## Yoma Daf 33a

###### Yoma 33a:1
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לְכָךְ שָׁנִינוּ: רוֹב אֶחָד בָּעוֹף וְרוֹב שְׁנַיִם בַּבְּהֵמָה. וְכִי מֵאַחַר דַּאֲפִילּוּ פְּסוּלָא מִדְּרַבָּנַן לֵיכָּא, לְמָה לִי לְמָרֵק! מִצְוָה לְמָרֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**therefore, we learned** again: **The majority of one** organ **in a bird and the majority** of each of **two** organs **in an animal,** to teach that slaughtering the majority of each of the signs is sufficient. The Gemara asks: **And since there is not even an invalidation by rabbinic law, why do I** need another priest **to finish** cutting the organs? Why not suffice with the High Priest’s slaughter of the majority of each of the two organs? The Gemara answers: It is nevertheless a **mitzva to complete** the slaughter *ab initio* to cause the blood to flow more freely.


###### Yoma 33a:2
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אַבָּיֵי מְסַדֵּר מַעֲרָכָה מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דִּגְמָרָא וְאַלִּיבָּא דְּאַבָּא שָׁאוּל: מַעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה קוֹדֶמֶת לְמַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת, מַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת קוֹדֶמֶת לְסִידּוּר שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים, וְסִידּוּר שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים קוֹדֵם לְדִישּׁוּן מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי, וְדִישּׁוּן מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי קוֹדֵם לַהֲטָבַת חָמֵשׁ נֵרוֹת,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Abaye arranged the sequence** of the daily services in the Temple **based on tradition and in accordance with** the opinion **of Abba Shaul:** Setting up the **large arrangement** of wood on the altar on which the offerings were burned **precedes** the **second arrangement** of wood. This second arrangement was arranged separately near the southwest corner of the altar, and twice every day priests raked coals from it and placed them on the inner altar in order to burn the **incense.** The **second arrangement for** the **incense precedes setting up** the **two logs of wood** above the large arrangement to fulfill the mitzva of bringing wood. **And** the **setting up of** the **two logs of wood precedes the removal of ashes** from **the inner altar. And the removal of ashes** from **the inner altar precedes the removal of ashes from five** of the seven **lamps** of the candelabrum.


###### Yoma 33a:3
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וַהֲטָבַת חָמֵשׁ נֵרוֹת קוֹדֵם לְדַם הַתָּמִיד, וְדַם הַתָּמִיד קוֹדֵם לַהֲטָבַת שְׁתֵּי נֵרוֹת, וַהֲטָבַת שְׁתֵּי נֵרוֹת קוֹדֵם לִקְטוֹרֶת, וּקְטוֹרֶת קוֹדֵם לְאֵבָרִים, וְאֵבָרִים לְמִנְחָה, וּמִנְחָה לַחֲבִיתִּין, וַחֲבִיתִּין לִנְסָכִין,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And removal of ashes from five lamps precedes** the slaughter and the receiving and sprinkling of the **blood of the daily** morning **offering.** The sprinkling of the **blood of the daily offering precedes the removal of ashes from** the **two** remaining **lamps** of the candelabrum. **And the removal of ashes from two lamps precedes** the burning of the **incense.** The burning of the **incense** on the inner altar **precedes** the burning of the **limbs** of the daily offering on the outer altar. The burning of the **limbs** precedes the sacrifice of the **meal-offering** which accompanies the daily offering. The sacrifice of the **meal-offering** precedes the sacrifice of the High Priest’s daily **griddle-cake** offering, half of which he sacrificed in the morning and half in the afternoon. **And the griddle-cake** offering precedes the pouring of the **libations** of the daily offering.


###### Yoma 33a:4
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וּנְסָכִין לְמוּסָפִין, וּמוּסָפִין לְבָזִיכִין, וּבָזִיכִין לְתָמִיד שֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְהִקְטִיר עָלֶיהָ חֶלְבֵי הַשְּׁלָמִים״, ״עָלֶיהָ״ הַשְׁלֵם כׇּל הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת כּוּלָּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the **libations** precede the sacrifice of the **additional offerings** on days when the additional offerings are sacrificed. **And** the **additional offerings** precede the **vessels** of frankincense that are offered on Shabbat. **And** the **vessels** precede the sacrifice of the **daily afternoon offering, as it is stated:** “And he shall lay out the burnt-offering on it, **and burn on it the fat parts of** the **peace-offerings”** (Leviticus 6:5). The term **on it,** means **complete** sacrifice of **all other offerings,** i.e., after the daily morning offering rather than after the daily afternoon offering. In all cases, the daily afternoon offering is the final offering sacrificed.


###### Yoma 33a:5
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אָמַר מָר: מַעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה קוֹדֶמֶת לְמַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת. מְנָא לַן? דְּתַנְיָא: ״הִיא הָעוֹלָה עַל מוֹקְדָה עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כׇּל הַלַּיְלָה״ — זוֹ מַעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה. ״וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ״ — זוֹ מַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara proceeds to analyze the items listed by Abaye and seeks biblical or logical sources for each. **The Master said:** Setting up **the large arrangement** of wood on the altar on which the offerings were burned **precedes the second arrangement** of wood **for incense.** The Gemara asks: **From where** do **we** derive this? The Gemara answers: **As it was taught** in a *baraita*: The verse states: “The burnt-offering **itself shall go up on its bonfire upon the altar all night”** (Leviticus 6:2); **this is** referring to the **large arrangement** of wood. **“And the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it”** (Leviticus 6:2); **this is** referring to the **second arrangement** of wood near the corner of the altar, from which coals are taken for the **incense.**


###### Yoma 33a:6
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וְאֵיפוֹךְ אֲנָא! מִסְתַּבְּרָא מַעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה עֲדִיפָא, שֶׁכֵּן כַּפָּרָתָהּ מְרוּבָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And** perhaps **I should reverse** them and say that the first verse refers to the arrangement of wood for the incense, and the second verse refers to the large arrangement of wood. The Gemara answers: It is **reasonable** that the **large arrangement** of wood takes **precedence, as** the **atonement** that **it** effects **is extensive.** All of the offerings are sacrificed on the large pile, not just the incense.


###### Yoma 33a:7
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אַדְּרַבָּה, מַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה עֲדִיפָא, שֶׁכֵּן מַכְנִיסִין מִמֶּנָּה לִפְנִים! אֲפִילּוּ הָכִי, כַּפָּרָתָהּ מְרוּבָּה עֲדִיפָא. וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: אִי לָא מַשְׁכַּח עֵצִים לְמַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה, מִי לָא מְעַיֵּיל מִמַּעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this: **On the contrary,** the **second arrangement** takes **precedence, as** unlike the large arrangement in which offerings are burned exclusively on the outer altar, coals **from it are taken inside** the Sanctuary. The Gemara answers: **Even so,** the contention that the **atonement** that **it** effects **is extensive** takes **precedence. And if you wish, say** instead: **If one does not find wood for the second arrangement, wouldn’t he take** coals **from the large arrangement into** the Sanctuary to burn the incense? There is no fundamental obligation to bring coals from a special arrangement, and the second arrangement is only an addition to the large arrangement on which all the offerings are burned.


###### Yoma 33a:8
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מַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת קוֹדֶמֶת לְסִידּוּר שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים. מְנָא לַן? דִּכְתִיב: ״וּבִעֵר עָלֶיהָ הַכֹּהֵן עֵצִים בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר״. ״עָלֶיהָ״, וְלֹא עַל חֲבֶרְתָּהּ. מִכְּלָל דְּאִיתָא לַחֲבֶרְתַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye continued and said that the **second arrangement for incense precedes the setting up of the two logs.** The Gemara asks: **From where** do **we** derive this? **As it is written: “And the priest shall burn wood upon it in the morning, in the morning”** (Leviticus 6:5); there is an obligation to place new logs upon the large arrangement. The term **upon it** underscores that the wood is placed only on the large arrangement, **and not on the other** arrangement from which coals are taken for the incense. From the fact that this exclusionary term is necessary, it can be derived **by inference** that there **is another** pile on the altar, meaning that when the new logs are placed on the altar, the two arrangements are already there.


###### Yoma 33a:9
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וְהַאי ״עָלֶיהָ״ מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ לְגוּפֵיהּ! תְּרֵי ״עָלֶיהָ״ כְּתִיבִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But this** term: **Upon it, is needed for its own sake,** to teach the obligation to place the logs on the altar; therefore, how can the timing of their placement be derived from that term? The Gemara answers: The term: **Upon it, is written twice** in that verse: “And the priest shall burn wood upon it in the morning, in the morning, and he shall place the burnt-offering upon it.” From one instance of this term the fundamental obligation to place the logs is derived, and from the other instance the order of their placement is derived.


###### Yoma 33a:10
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סִידּוּר שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים קוֹדֵם לְדִישּׁוּן מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי. אַף עַל גַּב דְּהָכָא כְּתִיב ״בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר״, וְהָכָא כְּתִיב ״בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר״, אֲפִילּוּ הָכִי מַכְשִׁיר עָדִיף. מַכְשִׁיר מַאי נִיהוּ — שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים, וְהָא אָמְרַתְּ שְׁנֵי גְּזִירֵי עֵצִים לְמַעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה אָזְלִי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye continued: **The setting up of the two logs precedes the removal of ashes** from **the inner altar. Although here,** with regard to the two logs, **it is written: In the morning, in the morning,** meaning that the priest must arise early in the morning to perform this act, **and here,** with regard to removal of the ashes from the inner altar, **it is** also **written: “In the morning, in the morning”** (Exodus 30:7), **even so,** an action that **facilitates** another service takes **precedence.** Therefore, setting up the logs, from which coals are taken, facilitating the burning of the incense, precedes removal of ashes from the inner altar. The Gemara asks: **What** is the act that **facilitates?** It is the placement of the **two logs. But didn’t you say** that **the two logs go to the large arrangement** of wood and not to the arrangement of wood from which the coals are taken for the incense? These logs in no way facilitate the burning of the incense.


###### Yoma 33a:11
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אָמַר רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה: שׁוּם עֵצִים. רָבִינָא אָמַר: הוֹאִיל וְהִתְחִיל בַּמַּעֲרָכָה, גּוֹמֵר. רַב אָשֵׁי אָמַר: אִי לָא מַשְׁכַּח עֵצִים לְמַעֲרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה מִי לָא מְעַיֵּיל מִמַּעֲרָכָה גְּדוֹלָה?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yirmeya said:** The reference is to the **category of wood.** Although these logs do not facilitate the burning of the incense, wood facilitates its burning, and the two logs are wood. Therefore, they take precedence. **Ravina said** a different reason: **Since he began** with the service of setting up the **arrangement, he completes it** by placing two logs. Only then he moves on to perform a different service. **Rav Ashi said: If one does not find wood for the second arrangement, won’t he take** coals **from the large arrangement into** the Sanctuary to burn the incense? This demonstrates that there are circumstances in which placing the logs facilitates the burning of the incense. Therefore, it takes precedence.


###### Yoma 33a:12
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וְדִישּׁוּן מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי קוֹדֵם לַהֲטָבַת חָמֵשׁ נֵרוֹת. מַאי טַעְמָא? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: גְּמָרָא גְּמִירְנָא, סְבָרָא — לָא יָדַעְנָא. וְרָבָא אָמַר: כְּרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ. דְּאָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: אֵין מַעֲבִירִין עַל הַמִּצְוֹת,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye continued: **And removal of ashes** from **the inner altar precedes the removal of ashes from five** of the seven **lamps** of the candelabrum. **What is the reason** for this? **Abaye said: I learned** this **through tradition;** however, **I do not know the rationale** behind it. **And Rava said:** The reason is **in accordance with** the statement of **Reish Lakish, as Reish Lakish said: One may not forego** performance **of** any of **the mitzvot** in order to perform another mitzva.