1)

(a)The walls of the Heichal contained thirty-eight Ta'im (rooms). There were ...

1. ... fifteen Ta'im both in the north wall of the Heichal and in the south.

2. ... eight Ta'im on the west wall of the Kodesh Kodshim.

(b)In fact, there was only room for five Ta'im in the north and south walls and three in the west, and we arrive at the earlier number - by adding two additional rows of Ta'im on top of those at ground level.

(c)The significance of ...

1. ... the three entrances to most of the Ta'im (see Tiferes Yisrael) was - two to enter the Ta on either side of it and one to enter the one directly above it.

2. ... the two extra entrances to the north-eastern Ta (bearing in mind that there was no Ta on its left) were - one to enter the Ta on its right, one the Ta above it, one to enter the Mesibah (a passage outside the northern Ta'im which we will describe shortly), and one to enter the Pishpesh, via which the Kohen gained access to the Heichal each morning (as we discussed on the previous Daf).

2)

(a)The ...

1. ... width (from north to south) of each Ta on the ground floor of the northern and southern Ta'im was - five Amos.

2. ... the length (from north to south) of the Ta'im on the western side - was also five Amos.

(b)The Rovad (the boards that served as both the ceiling of the lower floor and the floor of the one above it) was six Amos.

(c)The equivalent measurements of the Ta on ...

1. ... the first floor were - six (the Ta), and seven (the Rovad) Amos.

2. ... the second floor were - seven (the Ta) and eight (the Rovad) Amos.

(d)The source for all this is - the Pasuk in Melachim ("ha'Yatzi'a [which is synonymous with Ta]) Chameish be'Amah Rachbah ... ").

(e)The Pasuk prescribes this method of building the three storeys of Ta'im - in order to avoid having to make holes in the walls of the Heichal for the planks of the Rovad to fit into.

3)

(a)The Mesibah was - an inclined passage (three Amos wide) leading from the south-eastern corner outside the Ta'im to the north-western corner, arriving at the roof of the western Ta'im.

(b)From there - the Kohen turned left towards the south, and at the south-western corner, he turned left and continued walking towards the east.

(c)When taking this route - the Kohen always faced the direction that he was walking.

(d)The entrance to the attic was located at the south-eastern corner. The Kohen got from there to the attic and to the roof of the attic (see Hagahos ha'Gra and Tosfos Yom-Tov) - by means of a staircase that was built between two large cedar pillars (Tosfos-Yom-Tov).

4)

(a)Beams protruding from the northern and southern walls (or short posts across the floor) divided between the Kodesh and the Kodesh ha'Kodashim in the attic (see Tosfos Yom-Tov).

(b)The skylights that opened from the attic to the Kodesh Kodshim were used - to lower workers in cages enclosed on three sides (so that they could only see the area that needed to be repaired directly in front of them), to do repairs in the Kodesh Kodshim without feasting their eyes on its beauty (see Tosfos Yom-Tov and Tiferes Yisrael).

5)

(a)The Heichal was 100 x 100 Amos (see Rosh) - and 100 Amos tall.

(b)The Otem (the foundation [see Tiferes Yisrael & other commentaries on the Mishnah]) was 6 Amos, the actual walls of the Heichal - 40 Amos.

(c)The Heichal was covered by Kiyur (beams 1 Amah thick), and Beis Dalfa (another layer of beams 2 Amos thick). The latter was called Beis Dalfa - because it held together the beams of the ceiling that lay on top of it (and Unklus' translation of "ba'Machberes" (in Terumah) is Beis Lofi)

(d)One reason that it had to be thicker than the Kiyur was because the beams were only a Tefach or so wide (as opposed to those of the Kiyur, which comprised beams of an Amah wide). Another reason is - in order to distance the ceiling from the Kiyur, so that the beautiful pictures engraved on the latter would stand out.

6)

(a)1 Amah of Ma'azivah (a cement including stones and lime) - covered the 1 Amah thick ceiling that in turn, covered the Beis Dalfa.

(b)The attics were - 40 Amos (like the Heichal itself).

(c)The same combination of Kiyur, Beis Dalfa, Tikrah and Ma'azivah covered the attics (a total of 45 Amos). According to ...

1. ... the Tana Kama - the last four Amos comprised a Ma'akeh (a Parapet) of 3 Amos and the 1 Amah Kalya Oreiv (a sharp vertical plate of iron that protruded from the Ma'akeh (see also Tiferes Yisrael) that prevented the ravens from alighting on the roof and dirtying it.

2. ... Rebbi Yehudah - the Kalya Orev did not count in the hundred Amos, and the Ma'akeh was 4 Amos tall.

7)

(a)The width of the Heichal too (from east to west) was 100 Amos, starting from the walls of the Ulam (5 Amos). The length of ...

1. ... the Ulam was 11 Amos ...

2. ... the wall of the Heichal, 6, and ...

3. ... the Heichal, 40.

(b)The width of the Amah T'raksin (the space between the two curtains that divided between the Kodesh and the Kodesh Kodshim) was - 1 Amah (as the name indicates).

(c)The length of ...

1. ... the Kodesh Kodshim itself was - 20 Amos, and ...

2. ... the western wall of the Heichal (behind the Kodesh Kodshim) - 6 Amos.

(d)The Amah T'raksin - consisted of two curtains that divided between the Kodshim and the Kodesh Kodshim in the second Beis-Hamikdash (as we learned in Yoma) in place of the Amah wall that had been there in the first Beis Hamikdash.

(e)'T'raksin' is the acronym of Trak Sin, which means enclosing what was given at Sinai (because it enclosed the Aron and the Luchos, that were given at Sinai).

8)

(a)The west wall of the Ta behind the western wall of the Heichal, was five Amos, and the Ta itself - six.

(b)The Heichal itself (minus the extra width of the Ulam) was - 70 Amos.

(c)The wall of the Mesibah was five Amos wide ...

1. ... the Mesibah itself - three. The ...

2. ... north wall of the Ta was five Amos, and ...

3. ... the Ta itself - six, whereas ...

4. ... the south wall of the Ta (which was also the north wall of the Heichal was 6 Amos wide.

(d)The width of the Heichal itself was 20 Amos, and south of it followed the same pattern as the north side, only the Beis Horadas ha'Mayim replaced the Mesibah. The passage there was called by that name - because the water from the Nefto'ach springs flowed there (via a system of pipes) on its way to the 'Yam shel Shlomoh' the huge Mikvah in the Azarah where the Kohanim Toveled).

9)

(a)The Ulam extended (beyond the 70 Amos of the Heichal) 15 Amos to the north and 15 Amos to the south.

(b)These two extensions were called Beis ha'Chalifos - because they comprised two rooms where the Kohanim placed their knives after use (and a Shechitah-knife is called a Chalif).

(c)Based on what we have just learned, the Tana explains the Pasuk "Hoy Ariel, Ariel", comparing the Heichal to a lion - because like a lion, it was wider in front (100 Amos) than it was at the back (70 Amos).

10)

(a)The Mishnah now enumerates the measurements of the Azarah (187 Amos [from east to west] x 135 [from north to south]), starting with the Ezras Yisrael (11 Amos from east to west) and the Ezras Kohanim (11 Amos). The width of ...

1. ... the Mizbe'ach (at its base) was - 32 Amos.

2. ... Bein ha'Ulam ve'la'Mizbe'ach was - 22 Amos.

3. ... the Heichal (from the outer wall of the Ulam) was - 100 Amos.

4. ... Achorei Beis ha'Kapores (the area behind the Kodesh Kodshim up to and including its western wall) was - 11 Amos.

11)

(a)The width of the Azarah, beginning with the Kevesh in the south, was 135 Amos. The Kevesh (like the Mizbe'ach) was 32 Amos long.

(b)Nevertheless, the Kevesh plus the Mizbe'ach took up only 62 Amos - because it was shaped in such a way that it was drawn two Amos towards the north, 1 Amah to cover the Y'sod, and the second, to cover the Amah Soveiv.

(c)There were 8 Amos from the Mizbe'ach to the location of the rings. The space housing the rings was - 24 Amos (as we already learned in Tamid).

(d)There were 8 Amos from the rings to the eight Shulchanos (exclusive) and 4 to the area of the short posts (exclusive). Assuming that the Shulchanos took up another four Amos (as we just explained [see Tosfos Yom-Tov]), we will account for the missing twenty-one Amos - by dividing it, half to the space between the south wall and the Kevesh and half to the area of the short posts (see Tosfos Yom-Tov).

12)

(a)The Tana now enumerates the six rooms in the Azarah - three in the north, and three in the south.

(b)The three in the south (from east to west [see Tosfos Yom-Tov]) were the Lishkas ha'Melach, Parvah and Madichin. They kept the salt for the Korbanos in the Lishkas ha'Melach - and salted the skins of Kodshim in the Lishkas ha'Parvah (which was called by that name - after a man named Parvah (a sorcerer who built it [see also Rosh]).

(c)In ...

1. ... the room on its roof - (called the Beis ha'Tevilah) the Kohen Gadol would Tovel four out of the five Tevilos on Yom Kipur.

2. ... Lishkas ha'Madichin - they would wash the innards of Kodshim (as we learned iin Tamid).

13)

(a)The Kohen Gadol Tovel his first Tevilah on Yom Kipur - in a Mikvah on top of the Sha'ar ha'Mayim (because this Tevilah was obligatory for all Kohanim who came to perform the Avodah. Consequently, it did not need to be performed in a holy location, like the Tevilos that he had to perform on account of Yom Kipur).

(b)The source of the water in the Mikvah above the Beis ha'Tevilah was - the springs of Ein Itam (which also provided the water for the Yam shel Shlomoh, as we learned in the previous Perek).

14)

(a)The three rooms in the north of the Azarah were the Lishkas ha'Eitz, ha'Golah and ha'Gazis. Rebbi Eliezer ben Ya'akov forgot what it was used for (see Tosfos Yom-Tov). Aba Shaul reminded him that it was the Lishkas Kohen Gadol - (referred to by the Mishnah in Yoma as Lishkas Falhedrin) where the Kohen Gadol resided seven days before Yom-Kipur (as we learned in Yoma).

(b)And it was called Lishkas ha'Eitz because it was made of wood (which was prohibited with regard to other rooms, since they were located inside the Ezras Yisrael and therefore subject to the La'av of "Lo Sita l'cha Asheirah Kol Eitz", whereas it was located in the Ezras Nashim [see Tiferes Yisrael]).

(c)The Tana says that the Lishkas ha'Eitz was behind the other two rooms.

(d)The Lishkas ha'Gazis had to be so much larger than the other two rooms - because a lot of people congregated there (all the Kohanim for two of the Payasos [as we learned in Tamid] and the full Sanhedrin each day).

(e)The Tana adds that - the three rooftops were on the same level (one roof served all three.

15)

(a)The Lishkas ha'Golah - contained a well from which they drew sweet drinking-water, that was dug by the people in Galus (hence its name).

(b)They obtained the water - by means of a water-wheel (and pulley) ...

(c)... and it supplied water - for whoever was in the Azarah.

16)

(a)The Lishkas ha'Gazis was called by that name - because it was made of hewn stones in honor of the Sanhedrin (see Tiferes Yisrael).

(b)The Sanhedrin sat in the - Chol section of the Lishkas ha'Gazis (otherwise, they would not have been permitted to sit down).

(c)The Tana states 've'Danah es ha'Kehunah' - they examined every Kohen on the day that he began to serve in the Beis-Hamikdash (for both Yichus and whether he had a blemish [see commentaries on the Mishnah).

17)

(a)If the Sanhedrin ...

1. ... disqualified a Kohen from serving - he would dress completely in black and go home.

2. ... declared him eligible to serve - he would put on white clothes and go and serve with his fellow Kohanim.

(b)After a Kohen had been declared Kasher - they (see Tiferes Yisrael) would make a Yom-Tov because a P'sul was not found in the seed of Aharon.

(c)And they would all declare - 'Blessed be Hash-m (see Tosfos Yom-Tov why the Tana uses the word 'ha'Makom' here), blessed be He, who chose Aharon and his sons to stand and serve before Him in the House which is Kodesh Kodshim'.