Mishnayos Bechoros Perek 7 Mishnah 2
ืืืืจืืช ืคืจืง ืืณ ืืฉื ื ืืณ
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The kereโaแธฅ is disqualified from performing the Temple service. What is a kereโaแธฅ? It is anyone who does not have a row of hair encircling his head from ear to ear. If he has a row of hair from ear to ear, that person is fit for service. If a priest has no eyebrows, or if he has only one eyebrow, that is the gibben that is stated in the Torah in the list of blemished priests (see Leviticus 21:20). Rabbi Dosa says: A gibben is one whose eyebrows are so long that they lie flat and cover his eyes. Rabbi แธคanina ben Antigonus says: A gibben is one who has two backs and two spines.
ืึทืงึผึตืจึตืึท, ืคึผึธืกืึผื. ืึตืืึถืืึผ ืงึตืจึตืึท, ืึผึนื ืฉืึถืึตืื ืืึน ืฉืึดืึผึธื ืฉืึถื ืฉืึตืขึธืจ ืึทืงึผึถืคึถืช ืึตืึนืึถื ืึฐืึนืึถื. ืึฐืึดื ืึตืฉื ืืึน, ืึฒืจึตื ืึถื ืึผึธืฉืึตืจ. ืึตืื ืืึน ืึฐืึผึดืื ึดืื, ืึตืื ืืึน ืึถืึผึธื ืึฐืึดืื ืึถืึธื, ืืึผื ืึดืึผึตื ืึธืึธืืึผืจ ืึผึทืชึผืึนืจึธื. ืจึทืึผึดื ืืึนืกึธื ืืึนืึตืจ, ืึผึนื ืฉืึถืึผึฐืึผึดืื ึธืื ืฉืืึนืึฐืึดืื. ืจึทืึผึดื ืึฒื ึดืื ึธื ืึถื ืึทื ึฐืึดืืึฐื ืึนืก ืืึนืึตืจ, ืึผึนื ืฉืึถืึผึตืฉื ืืึน ืฉืึฐื ึตื ืึทืึผึดืื ืึผืฉืึฐืชึผึตื ืฉืึดืึฐืจึธืืึนืช:
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ืืจืื ืืจื
ืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืจื ืื ืืฉืจ โ and he that should have a row of hair that surrounds from ear to ear from behind him, but not from in front of him. For it is of greater beauty when he has it from behind him but not in front of him more than when he has it (i.e., hair) around all of the head and in the middle it is bald. And all the more so, when he has it (i.e., hair) in front of him, but not behind him, that he is disqualified.
ืืืื ืื โ eye-brows.
ืฉืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืื โ that the hair of his eye-brows is long and hanging down over his eyes.
ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืฉื ื ืืืื ืืฉืชื ืฉืืจืืืช โ not that he actually has two backs, for that [person] does not exist. But, as for example, that his backbone is curved and appears like many backs and backbones. And everyone admits that these blemishes that are considered by these Tannaim/teachers are blemishes, and only the implication of their expounding is what is differs between each of them, for each one holds that the blemish that he counts is the ืืื /hump-backed (or one having defective eye brows) that is the "ืืื" of the Torah (i.e., Leviticus 21:20: โor one who is a hunchback, [or a dwarf, or has a growth in his eye, or who has a boil-scar, or scurvy , or crushed testes].โ
ืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืจื ืื ืืฉืจ. ืืืื ืฉืชืืื ืฉืืืช ืืฉืขืจ ืืืงืคืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืจืื, ืืื ืืคื ืื. ืืืคื ืืื ื ืื ืืฉืืฉ ืื ืืืืืจืื ืืื ืืคื ืื ืืืชืจ ืืืฉืืฉ ืื ืกืืื ืื ืืจืืฉ ืืืืืฆืข ืงืจื. ืืื ืฉืื ืืืฉ ืื ืืคื ืื ืืื ืืืืืจืื ืืคืกืื:
ืืืื ืื. ืืืืช ืืขืื:
ืฉืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืื. ืฉืฉืขืจืืช ืืืื ืื ืืจืืืื ืืืืืืื ืขื ืขืื ืื:
ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืฉื ื ืืืื ืืฉืชื ืฉืืจืืืช. ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืฉื ื ืืืื ืืืฉ, ืืืืื ืื ืืื. ืืื ืืืื ืฉืฉืืจืชื ืขืงืืื ืืืืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืืจืืืช ืืจืื. ืืืืื ืขืืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืื ื ืชื ืื ืืื ืืื, ืืืฉืืขืืช ืืืจืฉืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืกืืจ ืฉืืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืชืืจื: