Sukkah 52b Part 4/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How much oil did each young kohen carry up the ladders to fill the menoros in the Beis HaMikdash? The Gemara proves from a beraisa that each jug held 30 lug, 120 in all, and that these kohanim were stronger than the son of Marta bas Baisus. The ox flanks carried by Marta bas Baisus's son were heavier, but the kevesh rose gently, while the ladders stood straight up. The Mishnah's light reaching every courtyard in Yerushalayim then raises a question about benefit from hekdesh.

Key points

• A beraisa shows each jug held 30 lug, making 120 lug for all four.
• B'rov am hadras melech, a pasuk in Mishlei, explains why the kohanim stopped Marta bas Baisus's son.
• The Gemara answers that the kevesh rose gently, while the kohanim's ladders stood straight up.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Jugs of oil for the menoros
2. 2:05The son of Marta bas Baisus
3. 3:38B'rov am hadras melech
4. 5:26In what way were they stronger
5. 7:22The Mishnah on the light
6. 8:15A question on benefit from hekdesh

Topics

• B'rov Am Hadras Melech
• Hekdesh