Mishnah 1
1)
(a)The length of the entire Azarah was a hundred and eighty-seven Amos. How wide was it?
(b)What constituted the Azarah?
(c)If the Ezras Yisrael) was eleven Amos long, how long was the Ezras Kohanim)?
(d)The length of the Mizbe'ach was thirty-two Amos. What was the length of 'between the Ulam and the Mizbe'ach'?
1)
(a)The entire Azarah measured a hundred and eighty-seven Amos (from east to west) - and a hundred and thirty-five Amos (from north to south).
(b)The Azarah constituted - the Chatzer (starting from the Ezras Yisrael) including the Mizbe'ach in the east, and the Heichal and the Kodesh Kodshim in the west.
(c)The Ezras Yisrael was eleven Amos long - and so was the Ezras Kohanim.
(d)The Mizbe'ach was thirty-two Amos long, and 'between the Ulam and the Mizbe'ach' - twenty-two.
2)
(a)The Heichal measured a hundred Amos from east to west. Where did the Heichal ...
1. ... begin?
2. ... end?
(b)What was the 'Beis ha'Kapores'?
(c)What was its length?
(d)From where to where was considered 'Achorei Beis ha'Kapores'?
2)
(a)The Heichal, which measured a hundred Amah from east to west ...
1. ... began with - the wall of the Ulam and the Ulam, and
2. ... ended with - the western wall of the area behind the Kodesh Kodshim (including the Ta'im and their walls), an area that was also known as
(b)... the 'Beis ha'Kapores' ...
(c)... whose length - was eleven Amos.
(d)'Achorei Beis ha'Kapores' comprised - the area behind the 'Beis ha'Kapores' up to and including the Kosel ha'Ma'aravi that lay behind it.
Mishnah 2
3)
(a)The Mishnah now breaks down the hundred and thirty-five Amos width from north to south (starting from the south). How many Amos did the Mizbe'ach plus the ramp take up?
(b)If the space between the Mizbe'ach and the rings measured eight Amos, how many Amos did the rings measure?
(c)From the rings to the tables there were eight Amos, and from the tables to the Nanasim (the short posts), four. How many Amos were there from the Nanasim to the northern wall of the Azarah?
(d)Which two areas has the Tana not dealt with so far?
(e)What was their combined measurement?
3)
(a)The Mishnah now breaks down the hundred and thirty-five Amos width from north to south (starting from the south). The Mizbe'ach plus the ramp took up - sixty-two Amos (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
(b)The space between the Mizbe'ach and the rings measured eight Amos, and the rings - twenty-four.
(c)From the rings to the tables there were eight Amos (See Tosfos Yom Tov), from the tables to the Nanasim (the short posts), four and from the Nanasim to the northern wall of the Azarah - eight.
(d)The two areas that the Tana has not so far dealt with are - between the ramp and the southern wall and the area of the Nanasin ...
(e)... which combined measured twenty-five Amos (See Tosfos Yom Tov DH 've'ha'Mosar ... ').
Mishnah 3
4)
(a)If there were three rooms on the north side of the Azarah, how many rooms were there on the south side?
(b)The rooms on the north side were called Lishkas ha'Melach, Lishkas ha'Parvah and Lishkas ha'Madichin. What purpose did the Lishkas ha'Melach serve?
(c)The Lishkas ha'Parvah was used to salt the skins of Kodshim. Why was it called 'Lishkas ha'Parvah'?
(d)What was situated on its roof?
4)
(a)There were three rooms on the north side of the Azarah - and three on the south side.
(b)The rooms on the north side (See Tosfos Yom Tov) were called Lishkas ha'Melach, Lishkas ha'Parvah and Lishkas ha'Madichin (See Tosfos Yom Tov). The Lishkas ha'Melach - was used to store the salt for the Korbanos.
(c)In the Lishkas ha'Parvah they salted the skins of Kodshim. It was so-called after the magician called Parvah who built it by means of witchcraft (See Tosfos Yom Tov), or who pierced a hole in the wall so that he could watch the Kohanim doing the Avodah (and who died there).
(d)Located on its roof was - the Mikvah in which the Kohen Gadol Toveled on Yom Kipur (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
5)
(a)How many of the five Tevilos that the Kohen Gadol had to perform in that Mikvah have to take place in this Mikvah?
(b)Why was that?
(c)From where do we learn it?
(d)Where did he perform the first Tevilah, which did not require a location that is sanctified?
(e)From where did the water arrive there?
5)
(a)Four of the five Tevilos that the Kohen Gadol had to perform in that Mikvah - had to take place in the Mikvah on top of the Beis ha'Parvah ...
(b)... because all the Tevilos that had to be performed on account of Yom Kipur had to take place in a Makom Kadosh ...
(c)... as the Torah writes in Acharei-Mos "esaro ba'Mayim be'Makom Kadosh".
(d)He performed the first Tevilah, which did not require a location that was sanctified - in the Mikvah that was in the Chol on top of the Sha'ar ha'Mayim (which was located on the south side of the Azarah.
(e)The water arrived there - from the spring of Ein Itam.
6)
(a)What function did the 'Lishkas ha'Madichin' serve?
(b)What form did the Mesibah that begins there take?
(c)Where did it lead to?
6)
(a)It is in the 'Lishkas ha'Madichin' that - the innards of the Korbanos were washed (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
(b)The Mesibah that began there - was built in the form of a spiral column surrounded by steps (or a ramp) ...
(c)... and it led to - the roof of the Beis ha'Parvah (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
Mishnah 4
7)
(a)Two of the three rooms on the south side of the Azarah (See Tosfos Yom Tov) were Lishkas ha'Eitz and Lishkas ha'Golah. The latter contained a water pit. Why was it called by that name?
(b)What function did it serve (See Meleches Sh'lomoh)?
(c)What was located on top of it?
(d)Rebbi Eliezer ben Ya'akov forgot what function the Lishkas ha'Eitz served. What did Aba Shaul say about it?
(e)What was the connection between that room and the Lishkas Farhedrin mentioned at the beginning of Yoma?
7)
(a)Two of the three rooms on the south side of the Azarah (See Tosfos Yom Tov) were Lishkas ha'Eitz and Lishkas ha'Golah (See Tosfos Yom Tov DH ''Lishkas ha'Eitz ... '). The latter contained a water pit, and was called by that name because it was built by the Olei Golah (who came to visit the Beis-ha'Mikdash on Yom-Tov [See also Meleches Sh'lomoh & Chidushei ha'Gr'a]).
(b)Its function was - to serve the Kohanim with drinking-water (Meleches Sh'lomoh [See also Tosfos Yom Tov]).
(c)The wheel with which to draw the water - was located on top of it.
(d)Rebbi Eliezer ben Ya'akov forgot what function the Lishkas ha'Eitz served. Aba Shaul explained that - it was the room in which the Kohen Gadol stayed seven days prior to Yom Kipur, which was synonymous with ...
(e)... the Lishkas Farhedrin mentioned at the beginning of Yoma.
8)
(a)What was the third room on the south side of the Azarah called?
(b)What function did it serve?
(c)How were these three rooms placed?
(d)What does the Tana say about their roofs?
8)
(a)The third room on the south side of the Azarah was called - 'Lishkas ha'Gazis'.
(b)It was the room - in which the Sanhenrin ha'Gadol sat (See Chidushei ha'G'ra).
(c)The Lishkas ha'Eitz and the Lishkas ha'Golah were placed side by side north to south towards the east of the Ezras Yisrael, and the Lishkas ha'Gazis, next to them half in the Ezras Yisrael (which ws Kodesh) and half in the Ezras Nashim (which was Chol).
(d)The Tana says - that their roofs were all on the same level and were joined (as if they were one roof).
9)
(a)Whereabouts in the Lishkas ha'Gazis did the Sanhedrin sit?
(b)Why was that?
(c)What is the significance of the Tana's statement 've'Danah es ha'Kehunah' (see Tosfos Yom-Tov)?
9)
(a)The Sanhedrin (of Yisrael [See Chidushei Agados Maharcha]) sat - in the half of the Lishkas ha'Gazis that was in the Ezras Nashim ...
(b)... because the only people who were allowed to sit in the Kodesh were the Kings of Malchei Beis David..
(c)The Tana's statement 've'Danah es ha'Kehunah' (see Tosfos Yom-Tov) - refers to the function of the Sanhedrin to examine every Kohen's Yichus (as to whether he was in fact a Kohen) and that he was not a Ba'al-Mum (See Hagahos ha'Rashash & Tosfos Yom Tov 've'Danah es ha'Kuhunah' 1).
10)
(a)What did a Kohen do if the Sanhedrin ...
1. ... disqualified him from serving?
2. ... declared him eligible to serve?
(b)What did they (see Tiferes Yisrael) do, in the event that, by the end of the day, no Kohanim were been found to be Pasul?
(c)What is the significance of the Tefilah 'Baruch ha'Makom Baruch Hu, she'Lo Nimtza P'sul be'Zar'o shel Aharon, u'Baruch Hu she'Bachar be'Aharon u've'Venav La'amod Leshareis lifnei Hash-m be'Veis Kodshei ha'Kodashim' (with reference to the Beis-ha'Mikdash (See Chidusheo ha'G'ra)?
(d)Why did they refer to Hash-m as 'ha'Makom' in this instance?
10)
(a)If the Sanhedrin ...
1. ... disqualifies a Kohen (See Tosfos Yom Tov 've'Danah es ha'Kuhunah' 2) from serving - he dressed in black and covered himself in black.
2. ... declared him eligible to serve - he dressed in white and covered himself in white.
(b)In the event that, by the end of the day, no Kohanim were been found to be Pasul - they (see Tiferes Yisrael &Tosfos Yom Tov) made a Se'udas Yom-Tov.
(c)The Tefilah 'Baruch ha'Makom Baruch Hu, she'Lo Nimtza P'sul be'Zar'o shel Aharon, u'Baruch Hu she'Bachar be'Aharon u've'Venav La'amod Leshareis lifnei Hash-m be'Veis Kodshei ha'Kodashim' (with reference to the Beis-ha'Mikdash (See Chidusheo ha'G'ra) is what - the Sanhedrin used to say (presumably during the Se'udah).
(d)They referred to Hash-m as 'ha'Makom' in this instance - because the Lishkas ha'Gazis is called 'Makom' (when the Pasuk writes in Re'ei (in connection with a Zaken Mamrei) "ve'Kamta ve'Alisa el ha'Makom asher Yivchar Hash-m").
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