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1) [line 16] ASARAH BATLANIN - (a) ten people supported by the community to stay in the Beis Keneses throughout the day and be available to make a Minyan for prayer (RASHI here and to 3b); (b) ten people who work during the day but arrive at the Beis Keneses early in the morning and stay late in the evening to be available to make a Minyan for prayer (RAN)

2) [line 17] ZEMAN ATZEI CHOHANIM [VEHA'AM] (KORBAN ETZIM)
(a) Certain families donated wood to the Beis ha'Mikdash for burning sacrifices when the second Beis ha'Mikdash was built and wood was needed. In recognition of the Mitzvah they did at the time, those families and their descendants were granted the privilege of bringing wood to the Beis ha'Mikdash at certain appointed times during the year, as described in Nechemyah 10:35.
(b) The day they were to bring their Korban Etzim, the appointed family would bring Olos Nedavah to be sacrificed on the Mizbe'ach. That day was considered a personal Yom Tov for the family; the custom was not to fast, deliver a eulogy or engage in Melachah. (RAMBAM Hilchos Kelei ha'Mikdash 6:9) (RASHI here -- see RASHI on the RIF -- and the RAN write that the term "Korban Etzim" is used to connote the animal Korbanos that were brought together with the wood. The RITVA in Ta'anis 26a cites others who contend that the term refers to an offering of *wood* that was burned on the Mizbe'ach the day that each family donated wood.)
(c) The families who brought Korban Etzim and the times at which they brought their Korban Etzim are listed in the Mishnah Ta'anis 26a.

3) [line 18] CHAGIGAH
Every Jewish male is obligated to come to the Azarah of the Beis ha'Mikdash on Pesach, Shavuos and Sukos, and bring an animal as a Korban Chagigah, as the Torah states, "Shalosh Regalim Tachog Li ba'Shanah" (Shemos 23:14).

4) [line 18] HAKHEL
All of the Jewish people are obligated in the Mitzvah of Hakhel once every seven years, as it states in Devarim 31:10-13, "At the end of every seven years, in the Shemitah year, during the festival of Sukos, when all of Yisrael comes to appear before HaSh-m in the place which He shall choose, you shall read this Torah before all of Yisrael. Gather the people together, men, women and children ... that they may hear, and learn, and fear HaSh-m, your Lord, and observe all the words of this Torah." This takes place in the Beis ha'Mikdash on the second day of Sukos in the year following the Shemitah year. During Hakhel, the King reads from the Torah portions of Devarim, as specified in the Mishnah Sotah 41a.

5) [line 28] SHE'EIN MONIN YAMIM L'SHANIM - we do not figure a year based on its amount of days; i.e. if a person makes a vow to abstain from wine for a year, he abstains for twelve lunar months or 354 days (the days in a lunar year when the months alternate between 29 and 30 days) and not 365 days (the days in a solar year).

8) [line 37] SHELAMIM (SHALMEI YACHID)
(a) A person may offer a Korban in the Beis ha'Mikdash as a voluntary sacrifice, as it states in Vayikra 1:2. Voluntary Korbanos may be Olos (which are burned entirely on the Mizbe'ach, see Vayikra 1:2-17, 6:1-6), Shelamim (parts of which are eaten, see Vayikra 3:1-17, 7:11-21, 7:28-37) or Menachos (flour offerings, see Vayikra 2:1-13, 6:7-11, 7:9-10).
(b) Korbenos Shelamim that are offered by an individual may be brought from male or female sheep, cows or goats. They are Kodshim Kalim, and may therefore be slaughtered in the entire Azarah (and not only in its northern part). Before its slaughter, the owner presses his hands on the head of the animal (Semichah). The blood of the Shelamim is cast on the northeastern and southwestern corners of the Mizbe'ach (Shenayim she'Hen Arba). Nesachim (a meal offering consisting of flour and oil and a wine libation) are brought as part of the Korban (Bamidbar 15:3-12). The meal offering is completely burned on the Mizbe'ach and the wine is poured into one of the Sefalim (the silver libation pipes located at the top of the southwest corner of the Mizbe'ach) (RAMBAM and RA'AVAD Hilchos Ma'aseh ha'Korbanos 2:1). The amount of flour, oil and wine needed depends upon the animal offered, as specified in Bamidbar ibid.
(c) The Chazeh (breast) and Shok (thigh) of the Shelamim were given to the Kohen (Vayikra 7:34). Certain fats and other parts of the Korban were offered on the Mizbe'ach (Vayikra 3:3-4, 9-10, 14-15). The owner and his guests (men or women) eat the rest of the Korban inside the borders of the city of Yerushalayim. The meat may be cooked in any fashion and is eaten for two days and the intervening night.
(d) Although the Korban Shelamim that is offered by an individual is generally a voluntary sacrifice (Shalmei Nedavah), some Korbenos Shelamim are obligatory (Shalmei Chovah). Two types of Korbenos Shelamim that are obligatory are the Shalmei Chagigah (see Background to Beitzah 19:9) and the Shalmei Simchah (see Background to Beitzah 19:13). At the time of the Milu'im (when the Mishkan was inaugurated), Shalmei Chovah were offered as well.

6) [line 37] SOMCHIN
Semichah refers to the Mitzvah for a person to press his hands with all his might on the head of his animal sacrifice before it is slaughtered, as described in Vayikra (1:4).

7) [line 37] OLOS (OLAS YACHID)
(a) A person may offer a Korban in the Beis ha'Mikdash as a voluntary sacrifice (Olas Nedavah), as it states in Vayikra 1:2. Voluntary Korbanos may be Olos (which are burned entirely on the Mizbe'ach, see Vayikra 1:2-17, 6:1- 6), Shelamim (parts of which are eaten, see Vayikra 3:1-17, 7:11-21, 7:28-37) or Menachos (flour offerings, see Vayikra 2:1-13, 6:7-11, 7:9-10).
(b) Korbenos Olah are Kodshei Kodashim and therefore they may only be slaughtered in the northern part of the Azarah. Before its slaughter, the owner presses his hands on the head of the animal (Semichah). The blood of the Olah is cast on the northeastern and southwestern corners of the Mizbe'ach (Shenayim she'Hen Arba). Nesachim (a meal offering consisting of flour and oil and a wine libation) are brought as part of the Korban (Bamidbar 15:3-12). The meal offering is completely burned on the Mizbe'ach and the wine is poured into one of the Sefalim (the silver libation pipes located at the top of the southwest corner of the Mizbe'ach) (RAMBAM and RA'AVAD Hilchos Ma'aseh ha'Korbanos 2:1). The amount of flour, oil and wine needed depends upon the animal offered, as specified in Bamidbar ibid.
(c) The skin of the Olah is given to the Kohanim and the rest of the animal is dismembered and entirely burned on the Mizbe'ach.
(d) A Korban Olah offered by an individual that is obligatory (Olas Chovah) is the Olas Re'iyah. Every Jewish male is required to bring a Korban Olas Re'iyah on the three festivals (Devarim 16:16). If the Korban was not brought on the first day of the festival, it may be brought on any of the other days of the festival (i.e. the next six days of Pesach, or the next seven days of Sukos). On Shavu'os, if it was not brought on Yom Tov, it may be brought on the six days following the festival (Chagigah 17a).

9) [line 39] SHE'LO CHAG - who did not bring a Korban Chagigah
10) [line 41] ATZERES - Shavuos

11) [line 1] RACHATZ B'KRONAH SHEL TZIPORI - (a) bathed openly in the bathhouse in the marketplace of Tzipori on market day (lit. at the time that the *Keronos* (wagons) were passing) (RASHI); (b) bathed in the cold (*Karim*) flowing water of Tzipori (ARUCH)

12) [line 23] YOMEI PURAYA - the days of Purim
13) [line 28] D'HAVAH KA SHADI KISNA - who was planting flax seeds
14) [line 28] LATYEI - he cursed him
15) [line 42] BEIS CHASNUS - (a) a special home, with a Chupah inside of it, that was built for the eldest son who became a Chasan (RASHI - presumably it was recycled for later children) (b) the main residence at which the Chasan and Kalah stay during the time of the Sheva Berachos (Tosfos Sukah 25b DH Ein Simchah)

16) [line 43] AVARNEKI SHEL MELACHIM - (a) a large tree that shades a leisure area that contains benches (RASHI here and to Eruvin 25b); (b) a covered area or room built by kings in the middle of their orchards (RASHI Eruvin 26a DH l'Hara, citing Teshuvos ha'Ge'onim); (c) a tree that was planted on the day of the birth of the crown prince that was used to build a throne on the day of his coronation (RASHI Ta'anis 14b)

17) [line 48] "ASHER LO CHOMAH" - "that has a wall" (Vayikra 25:30) - The word "Lo" is spelled with an Alef (which translates as, "that does *not* have a wall"), but is read "Lo" with a Vav. Because of the unusual spelling, the word "Lo" is used to limit various cases, e.g. Shur Iger (see entry #19, below) of our Gemara.

18) [line 48] SHUR IGER - a wall formed by joined roofs and walls of adjacent houses
19) [line 48] "[ASHER EIN LAHEM CHOMAH] SAVIV" - "[which have no] surrounding [wall]" (Vayikra 25:31)

20) [line 48] SHE'YAMAH CHOMASAH - its sea is its wall, fortification (on one side)
21) [line 50] D'HANEI MIGLU - these [cities] are open (without a wall)
22) [line 51] D'HANEI MIGNU - these [cities] are protected
23) [line 54] HUTZAL D'VEIS BINYAMIN - a city that was walled from the time of Yehoshua bin Nun. It is identified with (a) the town of Hutzal in Bavel, located between Sura and Neharde'a, where members of the tribe of Binyamin may have settled after they were taken into exile; or (b) an ancient fortress in Eretz Yisrael located in the portion of Binyamin, possibly Beis ha'Etzel (Michah 1:11)

24) [last line] TALYA - a lad
25) [last line] SAVAYA - elders

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