Yom Kippur: Avodas Kohen Gadol in Kodesh Hakodashim
- In Moadim
AI summary (may contain mistakes)
How did the Kohen Gadol carry out the Yom Kippur Avodah in the Kodesh HaKodashim? He brought the ketores from his palms onto the burning coals, then sprinkled the blood of the par and the seir, once upward and seven times downward. The sprinkling was repeated toward the paroches and then on the inner mizbeach. The changes between white and golden clothing make five tevilos and ten washings of hands and feet, and the krias haTorah ends with Pinchas read by heart.
Key points
- To keep count of the sprinklings, the Kohen Gadol said achas, achas v'achas, achas v'shtayim.
- A Tanna in the Gemara saw blood on the paroches in Rome, but the Gemara does not accept it.
- Even at the most intense point of the year, the Avodah is done b'simcha.
