## Tamid Daf 32b

###### Tamid 32b:1
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אֲמַר לְהוּ: מִי אָכְלִי אִינָשֵׁי נַהֲמָא דְּדַהֲבָא? אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ: אֶלָּא אִי נַהֲמָא בָּעֵית, לָא הֲוָה לָךְ בְּאַתְרָךְ נַהֲמָא לְמֵיכַל, דִּשְׁקַלְתְּ וַאֲתֵית לְהָכָא? כִּי נָפֵיק וְאָתֵי, כְּתַב אַבָּבָא דְּמָחוֹזָא: אֲנָא אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרוֹס מוֹקְדוֹן, הֲוֵיתִי שָׁטְיָיא עַד דַּאֲתֵיתִי לִמְדִינָת אַפְרִיקֵי דִּנְשַׁיָּא, וִילֵיפִית עֵצָה מִן נְשַׁיָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Alexander **said to** the women: **Do people eat bread of gold? They said to him: But if** all **you wanted** was actual **bread, didn’t you have bread to eat in your** own **place?** It was not for bread **that you took** up a campaign and toiled **and came here.** You must have come to increase your wealth. **When** Alexander **left and came** back to his land, he **wrote upon the gate of the town: I, Alexander of Macedon, was a fool until I came to the country of Africa of women, and I learned sense from women.**


###### Tamid 32b:2
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כִּי שָׁקֵיל וְאָתֵי, יָתֵיב אַהָהוּא מַעְיָינָא, קָא אָכֵיל נַהֲמָא. הֲווֹ בִּידֵיהּ גִּלְדָּנֵי דְּמִלְחָא, בַּהֲדֵי דִּמְחַוְּורִי לְהוּ – נְפַל בְּהוּ רֵיחָא. אֲמַר: שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ הַאי עֵינָא מִגַּן עֵדֶן אָתֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ With regard to Alexander, the Gemara relates: **When he took** himself **and went** on his way, **he sat at a certain spring** and was **eating bread. He had salted fish [*guldenei*] in his hands,** and **while he cleansed them** of their excessive salt, a particularly pleasant **fragrance fell upon them.** Alexander **said** to himself: I may **conclude from** this event that **this spring comes from** the **Garden of Eden.**


###### Tamid 32b:3
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אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי: שְׁקַל מֵהָנְהוּ מַיָּא, טְרָא בְּאַפֵּיהּ. אִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי: אִידַּלִּי כּוּלֵּיהּ עַד דִּמְטָא לְפִתְחָא דְּגַן עֵדֶן, רְמָא קָלָא: פִּתְחוּ לִי בָּבָא! אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ ״זֶה הַשַּׁעַר לַה׳ וְגוֹ׳״. אֲמַר לְהוֹן: אֲנָא נָמֵי מַלְכָּא אֲנָא, מִיחְשָׁב חֲשִׁיבְנָא, הַבוּ לִי מִידֵּי. יְהַבוּ לֵיהּ גּוּלְגֻּלְתָּא חֲדָא, אַתְיַיהּ תַּקְלֵיהּ לְכוּלֵּיהּ דַּהֲבָא וְכַסְפָּא דִּידֵיהּ בַּהֲדַיהּ, לָא הֲוָה (מַתְקָלֵיהּ).

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**There are** those **who say: He took from those waters** and **washed his face.** And **there are** those **who say: He ascended** along the length of **the entire** spring **until he reached the entrance of the Garden of Eden. He raised** a loud **voice,** calling out: **Open the gate for me!** The sentry of the Garden of Eden **said to him: “This is the gate of the Lord;** the righteous shall enter into it” (Psalms 118:20). Since you are not righteous, you may not enter. **He said to them: I too** am worthy, as **I am a king; I am very important.** If I will not be admitted, at least **give me something** from inside. **They gave him one eyeball. He brought it** and **he weighed all the gold and silver that he had against** the eyeball, and yet the riches **did not balance** against the eyeball’s greater weight.


###### Tamid 32b:4
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אֲמַר לְהוֹן לְרַבָּנַן: מַאי הַאי? אָמְרִי גּוּלְגֻּלְתָּא דְּעֵינָא דְּבִישְׂרָא וּדְמָא [הוּא], דְּלָא קָא שָׂבַע. אֲמַר לְהוּ: מִמַּאי דְּהָכִי הוּא? שָׁקְלִי קַלִּיל עַפְרָא וְכַסְּיוּהּ, לְאַלְתַּר תְּקַלָא, דִּכְתִיב: ״שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה וְגוֹ׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**He said to the Sages: What is this?** Why does this eyeball outweigh everything? **They said: It is the eyeball** of a mortal person **of flesh and blood, which is not satisfied** ever. **He said to them: From where** do you know **that this is** the reason for the unbalanced scale? The Sages answered him: **Take a small amount of dirt and cover** the eye. He did so, and it was **immediately balanced** by its proper counterweight. The eye is never satisfied while it can see, **as it is written: “The netherworld and destruction are never satiated;** so the eyes of man are never satiated” (Proverbs 27:20).


###### Tamid 32b:5
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תָּנָא דְּבֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ: גֵּיהִנָּם לְמַעְלָה מִן הָרָקִיעַ, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים לַאֲחוֹרֵי הָרֵי חשֶׁךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites a statement related to its earlier account of Alexander’s journey. **The school of Eliyahu taught: Gehenna is above the heavens, and some say** that it is **beyond the Mountains of Darkness.**


###### Tamid 32b:6
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תָּנָא רַבִּי חִיָּיא: כׇּל הָעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה בַּלַּיְלָה – שְׁכִינָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״קוּמִי רוֹנִּי בַלַּיְלָה לְרֹאשׁ אַשְׁמוּרוֹת שִׁפְכִי כַמַּיִם לִבֵּךְ נֹכַח פְּנֵי ה׳ (וְגוֹ׳)״. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה: תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים מַרְבִּים שָׁלוֹם בָּעוֹלָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְכׇל בָּנַיִךְ לִמּוּדֵי ה׳ וְרַב שְׁלוֹם בָּנָיִךְ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The chapter, as well as the talmudic portion of the tractate, concludes with words of praise for those who study Torah. **Rabbi Ḥiyya taught:** With regard to **anyone who occupies** himself **with Torah at night, the Divine Presence is across from him, as it is stated: “Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord,** lift up your hands toward Him” (Lamentations 2:19). **Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya said: Torah scholars increase peace in the world, as it is stated: “And all your children [*banayikh*] shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children”** (Isaiah 54:13). This can be read as *bonayikh*, your builders, i.e., scholars build and increase peace for the entire world.


###### Tamid 32b:7
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**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ לֹא הָיוּ כּוֹפְתִין **


###### Tamid 32b:8
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א **אָמַר לָהֶם הַמְמוּנֶּה**: בָּרְכוּ בְּרָכָה אַחַת! וְהֵם בֵּרְכוּ. קָרְאוּ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת, ״שְׁמַע״, ״וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמוֹעַ״, ״וַיֹּאמֶר״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** 5:1 After the priests completed laying the parts of the daily offering on the ramp, they went to the Chamber of Hewn Stone to recite *Shema*. **The appointed** priest who oversaw the lotteries in the Temple **said to** the priests: **Recite a single blessing** of the blessings that accompany *Shema*. **And** the members of the priestly watch **recited a blessing,** and then **they recited the Ten Commandments, *Shema*** (see Deuteronomy 6:4–9), ***VeHaya im Shamoa*** (see Deuteronomy 11:13–21), and ***VaYomer*** (see Numbers 15:37–41), the standard formula of *Shema*.


###### Tamid 32b:9
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בֵּרְכוּ אֶת הָעָם שָׁלֹשׁ בְּרָכוֹת: ״אֱמֶת וְיַצִּיב״, וַעֲבוֹדָה וּבִרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים. וּבַשַּׁבָּת מוֹסִיפִין בְּרָכָה אַחַת לַמִּשְׁמָר הַיּוֹצֵא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Additionally, **they blessed with the people three blessings.** These blessings were: **True and Firm,** the blessing of redemption recited after *Shema*; **and** the blessing of the Temple **service,** which is also a blessing recited in the *Amida* prayer; **and the Priestly Benediction,** recited in the form of a prayer, without the lifting of hands that usually accompanies that blessing (*Tosafot*). **And on Shabbat,** when the new priestly watch would begin its service, the priests would **add one blessing** recited **by the outgoing priestly watch,** that love, fraternity, peace, and friendship should exist among the priests of the incoming watch.


###### Tamid 32b:10
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**ב** אָמַר לָהֶם: חֲדָשִׁים לִקְטֹרֶת בּוֹאוּ וְהָפִיסוּ. זָכָה מִי שֶׁזָּכָה, אָמַר לָהֶם: חֲדָשִׁים עִם יְשָׁנִים, בּוֹאוּ וְהָפִיסוּ מִי מַעֲלֶה אֵבָרִים מִן הַכֶּבֶשׁ לַמִּזְבֵּחַ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: הַמַּעֲלֶה אֵבָרִים לַכֶּבֶשׁ, הוּא מַעֲלֶה אוֹתָן עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
MISHNA 5:2 The appointed priest **said to them:** Let only those priests who are **new to** burning **the incense come and participate in the lottery** for the incense. **Whoever won** that lottery **won** the privilege to burn the incense. The appointed priest **said to them:** Those **new** priests, i.e., those who had never performed the service, together **with** those **old** priests, i.e., those who had already performed it, may **come and participate in the lottery** to determine **who takes the limbs from** the bottom half of **the ramp,** where they had been placed earlier, **up to the altar. Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov says:** The priest **who takes the limbs up to the ramp is** the one who **takes them up** from the ramp and places them **upon the altar.**


###### Tamid 32b:11
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**ג** מְסָרוּם לַחַזָּנִים, הָיוּ מַפְשִׁיטִין אוֹתָם אֶת בִּגְדֵיהֶם, וְלֹא הָיוּ מַנִּיחִין עֲלֵיהֶם אֶלָּא מִכְנָסַיִם בִּלְבַד. וְחַלּוֹנוֹת הָיוּ שָׁם, וְכָתוּב עֲלֵיהֶם תַּשְׁמִישׁ הַכֵּלִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
MISHNA 5:3 The priests who did not win a lottery were still dressed in the priestly vestments that they were required to don when entering the lottery, so that if they won they would be prepared for immediate service. The appointed priest **handed over** these priests **to** the care of **the attendants [*laḥazanim*].** The attendants **would undress** these priests and remove **their garments, and they would leave only their trousers on them.** After the priests donned their non-sacred garments, they would remove the priestly trousers and don their non-sacred trousers. **And there were** four storage **compartments there** in the Temple for the storage of priestly vestments for each priestly watch, **and on** each of **them was written the use of the garment** stored there: Trousers, tunic, belt, and mitre.


###### Tamid 32b:12
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**ד** מִי שֶׁזָּכָה בַּקְּטֹרֶת הָיָה נוֹטֵל אֶת הַכַּף, וְהַכַּף דּוֹמֶה לְתַרְקַב גָּדוֹל שֶׁל זָהָב מַחְזֶקֶת שְׁלֹשָׁה קַבִּין, וְהַבָּזֵךְ הָיָה בְּתוֹכוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
MISHNA 5:4 The priest **who won** the lottery to burn **the incense would take the spoon** used for carrying the incense. **And the spoon** was **similar to** a large **gold vessel** that **held three *kav*, and the smaller vessel was** placed **inside** the spoon.