## Yoma Daf 35b

###### Yoma 35b:1
[Yoma 35b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:1)

מֵיתִיבִי: ״וְלָבְשׁוּ בְּגָדִים אֲחֵרִים וְלֹא יְקַדְּשׁוּ אֶת הָעָם בְּבִגְדֵיהֶם״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Gemara raises an objection.** It is stated: “And it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within” (Ezekiel 44:17). This verse is referring to the Yom Kippur service, as during the year the High Priest performed the service in eight priestly vestments made partially of wool. Two verses later the prophet says: “And when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall remove their garments in which they serve, and lay them in the sacred chambers, **and they shall put on other garments, so that they do not sanctify the people with their garments”** (Ezekiel 44:19).


###### Yoma 35b:2
[Yoma 35b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:2)

מַאי לָאו ״אֲחֵרִים״ — חֲשׁוּבִין מֵהֶן! לֹא, ״אֲחֵרִים״ — פְּחוּתִים מֵהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara infers: **What, doesn’t “other”** mean **more important than** the first set of linen garments? The Gemara rejects this: **No,** although **“other”** means different garments, it means garments **inferior to them,** the first set of linen garments. The High Priest does not don a second set of garments to effect atonement; rather, he dons them in deference to God to remove the spoon and the coal pan from the Holy of Holies.


###### Yoma 35b:3
[Yoma 35b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:3)

תָּנֵי רַב הוּנָא בַּר יְהוּדָה, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ רַב שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר יְהוּדָה: אַחַר שֶׁכָּלְתָה עֲבוֹדַת צִיבּוּר, כֹּהֵן שֶׁעָשְׂתָה לוֹ אִמּוֹ כְּתוֹנֶת — לוֹבְשָׁהּ, וְעוֹבֵד בָּהּ עֲבוֹדַת יָחִיד, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיִּמְסְרֶנָּה לַצִּיבּוּר. פְּשִׁיטָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Huna bar Yehuda, and some say Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda, taught: After the public service concluded, a priest whose mother had made him** a priestly **tunic** may **wear it and perform an individual service** while wearing **it,** such as removal of the spoon and the coal pan, which is not a service in and of itself, **provided he transfers it to** the possession of **the public.** All services performed by the priest must be performed while he is wearing sacred garments owned by the public, as all the Temple vessels are. The Gemara asks: This is **obvious;** once he transfers it to the possession of the public, it is Temple property like any other vessel that an individual donates to the Temple. What is novel in this statement?


###### Yoma 35b:4
[Yoma 35b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:4)

מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא נֵיחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא לֹא יִמְסְרֶנָּה יָפֶה יָפֶה, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן. אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן פִּאָבִי שֶׁעָשְׂתָה לוֹ אִמּוֹ כְּתוֹנֶת שֶׁל מֵאָה מָנֶה, וְלוֹבְשָׁהּ וְעוֹבֵד בָּהּ עֲבוֹדַת יָחִיד, וּמְסָרָהּ לַצִּיבּוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Lest you say** that the concern is that since he is the one wearing it **perhaps** he will intend to retain ownership **and will not transfer it wholeheartedly;** therefore, **it teaches us** that if he transfers possession to the public, that is not a concern. Apropos this *halakha*, the Gemara relates: **They said about** the High Priest **Rabbi Yishmael ben Pabi that his mother made him a tunic worth one hundred *maneh*. He donned it and performed an individual service and transferred** possession of it **to the public.**


###### Yoma 35b:5
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אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן חַרְסוֹם שֶׁעָשְׂתָה לוֹ אִמּוֹ כְּתוֹנֶת מִשְׁתֵּי רִיבּוֹא, וְלֹא הֱנִיחוּהוּ אֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים לְלוֹבְשָׁהּ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנִּרְאָה כְּעָרוֹם. וּמִי מִתְחֲזֵי? וְהָאָמַר מָר: חוּטָן כָּפוּל שִׁשָּׁה! אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: כְּחַמְרָא בְּמִזְגָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
And similarly, **they said about** the High Priest **Rabbi Elazar ben Ḥarsum that his mother made him a tunic** worth **twenty thousand** dinars, **but his fellow priests did not allow him to wear it because** it was transparent and **he appeared as** one who is **naked.** The Gemara asks: **And could** he **be seen** through a garment made to the specifications of the priestly vestments? **Didn’t the Master say: The threads** of the priestly vestments **were six-fold?** Since the clothes were woven from threads that thick, his body could not have been seen through them. **Abaye said: It is like wine in** a thick **glass** cup. His flesh could not actually be seen, but since it was very fine linen, it was somewhat translucent and his skin color was discernible.


###### Yoma 35b:6
[Yoma 35b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:6)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: עָנִי וְעָשִׁיר וְרָשָׁע בָּאִין לַדִּין, לֶעָנִי אוֹמְרִים לוֹ: מִפְּנֵי מָה לֹא עָסַקְתָּ בַּתּוֹרָה? אִם אוֹמֵר: עָנִי הָיִיתִי, וְטָרוּד בִּמְזוֹנוֹתַי, אוֹמְרִים לוֹ: כְּלוּם עָנִי הָיִיתָ יוֹתֵר מֵהִלֵּל?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Apropos the great wealth of Rabbi Elazar ben Ḥarsum, the Gemara cites that which **the Sages taught: A poor** person, **and a wealthy** person, **and a wicked** person **come to** face **judgment** before the Heavenly court for their conduct in this world. **To the poor** person, the members of the court **say: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he** rationalizes his conduct **and says: I was poor and preoccupied with** earning enough to pay for **my sustenance** and that is why I did not engage in Torah study, **they say to him: Were you any poorer than Hillel,** who was wretchedly poor and nevertheless attempted to study Torah?


###### Yoma 35b:7
[Yoma 35b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:7)

אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל הִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן שֶׁבְּכׇל יוֹם וָיוֹם הָיָה עוֹשֶׂה וּמִשְׂתַּכֵּר בִּטְרַפָּעִיק, חֶצְיוֹ הָיָה נוֹתֵן לְשׁוֹמֵר בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ, וְחֶצְיוֹ לְפַרְנָסָתוֹ וּלְפַרְנָסַת אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ. פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא מָצָא לְהִשְׂתַּכֵּר, וְלֹא הִנִּיחוֹ שׁוֹמֵר בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ לְהִכָּנֵס. עָלָה וְנִתְלָה וְיָשַׁב עַל פִּי אֲרוּבָּה כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים מִפִּי שְׁמַעְיָה וְאַבְטַלְיוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**They said about Hillel the Elder that each and every day he would work and earn a half-dinar, half of which he would give to the guard of the study hall and half of which** he spent **for his sustenance and the sustenance of the members of his family. One time he did not find** employment **to earn** a wage, **and the guard of the study hall did not allow him to enter. He ascended** to the roof, **suspended** himself, **and sat at the edge of the skylight in order to hear the words** of the Torah **of the living God from the mouths of Shemaya and Avtalyon,** the spiritual leaders of that generation.


###### Yoma 35b:8
[Yoma 35b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:8)

אָמְרוּ: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת הָיָה, וּתְקוּפַת טֵבֵת הָיְתָה, וְיָרַד עָלָיו שֶׁלֶג מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם. כְּשֶׁעָלָה עַמּוּד הַשַּׁחַר אָמַר לוֹ שְׁמַעְיָה לְאַבְטַלְיוֹן: אַבְטַלְיוֹן אָחִי, בְּכׇל יוֹם הַבַּיִת מֵאִיר וְהַיּוֹם אָפֵל, שֶׁמָּא יוֹם הַמְעוּנָּן הוּא? הֵצִיצוּ עֵינֵיהֶן וְרָאוּ דְּמוּת אָדָם בַּאֲרוּבָּה. עָלוּ וּמָצְאוּ עָלָיו רוּם שָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת שֶׁלֶג. פֵּרְקוּהוּ, וְהִרְחִיצוּהוּ וְסָכוּהוּ, וְהוֹשִׁיבוּהוּ כְּנֶגֶד הַמְּדוּרָה. אָמְרוּ: רָאוּי זֶה לְחַלֵּל עָלָיו אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Sages continued and **said: That day was Shabbat eve and it was the** winter **season of Tevet, and snow fell upon him from the sky. When it was dawn, Shemaya said to Avtalyon: Avtalyon, my brother, every day** at this hour **the** study **hall** is already **bright** from the sunlight streaming through the skylight, **and today it is dark; is it perhaps a cloudy day? They focused their eyes and saw the image of a man in the skylight. They ascended and found him** covered with **snow three cubits high. They extricated him** from the snow, **and they washed him and smeared** oil **on him, and they sat him opposite the bonfire** to warm him. **They said: This** man **is worthy** for us **to desecrate Shabbat for him.** Saving a life overrides Shabbat in any case; however, this great man is especially deserving. Clearly, poverty is no excuse for the failure to attempt to study Torah.


###### Yoma 35b:9
[Yoma 35b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:9)

עָשִׁיר, אוֹמְרִים לוֹ: מִפְּנֵי מָה לֹא עָסַקְתָּ בַּתּוֹרָה? אִם אוֹמֵר: עָשִׁיר הָיִיתִי וְטָרוּד הָיִיתִי בִּנְכָסַי. אוֹמְרִים לוֹ: כְּלוּם עָשִׁיר הָיִיתָ יוֹתֵר מֵרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר? אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן חַרְסוֹם שֶׁהִנִּיחַ לוֹ אָבִיו אֶלֶף עֲיָירוֹת בַּיַּבָּשָׁה, וּכְנֶגְדָּן אֶלֶף סְפִינוֹת בַּיָּם. וּבְכׇל יוֹם וָיוֹם נוֹטֵל נֹאד שֶׁל קֶמַח עַל כְּתֵיפוֹ וּמְהַלֵּךְ מֵעִיר לְעִיר וּמִמְּדִינָה לִמְדִינָה לִלְמוֹד תּוֹרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
And if **a wealthy** man comes before the heavenly court, the members of the court **say to him: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he says: I was wealthy and preoccupied with** managing **my possessions, they say to him: Were you any wealthier than Rabbi Elazar,** who was exceedingly wealthy and nevertheless studied Torah? **They said about Rabbi Elazar ben Ḥarsum that his father left him** an inheritance of **one thousand villages on land, and corresponding to them, one thousand ships at sea. And each and every day he takes** a leather **jug of flour on his shoulder and walks from city to city and from state to state to study Torah** from the Torah scholars in each of those places.


###### Yoma 35b:10
[Yoma 35b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:10)

פַּעַם אַחַת מְצָאוּהוּ עֲבָדָיו, וְעָשׂוּ בּוֹ אַנְגַּרְיָא. אָמַר לָהֶן: בְּבַקָּשָׁה מִכֶּם, הַנִּיחוּנִי וְאֵלֵךְ לִלְמוֹד תּוֹרָה. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: חַיֵּי רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן חַרְסוֹם שֶׁאֵין מַנִּיחִין אוֹתְךָ. וּמִיָּמָיו לֹא הָלַךְ וְרָאָה אוֹתָן, אֶלָּא יוֹשֵׁב וְעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה כׇּל הַיּוֹם וְכׇל הַלַּיְלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One time** as he passed through the villages in his estate and **his servants found him,** did not recognize him, **and,** thinking he was a resident of the town, **they pressed him into service [*angarya*]** for the master of the estate. **He said to them: I beseech you; let me be and I will go study Torah. They said:** We swear **by the life of Rabbi Elazar ben Ḥarsum that** we **will not let you be.** The Gemara comments: **And in all his days, he never went and saw** all his possessions and his property; **rather,** he would **sit and engage in** the study of **Torah all day and all night.**


###### Yoma 35b:11
[Yoma 35b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:11)

רָשָׁע, אוֹמְרִים לוֹ: מִפְּנֵי מָה לֹא עָסַקְתָּ בַּתּוֹרָה? אִם אָמַר: נָאֶה הָיִיתִי, וְטָרוּד בְּיִצְרִי, (הָיָה) אוֹמְרִים לוֹ: כְּלוּם נָאֶה הָיִיתָ מִיּוֹסֵף? אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל יוֹסֵף הַצַּדִּיק: בְּכׇל יוֹם וָיוֹם הָיְתָה אֵשֶׁת פּוֹטִיפַר מְשַׁדַּלְתּוֹ בִּדְבָרִים. בְּגָדִים שֶׁלָּבְשָׁה לוֹ שַׁחֲרִית לֹא לָבְשָׁה לוֹ עַרְבִית. בְּגָדִים שֶׁלָּבְשָׁה לוֹ עַרְבִית לֹא לָבְשָׁה לוֹ שַׁחֲרִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
And if a wicked man comes to judgment, the members of the court **say to him: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he said: I was handsome and preoccupied with my** evil **inclination,** as I had many temptations, **they say to him: Were you any more handsome than Joseph,** who did not neglect Torah despite his beauty? **They said about Joseph the righteous: Each and every day, the wife of Potiphar seduced him with words.** In addition, **the clothes that she wore to** entice **him in the morning, she did not wear to** entice **him in the evening. The clothes that she wore to** entice **him in the evening, she did not wear to** entice **him in the morning** of the next day.


###### Yoma 35b:12
[Yoma 35b:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:12)

אָמְרָה לוֹ: הִשָּׁמַע לִי! אָמַר לָהּ: לָאו. אָמְרָה לוֹ: הֲרֵינִי חוֹבַשְׁתְּךָ בְּבֵית הָאֲסוּרִין! אָמַר לָהּ: ״ה׳ מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים״. הֲרֵינִי כּוֹפֶפֶת קוֹמָתְךָ! ״ה׳ זוֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים״. הֲרֵינִי מְסַמָּא אֶת עֵינֶיךָ! ״ה׳ פּוֹקֵחַ עִוְרִים״. נָתְנָה לוֹ אֶלֶף כִּכְּרֵי כֶסֶף לִשְׁמוֹעַ אֵלֶיהָ ״לִשְׁכַּב אֶצְלָהּ לִהְיוֹת עִמָּהּ״, וְלֹא רָצָה לִשְׁמוֹעַ אֵלֶיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One day **she said to him: Submit to me** and have relations with me.
**He said to her: No.** 
**She said to him: I will incarcerate you in the prison. He said to her:** I do not fear you, as it is stated: **“God releases prisoners”** (Psalms 146:7). 
**She said to him: I will** cause you to be **bent over** with suffering. 
He said: **“God straightens those who are bent over”** (Psalms 146:8). 
She said **I will blind your eyes.** 
He said to her **“God opens the eyes of the blind”** (Psalms 146:8). 
**She gave him a thousand talents of silver to submit to her, “to lie with her and be with her”** (Genesis 39:10), **and he refused.**


###### Yoma 35b:13
[Yoma 35b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:13)

״לִשְׁכַּב אֶצְלָהּ״ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, ״לִהְיוֹת עִמָּהּ״ לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. נִמְצָא: הִלֵּל מְחַיֵּיב אֶת הָעֲנִיִּים, רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן חַרְסוֹם מְחַיֵּיב אֶת הָעֲשִׁירִים, יוֹסֵף מְחַיֵּיב אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara elaborates: Had he submitted to her **to lie with her in this world,** it would have been decreed in Heaven that he would **be with her in the World-to-Come.** Therefore, he refused. **Consequently, Hillel obligates the poor** to study Torah, **Rabbi Elazar ben Ḥarsum obligates the wealthy,** and **Joseph obligates the wicked.** For each category of people, there is a role model who overcame his preoccupations and temptations to study Torah.


###### Yoma 35b:14
[Yoma 35b:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:14)

**מַתְנִי׳** בָּא לוֹ אֵצֶל פָּרוֹ, וּפָרוֹ הָיָה עוֹמֵד בֵּין הָאוּלָם וְלַמִּזְבֵּחַ, רֹאשׁוֹ לַדָּרוֹם וּפָנָיו לַמַּעֲרָב. וְהַכֹּהֵן עוֹמֵד בַּמִּזְרָח וּפָנָיו לַמַּעֲרָב. וְסוֹמֵךְ שְׁתֵּי יָדָיו עָלָיו, וּמִתְוַדֶּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** The High Priest **comes** and stands **next to his bull, and his bull was standing between the Entrance Hall and the altar** with **its head** facing **to the south and its face to the west. And the priest stands to the east** of the bull, **and his face** points **to the west. And** the priest **places his two hands on** the bull **and confesses.**


###### Yoma 35b:15
[Yoma 35b:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/35b:15)

וְכָךְ הָיָה אוֹמֵר: אָנָא הַשֵּׁם! עָוִיתִי, פָּשַׁעְתִּי, חָטָאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֲנִי וּבֵיתִי. אָנָא הַשֵּׁם! כַּפֶּר נָא לָעֲוֹנוֹת וְלַפְּשָׁעִים וְלַחֲטָאִים שֶׁעָוִיתִי וְשֶׁפָּשַׁעְתִּי וְשֶׁחָטָאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֲנִי וּבֵיתִי, כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה עַבְדֶּךָ: ״כִּי בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יְכַפֵּר וְגוֹ׳״. וְהֵן עוֹנִין אַחֲרָיו: ״בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד, מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And this is what he would say** in his confession: **Please, God, I have sinned, I have done wrong,** and **I have rebelled before You, I and my family. Please, God, grant atonement, please, for the sins, and for the wrongs, and for the rebellions that I have sinned, and done wrong, and rebelled before You, I and my family, as it is written in the Torah of Moses your servant: “For on this day atonement shall be made** for you to cleanse you of all your sins; you shall be clean before the Lord” (Leviticus 16:30). **And** the priests and the people who were in the courtyard **respond after he** recites the name of God: **Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and all time.**