Immersions on Yom Kippur
No one enters the Azarah for the Avodah — even tahor — until he immerses
Restrictiveone must first immerse.
To raise his kedushah
Gold garments, then white, then gold again
Five immersions, ten washings
The verses alone would give three and six
All in the kodesh, atop the Beis HaParvah
Named for Parvah, a sorcerer caught spying on the AvodahYoma 35a
→ except the first, outside
Yoma 3:3
Tevilah before the Avodah
אֵין אָדָם נִכְנָס לָעֲזָרָה לָעֲבוֹדָה
אֵין אָדָם נִכְנָס לָעֲזָרָה לָעֲבוֹדָה, אֲפִלּוּ טָהוֹר, עַד שֶׁיִּטְבֹּל.
חָמֵשׁ טְבִילוֹת וַעֲשָׂרָה קִדּוּשִׁין טוֹבֵל כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל וּמְקַדֵּשׁ בּוֹ בַיּוֹם,
וְכֻלָּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ עַל בֵּית הַפַּרְוָה,
חוּץ מִזּוֹ בִלְבָד.