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Tamid 29 for kids: Wood, Gold, and Exaggeration

תמיד כ״ט

🔥 This daf describes how priests picked special wood to build the fire on the altar. Then the Gemara teaches that sometimes the Torah, the Prophets, and the Sages used exaggerated language to make a point, like saying there were 300 kor of ashes.

Daf Yomi day: Fri, Mar 19, 2027

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Stories from Tamid 29

Picking the Right Wood
The priests could use wood from almost any tree to build the fire arrangement. But wood from the vine and the olive tree was not allowed. Instead they liked using young branches of fig, nut, and pine trees.
Amud a
Was It Really Gold?
The mishna said priests gave the lamb water in a cup of gold. Rava said this was just an exaggeration, not a real golden cup. Rabbi Ami taught that the Torah, the Prophets, and the Sages all sometimes spoke with exaggeration.
Amud a
Why No Olive or Vine Wood?
Rav Pappa said olive and vine wood have thick knots that make bad smoke. Rav Acha bar Yaakov said it was also to protect olive trees and grapevines growing in the Land of Israel. The Gemara then asked hard questions about palm trees and fig trees too.
Amud b

Words to know

גוזמא an exaggeration
תפוח the round heap of ashes
גפן vine
פרוכת the Curtain
זית olive tree

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 29.

Tamid 29 for kids: Wood, Gold, and Exaggeration

Stories from Tamid 29

Picking the Right Wood

Was It Really Gold?

Why No Olive or Vine Wood?

Words to know

Sources