1)

SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT OF THE REPLACEMENT KOHEN GADOL (cont'd)

(a)

R. Yosi agrees that if the first Kohen Gadol dies, that the replacement takes his place permanently.

(b)

Question: This seems obvious?

(c)

Answer: We might have wished to avoid hard feelings.

2)

A REPLACEMENT WIFE

(a)

Question: Why do the Rabanan regard the risk of his P'sul more so than his death?

(b)

Answer: The likelihood of Tum'ah is greater.

(c)

Question: How would R. Yehudah respond to the endless risks concern of the Rabanan?

(d)

Answer: We concern ourselves with the risk of one death, not two (while Rabanan hold that once we are concerned about deaths, we would be concerned even for two).

(e)

Question: What of the endless risk charge against the Rabanan?

(f)

Answer: Kohen Gadol is a Zariz.

(g)

Question: Then why the need for the replacement?

(h)

Answer: To spur him on even further.

(i)

Question: But designating the replacement does not make her his Beiso?

(j)

Answer: He gives her Kidushin.

(k)

Question: But without Chupah, she is still not Beiso?

(l)

Answer: He does Chupah.

(m)

Question: But then he has two wives, and it is not Beiso?

(n)

Answer: He then divorces her.

(o)

Question: Then we are back where we started?!

(p)

Answer: He divorces her on condition.

3)

THE CONDITIONAL DIVORCE OF THE KOHEN GADOL

(a)

He stipulates, If you die...

(b)

Question: He could then end up with two wives?

(c)

Answer: He stipulates 'If you don't die... '.

(d)

Question: He could end up with no wife?!

(e)

Answer: He stipulates 'If one of my wives dies... '.

(f)

Question: He could end up with two wives?

(g)

Question #2: A Get with a life-long condition is not valid?!

(h)

Answer: He stipulates 'If the other does not die... '.

(i)

Question: He could end up having had done the first half of the Avodah with two wives?!

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(j)

Answer: He made a prior stipulation 'If the other dies... '.

(k)

Question: He could end up with no wife?

(l)

Answer: He divorces both with stipulations:

1.

To the first 'If the other does not die...'.

2.

To the second 'If you do not walk into... '.

(m)

Question: But he could end up with no wife?!

(n)

Answer: He takes the stipulation to the second wife into his own control (and if he sees that one is dying he can retroactively activate the divorce of the other).

(o)

Question: But it says the singular "Bayis" by Yibum, as well?

(p)

Answer: The extra "Yevimto" increases the number.

(q)

Question: But an Arusah should be restricted by Yibum?

(r)

Answer: We learn Arusah by Yibum from "ha'Chutzah".

4)

KOHEN GADOL ONEN

(a)

(Tana Kama): He offers even while an Onen.

(b)

(R. Yehudah): All day.

(c)

Question: What is all day?

(d)

Answer: We even bring him from his house.

(e)

Question: Such a leniency in Aninus from R. Yehudah from whom we know great strictness in this area?!

(f)

Answer: Rather, he does not offer all day, lest he eat.

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