## Mishnah Yoma Chapter 5

###### Mishnah Yoma 5:1
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הוֹצִיאוּ לוֹ אֶת הַכַּף וְאֶת הַמַּחְתָּה, וְחָפַן מְלֹא חָפְנָיו וְנָתַן לְתוֹךְ הַכַּף, הַגָּדוֹל לְפִי גָדְלוֹ, וְהַקָּטָן לְפִי קָטְנוֹ, וְכָךְ הָיְתָה מִדָּתָהּ. נָטַל אֶת הַמַּחְתָּה בִּימִינוֹ וְאֶת הַכַּף בִּשְׂמֹאלוֹ. הָיָה מְהַלֵּךְ בַּהֵיכָל, עַד שֶׁמַּגִּיעַ לְבֵין שְׁתֵּי הַפָּרֹכוֹת הַמַּבְדִּילוֹת בֵּין הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבֵין קֹדֶשׁ הַקָּדָשִׁים, וּבֵינֵיהֶן אַמָּה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, לֹא הָיְתָה שָׁם אֶלָּא פָרֹכֶת אַחַת בִּלְבָד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כו), וְהִבְדִּילָה הַפָּרֹכֶת לָכֶם בֵּין הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבֵין קֹדֶשׁ הַקָּדָשִׁים. הַחִיצוֹנָה הָיְתָה פְרוּפָה מִן הַדָּרוֹם, וְהַפְּנִימִית מִן הַצָּפוֹן. מְהַלֵּךְ בֵּינֵיהֶן, עַד שֶׁמַּגִּיעַ לַצָּפוֹן. הִגִּיעַ לַצָּפוֹן, הוֹפֵךְ פָּנָיו לַדָּרוֹם, מְהַלֵּךְ לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ עִם הַפָּרֹכֶת עַד שֶׁהוּא מַגִּיעַ לָאָרוֹן. הִגִּיעַ לָאָרוֹן. נוֹתֵן אֶת הַמַּחְתָּה בֵּין שְׁנֵי הַבַּדִּים. צָבַר אֶת הַקְּטֹרֶת עַל גַּבֵּי גֶחָלִים, וְנִתְמַלֵּא כָל הַבַּיִת כֻּלּוֹ עָשָׁן. יָצָא וּבָא לוֹ בְדֶרֶךְ בֵּית כְּנִיסָתוֹ, וּמִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִלָּה קְצָרָה בַּבַּיִת הַחִיצוֹן, וְלֹא הָיָה מַאֲרִיךְ בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַבְעִית אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They took out for him [from the lishkah of vessels] the ladle and the (incense) pan, and he took full handfuls and put them into the ladle, the taller (priest) relative to his size; the shorter, relative to his. And this was its measure. [As it was measured outside, thus was it measured inside. Just as outside, he took full "handfuls," literally, not in a vessel, so inside, when he spilled the incense from the ladle into his hands, he did not spill it with a vessel made to the measure of his handfuls, but into his hand itself.] He took the coal pan in his right hand and the ladle in his left hand. He walked in the sanctuary until he came between the two curtains dividing the holy from the holy of holies, a cubit between them. [Because they were in doubt at the time of the second Temple whether the partition dividing the holy from the holy of holies in the first Temple, which was a cubit thick — since they were in doubt as to whether that cubit was considered as the interior (the holy of holies) or the exterior (the holy), they made two curtains, one on the exterior, one on the interior, a cubit between them, that cubit being accounted the partition.] R. Yossi says: There was only one curtain there, it being written (Exodus 26:33): "And the curtain shall divide for you between the holy and the holy of holies." The outer curtain was clasped from the south, and the inner curtain was clasped from the north. [The rabbis who differ with R. Yossi say this, holding that "And the curtain shall divide for you, etc." obtained in the mishkan (the desert sanctuary) alone. ("clasped":) Its edge was doubled on the outside, and it was held by a golden clasp, so that it could be opened from the south.] He walked between them [He entered from the clasp on the south and walked between them] until he reached the [clasp on the] north. When he reached the north [and he entered the holy of holies], he turned his face south [to walk between the poles (of the ark), in the middle (of the holy of holies). For the poles reached until the curtain, one (pole) end being on the west; the other, on the east; one (pole) being at the head of the ark on the north; the other, at its head on the south.] He walked to his left with the curtain [For when one walks from north to south, his left is to the east, and the curtain was in the east, so that his left was "with the curtain"] until he reached the ark [the place of the ark, not the ark itself, there being no ark in the second Temple.] He placed the coal pan between the two poles, released the incense upon the coals, and the entire house was filled with smoke. He went out the way he had entered [not turning his face to leave, but walking out backwards, facing the ark.], and he prayed a short prayer in the outer house (the sanctuary) [viz.: "May it be Your will, O L rd my G d, that if this year is hot, let it be rainy; may the kingdom not pass from the house of Judah; may Your people Israel not be dependent upon each other for a livelihood, nor upon others; and may the prayers of the wayfarers (that it not rain) not present themselves before You."] And he would not be long in praying so as not to alarm Israel, [who might fear that he had died].


###### Mishnah Yoma 5:2
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מִשֶּׁנִּטַּל הָאָרוֹן, אֶבֶן הָיְתָה שָׁם מִימוֹת נְבִיאִים רִאשׁוֹנִים, וּשְׁתִיָּה הָיְתָה נִקְרֵאת, גְּבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ שָׁלשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת, וְעָלֶיהָ הָיָה נוֹתֵן:

**The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
After the ark was removed (at the destruction of the first Temple) — there was a stone there (in the holy of holies), from the time of the first prophets, "shethiah," by name [so called because the world was founded ("nishtath") from it by the L rd. "shethiyah" = "foundation."] It was three fingers higher than the ground, and above it he placed the (coal pan).


###### Mishnah Yoma 5:3
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נָטַל אֶת הַדָּם מִמִּי שֶׁהָיָה מְמָרֵס בּוֹ, נִכְנַס לַמָּקוֹם שֶׁנִּכְנַס, וְעָמַד בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁעָמַד, וְהִזָּה מִמֶּנּוּ אַחַת לְמַעְלָה וְשֶׁבַע לְמַטָּה, וְלֹא הָיָה מִתְכַּוֵּן לְהַזּוֹת לֹא לְמַעְלָה וְלֹא לְמַטָּה, אֶלָּא כְמַצְלִיף. וְכָךְ הָיָה מוֹנֶה, אַחַת, אַחַת וְאַחַת, אַחַת וּשְׁתַּיִם, אַחַת וְשָׁלשׁ, אַחַת וְאַרְבַּע, אַחַת וְחָמֵשׁ, אַחַת וָשֵׁשׁ, אַחַת וָשֶׁבַע. יָצָא וְהִנִּיחוֹ עַל כַּן הַזָּהָב שֶׁבַּהֵיכָל:

**The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He took the blood from the one stirring it, entered where he had entered before [in the holy of holies], stood where he had stood [between the poles], and he sprinkled from it, one above and seven below. And he did not direct his sprinkling, neither above, [so that the one, above, land on the upper point of the kaporeth (the ark cover)] nor below, [so that the seven, below, land across its diameter; for the drops did not touch the kaporeth, but fell to the ground], but (he sprinkled them) as a "lasher," [who begins between the shoulders and works his way downwards. In like manner, he so executed his sprinklings that they fell on the ground in a row, one beneath the other.] And thus would he count: "One," "one and one," "one and two," "one and three," "one and four," "one and five," "one and six," "one and seven." [For if he did not count the first upper sprinkling independently and all seven below, sometimes he might err and count the first sprinkling together with the seven below, counting the first one below as "two." And it is not to be entertained that he count the first one above together with the seven below and count until eight. For it may be that it is a mitzvah to treat the lower sprinklings as a unit of seven and not as part of eight.] And he placed it (the sprinkling bowl) on the golden base in the sanctuary.


###### Mishnah Yoma 5:4
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הֵבִיאוּ לוֹ אֶת הַשָּׂעִיר, שְׁחָטוֹ וְקִבֵּל בַּמִּזְרָק אֶת דָּמוֹ. נִכְנַס לִמְקוֹם שֶׁנִּכְנַס, וְעָמַד בִּמְקוֹם שֶׁעָמַד, וְהִזָּה מִמֶּנּוּ אַחַת לְמַעְלָה וְשֶׁבַע לְמַטָּה, וְלֹא הָיָה מִתְכַּוֵּן לְהַזּוֹת לֹא לְמַעְלָה וְלֹא לְמַטָּה, אֶלָּא כְמַצְלִיף. וְכָךְ הָיָה מוֹנֶה, אַחַת, אַחַת וְאַחַת, אַחַת וּשְׁתַּיִם, אַחַת וְשָׁלשׁ, אַחַת וְאַרְבַּע, אַחַת וְחָמֵשׁ, אַחַת וָשֵׁשׁ, אַחַת וָשֶׁבַע. יָצָא וְהִנִּיחוֹ עַל כַּן הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁהָיָה בַהֵיכָל. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, לֹא הָיָה שָׁם אֶלָּא כַּן אֶחָד בִּלְבָד. נָטַל דַּם הַפָּר וְהִנִּיחַ דַּם הַשָּׂעִיר, וְהִזָּה מִמֶּנּוּ עַל הַפָּרֹכֶת שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הָאָרוֹן מִבַּחוּץ, אַחַת לְמַעְלָה וְשֶׁבַע לְמַטָּה, וְלֹא הָיָה מִתְכַּוֵּן לְהַזּוֹת לֹא לְמַעְלָה וְלֹא לְמַטָּה, אֶלָּא כְמַצְלִיף. וְכָךְ הָיָה מוֹנֶה, אַחַת, אַחַת וְאַחַת, אַחַת וּשְׁתַּיִם, אַחַת וְשָׁלשׁ, אַחַת וְאַרְבַּע, אַחַת וְחָמֵשׁ, אַחַת וָשֵׁשׁ, אַחַת וָשֶׁבַע. נָטַל דַּם הַשָּׂעִיר וְהִנִּיחַ דַּם הַפָּר, וְהִזָּה מִמֶּנּוּ עַל הַפָּרֹכֶת שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הָאָרוֹן מִבַּחוּץ, אַחַת לְמַעְלָה וְשֶׁבַע לְמַטָּה, וְלֹא הָיָה מִתְכַּוֵּן לְהַזּוֹת לֹא לְמַעְלָה וְלֹא לְמַטָּה, אֶלָּא כְמַצְלִיף. וְכָךְ הָיָה מוֹנֶה, אַחַת, אַחַת וְאַחַת, אַחַת וּשְׁתַּיִם, אַחַת וְשָׁלשׁ, אַחַת וְאַרְבַּע, אַחַת וְחָמֵשׁ, אַחַת וָשֵׁשׁ, אַחַת וָשֶׁבַע. עֵרָה דַם הַפָּר לְתוֹךְ דַּם הַשָּׂעִיר, וְנָתַן אֶת הַמָּלֵא בָרֵיקָן:

**The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They brought him the goat. He slaughtered it and received its blood in the sprinkling bowl. He entered where he had entered and stood where he had stood, and he sprinkled from it, one above and seven below. And he did not direct his sprinkling, neither above nor below, but as a "lasher." And thus would he count: "One," "one and one," "one and two etc." He went out and placed it on the second base in the sanctuary. R. Yehudah says: There was only one base there. He took the blood of the bullock and put down the blood of the goat. [This is the conclusion of the statement of R. Yehudah to the effect that there was only one base — so that he had to take the blood of the bullock first in order to put down the blood of the goat on the base previously occupied by the first.], and he sprinkled from it on the curtain facing the ark from the outside, [it being written (Leviticus 16:16): "And thus shall he do for the tent of meeting"], one above and seven below. And he did not direct, etc. And thus would he count, etc. He took the blood of the goat and put down the blood of the bullock, and he sprinkled from it on the curtain facing the ark from the outside, one above and seven below, etc. He poured the blood of the bullock into the blood of the goat, [as it is written concerning the placings (of the blood) on the altar (Ibid. 18): "And he shall take of the blood of the bullock and of the blood of the goat" — of the blood of both, together], and he put the full in the empty [i.e., He then poured from the full sprinkling bowl into the empty one so that the bloods would mix well.]


###### Mishnah Yoma 5:5
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וְיָצָא אֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְיָ, זֶה מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב. הִתְחִיל מְחַטֵּא וְיוֹרֵד. מֵהֵיכָן הוּא מַתְחִיל, מִקֶּרֶן מִזְרָחִית צְפוֹנִית, צְפוֹנִית מַעֲרָבִית, מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית, דְּרוֹמִית מִזְרָחִית. מְקוֹם שֶׁהוּא מַתְחִיל בַּחַטָּאת עַל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן, מִשָּׁם הָיָה גוֹמֵר עַל מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, בִּמְקוֹמוֹ הָיָה עוֹמֵד וּמְחַטֵּא. וְעַל כֻּלָּן הָיָה נוֹתֵן מִלְּמַטָּה לְמַעְלָה, חוּץ מִזּוֹ שֶׁהָיְתָה לְפָנָיו, שֶׁעָלֶיהָ הָיָה נוֹתֵן מִלְמַעְלָה לְמָטָּה:

**The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
(Leviticus 16:18): "And he shall go out to the altar which is before the L rd." This is the golden altar. He began, cleansing and descending. [This tanna holds that the priest walked to each corner (projection) so that every placing was on the corner before him and near him. This is the intent of "cleansing and descending." That is, he would apply the blood from top to bottom. For if he applied it from bottom to top on the corner before him, the blood would drip into his sleeve and soil his clothing.] From where does he begin? From the northeast corner. (Then he continued) northwest, southwest, southeast. The place that he began with the sin-offering on the outer altar, there he finished (the blood applications) on the inner altar. R. Eliezer says: He stayed in his place and cleansed, applying (the blood) on all of them from bottom to top, except for the one immediately in front of him, where he applied it from top to bottom. [R. Eliezer holds that the priest stands in one corner, whence he makes the applications on all of the corners. (For the entire altar was only one cubit square.) Since the three (other) corners were not right next to him, he could apply it from bottom to top without soiling his clothing — as opposed to the corner directly in front of which he was standing. He could not curve his fingertips downwards and apply it from bottom to top; for if he did so, the blood would drip into his sleeve. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Eliezer.]


###### Mishnah Yoma 5:6
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הִזָּה עַל טָהֳרוֹ שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים, וּשְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם הָיָה שׁוֹפֵךְ עַל יְסוֹד מַעֲרָבִי שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן, וְשֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן הָיָה שׁוֹפֵךְ עַל יְסוֹד דְּרוֹמִי. אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ מִתְעָרְבִין בָּאַמָּה וְיוֹצְאִין לְנַחַל קִדְרוֹן, וְנִמְכָּרִין לַגַּנָּנִין לְזֶבֶל, וּמוֹעֲלִין בָּהֶן:

**The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sprinkled on the "pureness" of the altar seven times. [After he finishes all the applications on the corners, he sprinkles upon it seven times, as it is written (Leviticus 16:19): "And he shall sprinkle upon it of the blood with his finger seven times." ("the pureness of the altar":) its exposed place. He moves the ashes and the coals aside and sprinkles on the gold of the altar.] And what was left over of the blood, he spilled on the western foundation of the outer altar. And that of the outer altar [i.e., what was left of the blood of the outer sin-offerings], he spilled on the southern foundation. Both of them [the outer and the inner bloods which were spilled on the altar of the burnt-offering, fell from the foundation to the floor and] intermixed in the amah [a duct in the azarah] and emptied into the stream of Kidron. It is sold to garden owners as fertilizer and it is subject to me'ilah (abuse of consecrated matter). [It is forbidden to benefit from it without payment (to the Temple)].


###### Mishnah Yoma 5:7
[Mishnah Yoma 5:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Yoma/r/5:7)

כָּל מַעֲשֵׂה יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים הָאָמוּר עַל הַסֵּדֶר, אִם הִקְדִּים מַעֲשֶׂה לַחֲבֵרוֹ, לֹא עָשָׂה כְלוּם. הִקְדִּים דַּם הַשָּׂעִיר לְדַם הַפָּר, יַחֲזֹר וְיַזֶּה מִדַּם הַשָּׂעִיר לְאַחַר דַּם הַפָּר. וְאִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא גָמַר אֶת הַמַּתָּנוֹת שֶׁבִּפְנִים נִשְׁפַּךְ הַדָּם, יָבִיא דָם אַחֵר וְיַחֲזֹר וְיַזֶּה בַתְּחִלָּה בִּפְנִים. וְכֵן בַּהֵיכָל, וְכֵן בְּמִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב, שֶׁכֻּלָּן כַּפָּרָה בִפְנֵי עַצְמָן. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמְרִים, מִמְּקוֹם שֶׁפָּסַק, מִשָּׁם הוּא מַתְחִיל:

**The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The entire Yom Kippur service [i.e., all of the services which he performs in the white garments, within (the holy of holies) and the sanctuary, which are mentioned in order (in our Mishnah)] — if he performed one service (out of order) before another, he has done nothing. If he sprinkled the blood of the goat before that of the bullock, he must go back and sprinkle the blood of the goat after that of the bullock. And if before finishing the applications within (the holy of holies), the blood spills out, he must bring other blood and repeat the sprinklings from the beginning within. And so with the sanctuary. [If he performed a part of the sprinklings on the curtain and the blood spilled out, he must bring another bullock and begin those sprinklings again (but he need not repeat the sprinklings within)]. And so with the golden altar, for each is an atonement in itself, [wherefore, if it were completed, it is completed]. R. Elazar and R. Shimon say: From the place where he stopped, there he begins [i.e., Even if that atonement were not completed, he need not repeat that part of it which he already performed. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Elazar and R. Shimon.]