Yoma 3:2 — The Dawn Check and the Tevilos in the Mikdash

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The Dawn Check and the Tevilos in the Mikdash

טְבִילָה וְקִדּוּשׁ לִפְנֵי הָעֲבוֹדָה
Mishnah יומא ג׳:ב׳ · Yoma 3:2
וְלָמָה הֻצְרְכוּ לְכָךְ,
שֶׁפַּעַם אַחַת עָלָה מְאוֹר הַלְּבָנָה וְדִמּוּ שֶׁהֵאִיר מִזְרָח,
וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֶת הַתָּמִיד,
וְהוֹצִיאוּהוּ לְבֵית הַשְּׂרֵפָה.
הוֹרִידוּ כֹהֵן גָּדוֹל לְבֵית הַטְּבִילָה.
זֶה הַכְּלָל הָיָה בַמִּקְדָּשׁ,
כָּל הַמֵּסֵךְ אֶת רַגְלָיו טָעוּן טְבִילָה,
וְכָל הַמַּטִּיל מַיִם טָעוּן קִדּוּשׁ יָדַיִם וְרַגְלָיִם.
Why was this necessary?
Once, the moonlight rose and they thought the east had lit up,
and they slaughtered the tamid,
and had to take it out to the place of burning.
They brought the Kohein Gadol down to the immersion-house.
This was the rule in the Mikdash:
whoever defecated requires immersion;
and whoever urinated requires washing of hands and feet.

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