Horayot 12: Anointing Oil Practices, Kohen Gadol Vs. Kohen

Some points from today's daf:

• The anointing oil, specially prepared to be saved until the end of days, is said to be lost along with the aron kodesh, the holy ark
• King Yoshiahu is said to have hidden sacred items, believing that the Jews would be exiled in his time (end of the first Temple)
• The rabbis discuss how high priests and kings were anointed with oil: first the head and then between the eyebrows? is it alright to have droplets on the beard? etc.
• The rabbis understand that kings were permitted to be anointed along with high priests because "no other man" may be anointed - kings are not just men
• the rabbis discuss where one should be anointed
• the rabbis discuss a number of issues that affect only a high priest and not an ordinary priest:
• a par for a chata sin
• hair stays short, cloths are torn at the bottom
• cannot become impure to bury a relative
• must marry a virgin and cannot marry a widow
• on his death, a unintentional murderer is released from a city of refuge
• he can serve in the Temple on the day a relative died but cannot eat sanctified food during the day
• when not an open he has first rights to the sacrifice and his share of sanctified foods
• he wears eight garments when he is serving
• he can do the Yom Kipur prayers
• if he enters the mikdash or eats teruma while tamei, he is exempt from liability
• these rules also apply to a merubah begadim, unanointed high priest, except for the par as an offering
• The rabbis discuss which practice take precedence if one commits a sin transgressing a halacha that is of high frequency and also of great holiness