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Tamid 31 for kids: Nine Priests in a Row

תמיד ל״א

🥩 This daf finishes describing how the priests cut up the daily offering, piece by piece, until nine priests stand in a line holding all the parts. Then the Gemara asks why the lamb wasn't tied up fully, why some Temple tables were plain marble, and why the offering was slaughtered in a sunny spot.

Daf Yomi day: Sun, Mar 21, 2027

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Stories from Tamid 31

Nine priests, nine jobs
The mishna tells how the priest carefully cut the offering into pieces: the head, the legs, the flanks, the innards, and more. Each piece went to a different priest. In the end, nine priests stood in a row, each one holding his part.
Amud a
Why not tie all four legs?
The mishna says the priests never tied all four of the lamb's legs together. Rav Huna and Rav Chisda disagree about why: one says it would shame the holy offering, the other says that tying all four legs is how other nations worship. The Gemara says tying it with silk or gold thread shows the difference between their two reasons.
Amud b
Why plain marble tables?
The Temple had thirteen tables, and eight of them, used for rinsing the innards, were just marble, not silver or gold. The Gemara asks why, since the Temple should always look rich. Rav Chinnana says in the name of Rabbi Asi, in the name of Rabbi Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak, that metal gets too hot in the sun and would spoil the meat.
Amud b

Words to know

כֶּבֶש the ramp up to the altar
שׁוּלְחָנוֹת tables
שַׁיִשׁ marble
זָהָב gold
טַבַּעַת a ring on the floor for slaughtering

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 31.

Tamid 31 for kids: Nine Priests in a Row

Stories from Tamid 31

Nine priests, nine jobs

Why not tie all four legs?

Why plain marble tables?

Words to know

Sources