## Yoma Daf 31a

###### Yoma 31a:1
[Yoma 31a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/31a:1)

חוֹצֵץ, אוֹ אֵינוֹ חוֹצֵץ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כֹּל דְּתַקּוּן רַבָּנַן — כְּעֵין דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא תַּקּוּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
do items that are generally considered interpositions that invalidate an immersion **interpose** in this immersion, **or** do they **not interpose,** since the immersion is only ancillary and serves as a reminder? Rav Yosef **said to him: All** ordinances **that the Sages instituted, they instituted parallel to Torah law.** Therefore, this immersion by rabbinic law has the same basic parameters as immersion by Torah law. There may be no interposition.


###### Yoma 31a:2
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי לְרַב יוֹסֵף: בִּיאָה בְּמִקְצָת, שְׁמָהּ בִּיאָה אוֹ לָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּהוֹנוֹת יוֹכִיחוּ, שֶׁהֵן בִּיאָה בְּמִקְצָת, וְתַנְיָא: מְצוֹרָע טוֹבֵל וְעוֹמֵד בְּשַׁעַר נִיקָנוֹר. אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: מַהוּ שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה סַכִּין אֲרוּכָּה וְיִשְׁחוֹט?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said to Rav Yosef:** Is **partial entry,** when one enters a certain place with only part of his body, **considered entry or not?** Rav Yosef **said to him: The thumbs** of the leper **will prove** this point, **as** the leper reaching his thumbs into the Temple **constitutes partial entry, and it was taught** in a *baraita*: **A leper immerses and stands at the Gate of Nicanor,** indicating that immersion is required before even partial entry. **A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: **What is** the *halakha*; may an impure person **craft** a very **long knife and slaughter** an animal in the Temple courtyard while remaining outside the courtyard? Is it the essence of the service that requires immersion, or is it entry into the courtyard that requires immersion?


###### Yoma 31a:3
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תִּיבְּעֵי לְבֶן זוֹמָא, תִּיבְּעֵי לְרַבָּנַן דִּפְלִיגִי עֲלֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה. תִּבְּעֵי לְבֶן זוֹמָא: עַד כָּאן לָא מְחַיֵּיב בֶּן זוֹמָא אֶלָּא לְגַוַּאי, אֲבָל לְבָרַאי — לָא. אוֹ דִילְמָא, אָתֵי לְאִימְּשׁוֹכֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **Raise the dilemma** according **to ben Zoma,** who rules stringently with regard to immersion; and **raise the dilemma** according **to the Rabbis who disagree with Rabbi Yehuda** and do not obligate all people in this immersion. The Gemara elaborates: **Raise the dilemma** according **to ben Zoma:** Does **ben Zoma require** immersion **only for** entry **inside** the courtyard; **however, for** standing **outside** the courtyard, **no,** he does not require immersion? **Or perhaps** even for one standing outside the courtyard ben Zoma requires immersion, **lest he** inadvertently **come to be drawn** inside in the course of his service.


###### Yoma 31a:4
[Yoma 31a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/31a:4)

תִּיבְּעֵי לְרַבָּנַן דִּפְלִיגִי עֲלֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה. עַד כָּאן לָא קָאָמְרִי רַבָּנַן הָתָם, דְּלָא קָא עָבֵיד עֲבוֹדָה, אֲבָל הָכָא דְּקָא עָבֵיד עֲבוֹדָה — לָא. אוֹ דִילְמָא לָא שְׁנָא. תֵּיקוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Similarly, **raise the dilemma** according **to the Rabbis, who disagree with Rabbi Yehuda:** How so? Do **the Rabbis say** that there is no requirement of immersion **only there, where he is not performing** any Temple **service; however, here, where he is performing service, no,** they would require immersion? **Or perhaps there is no difference,** and they would not require immersion under any circumstances. The Gemara concludes: The dilemma **shall stand** unresolved.


###### Yoma 31a:5
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חָמֵשׁ טְבִילוֹת וַעֲשָׂרָה קִידּוּשִׁין טוֹבֵל. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: חָמֵשׁ טְבִילוֹת וַעֲשָׂרָה קִידּוּשִׁין טוֹבֵל כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל וּמְקַדֵּשׁ בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם, וְכוּלָּן בַּקּוֹדֶשׁ בְּבֵית הַפַּרְוָה, חוּץ מֵרִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁהָיְתָה בַּחוֹל עַל גַּבֵּי שַׁעַר הַמַּיִם, וּבְצַד לִשְׁכָּתוֹ הָיְתָה. אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: שְׁמַע מִינַּיהּ עֵין עֵיטָם גָּבוֹהַּ מִקַּרְקַע עֲזָרָה עֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ It was taught in the mishna: **Five immersions and ten sanctifications** the **High Priest immerses** and sanctifies his hands and feet, respectively. **The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: **Five immersions and ten sanctifications** the **High Priest immerses and sanctifies** his hands and feet, respectively, **on the day** of Yom Kippur. **And all** of these immersions and sanctifications take place **in the sacred** area, the Temple courtyard, **in** the **Hall of *Parva*, except for** this **first** immersion, **which was in the non-sacred** area **on the roof of Gate of the Water, and** that gate **was alongside his chamber. Abaye said: Conclude from that** which was taught in this *baraita* that ***Ein Eitam*,** the spring from which water was supplied to the Temple, was **twenty-three cubits higher than the ground of the Temple courtyard.**


###### Yoma 31a:6
[Yoma 31a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/31a:6)

דִּתְנַן: כׇּל הַפְּתָחִים שֶׁהָיוּ שָׁם גּוֹבְהָן עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה וְרׇחְבָּן עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת, חוּץ מִשֶּׁל אוּלָם. וְתַנְיָא: ״וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בְּמַיִם״ — בְּמֵי מִקְוֶה, ״כׇּל בְּשָׂרוֹ״ — מַיִם שֶׁכׇּל גּוּפוֹ עוֹלֶה בָּהֶן. וְכַמָּה הֵן? אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה בְּרוּם שָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת. וְשִׁיעֲרוּ חֲכָמִים מֵי מִקְוֶה אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As we learned** in a mishna: **All the entrances that were there** in the Temple, **their height is twenty cubits and their width is ten cubits, except for** the entrance **to the Entrance Hall** of the Sanctuary, which was twice that, i.e., forty cubits high and twenty cubits wide. **And it was taught** in a *baraita* that it is stated: **“And he shall wash his flesh in water”** (Leviticus 15:13), and it is stated in another verse: “And he shall wash all of his flesh in water”(Leviticus 15:16). This refers to water known as **the waters of a ritual bath.** The verse adds the emphasis: **All of his flesh,** to say that immersion must be **in water that one’s entire body enters** at the same time. **And how much** water **is it?** It is **one cubit** length **by one cubit** width **by a height of three cubits.** That is sufficient water to cover a person’s height. **And the Sages calculated** that the volume of **the waters of a ritual bath** that fit into that space is **forty *se’a*.**