## The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma

###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:1
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שִׁבְעַת יָמִים קֹדֶם יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים
מַפְרִישִׁין כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מִבֵּיתוֹ לְלִשְׁכַּת פַּלְהֶדְרִין
וּמַתְקִינִין לוֹ כֹהֵן אַחֵר תַּחְתָּיו
שֶׁמָּא יֶאֱרַע בּוֹ פְסוּל.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר:
אַף אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת מַתְקִינִין לו
שֶׁמָּא תָמוּת אִשְׁתּוֹ
שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְכִפֶּר בַּעֲדוֹ וּבְעַד בֵּיתוֹ:
בֵּיתוֹ – זוֹ אִשְׁתּוֹ.
אָמְרוּ לוֹ:
אִם כֵּן, אֵין לַדָּבָר סוֹף.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
1 Seven days before the Day of Atonement,
the High Priest is brought away from his house
and taken to the Chamber of Palhedrin,
and another priest is appointed as his substitute,
in case something should happen to disqualify him.
Rabbi Yehuda says:
Another wife is appointed to him also,
in case his wife should die –
for it is written, “He shall make atonement for himself and for his house”:
*his house* means “his wife.”
The sages say:
But if so, there would be no end to it.


###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:2
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כָּל שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים
הוּא זוֹרֵק אֶת הַדָּם
וּמַקְטִיר אֶת הַקְּטֹרֶת
וּמֵטִיב אֶת הַנֵּרוֹת
וּמַקְרִיב אֶת הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶת הָרֶגֶל;
וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַיָּמִים
אִם רָצָה לְהַקְרִיב – מַקְרִיב
שֶׁכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מַקְרִיב חֵלֶק בָּרֹאשׁ
וְנוֹטֵל חֵלֶק בָּרֹאשׁ.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
2 All the seven days beforehand,
he throws the blood [of the daily sacrifices],
burns the incense,
tends the lamps,
and offers up the head and the right hind leg [of the daily sacrifice].
On other days [of the year],
if he wants to perform any offering, he does,
for the High Priest always has first choice to make the offering,
and the first choice of portion to take [from the offering].


###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:3
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מָסְרוּ לוֹ זְקֵנִים מִזִּקְנֵי בֵית דִּין
וְקוֹרִין לְפָנָיו בְּסֵדֶר הַיּוֹם
וְאוֹמְרִים לוֹ: אִישִׁי כֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, קְרָא אַתָּה בְּפִיךָ
שֶׁמָּא שָׁכַחְתָּ אוֹ שֶׁמָּא לֹא לָמַדְתָּ.
עֶרֶב יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים שַׁחֲרִית
מַעֲמִידִין אוֹתוֹ בְּשַׁעַר הַמִּזְרָח
וּמַעֲבִירִין לְפָנָיו פָּרִים וְאֵילִים וּכְבָשִׂים
כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא מַכִּיר וְרָגִיל בָּעֲבוֹדָה.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
3 And elders of the court would be sent to him
and would read him the Order of the Day,
and they would say, “My honored High Priest, you read this out,
in case you have forgotten,
in case you have not learned.”
On the eve of the Day of Atonement in the morning,
they would stand him at the Eastern Gate
and pass bulls and rams and sheep before him –
so that he would learn to know them well
and be accustomed to the Service.


###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:4
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כָּל שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים
לֹא הָיוּ מוֹנְעִין מִמֶּנּוּ מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה.
עֶרֶב יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים עִם חֲשֵׁכָה
לֹא הָיוּ מַנִּיחִים אוֹתוֹ לֶאֱכוֹל הַרְבֵּה
מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַמַּאֲכָל מֵבִיא אֶת הַשֵּׁנָה.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
4 All the seven days beforehand
they would not limit his food or drink;
but on the eve of the Day of Atonement, before dark fell,
they would not let him eat much,
because food brings on sleep.


###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:5
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מְסָרוּהוּ זִקְנֵי בֵית דִּין לְזִקְנֵי כְהֻנָּה
וְהֶעֱלוּהוּ לַעֲלִיַּת בֵּית אַבְטִינָס
וְהִשְׁבִּיעוּהוּ, וְנִפְטְרוּ וְהָלְכוּ לָהֶם.
וְאָמְרוּ לוֹ: אִישִׁי כֹהֵן גָּדוֹל
אָנוּ שְׁלוּחֵי בֵית דִּין
וְאַתָּה שְׁלוּחֵנוּ וּשְׁלִיחַ בֵּית דִּין;
מַשְׁבִּיעִין אָנוּ עָלֶיךָ בְּמִי שֶׁשִּׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ בַבַּיִת הַזֶּה
שֶׁלֹּא תְשַׁנֶּה דָבָר מִכָּל מַה שֶּׁאָמַרְנוּ לָךְ.
הוּא פוֹרֵשׁ וּבוֹכֶה
וְהֵן פּוֹרְשִׁין וּבוֹכִין.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
5 The elders of the court would bring him to the elders of the
priesthood,
who would take him up to the Avtinas Upper Chamber
and have him take his oath,
and then would part from him and leave.
This is what they would say:
“My honored High Priest, we are the emissaries of the court
and you are our emissary and an emissary of the court;
we have you swear
by the One who has made His name dwell in this House,
that you will not depart in any detail from what we have
taught you.”
And he would turn away and weep,
and they would turn away and weep.


###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:6
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אִם הָיָה חָכָם – דּוֹרֵשׁ
וְאִם לָאו – תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים דּוֹרְשִׁין לְפָנָיו;
וְאִם רָגִיל לִקְרוֹת – קוֹרֵא
וְאִם לָאו – קוֹרִין לְפָנָיו.
וּבַמֶּה קוֹרִין לְפָנָיו?
בְּאִיּוֹב וּבְעֶזְרָא וּבְדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים.
זְכַרְיָה בֶּן קְבוּטָל אוֹמֵר:
פְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה קָרִיתִי לְפָנָיו בְּדָנִיֵּאל.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
6 Then, if he were a scholar, he would interpret Torah;
if not, then scholars would interpret it for him.
If he were accustomed to reading, he would read;
if not, then they would read to him.
What would they read to him?
They read from Job
and from Ezra
and from the books of Chronicles.
Zekharya ben Kevutal says:
I read to him many times
from the book of Daniel.


###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:7
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בִּקֵּשׁ לְהִתְנַמְנֵם
פִּרְחֵי כְהֻנָּה מַכִּין לְפָנָיו בְּאֶצְבַּע צְרָדָה
וְאוֹמְרִים לוֹ:
אִישִׁי כֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, עֲמֹד וְהָפֵג אַחַת עַל הָרִצְפָּה!
וּמַעֲסִיקִין אוֹתוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ זְמַן הַשְּׁחִיטַָה.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
7 If he began to fall asleep,
then young priests would snap their fingers before him;
they would say,
“My honored High Priest, rise up, banish sleep, once and for all, against the floor.”
And they would keep him occupied
until the time of the slaughtering arrived.


###### The Koren Yom Kippur Mahzor; Ashkenaz, Yom Kippur Evening, Massekhet Yoma 1:8
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בְּכָל יוֹם
תּוֹרְמִין אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בִּקְרִיאַת הַגֶּבֶר אוֹ סָמוּךְ לוֹ
בֵּין לְפָנָיו בֵּין לְאַחֲרָיו;
בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מֵחֲצוֹת,
וּבָרְגָלִים מֵאַשְׁמוּרָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה;
וְלֹא הָיְתָה קְרִיאַת הַגֶּבֶר מַגַּעַת
עַד שֶׁהָיְתָה הָעֲזָרָה מְלֵאָה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
8 On all other days,
the ashes on the altar were taken up at cock’s crow or thereabouts,
a little before or after;
but on the Day of Atonement
they were taken up at midnight –
and on Festivals,
at the first watch –
and by the time the cock would crow,
the courtyard would be crowded with [the people of] Israel.