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Shkolim 20b (2)

Iyar 15, 5785 – 05/13/25

Short notes.

1 – We continued on the topic of the מנחת חביתין brought daily by the כהן גדול.

The procedure is that the כה״ג  brings a full עשירית האיפה, splits it in two equal parts and processes it half in the morning and the other half in the afternoon .

2 – If, after bringing the ‘morning half’ of his Mincha, this כהן גדול passes away, his successor, the next כהן גדול, brings a full מנחה , splits it in two but only process one half in the afternoon.

3 – This מנחת חביתין is very unique. How?

What happens if the כהנים didn’t appoint a successor? The משנה states that a full מנחה is brought daily until a כהן גדול is appointed. There are 2 opinions as to who pays for this מנחה, either from a communal fund or from the estate of the deceased כהן גדול.

 

4 – It’s unique because since this מנחת חביתין is a מצוה on the כהן גדול, why does it continue to be brought daily when he is not around?? It’s a קרבן יחיד.

We mentioned the phenomenal אבני נזר, that explains this as follows:

The ירושלמי equates קדושה of the כה״ג to the קדושה כביכול of הקב״ה, both being eternal. Therefore, even if a כה״ג is חייב and given מלקות, he resumes his position!

This קדושה remains even upon his passing and in a sense, he remains the כה״ג until his successor is appointed. This explains as to why even if he is succeeded by his son, this son will need משיחה, which will ‘close out’ his father’s reign and קדושה. It’s not an automatic transition, due to his father’s eternal קדושה.

So as long as it takes to find, appoint or anoint a new כה״ג, the previous כה״ג is still ‘alive’ in a sense and thus needs to bring a מנחת חביתין.

This explains why there is an opinion that his estate needs to pay for the מנחה.

5 – We mentioned, as a follow up to last week discussion if a כהן גדול is also a כהן הדיוט, the Rebbe’s note on this topic. See here.

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As another example of such a query the Rebbe mentions the opinion, concerning a בגד that has 5 corners, that one would need to tie ציצית to all 5 corners.

A similar question (to the כה״ג- כהן הדיוט) can be asked here. Is the 5 cornered בגד a 4 cornered one plus 1, or perhaps it’s a new type of בגד.

Another example: משה רבינו transmitted the תורה to us. Additionally, he was also a נביא. The תורה, despite it being far above the level of נבואה, does it also have the validity of it being a נבואה?

6. We discussed the movement to bring a  Korban Pesach –  קרבן פסח , and R’ Reb Zvi Hirsch Kalischer See this shiur where we discussed it.

As well as הרב יחיאל מיכל טוקצינסקי – Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky. who wrote a sefer on the Halachos of the Beis Hamikdosh today.

And the question of R’ Tzvi Pesach Frank, Rov of ירושלים from our Gemara 20b :

Aside from all the other Halachic challenges , which were overcome – what about

…עַד שֶׁלֹּא הֵבִיאוּ עֲשִׂירִית הָאֵיפָה שֶׁלָּהֶם עֲבוֹדָתָם …פסולה

If the Kohen had not yet brought his Mincha, then any Korban he brings  is Posul? So although the קרבן פסח which is a קרבן ציבור can be brought בטומאה, a כהן cannot bring his מנחת חינוך as it is a קרבן יחיד. So how were they thinking to bring the קרבן פסח when it would become פסול?

Answer:

Different Girsa – like our Gemara, should be עֲבוֹדָתָם כְּשֵׁירָה – not like the Gra’s girsa (משנת אליהו).

7- Another topic touched: Assuming the correct גירסא is כשרה, would the כהן need to bring a מנחת חינוך? Or perhaps one could say that the bringing of the Korban itself is the Chinuch.