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Shkolim 20b
Iyar 8, 5785 – 05/06/25
Short notes.
1- General topic was the daily מנחת חביתין that the כהן גדול was obligated to bring daily.
We mentioned an original idea of the מנחת חינוך.
The Rambam writes that the כה”ג lived in a house in ירושלים and he never left the city. What is the source for this הלכה?
Says the מנחת חינוך , that he heard the source for this הלכה from his students: There is a הלכה that every person bringing a Korban cannot leave back home that same day. One must stay overnight and leave only the next morning.
No drive-by Korban
דברים ז, טז
וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֙ וְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔ בַּמָּק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַ֛ר יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בּ֑וֹ וּפָנִ֣יתָ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ לְאֹהָלֶֽיךָ׃
Now, since the כהן גדול is the only one that is obligated to bring a קרבן every single day, he must always stay overnight in ירושלים!
מנחת חינוך מצוה קלו חידש שכה”ג טעון לינה כל לילה על מנחת חביתין שלו.
2 – We discussed a case of a כהן גדול that became טמא, What happens to his מנחת חביתין? The answer is that the מצוה on the כהן גדול is for him to bring the מנחה to the בית המקדש. The actual frying, baking and the הקרבה can be performed by others.
3 – This answers the question on how could the כהן גדול have a relationship with his wife when by doing so he becomes טמא until the next nightfall? So how could he bring his daily מנחה?
Another answer we mentioned (from Tosfos ישנים in יומא) is that it would occur in the afternoon (before nightfall) after he was מקריב the afternoon portion of his מנחה.
4 -The גמרא discussed the process of this unique מנחה that it was both deep fried and also baked.
5- We continued on the topic mentioned last week by the אור שמח.
Briefly – is a כהן גדול also a כהן הדיוט?
Seems trivial but actually it can be a difference in הלכה.
A כהן הדיוט wears 4 בגדים. A כהן גדול 8.
Are the basic 4 בגדים they share the same?
That depends if the Gartel אבנט of both are of the same material.
[That is a מחלוקת in יומא ו א]
If they are indeed the same, then they have much in common, and one can say that a כהן גדול is a first a כהן הדיוט (by wearing the same 4 basic בגדים) and on top of that, he has the extra unique 4 בגדים of the כהן גדול.
However, if in even the 4 בגדים they are different, by having a different אבנט, one can say that the כהן גדול is not a כהן הדיוט at all! He has a unique status.
Now, before a כהן does any עבודה for the first time, he needs to bring an initiation מנחת חינוך. Once that is done, he can proceed to work in the בית המקדש.
A כהן that is appointed to be the next כהן גדול, also needs to bring a מנחה for his elevation, and then another one, for his daily obligation.
What happens if כהן who has never done any עבודה is nominated to become (not a כהן הדיוט, but a) כהן גדול?
How many מנחות does he need to bring? 2 or 3?
In our גמרא ירושלמית we learnt that he brings 2. In בבלי is says that he brings 3.
What is the basis of their opinions? Says the אור שמח:
If a כהן גדול is also a כהן הדיוט then the number is 3. One for his initiation as a כהן הדיוט, a second one for his elevation to a כהן גדול, then a 3rd for the daily כהן גדול obligation.
However if a כהן גדול is just a כהן גדול and not a כהן הדיוט, logic would say that he brings only 2. One for his initiation/elevation directly as a כהן גדול, a second one for the daily כהן גדול obligation.
וראה לקו”ש כב, ע’ 28 הערה 54.
חלק יט, ע’ 181