י"ד סיון תשפ“אTues, May 25 2021 OVERVIEW of the Daf Distinctive INSIGHT 1) The prohibition against being in the sanctuary when Ketores atones for lashon hara יבא דבר שבחשאי ויכפר על מעשה חשאי the incense is burning A Baraisa explains the verse that teaches the prohibition against being in the Sanctuary when the incense is burning. T he ketores had the power to atone for lashon hara, for Rava explains how we know the verse refers to the time both are done quietly. Why is ketores considered to be a the incense is burning. quiet activity? Rashi (Arachim 16a) explains that the ketores which is a private place, away from , היכל Rava’s assertion that the incense effects atonement is is brought in the היכל unsuccessfully challenged. public view. In fact, no one was allowed to be in the A Mishnah rules that one is not allowed to be in the together with the kohen at the moment the ketores was area between the Ulam and the Altar while the incense is brought. Tosafos HaRosh proposes that perhaps the sprin- burning. kling of the blood of the bull of Yom Kippur should also be R’ Elazar explains that the Mishnah’s ruling applies only considered a private and quiet action, which should atone He . היכל when the incense is burned in the Sanctuary but not when for lashon hara, for it, too, was done in the it is burning in the kodesh kodoshim. answers that the sprinkling was done while the kohen R’ Elazar’s qualification is unsuccessfully challenged. counted verbally, “One, one and one, one and two…” while 2) Vacating the area between the Ulam and the Altar dur- the ketores was placed upon the coals in silence. Rebeinu ing different blood applications Elyakim explains that ketores refers to the incense which R’ Pedas identifies the source of the prohibition to be was burned in the kodesh kodashim, which was a place present in the sanctuary during different blood applications. which was uniquely private. The reason the Rabbis extended the prohibited area to The Gemara (Zevachim 88b) point out a contradiction. מעיל atoned for lashon hara. The מעיל include even the area between the Ulam and the Altar is We find that the because nothing in that area stands to remind a person not had bells, and it is fitting that an audible garment should to enter the Sanctuary. atone for an audible sin. What, is it then, asks the Gemara, ? מעיל Rava unsuccessfully attempts to infer from the Baraisa that atones for lashon hara? Was it the ketores or the that the sanctity of the Ulam is the same as the sanctity of The Gemara answers that ketores atones for “private” with its bells atones for מעיל while the , (בציעא) the Sanctuary. leshon hara . (בפרהסיא) Clarifying the Mishnah “public” leshon hara (3 The Gemara explains why a gold shovel was not used to Gevuros Ari and Sfas Emes both ask that the source scoop up the coals. from which we learn that ketores atones for lashon hara is The reason the Kohen Gadol uses only one shovel on from the incident in Bamidbar (16:17) where the nation Yom Kippur is explained. (Continued on page 2) 4) The quantity of coals scattered One Baraisa states that a kav of coals was scattered when pouring the coals from the first shovel to the second shovel. REVIEW and Remember A second Baraisa states that two kavim of coals were scat- tered. 1. What is the order of atonement? The authors of the two Baraisos are identified. 5) Clarifying the Mishnah 2. Which blood services require an unoccupied Sanctu- A Baraisa teaches that every day the shovel was made ary? using thick metal but on Yom Kippur it was made using thin metal. 3. Do the Sanctuary and Ulam contain the same de- The Gemara explains why the shovel used on Yom Kip- gree of sanctity? pur had a long handle. A Baraisa teaches that the shovel used on Yom Kippur 4. What was the function of the ring put on the end of had a ring attached to the handle. the shovel for Yom Kippur? 6) Gold R’ Chisda lists seven different varieties of gold. יומא מ ד“ — Number 507 (Insight...Continued from page 1) HALACHAH Highlight complained about the demise of Korach, and the ketores was used to quell a plague which ensued. This was clearly a Tovelling electric urns case of “public” lashon hara. How, then, can the Gemara ?say that ketores atone for “private” lashon hara תא בכל יום לא היה לה יאשתיק והיום היה לה יאשתיק דברי בן Sfas Emes answers that the precise complaint of the הסגן It was taught in a Baraisa: On a regular day it [the shovel] it did people in Bemidbar 17:6 was subtle. “The entire assembly not have a niashtik but on Yom Kippur it had a niashtik, these complained.” Although the verse elaborates, the extended are the words of the son of the Sgan. accusation against Moshe and Aharon that “You have killed the people of Hashem” was not stated, but only im- 1 –niashtik as a ring. plicit from their words. This constituted “private” lashonיאשתיק R ashi translates the word 2 Its function was to make noise as a fulfillment of the verse , hara, for which ketores atones. “And its sound will be heard when he enters etc.” The 3 as a safos that an urn must be immersed entirely, including theיאשתיק Yerushalmi , however, translates the word pouch, used to prevent the Kohen Gadol from burning electrical compartment at the bottom of the urn. Just like 4 himself. Riva maintains that it was a leather cover for the the handle of a utensil must be immersed even if it was orig- handle of the shovel. On Yom Kippur it was necessary to inally a separate piece6, so too, the electrical compartment have a cover as opposed to the rest of the year, because on must be immersed because once attached, it becomes a part Yom Kippur the coals sat in the shovel for a long period of of the utensil 7. .1 “ד ה יאשתיק time, thus heating up even the handle. Tosafos proceeds to .2 שמות כח“ לה cite the question posed by the Yerushalmi: Why doesn’t the .3 ירושלמי יומא פ“ ד ה“ ד והובא בתוס “ד‘ ה בכל יום pouch become an interposition between the hand of the .4 מובא דברים בתוס “ד‘ ה בכל יום Kohen Gadol and the shovel? The Gemara answers that it .5 “שו ת חלקת יעקב יו“ ד סי מ‘ ג“ was attached with a nail. Tosafos explains that once the .6 שו “ ע יו “ ד סי ‘ ק “ כ סע ‘ י “ ב וע “ ע בספר טבילת כלים פי “ א סע ‘ pouch is attached to the shovel with a nail, the cover itself ‘ ו “ א והע ‘ שם ובספר חלקת בימין סי ‘ ק “ כ הע ‘ ש, שמביאים דברי becomes a part of the utensil, and it therefore it does not הפוסקים על עין זו .7 ודלא כשו “ ת אג “ מ יו “ ד ח “ א סי ‘ “ ז דס “ ל דמקום החשמל א “ צ .constitute an interposition 5 טבילה משום דכשי כלים יהו ע“ ש -Chelkas Yaakov derives from the explanation of To #21). How, then, could he have stood in sake of Heaven. STORIES Off the Daf that place but yet not be present? When Rav Leib, zt”l, the son of the Cho- rested on him in the kodesh fetz Chaim, zt”l, once asked his father a רוח הקדש Selfless service kodashim, it elevated him to the level of question that touched on this subject. an angel, in a state of complete tran- “Father, will people ever know and על מה קטורת מכפרת? על לשון הרע. יבא scendence of his physical senses. This understand how hard you worked and דבר שבחשאי ויכפר על מעשה חשאי uplifting was a result of the Kohen Gad- how much effort you put into writing C hazal say that lashon hara brings ol’s selflessness, his lack of expectation each and every word of the Mishnah no physical pleasure to the speaker, of receiving any material reward from Berurah?” much in the way that a snake enjoys no the avodah. The Chofetz Chaim replied, “What physical benefit from biting. Avnei The Mei HaShiloach, zt”l, writes does it matter if no one praises me or Nezer, zt”l, explains that this is why the that, in this respect, the Kohen Gadol even comprehends how much work incense atones for the sin of lashon ha- represents the gadol hador. Like the went into its writing? If they don’t real- ra. During the actual burning of the in- Kohen Gadol, the Torah leader of the ize that they should be grateful for all cense, the Kohen Gadol experiences no generation often does not derive any my efforts, what difference does it physical pleasure from the odor. Chazal gain from his toil on behalf of the Jew- make? Do I toil to receive their ap- stated that even he cannot be physically ish people. This is why their words are plause? My only desire is to honor Ha- present while he stands within the cloud able to bestow spiritual life for all time— shem—and He knows all about every of the incense, for “no man shall be in because everything they do is for the single effort I expended!” ,Vayikra Rabbah 16:17) ”… אהל מועד the Daf Digest is published by the Chicago Center, under the leadership of HaRav Yehoshua Eichenstein, shlit”a HaRav Pinchas Eichenstein, Nasi; HaRav Zalmen L.