Sunday 13 October 2019

Me'ila/ Tamid 25: Priests Guarding the Temple, Seminal Emissions

Our first Mishna describes where the priests were to guard the Temple as determined by age and role. It also details where and in what garments the priests should sleep, in addition to the ritual requirements should a priest have a seminal emission while in the Temple or in the courtyard.  This includes a description of underground passageways lit by torches leading to a mikvah, a urinal and a flame and a way to determine if someone else is in the mikvah and in need of privacy.


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