## The Third Beit HaMikdash Chapter 45

###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 45:1
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**תְּנַן** הָתָם בְּפ"ג דְּמִדּוֹת (מ"ו): הַכִּיּוֹר, בֵּין הָאוּלָם וְלַמִּזְבֵּחַ, מָשׁוּךְ כְּלַפֵּי הַדָּרוֹם. וְאַף כִּי לֹא הֻזְכַּר [הַכִּיּוֹר] בְּמַרְאוֹת הַנְּבוּאָה הַזֹּאת, הֲלֹא הוּא כָּתוּב עַל סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה (שמות ל, יח; לא, ט; לח, ח). וְאֵין דִּבְרֵי יְחֶזְקֵאל סוֹתְרִין דְּבָרָיו, חָלִילָה.

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
The *Mishnah* states:¹ 3:6. “The basin was situated between the *Ulam* and the Altar, positioned towards the south.” True, the basin is not mentioned in Yechezkel’s vision. Nevertheless, it is frequently mentioned² 30:18, 31:9, 38:8. in the Torah conveyed to us by Moshe, and the words of Yechezkel do not, heaven forbid, contradict Moshe Rabbeinu’s words.

footnotes:
¹ Middos
² See Shmos


###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 45:2
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וּמִתְּחִלָּה לֹא הָיוּ לוֹ אֶלָּא שְׁנֵי דַּדִּין. וְאַחַר כָּךְ עָשָׂה לוֹ בֶּן קָטִין ¹ י"ב דַּדִּין, כְּדִתְנַן בְּפ"ג דְּיוֹמָא (מ"י). כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל הַכֹּהֲנִים הָעוֹסְקִים בַּתָּמִיד מִתְקַדְּשִׁין בּוֹ כְּאֶחָד (יומא כה:), שֶׁהֲרֵי הֵם י"ב (שם) חוּץ ² מֵהַשּׁוֹחֵט שֶׁכְּשֵׁרָה בְּזָר (שם כז.), וְתִמְצָאֵם רֵישׁ פ"ג דְּתָמִיד, עַיֵּן שָׁם (ברע"ב).

footnotes:
¹ כהן גדול היה (רש”י יומא לז.)
² בגמ’ (יומא כה:) הקשו שהרי יש שלשה עשר כהנים שעוסקים בקרבן התמיד. ומתרצין שכיון ששחיטה כשרה בזר, ע”כ אף אם הכהן שוחט, אינו מחויב בקידוש יו”ר.

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
Originally, the basin had only two faucets. Afterwards, one of the *Kohanim Gedolim,* ben Katin, upgraded the basin so that it had 12 faucets, as stated in the *Mishnah* in Tractate *Yoma.*³ 3:10. This improvement enabled all the *kohanim* who would be involved in offering the daily sacrifice to sanctify themselves at the same time.⁴ 25b. There were twelve *kohanim* – in addition to the slaughterer. The slaughterer was counted separately, since he did not have to be a *kohen.*⁵ 27a. As *Tosafos Yom Tov* notes, the passage states that in fact thirteen *kohanim* were involved in the offering of the daily offering and explains that since it was permitted for the slaughterer to be an Israelite, even when – as was usually the case – he was a *kohen,* it was not absolute obligatory for him to sanctify his hands and feet. Hence, a faucet was not fashioned for him. The 12 are enumerated in the *Mishnah* in Tractate *Tamid.*⁶ 3:1.

footnotes:
³ Yoma
⁴ Yoma
⁵ Ibid.
⁶ Tamid