Study Yoma folio 25A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
What, is this not talking about those priests who won the lottery, describing how their non-sacred garments were removed from them before they were dressed in the priestly garments? Rav Huna bar Yehuda said that Rav Sheshet said, rejecting that interpretation: No, it is possible to explain that a
The Talmud supports this latter interpretation: So too, it is reasonable to follow Rav Sheshet’s interpretation of the Mishnah. As, if it were to enter your mind to say that the Mishnah is dealing with those who won the lottery and describes how their non-sacred garments were removed and sacred garm
The Talmud asks: And how would the other one, Rav Naḥman, resolve this difficulty? He would respond that this is not difficult, as this is what the Mishnah is teaching: While the non-sacred garments are still on them they put the sacred trousers on them, and then they remove from them the non-sacr
Rav Sheshet said: From where do I say that the priests wore sacred garments when the lottery was held? As it was taught in a baraita: The Chamber of Hewn Stone was built in the style of a large basilica [basileki]; the lottery is held in the east of the chamber, and an Elder of the court sits in its
The Talmud rejects this reasoning: Yes, indeed, there is such a thing as a mitre that one wears as non-sacred apparel, as Rav Yehuda, and some say it was Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda, taught: A priest whose mother made a tunic for him, to show her love for her son and her love for mitzvot, may perform an