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Chapter 5, Mishna 5 Remembering our dear friend Schwartzie on his 4th yahrtzeit and telling over the rollicking tale of five chassidic rabbis trying to get on the stage at Woodstock II. If there had to be three groups of celebrants bringing the Paschal offering when the Temple stood in Jerusalem, why was the third group called “lazy?” The priests rinsed the floor of the Temple during the slaughtering of sacrifices on the afternoon before Passover, even if it was Shabbos. Was this contrary to the will of the Sages?