## Yoma Daf 27b

###### Yoma 27b:1
[Yoma 27b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/27b:1)

הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה טָלֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**You must say** that **this is the lamb** of the morning daily offering, concerning which the Torah commands that a new woodpile be prepared every day and that the altar must be lit anew each morning. Therefore, although the verse is ostensibly speaking of a bull, it also alludes to the lamb of the daily offering and to the fact that it should be brought by six priests.


###### Yoma 27b:2
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אָמַר רַבִּי אַסִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: זָר שֶׁסִּידֵּר אֶת הַמַּעֲרָכָה חַיָּיב. כֵּיצַד הוּא עוֹשֶׂה — פּוֹרְקָהּ וְחוֹזֵר וְסוֹדְרָהּ. מַאי אַהֲנִי לֵיהּ? אֶלָּא: פּוֹרְקָהּ זָר, וְסוֹדְרָהּ כֹּהֵן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Asi said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: A non-priest who set up the arrangement of wood** on the altar **is liable** to receive the death penalty by God’s hand for having performed an act that is restricted to priests, and the woodpile that he placed is invalid. **What should he do** to repair the woodpile? **He** should **dismantle it and then rearrange it.** The Gemara is surprised at this: **What good would this do for** the woodpile? How would it help for the non-priest himself to rearrange the wood? It would be just as invalid as it was the first time. **Rather,** one must say that the **non-priest** should **dismantle** it, as there is nothing wrong with a non-priest dismantling the woodpile, **and a priest** then **rearranges it.**


###### Yoma 27b:3
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַבִּי זֵירָא: וְכִי יֵשׁ לְךָ עֲבוֹדָה שֶׁכְּשֵׁירָה בַּלַּיְלָה וּפְסוּלָה בְּזָר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Zeira strongly objects** to Rabbi Yoḥanan’s teaching: **And do you have any service that is valid if performed at night and** yet **is invalid** if performed **by a non-priest?** A bona fide Temple service must be performed during the day. That the wood on the altar may be arranged while it is still nighttime shows that it is not a bona fide service, and therefore it should be permitted for non-priests to perform it.


###### Yoma 27b:4
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וְלָא? וַהֲרֵי אֵבָרִים וּפְדָרִים? סוֹף עֲבוֹדָה דִימָמָא הִיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara expresses wonder at Rabbi Zeira’s equation of the two issues: **And** is there really **no** such thing as a service that may be performed at night but which is prohibited for a non-priest to perform? **Isn’t there** the burning **of the limbs and the fats** of offerings on the altar, which continues throughout the night, and yet it was taught earlier in this chapter that a non-priest who participates in that service incurs the death penalty? The Gemara rejects this objection: The burning of sacrificial limbs and fats, though it may be done at night, is not considered a nighttime service but **the end of the daytime service,** as it is merely the culmination of the sacrificial service that began during the day.


###### Yoma 27b:5
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וַהֲרֵי תְּרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן! תְּחִלַּת עֲבוֹדָה דִּימָמָא הִיא. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אַסִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: קִידֵּשׁ יָדָיו לִתְרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן, לְמָחָר אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְקַדֵּשׁ, שֶׁכְּבָר קִידֵּשׁ מִתְּחִלַּת עֲבוֹדָה. וְאֶלָּא קַשְׁיָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks further: **But isn’t there the removal of the ashes** from the altar, which may be performed at night, and yet may not be done by a non-priest? The Gemara rejects this too: The removal of ashes is also not considered a nighttime service but **the start of the daytime service.** And the proof for this is **that Rabbi Asi said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan said:** If a priest has **sanctified his hands** at night by washing them **for the removal of the ashes, the next day,** i.e., after daybreak, **he need not sanctify** his hands again, **as he already sanctified** them **at the start of the service.** Rabbi Zeira’s equation between services performed at night and services that may be performed by non-priests therefore remains intact. **If so,** the objection that he raised to the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan remains **difficult.**


###### Yoma 27b:6
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אֶלָּא, כִּי אִיתְּמַר הָכִי אִיתְּמַר: אָמַר רַבִּי אַסִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: זָר שֶׁסִּידֵּר שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים חַיָּיב, הוֹאִיל וַעֲבוֹדַת יוֹם הִיא. מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רָבָא: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה תִּיבְּעֵי פַּיִיס! אִשְׁתְּמִיטְתֵּיהּ הָא דְּתַנְיָא: מִי שֶׁזָּכָה בִּתְרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן, זָכָה בְּסִדּוּר מַעֲרָכָה וּבְסִדּוּר שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** Rabbi Yoḥanan’s statement must be revised, and one must posit that **when it was stated, this is how it was stated. Rabbi Asi said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: A non-priest who arranges the two logs** on the altar **is liable** to receive the death penalty by God’s hand, **since it is a daytime service. Rava strongly objects to this: But if** that is **so,** if arranging the two logs is a bona fide daytime service and is prohibited to non-priests on pain of death, it **should require a lottery;** and yet in practice this service is not assigned by a lottery. The Gemara comments that **it must have escaped** Rava’s mind **that which is taught** explicitly in a *baraita*: The priest **who was privileged to** perform the **removal of the ashes was** also **privileged with setting up the arrangement of wood** on the altar and with placing the **two logs.**


###### Yoma 27b:7
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לְמֵימְרָא דַּעֲבוֹדַת יוֹם בָּעֲיָא פַּיִיס עֲבוֹדַת לַיְלָה לָא בָּעֲיָא פַּיִיס? וַהֲרֵי אֵבָרִים וּפְדָרִים! סוֹף עֲבוֹדָה דִימָמָא הִיא. וַהֲרֵי תְּרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן! מִשּׁוּם מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁהָיָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Another difficulty is raised with regard to Rava’s statement: **Is that to say that a daytime service requires a lottery** and, conversely, **a nighttime service does not require a lottery? Isn’t there** the burning of **the limbs and the fats** on the altar, which is done at night and yet is assigned through a lottery? The Gemara responds: That is not difficult, since the burning of the limbs and the fats **is the end of the daytime service,** as explained above. The Gemara asks: **But isn’t there the removal of the ashes** from the altar, which is a nighttime service and yet requires a lottery? The Gemara answers: Indeed, a lottery should not have been required for that service, but one was instituted **due to the incident that occurred,** when the priests came to danger, as related in the mishna.


###### Yoma 27b:8
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לְמֵימְרָא דַּעֲבוֹדַת יוֹם וְשֶׁזָּר חַיָּיב עָלֶיהָ מִיתָה בָּעֲיָא פַּיִיס, אֵין זָר חַיָּיב עָלֶיהָ מִיתָה לָא בָּעֲיָא פַּיִיס? וַהֲרֵי שְׁחִיטָה! שָׁאנֵי שְׁחִיטָה דִּתְחִלַּת עֲבוֹדָה הִיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks further: **Is that to say that** any service that is a **daytime service and** for which **a non-priest** would be **liable** to receive **the death penalty requires a lottery,** and conversely, a daytime service for which **a non-priest** would **not** be **liable** to receive **the death penalty does not require a lottery? But isn’t there** the **slaughtering** of the daily offering, which may be performed by a non-priest and yet requires a lottery? The Gemara rejects this point: **Slaughtering is different,** because **it is the beginning of the service** of the daily offering and is therefore considered important enough to warrant a lottery.


###### Yoma 27b:9
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אָמַר מָר זוּטְרָא, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַב אָשֵׁי, וְהָא אֲנַן לָא תְּנַן הָכִי: אָמַר לָהֶם הַמְמוּנֶּה צְאוּ וּרְאוּ אִם הִגִּיעַ זְמַן הַשְּׁחִיטָה. וְאִילּוּ ״זְמַן שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים״ לָא קָתָנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks with regard to the revised version of Rabbi Yoḥanan’s statement: **Mar Zutra, and some say Rav Ashi, said: But didn’t we learn** that **it is not so** that arranging the logs must be done during the day, as it was taught in a mishna: **The appointed** priest **said to them: Go out and see if the time for slaughtering has arrived.** The mishna **does not teach** that the appointee said: Go and see if **the time for** arranging **the two logs** has arrived. This shows that the logs need not be placed after daybreak but may be arranged while it is still night.


###### Yoma 27b:10
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הָךְ דְּלֵית לַהּ תַּקַּנְתָּא — קָתָנֵי, הָךְ דְּאִית לַהּ תַּקַּנְתָּא — לָא קָתָנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this argument: The reason the mishna mentions slaughtering is that it prefers to **teach** this statement with regard to **that which has no rectification** if it is done at night, such as slaughtering the offering, which is rendered irreparably invalid if done before daybreak. **It does not** want to **teach something that has rectification** if done at night, such as arranging the two logs, which can always be removed and replaced properly. However, the proper time for arranging the logs is indeed daytime.


###### Yoma 27b:11
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וְאִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי, מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַבִּי זֵירָא: וְכִי יֵשׁ לְךָ עֲבוֹדָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ אַחֲרֶיהָ עֲבוֹדָה וּפְסוּלָה בְּזָר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And some say** a different version of Rabbi Zeira’s objection: **Rabbi Zeira strongly objects to** Rabbi Yoḥanan’s statement that a non-priest who arranged the woodpile incurs the death penalty: **And do you have any service that is** not complete on its own but is **followed by a different service,** such as the arrangement of the two logs, **and** yet is **invalid** and is punishable by death if performed **by a non-priest?** It was taught earlier in the chapter that a non-priest incurs the death penalty only for performing a service that is complete, i.e., a service that is not followed by other services that complete the task being performed.