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Morning Prayers

Offerings

סֵדֶר הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת

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Keritot 6a
Hebrew
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: פִּטּוּם הַקְּטֹרֶת כֵּיצַד, שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וְשִׁשִּׁים וּשְׁמוֹנָה מָנִים הָיוּ בָהּ. שְׁלֹשׁ
מֵאוֹת וְשִׁשִּׁים וַחֲמִשָּׁה כְּמִנְיַן יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה, מָנֶה לְכָל יוֹם, פְּרָס בַּשַּׁחֲרִית וּפְרָס
בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם, וּשְׁלֹשָׁה מָנִים יְתֵרִים שֶׁמֵּהֶם מַכְנִיס כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מְלֹא חָפְנָיו בְּיוֹם
הַכִּפּוּרִים, וּמַחֲזִירָן לַמַּכְתֶּשֶׁת בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים וְשׁוֹחֲקָן יָפֶה יָפֶה, כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא
דַּקָּה מִן הַדַּקָּה. וְאַחַד עָשָׂר סַמָּנִים הָיוּ בָהּ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: הַצֳּרִי, וְהַצִּפֹּרֶן, וְהַחֶלְבְּנָה,
וְהַלְּבוֹנָה מִשְׁקַל שִׁבְעִים שִׁבְעִים מָנֶה, מֹר, וּקְצִיעָה, שִׁבֹּלֶת נֵרְדְּ, וְכַרְכֹּם מִשְׁקַל
שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר מָנֶה, הַקֹּשְׁטְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, קִלּוּפָה שְׁלֹשָׁה, קִנָּמוֹן תִּשְׁעָה,
בֹּרִית כַּרְשִׁינָה תִּשְׁעָה קַבִּין, יֵין קַפְרִיסִין סְאִין תְּלָת וְקַבִּין תְּלָתָא, וְאִם לֹא מָצָא
יֵין קַפְרִיסִין, מֵבִיא חֲמַר חִוָּרִין עַתִּיק. מֶלַח סְדוֹמִית רֹבַע, מַעֲלֵה עָשָׁן כָּל שֶׁהוּא.
רַבִּי נָתָן הַבַּבְלִי אוֹמֵר: אַף כִּפַּת הַיַּרְדֵּן כָּל שֶׁהוּא, וְאִם נָתַן בָּהּ דְּבַשׁ פְּסָלָהּ, וְאִם
חִסֵּר אֶחָד מִכָּל סַמָּנֶיהָ, חַיָּב מִיתָה.
Sephardi
Tanu rabanan: Pitum haketoret keitzad, shelosh me'ot veshishim ushemoneh manim hayu bah. Shelosh
me'ot veshishim vachamishah keminyan yemot hachamah, maneh lechol yom, peras bashacharit uferas
bein ha'arbayim, usheloshah manim yeterim shemeihem machnis kohen gadol melo chafnav beyom
hakippurim, umachaziran lamachteshet be'erev yom hakippurim veshochekan yafeh yafeh, kedei shetehei
dakah min hadakah. Ve'achad asar samanim hayu bah, ve'eilu hen: hatzori, vehatziporen, vehachelbenah,
vehalvonah mishkal shiv'im shiv'im maneh, mor, uketzi'ah, shibolet nerd, vecharkom mishkal
shishah asar shishah asar maneh, hakosht shneim asar, kilufah sheloshah, kinamon tish'ah,
borit karshinah tish'ah kabin, yein kafrisin se'in telat vekabin telata, ve'im lo matza
yein kafrisin, meivi chamar chivarin atik. Melach sedomit rova, ma'aleh ashan kol shehu.
Rabi Natan habavli omer: af kipat hayarden kol shehu, ve'im natan bah devash pesalah, ve'im
chiser echad mikol samanehah, chayav mitah.
English
The rabbis taught: How was the incense prepared? It weighed 368 manehs, 365 corresponding to the number of days in a solar year, a maneh for each day, half to be offered in the morning and half in the afternoon, and three additional manehs from which the High Priest took two handfuls on Yom Kippur. These were put back into the mortar on the day before Yom Kippur and ground again very thoroughly so as to be extremely fine. The incense contained eleven kinds of spices: balsam, onycha, galbanum and frankincense, each weighing seventy manehs; myrrh, cassia, spikenard and saffron, each weighing sixteen manehs; twelve manehs of costus, three of aromatic bark; nine of cinnamon; nine kabs of Carsina lye; three seahs and three kabs of Cyprus wine. If Cyprus wine was not available, old white wine might be used. A quarter of a kab of Sodom salt, and a minute amount of a smoke-raising herb. Rabbi Nathan the Babylonian says: also a minute amount of Jordan amber. If one added honey to the mixture, he rendered it unfit for sacred use. If he omitted any one of its ingredients, he is guilty of a capital offense.
Hebrew
רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: הַצֳּרִי אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא שְׂרָף הַנּוֹטֵף מֵעֲצֵי הַקְּטָף. בֹּרִית
כַּרְשִׁינָה שֶׁשָּׁפִין בָּהּ אֶת הַצִּפֹּרֶן כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא נָאָה, יֵין קַפְרִיסִין שֶׁשּׁוֹרִין בּוֹ אֶת
הַצִּפֹּרֶן כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא עַזָּה, וַהֲלֹא מֵי רַגְלַיִם יָפִין לָהּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין מַכְנִיסִין מֵי רַגְלַיִם
בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ מִפְּנֵי הַכָּבוֹד.
Sephardi
Raban Shimon ben Gamliel omer: hatzori eino ela seraf hanotef me'atzei haketaf. Borit
karshinah sheshafin bah et hatziporen kedei shetehei na'ah, yein kafrisin sheshorin bo et
hatziporen kedei shetehei azah, vahalo mei raglayim yafin lah, ela she'ein machnisin mei raglayim
bamikdash mipnei hakavod.
English
Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel says: "Balsam" refers to the sap that drips from the balsam tree. The Carsina lye was used for bleaching the onycha to improve it. The Cyprus wine was used to soak the onycha in it to make it pungent. Though urine is suitable for this purpose, it is not brought into the Temple out of respect.
Hebrew
תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר: כְּשֶׁהוּא שׁוֹחֵק אוֹמֵר, הָדֵק הֵיטֵב הֵיטֵב הָדֵק, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַקּוֹל
יָפֶה לַבְּשָׂמִים. פִּטְּמָהּ לַחֲצָאִין כְּשֵׁרָה, לִשְׁלִישׁ וְלִרְבִיעַ לֹא שָׁמַעְנוּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה:
זֶה הַכְּלָל, אִם כְּמִדָּתָהּ כְּשֵׁרָה לַחֲצָאִין, וְאִם חִסֵּר אַחַת מִכָּל סַמָּנֶיהָ חַיָּב מִיתָה.
Sephardi
Tanya, Rabi Natan omer: keshehu shochek omer, hadek heitev heitev hadek, mipnei shehakol
yafeh labesamim. Pitmah lachatza'in kesherah, lishlish velirevia lo shamanu. Amar Rabi Yehudah:
zeh hakelal, im kemidatah kesherah lachatza'in, ve'im chiser achat mikol samanehah chayav mitah.
English
It was taught, Rabbi Nathan says: While it was being ground, another would say, "Grind well, well grind," because the [rhythmic] sound is good for spices. If it was mixed in half-quantities, it is fit for use, but we have not heard whether this applies to a third or a quarter. Rabbi Judah said: The general rule is that if it was made in the correct proportions, it is fit for use even if made in half-quantity, but if he omitted any one of its ingredients, he is guilty of a capital offense.
JT Yoma 4:5Lev. 2
Hebrew
תַּנְיָא, בַּר קַפָּרָא אוֹמֵר: אַחַת לְשִׁשִּׁים אוֹ לְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה הָיְתָה בָאָה שֶׁל שִׁירַיִם
לַחֲצָאִין. וְעוֹד תָּנֵי בַּר קַפָּרָא: אִלּוּ הָיָה נוֹתֵן בָּהּ קָרְטוֹב שֶׁל דְּבַשׁ אֵין אָדָם יָכוֹל
לַעֲמֹד מִפְּנֵי רֵיחָהּ, וְלָמָּה אֵין מְעָרְבִין בָּהּ דְּבַשׁ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה: כִּי כָל־שְׂאֹר
וְכָל־דְּבַשׁ לֹא־תַקְטִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה:
Sephardi
Tanya, Bar Kappara omer: achat leshishim o leshiv'im shanah hayetah ba'ah shel shirayim
lachatza'in. Ve'od tani Bar Kappara: ilu hayah noten bah kartov shel devash ein adam yachol
la'amod mipnei reichah, velamah ein me'arvin bah devash, mipnei shehatorah amrah: ki chol-se'or
vechol-devash lo-taktiru mimenu isheh laAdonai:
English
It was taught, Bar Kappara says: Once every sixty or seventy years, the accumulated surpluses amounted to half the yearly quantity. Bar Kappara also taught: If a minute quantity of honey had been mixed into the incense, no one could have resisted the scent. Why did they not put honey into it? Because the Torah says, "For you are not to burn any leaven or honey in a fire-offering made to the LORD."
The following three verses are each said three times:
Ps. 46
Hebrew
יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ, מִשְׂגָּב לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה:
Sephardi
Adonai tzeva'ot imanu, misgav lanu Elohei Yaakov selah:
English
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold, Selah.
Ps. 84
Hebrew
יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּטֵחַ בָּךְ:
Sephardi
Adonai tzeva'ot, ashrei adam bote'ach bach:
English
LORD of hosts, happy is the one who trusts in You.
Ps. 20
Hebrew
יְהוָה הוֹשִׁיעָה, הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם־קָרְאֵנוּ:
Sephardi
Adonai hoshi'ah, hamelech ya'aneinu beyom-kar'einu:
English
LORD, save! May the King answer us on the day we call.
Ps. 32
Hebrew
אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי, מִצַּר תִּצְּרֵנִי, רָנֵּי פַלֵּט תְּסוֹבְבֵנִי סֶלָה:
Sephardi
Atah seter li, mitzar titzreni, ranei palet tesoveveni selah:
English
You are my hiding place; You will protect me from distress and surround me with songs of salvation, Selah.
Mal. 3
Hebrew
וְעָרְבָה לַיהוָה מִנְחַת יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלָיִם
כִּימֵי עוֹלָם וּכְשָׁנִים קַדְמֹנִיּוֹת:
Sephardi
Ve'arvah laAdonai minchat Yehudah viYerushalayim
kimei olam uchshanim kadmoniyot:
English
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.