## Sotah Daf 40b

###### Sotah 40b:1
[Sotah 40b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:1)

וְכׇל כָּךְ לָמָּה — לְפִי שֶׁאֵין עוֹנִין ״אָמֵן״ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And why** does the practice in the Temple differ **so much** from outside the Temple? **Because one does not answer amen in the Temple,** and therefore there is no pause between the blessings.


###### Sotah 40b:2
[Sotah 40b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:2)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: מִנַּיִן שֶׁאֵין עוֹנִין ״אָמֵן״ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ — שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״קוּמוּ בָּרְכוּ אֶת ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מִן הָעוֹלָם עַד הָעוֹלָם״. וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁעַל כׇּל בְּרָכָה וּבְרָכָה תְּהִלָּה — שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וִיבָרְכוּ שֵׁם כְּבֹדֶךָ וּמְרוֹמַם עַל כׇּל בְּרָכָה וּתְהִלָּה״. עַל כׇּל בְּרָכָה וּבְרָכָה תֵּן לוֹ תְּהִלָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught: From where** is it derived **that one does not answer amen in the Temple? As it is stated: “Stand up and bless the Lord, your God, from everlasting to everlasting”** (Nehemiah 9:5). This blessing is recited instead of amen in the Temple. **And from where** is it derived **that for each and every blessing** in the Temple the people respond with these words of **praise? As it is stated: “And let them say: Blessed be Your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise”** (Nehemiah 9:5). This verse indicates that **for each and every blessing,** you should **give Him praise.** However, those present do not respond amen.


###### Sotah 40b:3
[Sotah 40b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:3)

**מַתְנִי׳** בִּרְכוֹת כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל כֵּיצַד? חַזַּן הַכְּנֶסֶת נוֹטֵל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה וְנוֹתְנָהּ לוֹ לְרֹאשׁ הַכְּנֶסֶת, וְרֹאשׁ הַכְּנֶסֶת נוֹתְנָהּ לַסְּגָן, וְהַסְּגָן נוֹתְנָהּ לְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **How** are **the blessings of the High Priest** recited on Yom Kippur? **The synagogue attendant takes a Torah scroll and gives it to the head of the synagogue** that stands on the Temple Mount, **and the head of the synagogue gives it to the deputy** High Priest, **and the deputy** High Priest **gives it to the High Priest.**


###### Sotah 40b:4
[Sotah 40b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:4)

וְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל עוֹמֵד וּמְקַבֵּל, וְקוֹרֵא ״אַחֲרֵי מוֹת״, וְ״אַךְ בֶּעָשׂוֹר״. וְגוֹלֵל אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וּמַנִּיחָהּ בְּחֵיקוֹ, וְאוֹמֵר: יָתֵר מִמַּה שֶּׁקָּרִיתִי לִפְנֵיכֶם כָּתוּב כָּאן. ״וּבֶעָשׂוֹר״ שֶׁבְּחוֹמֶשׁ הַפְּקוּדִים קוֹרֵא עַל פֶּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And the High Priest stands; and receives** the Torah scroll; **and reads** the Torah portion beginning with the verse: **“After the death”** (Leviticus 16:1–34), **and** the portion beginning with the verse: **“But on the tenth”** (Leviticus 23:26–32); **and furls the Torah** scroll; **and places it on his bosom; and says: More than what I have read before you is written here. He** then **reads by heart** the portion beginning with: **“And on the tenth,” from the book of Numbers** (see 29:7–11).


###### Sotah 40b:5
[Sotah 40b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:5)

וּמְבָרֵךְ עָלֶיהָ שְׁמֹנֶה בְּרָכוֹת: עַל הַתּוֹרָה, וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה, וְעַל הַהוֹדָיָיה, וְעַל מְחִילַת הֶעָוֹן, וְעַל הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְעַל הַכֹּהֲנִים, וְעַל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, וְהַשְּׁאָר תְּפִלָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** after the reading the High Priest **recites** the following **eight blessings:** A blessing **concerning the Torah, and concerning the** Temple **service, and concerning thanksgiving, and concerning forgiveness for iniquity, and concerning the Temple, and concerning the Jewish people, and concerning the priests, and concerning Jerusalem, and the rest of the prayer.**


###### Sotah 40b:6
[Sotah 40b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:6)

**גְּמָ׳** שָׁמְעַתְּ מִינַּהּ חוֹלְקִין כָּבוֹד לְתַלְמִיד בִּמְקוֹם הָרַב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara suggests: **You can learn from** the fact that the head of the synagogue and the deputy High Priest receive the Torah scroll before the High Priest that **honor may be given to a student in the presence of the teacher.** Although the High Priest is considered everyone’s teacher and master, honor was nevertheless extended to other individuals in his presence without fear of impugning the High Priest’s honor.


###### Sotah 40b:7
[Sotah 40b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:7)

אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: כּוּלַּהּ מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹדוֹ דְּכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said:** A proof may not be adduced from here. Usually one does not show honor for a student in the presence of the teacher, but here the **entire** process **is for the honor of the High Priest.** The passing of the Torah scroll to people of increasing importance demonstrates that the High Priest is considered the most important of all those present.


###### Sotah 40b:8
[Sotah 40b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:8)

וְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל עוֹמֵד וּמְקַבֵּל וְקוֹרֵא וְכוּ׳. ״עוֹמֵד״ — מִכְּלָל דְּיוֹשֵׁב הוּא? וְהָאָמַר מָר: אֵין יְשִׁיבָה בַּעֲזָרָה אֶלָּא לְמַלְכֵי בֵּית דָּוִד בִּלְבַד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיָּבֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד וַיֵּשֶׁב לִפְנֵי ה׳ וַיֹּאמֶר מִי אָנֹכִי וְגוֹ׳״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is stated in the mishna: **And the High Priest stands, and receives** the Torah scroll, **and reads** from it. The Gemara asks: From the fact that he stands, it can be understood **by inference** that until that point **he** had been **sitting. But didn’t the Master say** (*Tosefta*, *Sanhedrin* 4:4) that **sitting in** the Temple **courtyard** is permitted **only for kings from the house of David, as it is stated: “Then King David went in, and sat before the Lord; and he said: Who am I,** O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me thus far?” (II Samuel 7:18).


###### Sotah 40b:9
[Sotah 40b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:9)

כִּדְאָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: בְּעֶזְרַת נָשִׁים, הָכָא נָמֵי בְּעֶזְרַת נָשִׁים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **As Rav Ḥisda said** in a similar context: This took place not in the Israelite courtyard, where the prohibition against sitting applies, but **in the women’s courtyard. Here, too,** the reading was **in the women’s courtyard,** where it is permitted to sit, as it does not have the sanctified status of the Temple itself.


###### Sotah 40b:10
[Sotah 40b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/40b:10)

מֵיתִיבִי: וְהֵיכָן קוֹרִין בּוֹ — בָּעֲזָרָה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: בְּהַר הַבַּיִת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *baraita* (*Tosefta* 7:13): **And where does** the High Priest **read** from the Torah scroll? He reads from it **in the** Temple **courtyard. Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov says:** He reads from it **on the Temple Mount, as it is stated:**