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Tamid 27 for kids: Can Priests Sleep in Their Clothes?

תמיד כ״ז

🏛️ This daf counts the places where priests and Levites kept watch at night in the Temple. It also asks tricky questions: can priests sleep on their special clothes, and what should you do in the bathroom?

Daf Yomi day: Wed, Mar 17, 2027

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In the app: the Gemara, the printed page, games made from this daf, play coins and treasure chests.

Stories from Tamid 27

Counting the Watches
The Gemara counts twenty-one places where Levites stood guard. Abaye explains a tricky verse so the numbers add up right, saying one word just repeats for two guards at the Asuppim.
Amud a
Sleeping on Sacred Clothes
The mishna says priests put their clothes under their heads to sleep. The Sages wonder if this breaks the rule against mixing wool and linen, called kilayim, until Rav Ashi says the belt is too stiff to count.
Amud a
Knock Before You Enter
Rav Safra was in the bathroom when Rabbi Abba came and coughed to check if someone was there. Rav Safra told him to come in anyway, because he worried Rabbi Abba might get sick from waiting too long, as Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel taught.
Amud b

Words to know

עזרה the Temple courtyard
כלאים forbidden mixed fabrics
תפילין small prayer boxes

Sources

Kid summary and story cards written by Tab from the William Davidson Edition English (Sefaria, CC BY-NC 4.0).

No Tab translation on this daf: Sefaria has no Rashi or Tosafot on Tamid (the Vilna page carries other commentaries).

In the app, the Gemara text comes from Sefaria (William Davidson Edition, CC BY-NC 4.0; Hebrew/Aramaic Vilna Edition). Rashi and Tosafot Hebrew: Vilna Edition (public domain) via Sefaria.

Also spelled: Tamyd 27.

Tamid 27 for kids: Can Priests Sleep in Their Clothes?

Stories from Tamid 27

Counting the Watches

Sleeping on Sacred Clothes

Knock Before You Enter

Words to know

Sources