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גמ׳ תנא: ללמדו חפינה. אמר רב פפא: שתי לשכות היו לו לכהן גדול, אחת לשכת פרהדרין ואחת לשכת בית אבטינס. אחת בצפון ואחת בדרום. אחת בצפון, דתנן: שש לשכות היו בעזרה, שלש בצפון ושלש בדרום,
Talmud: A tanna taught: The rabbis took the High Priest to the House of Avtinas, where the incense was prepared, to teach him the method of taking handfuls of incense, which is a difficult and complex skill. Rav Pappa said: The High Priest had two chambers. One was the Parhedrin chamber and one was the Chamber of the House of Avtinas. One of them was in the north of the courtyard, and one was in the south. The Talmud explains: One was in the north, as we learned in the Mishnah: There were 6 chambers in the Israelite courtyard, 3 in the north and 3 in the south.
שבדרום: לשכת המלח, לשכת הפרוה, לשכת המדיחין. לשכת המלח — ששם היו נותנין מלח לקרבן, לשכת הפרוה — ששם היו מולחין עורות קדשים. ועל גגה היתה בית טבילה לכהן גדול ביום הכפורים. לשכת המדיחין — שם היו מדיחין קרבי קדשים. ומשם מסיבה עולה לגג בית הפרוה.
The chambers in the south were the Chamber of the Salt, the Chamber of the Parva, and the Chamber of the Rinsers. The Talmud explains the function performed in each chamber. The Chamber of the Salt was where the priests would place the salt for the offering in storage The Chamber of the Parva, the hides, was where they salted the consecrated hides that belonged to the priests, to prevent them from spoiling. And on the roof of that chamber was the Hall of Immersion for the High Priest for Yom Kippur. The Chamber of the Rinsers was where they would rinse the innards of consecrated animals, which were not taken up to the altar while dirty or with undigested food remaining in them. From there a circular staircase ascended to the roof of the Chamber of the Parva.
שלש שבצפון: לשכת העץ, לשכת הגולה, לשכת הגזית. לשכת העץ, אמר רבי אליעזר בן יעקב: שכחתי מה היתה משמשת. אבא שאול אומר: לשכת כהן גדול היתה אחורי שתיהן, וגג שלשתן שוה.
The 3 chambers in the north of the courtyard were the Chamber of the Wood, the Chamber of the Exile, and the Chamber of Hewn Stone. With regard to the Chamber of the Wood, R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov, who is the tanna of the mishnayot in tractate Middot in which this Mishnah appears, said: I forgot what purpose that chamber would serve. Abba Shaul says: The High Priest’s chamber was behind the two chambers, the Chamber of the Exile and the Chamber of Hewn Stone, and the roofs of all 3 of them were level. As the 3 were attached, they shared a roof.