## Tamid Daf 29a

###### Tamid 29a:1
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לֹא נִתְעַצֵּל הַכֹּהֵן מִלְּהוֹצִיא אֶת הַדֶּשֶׁן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**the priest** tasked with removing the ashes from the circular heap **was never indolent in removing the ashes.**


###### Tamid 29a:2
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הֵחֵלּוּ מַעֲלִין בַּגְּזִירִין לְסַדֵּר אֶת הַמַּעֲרָכָה. וְכִי כׇּל הָעֵצִים כְּשֵׁרִין לַמַּעֲרָכָה הֵן? כׇּל הָעֵצִים כְּשֵׁרִין לַמַּעֲרָכָה חוּץ מִשֶּׁל גֶּפֶן וְשֶׁל זַיִת. אֲבָל בְּאֵלּוּ הָיוּ רְגִילִין: בְּמֻרְבִּיּוֹת שֶׁל תְּאֵנָה, שֶׁל אֱגוֹז, וְשֶׁל עֵץ שֶׁמֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
After the ashes were cleared to the middle of the altar, the priests **began raising logs** onto the altar in order **to assemble the arrangement** of wood on which the offerings were burned. The *tanna* asks: **And is** wood from **all the trees fit for the arrangement?** The *tanna* replies: Wood from **all the trees is fit for the arrangement, except for** wood **from** the **vine and from** the **olive** tree, **but** the priests **were accustomed** to assemble the arrangement **with** wood from **these** trees: **With young branches of** the **fig** tree, **of** the **nut** tree, **and of pinewood.**


###### Tamid 29a:3
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סִידֵּר אֶת הַמַּעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה מִזְרָחָה, וַחֲזִיתָהּ מִזְרָחָה. וְרָאשֵׁי גְזִירִין הַפְּנִימִים הָיוּ נוֹגְעִין בַּתַּפּוּחַ. וְרֶיוַח הָיָה בֵּין הַגְּזִירִים, שֶׁהָיוּ מַצִּיתִים אֶת הָאֲלִיתָא מִשָּׁם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The priest who removed the ashes then **assembled the large arrangement** of wood upon which the daily offering and the sacrificial portions of the other offerings are burned. It was assembled **on the eastern** side of the altar, **and its opening** was **on the eastern** side of the altar, **and the inner end of** the **logs would touch the circular heap** of ashes. **And there was space between the logs,** in which the priests placed twigs, **as they would ignite the kindling [*ha’alita*] from there,** so that the fire would spread to the logs.


###### Tamid 29a:4
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בֵּרְרוּ מִשָּׁם עֲצֵי תְאֵנָה יָפִים, סִידֵּר אֶת הַמַּעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה לִקְטוֹרֶת כְּנֶגֶד מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית, מָשׁוּךְ מִן הַקֶּרֶן כְּלַפֵּי צָפוֹן אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The priests **selected from** among the logs that were **there fine** logs from **fig trees,** as when this type of wood was burned it would become coals rather than ashes. The priest who removed the ashes then **assembled the second arrangement** of wood, from which the coals were taken to the golden altar in the Sanctuary **for** the burning of **the incense.** The second arrangement was assembled **next to the southwestern** corner of the altar and was **removed from the corner toward the north** side of the altar by a distance of **four cubits.**


###### Tamid 29a:5
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בְּעוֹמֶד חָמֵשׁ סְאִין גֶּחָלִים. וּבְשַׁבָּת – בְּעוֹמֶד שְׁמוֹנֶה סְאִין גֶּחָלִים. שֶׁשָּׁם הָיוּ נוֹתְנִים שְׁנֵי בְּזִיכֵי לְבוֹנָה שֶׁל לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים. הָאֵבָרִים וְהַפְּדָרִים שֶׁלֹּא (הָיוּ) נִתְעַכְּלוּ מִבָּעֶרֶב, מַחֲזִירִין אוֹתָן לַמַּעֲרָכָה, וְהִצִּיתוּ שְׁתֵּי מַעֲרָכוֹת בָּאֵשׁ. יָרְדוּ וּבָאוּ לָהֶם לְלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The second arrangement was assembled **of** an amount of wood **estimated** to produce **five *se’a* of coals. And on Shabbat,** it was assembled **of** an amount of wood **estimated** to produce **eight *se’a* of coals, as there** the priests **would place** the **two bowls of frankincense that** accompanied **the shewbread** and that were burned on the altar on Shabbat. With regard to **the limbs and the fats that were not consumed** during the time **from the** previous **evening,** the priests would **return them to the** large **arrangement** to be burned. **And** the priests **kindled** those **two arrangements with fire** and **descended** from the altar. **And they** then **came to the Chamber of Hewn Stone,** where they would conduct the second lottery in order to determine who would perform the subsequent rites.


###### Tamid 29a:6
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**גְּמָ׳** אָמַר רָבָא: גּוּזְמָא. הִשְׁקוּ אֶת הַתָּמִיד בְּכוֹס שֶׁל זָהָב, אָמַר רָבָא: גּוּזְמָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The mishna teaches that sometimes there was as much as three hundred *kor* of ashes upon the circular heap in the middle of the altar. **Rava said:** This is **an exaggeration.** The mishna merely means that the heap contained a large quantity of ashes, not that it reached that actual amount. Similarly, the mishna states (30a) that before slaughtering the daily offering the priests **gave** the lamb selected for **the daily offering** water **to drink in cup of gold,** so that it would be easier to flay it after it was slaughtered. With regard to this mishna, **Rava said:** This is **an exaggeration,** as the priests would not give the animal to drink from an actual golden vessel.


###### Tamid 29a:7
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אָמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי: דִּבְּרָה תּוֹרָה לְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי, דִּבְּרוּ נְבִיאִים לְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי, דִּבְּרוּ חֲכָמִים לְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In this connection, **Rabbi Ami says:** In certain instances, the **Torah spoke** employing **exaggerated [*havai*] language,** the **prophets spoke** employing **exaggerated language,** and **the Sages spoke** employing **exaggerated language.**


###### Tamid 29a:8
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דִּבְּרָה תּוֹרָה לְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי – דִּכְתִיב: ״עָרִים גְּדֹלֹת וּבְצוּרֹת בַּשָּׁמָיִם״, בַּשָּׁמַיִם סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ?! אֶלָּא גּוּזְמָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites examples for this statement: The **Torah spoke** employing **exaggerated language, as it is written:** “Hear, Israel: You are passing over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, **cities great and fortified up to heaven”** (Deuteronomy 9:1). Does it **enter your mind** to say that the cities were literally fortified **up to heaven? Rather,** this is **an exaggeration.**


###### Tamid 29a:9
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דִּבְּרוּ חֲכָמִים לְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי – הָא דַּאֲמַרַן: תַּפּוּחַ, וְהִשְׁקוּ אֶת הַתָּמִיד בְּכוֹס שֶׁל זָהָב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Likewise, **the Sages spoke** employing **exaggerated language,** as in **this** example **that we stated** with regard to the **circular heap** of ashes, **and** in the description: The priests **gave** the lamb selected for **the daily offering** water **to drink in a cup of gold.**


###### Tamid 29a:10
[Tamid 29a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Tamid/r/29a:10)

דִּבְּרוּ נְבִיאִים לְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי – דִּכְתִיב: ״(וְכׇל עַם הָאָרֶץ) מְחַלְּלִים בַּחֲלִלִים וְגוֹ׳ וַתִּבָּקַע הָאָרֶץ לְקוֹלָם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The **prophets spoke** employing **exaggerated language, as it is written** with regard to the coronation of King Solomon: “And all the people of the land came up after him, and the people **piped with pipes,** and rejoiced with great joy, **so that the earth rent with the sound of them”** (I Kings 1:40). The verse merely means that the sound was very great, not that it actually caused the earth to split.


###### Tamid 29a:11
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אָמַר רַבִּי יַנַּאי בַּר נַחְמָנִי, אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה מְקוֹמוֹת דִּבְּרוּ חֲכָמִים בִּלְשׁוֹן הֲבַאי, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: תַּפּוּחַ, גֶּפֶן, וּפָרֹכֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yannai bar Naḥmani says** that **Shmuel says: In three instances, the Sages spoke in exaggerated language, and these are those** instances: With regard to the **circular heap** of ashes on the altar, with regard to the **vine, and** with regard to the **Curtain** that separated the Sanctuary and the Holy of Holies, as explained below.


###### Tamid 29a:12
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לְאַפּוֹקֵי מִדְּרָבָא, דִּתְנַן: הִשְׁקוּ אֶת הַתָּמִיד בְּכוֹס שֶׁל זָהָב, וְאָמַר רָבָא: גּוּזְמָא, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן: הָנֵי – אִין, הָתָם – לָא. אֵין עֲנִיּוּת בִּמְקוֹם עֲשִׁירוּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes that Shmuel’s statement serves **to exclude** the opinion **of Rava, as we learned** in a mishna: The priests **gave** the lamb selected for **the daily offering** water **to drink in a cup of gold, and Rava said:** This is **an exaggeration.** Shmuel **teaches us** that in **these** three instances, **yes,** the Sages employed exaggerated language, but **there,** in the case of the golden cup, it is **not** an exaggeration, as even the cup from which the lamb was given to drink was actually made of gold. This is because **there is no poverty in a place of wealth,** i.e., the Temple is a place of wealth, where one must act in a lavish manner.


###### Tamid 29a:13
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תַּפּוּחַ – הָא דַּאֲמַרַן. גֶּפֶן – דְּתַנְיָא: גֶּפֶן זָהָב הָיְתָה עוֹמֶדֶת עַל פֶּתַח הַהֵיכָל, וּמוּדְלָה עַל גַּבֵּי כְּלוֹנְסוֹת, וְכׇל מִי שֶׁמִּתְנַדֵּב עָלֶה

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara details the three instances with regard to which Shmuel states that the Sages employed exaggerated language: The case of the **circular heap** of ashes is **that which we stated** above. The case of the **vine** is **as it is taught** in a mishna (*Middot* 3:8): **A gold** ornament in the form of a **vine stood at the entrance to the Sanctuary, and** it **hung upon posts. And whoever would donate** an ornamental gold **leaf,**