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  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 If an action by priest needs to be performed by finger, does it need to be right hand?Does use of left hand to convey limbs of elevation offering up altar disqualify it?What creates atonement when offering …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 How does the front plate of the High Priest (tzitz) atone for offerings that became impure?Does the tzitz bring acceptance for all impure offerings?And does it atone even when the individual bringing the offering was unaware …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 What are the requirements for the hand/foot washing of the priests in the Holy Temple with regard to service vessels?Must a priest be circumcised to serve in the Holy Temple?What is an uncircumcised heart?How does tumah …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 If a priest sanctified his hands and feet for the removal of the ashes from the altar, and that act was performed before dawn, does he need to sanctify them again for the daytime service?But we …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Does a louse interpose between priest and vestments?What about dirt? A thread?What about a thread that will soon fall off?What about tefillin?What is difference between tefillin of hand that only they interpose?Are offerings disqualified if brought …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Is priest’s Temple service valid if he’s wearing frayed clothing?What if he’s lacking one of requisite vestments or wears multiple?What if he has a bandage on his body, or if the vestments are bloody?What if vestments …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 If an acute mourner priest collects the blood of an offering, is the offering disqualified by his service?What is the law regarding a High Priest who becomes an acute mourner (onein)?Since the High Priest continues Temple …

  • Chapter 1, Mishnah 3, Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Does improper intent during conveying of the blood (by hand rather than foot) disqualify the offering?And is this the only case where Rabbi Shimon concedes, while in other cases he does not?Is …

  • Chapter 1, Mishnah 3 From where is it derived that improper intent regarding place also disqualifies the sacrifice, even though the Torah’s main verse about pigul speaks about improper intent regarding time?Is conveyance of blood of the inner sin-offerings indispensable …

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