Thursday, 3 May 2018

Zevachim 20: Location, Sanctification and Immersion

Some basic ideas from today's daf:

  • must the basin's water be changed every night so that it does not sit and become disqualified for sanctification?
  • the bull should stand with its head to the south and it's face turned to the west; the priest stands to the east of the bull and faces west when he puts his hands over the bull
  • What is north?  The rabbis say that north is from the northern wall of the altar to the northern wall of the Temple courtyard
  • The rabbis discuss whether a priest should sanctify his feet a second time in one day if he first sanctifies his feet for the ashes
  • Must a priest sanctify his feet a second time if he leaves the Temple after the first sanctification?
  • A priest who reenters the Temple after leaving to "cover his legs", which is a euphemism for having a bowel movement, must immerse and sanctify his hands and feet first
  • A priest who reenters the Temple after leaving to urinate must sanctify his hands and feet first
  • If a priest becomes ritually impure, he is sometimes permitted to immerse his feet without also sanctifying them before entering the Temple 
  • The rabbis look at ritual slaughter that occurs outside of the Temple to discuss when sanctification is required

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