1)

(a)Initially - any Kohen that wanted would perform the Terumas ha'Deshen (See Tos. Yom-Tov DH 'ba'Rishonah' & 'Kol Mi').

(b)If many Kohanim wanted to do it - they would race up the ramp, and whoever reached the last four Amos first merited it.

(c)If a few Kohanim reached the finishing point simultaneously - then they would arrange a 'Payas' (a form of tossing up) in which all the Kohanim participated (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(d)It was necessary to stick out their fingers - because it is forbidden to count people (and in this way it was fingers that were being counted).

2)

(a)The Kohanim stood - in a circle whilst the Goral took place.

(b)To signal that he was about to begin the Goral, and from which Kohen he would begin the count - the Memunah (the appointed Kohen) would randomly remove the hat from the head of one of the Kohanim (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)To determine how he would finish - after instructing them all to stick out their fingers, he would mention a random number far in excess of the number of Kohanim who formed the circle (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

3)

(a)The Tana says that the Kohanim would stick out one or two fingers for the Goral. Two - if a Kohen was not feeling well, and had difficulty in sticking out one finger without the finger next to it extending itself automatically.

(b)The Kohanim ere not permitted to stick out their thumbs - because then, when a Kohen saw that the count, and the count would enb with the Kohen after him, he would merely extend his thumb and his forefinger in opposite directions, conveying the impression that these were the fingers of two different Kohanim (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)We are not worried that he will do the same with two other fingers - since it is not possible to play the same trick with any other two fingers without getting caught.

4)

(a)The system changed when, on one occasion, the Kohanim were racing up the ramp - when one Kohen pushed his colleague off the ramp and the latter broke his leg.

(b)The Chachamin then instituted - that they initially toss up by means of a Payas

(c)The above was the first of the - four daily 'Payasos' that took place in the Beis-ha'Mikdash.

(d)They did not organize the four issues in one go, whilst the Kohanim were already gathered for the first Payas - in order to make a fuss and to gather many Kohanim over the Avodah four times a day (rather than just once), as this is the Kavod of the King ...

(e)As the Pasuk in Tehilim writes "be'Veis Elokim Nehalech be'Regesh (Let us attend the House of G-d with excitemenet!)".

5)

(a)The second Payas incorporated many details. The basic Avodah that it covered - was the Korban Tamid shel Shachar.

(b)The first two details were who Shechts and who sprinkles. 'sprinkles' incorporate - receiving the blood (Kabalas ha'Dam).

(c)The one on whom the lot fell meritted the sprinkling (Zerikah) and not the Shechitah - since Zerikah is more Chashuv than Shechitah ...

(d)... because unlike Shechitah, which may be performed by a Zar, from Kabalah and onwards is a Mitzvah that is confined to Kohanim.

6)

(a)If the third Kohen in line merited removing the ashes from the inner Mizbe'ach (of Ketores), the fourth merited - removing the ashes from the Menorah.

(b)The nine remaining Kohanim all - carried the limbs and other components of the Tamid up the ramp.

(c)They placed their respective 'burdens' - below the half-way mark of the ramp.

7)

(a)The first of the latter nine carried the head (See Tos. Yom-Tov) and the - (right) hind-leg of the lamb) up the ramp.

(b)The second Kohen carried the two forelegs, and the third, the Ukatz - (the tail) ...

(c)... and the left hind-leg.

8)

(a)The fourth Kohen carried the Chazeh (the chest including the fat) plus the Geirah - the neck ...

(b)... to which the pipe of the lung - the liver (See Tos. Yom-Tov) and the heart were attached.

(c)One Kohen carried the two flanks.

(d)The sixth Kohen carried the innards, and the seventh - the flour (the tenth of an Eifah - for the Minchas Nesachim).

9)

(a)The eighth of the nine Kohanim who transported the Tamid up the ramp carried the Chavitin (See Tos. Yom-Tov) - the Minchah brought by the Kohen Gadol each day, half in the morning and half in the afternoon.

(b)And the ninth Kohen carried - the three Lugin of wine that were brought together with the Minchah.

(c)Altogether - thirteen Kohanim merited to participate in the Avodah of the Korban Tamid.

(d)Ben Azai quoting Rebbi Yehoshua presented the above list of limbs before Rebbi according to the order that the animal walks. The Tana Kama followed the order - of size (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

10)

(a)There are two practical differences between the two opinions: The first, that the chest and the neck came second (after the head and the right hind-leg). The other brought forward the two flanks - to after the two forelegs. See also Tos. Yom-Tov.

(b)The Halachah is - like the Tana Kama.

(c)All in all - thirteen Kohanim merited in the second Payas.

11)

(a)The Avodah that was determined by the third Payas was - the Ketores.

(b)When the Tana permits only 'new Kohanim' to participate in the third Payas, he means Kohanim who have never brought the Ketores before ...

(c)... because the Ketores is a Segulah for wealth (See Tos. Yom-Tov). Consequently, the Chachamim wanted to give every Kohen a chance to attain wealth.

12)

(a)Bearing in mind the third Payas, when they summoned the Kohanim to come and participate in the fourth Pasya, they would call all Kohanim, both new and old, to come and participate.

(b)This Payas determined - who would bring the nine parts of the Korban Tamid from the middle of the ramp un to the Mizbe'ach.

(c)They divided the transportation of the components of the Tamid into two lots -on account of the principle 'be'Rov Am Hadras Melech' (the more people involved in the service of King, the greater the Kavod [See Tos. Yom-Tov]).

13)

(a)We learned earlier that nine Kohanim brought the Tamid shel Shachar on to the Mizbe'ach. The Mishnah now teaches us that on special days, more Kohanim were required - sometimes ten, sometimes eleven and sometimes twelve.

(b)The extra item needed to be transported on Succos that required one extra Kohen was - the flask of water for Nisuch ha'Mayim.

(c)Two extra Kohanim were needed for the Tamid shel bein ha'Arbayim - for the two blocks of wood to add to the Ma'arachah.

14)

(a)We learn the current Halachah from the superfluous Pasuk in Vayikra - "Ve'archu Eitzim al ha'Eish".

(b)This Pasuk cannot pertain to the Tamid shel Shachar - which we already know from the Pasuk there "U'bi'er alehah Eitzim ba'Boker ba'Boker" .

(c)Eleven Kohanim also performed the transportation of the Tamid on to the Mizbe'ach - to transport the two bowls of Levonah pertaining to the Lechem ha'Panim from the Shulchan, during the Tamid shel bein ha'Arbayim on Shabbos (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(d)Consequently, twelve Kohanim were required - on Shabbos of Succos, two extra ones for the Levonah and one extra one for the bowl of water for the Nisuch ha'Mayim (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

15)

(a)The Mishnah requires eleven Kohanim to transport the limbs and the components of a ram on to the Mizbe'ach. Like the sheep, five Kohanim transported the 'Basar' - and two, the innards,

(b)In contrast to the lamb, two Kohanim transported the flour - since the Minchah of a ram comprises two tenths of an Eifah of flour (instead of the one tenth of a lamb).

(c)The last two Kohanim transported the wine (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

16)

(a)Twenty-four Kohanim are required to transport a bull on to the Mizbe'ach.

(b)If ...

1. ... one Kohen carried the head, two Kohanim carried the right hind-leg (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

2. ... two Kohanim carried the tail, two Kohanim carried the left hind-leg (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)One Kohen carried the chest ...

1. ... three, the neck, and ...

2. ... two, the two fore-legs.

(d)Two Kohanim carried the two flanks ...

1. ... three, the innards ...

2. ... three, the flour (three tenths of an Eifah), and ...

3. ... three, the wine (half a Hin).

17)

(a)The decision as to who would bring all of the above - was determined by Payasos,

(b)All this applied - to a Korban Tzibur.

(c)With regard to a Korban Yachid - no Payas was necessary. One and the same Kohen could bring it limb by limb, if he so wished.

18)

(a)The Mishnah finally discusses ...

1. ... Hefshet - flaying the Korban, and

2. ... Nitu'ach - cutting it up into its major limbs.

(b)The Tana says - there is no difference between a Korban Tzibur and a Korban Yachid in this regard. Neither require a Payas ...

(c)... since a Zar is eligible to perform them.