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1) MISHNAH: THE PROCEDURE FOR DRAWING THE LOTS

(a) The Kohen Gadol grabbed the two Goralos out of the Kalfi while the Segan stood to his right and the Rosh Beis Av to his left.
(b) Whichever hand was holding the Goral LaShem, the corresponding dignitary would call upon the Kohen Gadol to raise that hand.
(c) He would place the two Goralos on the Seirim and proclaim LaShem Chatas.
(d) (R. Yishmael) He need only say LaShem.
(e) Those hearing responded with Baruch Shem...

(a) Question: Why did he have to grab them?
(b) Answer: So that he would not have time to differentiate.
(c) (Rava) The Kalfi was made of wood, not Kadosh, and could only accommodate two hands.
(d) Question: Why not make it Kadosh?!
(e) Answer: We do not make a Keli Shares of wood.
(f) Question: Then make it of gold or silver?!
(g) Answer: The Torah is solicitous of Jewish funds.
(h) Our Mishnah disputes the opinion of R. Yehudah in the Beraisa that the lots were drawn by the right hands of the Kohen Gadol and the Segan.

1. If the Kohen Gadol drew LaShem, the Segan would call upon him to raise his hand.
2. If the Segan drew LaShem, the Rosh Beis Av would call upon the Kohen Gadol to proclaim the Kedushah.
3. Question: Why doesn't the Segan do this?
4. Answer: So as not to distress the Kohen Gadol.

(i) Question: What is the basis for their dispute?
(j) Answer: Whether the right hand of the Segan is better than the left hand of the Kohen Gadol.
(k) Question: Who is the Tana who argues with R. Yehudah?
(l) Answer: It is R. Chanina as cited in the Beraisa (who maintains that the Segan has no role unless he is needed to substitute for the Kohen Gadol).

(a) During his 40 year reign as Kohen Gadol...

1. The Goral LaShem always came up in his right hand...
2. The scarlet thread always turned white...
3. The western lamp was always lit...
4. No additional wood was needed to maintain the Ma'arachah...
5. There was Berachah in the Omer, Shetei HaLechem and the Lechem HaPanim...

(i) It satisfied wondrously.
(ii) When it was cursed, the modest Kohanim would withdraw... unlike Chamtzan who grabbed.

(1) He was called this until his death.
(2) The word derives from two Pesukim.

(b) He knew the year of his death, as he reported that his "escort" had changed.
(c) When he died the Kohanim refrained from blessing the People with the Shem HaMeforash.

(a) The Goral LaShem did not come up in the right hand.
(b) The thread did not turn white.
(c) The western lamp did not remain lit.
(d) The doors of the Heichal opened on their own.

1. R. Yochanan b. Zakai rebuked them.
2. How long will you frighten yourselves with the prediction of the Navi...
3. Why is it called Levanon...
4. Why is it called Ya'ar... (as we have been taught regarding the golden fruit tress planted by Shlomo, which will ultimately be restored).

(a) There were a total of 10 utterances of the Name:

1. Three by each of the two Viduim.
2. Three by the Sair HaMishtaleach.
3. One by the Goralos.

(b) The Name was heard in Yericho.

(a) The hinges of the Heichal doors could be heard at eight Techumei Shabbos.
(b) The goats in Yericho were affected by the aroma of the Ketores.
(c) The women of Yericho did not need perfume on its account. (Even the Kalos of Yerushalayim did not need additional perfume.)
(d) Other reports of the Ketores come from Arei Michmar and from Shiloh.

(a) (R. Yanai) Taking the Goralos out of the Kalfi is critical, but placing them upon the animals is not Me'akev.
(b) (R. Yochanan) Even taking them out is not Me'akev.
(c) First Lashon:

1. There is no dispute, within the opinion of R. Yehudah (that anything done in Bigdei Lavan BaChutz is not Me'akev), that the Goralos are not Me'akev,
2. Their dispute is only within the opinion of R. Nechemyah (that such activity *is* Me'akev) as to whether the Goral is (R. Yanai) or is not (R. Yochanan) an Avodah.

(d) Second Lashon:

1. There is no dispute within the opinion of R. Nechemyah, that the Goral is Me'akev.
2. Their dispute is only within the opinion of R. Yehudah as to whether the Goral is singled out (through the repetition of Alah in the Pasuk) to be Me'akev.