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Talmud: What is the meaning of the name Parva? Rav Yosef said: Parva is the name of a Persian sorcerer, whose name is associated with the chamber due to a particular incident.
§ It was stated in the Mishnah: They spread there a sheet of fine linen. The Talmud asks: What is different that the sheet that they spread was made of fine linen? Rav Kahana said: It was so that the High Priest will be aware and remember that the service of the day is performed in fine linen.
§ The Mishnah continues: In the morning, he would wear garments worth 18 maneh, and in the afternoon he would wear garments worth 12 maneh. In total, the clothes were worth 30 maneh. The Talmud expresses surprise at the total in the Mishnah: Does the tanna come to tell us the tally that 30 equal 30?
The Talmud comments: However, everyone, both R' Meir and the Rabbis, agrees that the clothes of the morning are superior and must be more valuable than those of the afternoon. From where do we derive this? Rav Huna, son of Rav Ilai, said that with regard to the linen garments donned by the High Pri