Yoma 71B

מריח מים יפריח ועשה קציר כמו נטע״.

from the scent of water it will blossom and put forth branches like a plant” (Job 14:8–9). If the figurative trunk of one’s family is drying up through lack of Torah, he should plant himself in a place of water, i.e., a family of scholars, water being a metaphor for Torah. This will ensure that his children will blossom into Torah scholars.

ויום טוב היה עושה לאוהביו. תנו רבנן: מעשה בכהן גדול אחד שיצא מבית המקדש והוו אזלי כולי עלמא בתריה. כיון דחזיונהו לשמעיה ואבטליון, שבקוהו לדידיה ואזלי בתר שמעיה ואבטליון.

§ It was taught in the Mishnah: The people escort the High Priest to his house. And he would make a feast for his loved ones. A baraita states: There was an incident involving one High Priest who exited the Holy Temple and everyone followed him. When they saw Shemaya and Avtalyon, the heads of the Sanhedrin, walking along, in deference to them they left the High Priest by himself and walked after Shemaya and Avtalyon.

לסוף אתו שמעיה ואבטליון לאיפטורי מיניה דכהן גדול. אמר להן: ייתון בני עממין לשלם. אמרו ליה: ייתון בני עממין לשלם דעבדין עובדא דאהרן, ולא ייתי בר אהרן לשלם דלא עביד עובדא דאהרן.

Eventually, Shemaya and Avtalyon came to take leave of the High Priest before returning to their homes. Envious of the attention they received, he angrily said to them: Let the descendants of the non-Jew nations come in peace. Shemaya and Avtalyon descended from converts, and he scornfully drew attention to that fact. They said to him: Let the descendants of the non-Jew nations come in peace, who perform the acts of Aaron, who loved and pursued peace; and let not a descendant of Aaron come in peace, who does not perform the acts of Aaron and who speaks condescendingly to descendants of converts.

מתני׳ כהן גדול משמש בשמונה כלים, וההדיוט בארבעה: בכתונת ומכנסים ומצנפת ואבנט. מוסיף עליו כהן גדול: חשן ואפוד ומעיל וציץ. באלו נשאלין באורים ותומים. ואין נשאלין אלא למלך ולאב בית דין ולמי שהציבור צריך בו.

Mishnah: Throughout the year the High Priest serves in 8 garments, and the common priest serves in 4: In a tunic and trousers and a mitre and a belt. The High Priest adds another 4 garments beyond those worn by the common priest: A breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a frontplate. When dressed in these 8 garments, the High Priest may be consulted for the decision of the Urim VeTummim. And he may be consulted for the decision of the Urim VeTummim only on behalf of the king, or on behalf of the president of the court, or on behalf of one whom the community needs. Individual inquiries are not posed to the Urim VeTummim.