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Tamid 2:1 - 2:2

The Mishnah Yomi for Sunday, March 29, 2026 is Tamid 2:1 - 2:2

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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Tamid Perek 2 Mishnah 1

תמיד פרק ב׳ משנה א׳

1
The previous mishna described the performance of the removal of the ashes by the priest who was selected to perform this task. This mishna continues: The brethren of the priest who removed the ashes, i.e., the other members of the patrilineal family, saw that he had descended from the altar with the coal pan, and they would run and come to the Basin. They made haste and sanctified their hands and their feet with the water in the Basin, and then they took the shovels and the forks and ascended with them to the top of the altar. The shovels were for shoveling the ashes to the center of the altar, while the forks were required to remove from the altar those limbs that had not been consumed. With regard to the limbs of burnt offerings and the fats of other offerings that had not been consumed and burned to ashes during the time from the previous evening, the priests would clear them to the sides of the altar. If the remaining limbs and fats were so abundant that the sides of the altar were unable to hold them, the priests would arrange them on the ramp, opposite the surrounding ledge of the altar.
רָאוּהוּ אֶחָיו שֶׁיָּרַד, וְהֵם רָצוּ וּבָאוּ. מִהֲרוּ וְקִדְּשׁוּ יְדֵיהֶן וְרַגְלֵיהֶן מִן הַכִּיּוֹר, נָטְלוּ אֶת הַמַּגְרֵפוֹת וְאֶת הַצִּנּוֹרוֹת וְעָלוּ לְרֹאשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. הָאֵבָרִין וְהַפְּדָרִין שֶׁלֹּא נִתְאַכְּלוּ מִבָּעֶרֶב, סוֹנְקִין אוֹתָם לִצְדָדֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. אִם אֵין הַצְּדָדִין מַחֲזִיקִין, סוֹדְרִין אוֹתָם בַּסּוֹבֵב עַל הַכָּבֶשׁ:
א׳

ראוהו אחיו – to him that removed the ashes on the altar.

שירד – from the a;tar amd [it the coals on the eastern side.

והם רצו וכו' וקדשו ידיהם ורגליהם – in order to perform the Divine Service.

סונקים (press them) – remove them, from the language of shaking and moving about. And similarly, like a stuffed goat {Tractate Pesahim 3b], a goat that is tired as a result of the shaking and the goring that they gore one another, even here, they stuff/choke from the movements and they turn them over in the water pipes to the sides of the altar.

בסובב על הכבש (on the circuit by the ramp) – meaning to say on the ramp, that is opposite the circuit (i.e., a sort of gallery around the altar for the Kohen to walk on).

ראוהו אחיו. לאותו שתרם את המזבח:

שירד. מן המזבח ונתן את הגחלים במזרחו:

והם רצו וכו׳ וקדשו ידיהם ורגליהם. כדי לעבוד עבודה:

סונקים. מסלקים אותן. לשון נענוע ונדנוד. וכן כגדי מסנקן [פסחים דף ג׳ ע״ב], גדי שהוא עיף על ידי נענוע ונגיחות שמנגחין זה בזה. אף כאן סונקים מנענעים ומהפכין אותן בצנורות לצדדי המזבח:

בסובב על הכבש. כלומר על הכבש שכנגד הסובב:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Tamid Perek 2 Mishnah 2

תמיד פרק ב׳ משנה ב׳

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The priests then began raising the ashes onto the circular heap upon which the ashes were piled. The circular heap was in the middle of the altar. Sometimes there was as much as three hundred kor of ashes upon it. When the heap of ashes became excessively large, the priests would remove the ashes and pour them outside the city. But during the Festivals they would not remove the ashes from the altar, as the ashes were considered an adornment to the altar, since they were a sign of the great number of offerings that were sacrificed on it. In all the days of the altar, even when there was an abundance of ashes upon it, the priest tasked with removing the ashes from the circular heap was never indolent in removing the ashes.
הֵחֵלּוּ מַעֲלִין בָּאֵפֶר עַל גַּבֵּי הַתַּפּוּחַ. וְתַפּוּחַ הָיָה בְאֶמְצַע הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, פְּעָמִים עָלָיו כִּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֹת כּוֹר. וּבָרְגָלִים לֹא הָיוּ מְדַשְּׁנִין אוֹתוֹ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא נוֹי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ. מִיָּמָיו לֹא נִתְעַצֵּל הַכֹּהֵן מִלְּהוֹצִיא אֶת הַדָּשֶׁן:
ב׳

החלו מעלין באפר – afer they had piled up [the ato th sides or to surround the limbs and fat-pieces that had not been consumed, they would pull the ashes with trowels that were in their hands and bring them up to the pile (i.e., the place on the altar where the ashes were piled up, like a kind of large pile of ashes that was in the center of the altar heaped up and made like an apple.

פעמים עליו בשלש מאות כור – an exaggeration is taught, for never did they leave three hundred Kor to be upon it.

וברגלים לא היו מדשנים אותו – they would not removethe ashes outside, even thogh it was a great deal on the altar.

מפני שהוא נוי למזבח – so that it would appear that there were man sacrifices on the altar.

מימיו לא נתעצל – meaning to say, that which was so many ashes, not on account of the laziness of the Kohanim, but rather as an ornament and to demonstrate that many sacrifices were offeed on the altar.

החלו מעלין באפר. לאחר שסלקו לצדדים או לסובב אברים ופדרים שלא נתאכלו, היו מושכין את האפר במגרפות שבידם ומעלין אותו לתפוח, כמין כרי גדול של אפר שהיה באמצע המזבח צבור ועשוי כתפוח:

פעמים עליו כשלש מאות כור. גוזמא קתני, דמעולם לא הניחו להיות עליו שלש מאות כור:

וברגלים לא היו מדשנים אותו. לא היו מוציאין את הדשן לחוץ אע״פ שהוא רבה על המזבח:

מפני שהוא נוי למזבח. שיהיה נראה שקרבנות הרבה היו על גבי המזבח:

מימיו לא נתעצל. כלומר מה שהיה דשן כל כך, לא מחמת עצלות הכהנים, אלא לנוי להראות שקרבנות הרבה קרבו על גבי המזבח:

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