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והני תרתי מאי עבידתייהו? אמר רבי יצחק: בשכר הגפת דלתות. ונימא ליה דל בדל! אמר אביי: בוצינא טבא מקרא.
The Talmud asks: And these two extra loaves received by the incoming watch, what is their purpose? R' Yitzḥak says: They are as compensation for locking the doors of the Temple. The Talmud asks: Let the outgoing watch say to the incoming one: Remove your claim to the extra loaves this week and divide the loaves equally and next week’s incoming watch will remove its claim next week. Abaye said: A ripe cucumber now is better than a gourd that has yet to ripen. A small, immediate profit is preferable to a large, potential profit.
אמר רב יהודה: ובמוספין חולקין. מיתיבי: משמרה היוצאת עושה תמיד של שחר ומוספין, משמרה הנכנסת עושה תמיד של בין הערבים ובזיכין — ואילו ״מוספין חולקין״ לא קתני! האי תנא בחלוקה לא קא מיירי.
Rav Yehuda said: And they divide the hides of the additional offerings between them. The Talmud raises an objection from a baraita: The outgoing watch performs the rite of the daily morning offering and the additional offerings, and the incoming watch performs the rite of the daily afternoon offering and the service of the vessels of frankincense for the showbread. And the baraita teaches nothing about dividing the hides of the additional offerings. The Talmud answers: This tanna is not speaking of division of the hides, but is addressing the division of the Temple service, so sharing the hides is not mentioned.
אמר רבא: והא תנא דבי שמואל, דמיירי בחלוקה, ו״במוספין חולקין״ לא קתני? דתנא דבי שמואל: משמרה היוצאת עושה תמיד של שחר ומוספין, משמרה הנכנסת עושה תמיד של בין הערבים ובזיכין. ארבעה כהנים היו נכנסין שם. שנים ממשמרה זו, ושנים ממשמרה זו, וחולקין לחם הפנים. ואילו ״במוספין חולקין״ לא קתני! תיובתא דרב יהודה! תיובתא.
Rava said: But didn’t the tanna of the school of Shmuel, who speaks of division between the incoming and the outgoing watches, fail to teach division of the hides of the additional offerings mentioned by R' Yehuda, as the school of Shmuel taught: The outgoing watch performs the daily morning offering and the additional offerings; the incoming watch performs the daily afternoon offerings and the service of the vessels. And how was this service performed? 4 priests would enter the Sanctuary, two from this outgoing watch and two from that incoming watch, and they divide the showbread. But it teaches nothing about dividing the hides of the additional offerings. The Talmud suggests: This is a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rav Yehuda. The Talmud concludes: Indeed, it is a conclusive refutation.