַדְּבָרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
באלו נשאלין – the Kohen who received inquiries for the Urim and Thummim needs to dress in eight [sets] of clothing. And how do they inquire of the Urim and Thummim? The face of the one who asks is behind the Kohen who receives inquiries and the one who receives inquiries, his face is directed towards the Ark, but the inquirer asks, “May I do a certain thing or not do it?” And he does not inquire in a loud voice nor does he meditate/think in his heart, but in a low voice, and the Holy Spirit clothes/envelopes the Kohen and he looks at the breastplate, and sees letters protruding in the breastplate corresponding to his face, ”do this or don’t do that.” For since the names of the twelve tribes were written on the stones of the breastplate, and Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the tribes of God, it is found that the entire Alphabet is there, and the Holy Spirit would inform the Kohen how to combine the protruding letters one with the other until he would understand the implication of the matters (see Talmud Yoma 73 a-b).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma 7:5:2
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**אֶלָּא לַמֶּלֶךְ וְכוּ'.** דִּכְתִיב (במדבר כז) וְלִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן יַעֲמֹד וְגוֹ', הוּא, זֶה מֶלֶךְ, וְכָל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִתּוֹ, מִי שֶׁכָּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִתּוֹ לָצֵאת לַמִּלְחָמָה, אַחֲרָיו, זֶה מְשׁוּחַ מִלְחָמָה, [דְּהַיְנוּ] לְמִי שֶׁצֹּרֶךְ הַצִּבּוּר בּוֹ, וְכָל הָעֵדָה, אֵלּוּ סַנְהֶדְרִי גְּדוֹלָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלא למלך וכו' – as it is written (Numbers 27:21): “But he shall present himself to Eleazar the priest, [who shall on his behalf seek the decision of the Urim before the LORD]…” “He” is the king, “and all of the Israelites that are with him” all of the children of Israel that are with him go out to war. After him, that is the priest anointed as the chaplain of the army [that is] all of the needs of the community are upon him. “the whole community” – this is the Great Sanhedrin.