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Tamid 2:5-3:1

Tamid 2:5

From the aforementioned piles of wood they selected choice pieces of fig wood, which they used to light the second woodpile for the incense, four cubits (about six feet) north of the altar’s southwest corner. They took enough wood to make five seah of coal (about 17 gallons), or eight seah of coal on Shabbos (about 28 gallons) because they also needed coal for the two dishes of frankincense that were brought with the showbread. The limbs and the fats that were not consumed overnight were returned to the woodpile. The kohanim then lit the two woodpiles and went down to the chamber of hewn stone.

Tamid 3:1

The Temple official told them to draw lots to determine who would slaughter the tamid, who would sprinkle the blood, who would clear the ashes from the inside altar, who would clear the ashes from the Menorah and who would lift the various parts onto the ramp. This included the head and the right hind quarter, the two forelegs, the rump and the left hind quarter, the chest and neck, and the two flanks with the innards, as well as the fine flour, the pan-cooked flour offerings and the libation wine. They drew the lots and whoever won performed the designated task.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz