Tamid 30B

של זהב. אף על פי שהוא מבוקר מבערב ⁠– מבקרין אותו לאור אבוקות.

of gold. Although the lamb was examined and deemed unblemished earlier in the evening, the priests examine it now by the light of the torches.

מי שזכה בדישון מזבח הפנימי ובדישון המנורה, היו מקדימין, וארבעה כלים בידם: הטני והכוז ושני מפתחות. הטני ⁠– דומה לתרקב של זהב מחזיק קביים וחצי. והכוז ⁠– דומה לקיתון גדול של זהב. ושתי מפתחות ⁠– אחד שהוא יורד באמת השחי, ואחד שהוא פותח כיון.

Mishnah 3:5 The priests who won the privilege of the removal of ash from the inner altar and of the removal of ash from the Candelabrum would precede the other priests and would hold 4 vessels in their hands: The basket, and the jug, and the two keys. The basket is similar to a large gold vessel with a capacity of 3 kav [letarkav], but it holds only 2½ kav. And the jug is similar to a large flask [lekitton] of gold. And as for the two keys, with one of them the priest would lower his arm to his armpit through a small opening in the door and open the lock that was at the bottom of the door on the inside, and he would pass through that door into a compartment. And the other one is the key with which the priest opened the lock on the inner door of the compartment, through which he entered the Sanctuary, and that lock he opened directly.

בא לו לפשפש הצפוני. שני פשפשין היו לו לשער הגדול, אחת בצפון, ואחת בדרום. שבדרום לא נכנס בו אדם. עליו הוא מפורש על ידי יחזקאל, שנאמר: ״ויאמר אלי ה׳ השער הזה סגור יהיה לא יפתח ואיש אל יבא בו כי ה׳ אלהי ישראל בא בו והיה סגור״.

Mishnah 3:6 The priest came to the northern wicket. There were two wickets for the large gate, one in the northern part of the gate and one in the southern part. Through the wicket that was in the southern part, no person entered. In its regard, the wicket’s status is clarified by the prophet Ezekiel, as it is stated: “Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the Sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut. And YHWH said to me: This gate should be shut, it should not be opened, neither should any man enter in by it, for YHWH, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; and it should be shut” (Ezekiel 44:1–2).