{"id":10093,"date":"2006-06-08T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-08T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/life\/other\/introduction_to_masechet_yoma\/"},"modified":"2015-10-21T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T18:05:19","slug":"introduction_to_masechet_yoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/torah\/introduction_to_masechet_yoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Masechet Yoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">This month&#8217;s Steinsaltz Daf Yomi is sponsored by: Dr. David Katzin in memory of Jack and Eva Katzin, <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">z\u201dl <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/m.htm#masechet\">Masechet<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=77&amp;letter=Y\"> Yoma<\/a><\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">deals with the most unique day on the Jewish calendar &#8211; <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/yz.htm#yomkippur\">Yom ha-Kippurim<\/a><\/span><\/em> &#8211; the Day of Atonement. When the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/bc.htm#beithamikdash\">Temple<\/a> stood, <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Yom ha-Kippurim<\/span><\/em> was the focal point of the three highest levels of <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/jl.htm#kedushah\">kedusha<\/a><\/span><\/em> (holiness) in Judaism: the holiness of time, place and person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">The holiness of time is exhibited in the purification and atonement offered on this day. The holiness of place refers to the Temple<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/chagim\/yomkippur\/ykavodah.htm\"> service<\/a> that takes place in the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=862&amp;letter=H\">kodesh kodashim<\/a><\/span><\/em> &#8211; the Holy of Holies &#8211; where no one can step foot on any other day. And, the holiness of person is embodied by the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=721&amp;letter=H\">kohen gadol<\/a><\/span><\/em><i> <\/i>&#8211; the High Priest &#8211; who presides over the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Yom Kippur<\/span><\/em><i> <\/i>service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">Given the focus of the day on these aspects of <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">kedusha<\/span><\/em>, the majority of our <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Masechet<\/span><\/em> deals with the Temple service, the descriptions of the complicated sacrifices brought on this day and the preparations of the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">kohen gadol<\/span><\/em>. Only a small part of the tractate is devoted to the rules and regulations of Yom Kippur as it affects the masses. As such, while the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Masechet<\/span><\/em> appears in <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=693&amp;letter=M\">Seder Mo&#8217;ed<\/a><\/span><\/em>, as it deals with one of the holidays on the Jewish calendar, its contents are more appropriate for <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=305&amp;letter=K\">Seder Kodashim<\/a><\/span><\/em> where the laws of the sacrificial service are examined. These laws make up a large proportion of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/torah.htm\"> Torah<\/a>, and their importance is reflected in the Rabbinic statement indicating that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=122&amp;letter=T\">Temple service<\/a> is one of the pillars that supports the world (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/m.htm#mishna\">Mishnah<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/np.htm#pirkei\">Avot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mechon-mamre.org\/b\/h\/h49.htm\">1:2<\/a>). Even after the destruction of the Temple, the centrality of the sacrifices remains as a statement of the intimate connection that exists between God and the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">The connection between the individual who brings the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=35&amp;letter=S\">korban<\/a><\/span><\/em>, the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/jl.htm#kohen\">kohen<\/a><\/span><\/em> who sacrifices it, and the altar, which represents God&#8217;s presence and participation, symbolizes the partnership between man and God. Some sacrifices (the <\/span><i><u><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #0000ee;\">chatat<\/span><\/u><\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\"> \u2013 sin offering \u2013 is a good example) are brought as a sign of repentance, and the blood of the sacrifice, representing his soul, is sprinkled on the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=1320&amp;letter=A\">mizbe&#8217;ach<\/a><\/span><\/em> while the meat is eaten by the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">kohanim<\/span><\/em>. When other sacrifices are brought (a <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=131&amp;letter=P\">shelamim<\/a><\/span><\/em>, for example), the owner of the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">korban<\/span><\/em>, the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">kohanim<\/span><\/em><i> <\/i>and the altar itself all receive portions of the sacrifice, sharing in a celebration of unity and brotherhood. The entire Temple service is a series of symbols, only some of which are clear to us; nevertheless it is clear that the sacrifices are an attempt to draw closer to God and interact with him in a variety of different ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">The unique service on <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Yom Kippur<\/span><\/em> took place throughout the Temple grounds, but its focal point was the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Kohen Gadol<\/span><\/em> entering the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">kodesh kodashim<\/span><\/em> to burn the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/view.jsp?artid=125&amp;letter=I\"> incense<\/a> and to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifices, in order to effect atonement for the Jewish people and purify them. The preparations for entering the domain of the Temple that is set aside for God, including his purification, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kipa.co.il\/upload\/magazine\/CTLG50.JPG\"> special uniform<\/a> that he wore, the sacrifices that were to be brought on his own behalf and for the Jewish people, are all part-and-parcel of the <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">avodah<\/span><\/em><i> <\/i>&#8211; the service of this special day &#8211; which culminates in the atonement and purification of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">The background for all this is, of course, the day itself, referred to by the Torah as <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Shabbat Shabbaton<\/span><\/em> &#8211; the Sabbath of Sabbaths. On this day there is no mundane work, neither do we pursue normal daily activities like eating and drinking; similarly we avoid certain pleasures of this world. On <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Yom Kippur<\/span><\/em> we leave our normal lives behind and aspire to a higher level of existence, turning to God in expectation of forgiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s Steinsaltz Daf Yomi is sponsored by: Dr. David Katzin in memory of Jack and Eva Katzin, z\u201dl Masechet Yoma deals with the most unique day on the Jewish calendar &#8211; Yom ha-Kippurim &#8211; the Day of Atonement. 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