Yom Kippur: The Kohen Gadol's Avodah
- In Moadim
AI summary (may contain mistakes)
How did the Kohen Gadol do the avodah of Yom Kippur? Page by page, we follow the Kohen Gadol from the seven days of preparation and the sleepless night, through the daily morning avodah in gold, to the change into white. Then come the first vidui on his own par, the lottery of the two seirim and the second vidui for all the Kohanim, stopping before he enters the Kodesh HaKodashim.
Key points
- The gold bigdei zahav recall the Chet HaEgel, so the Yom Kippur avodah is done in white.
- The Kohen Gadol has ten kiddushei yadayim v'raglayim and five tevilos, one tevila for every change of clothing.
- The Gemara tells how the Kohen Gadol was kept awake, with finger snapping, singing and learning.
- The first vidui on his par is for himself and his family, before he can atone for others.
- The Gemara says the second vidui, for all the Kohanim, is mainly for tumas Mikdash v'kodashav.
