Tamid 4:3-5:1

Tamid 4:3

They took a knife and separated the lung and the lobe from the liver; they didn’t remove the lobe. They made a hole in the chest and gave it to the one who won the lottery to bring it. The right flank was cut into as far as the spine, which was left whole. When they reached the space between two small ribs, they cut it off and gave it – with the liver attached – to the one who won the lottery for it. They proceeded to the neck and left two ribs attached to either side. They cut it off and gave it – with the trachea, heart and lung attached – to the one who had won the lottery for it. They proceeded to the left flank, where two thin ribs were left above and two below. He left the corresponding ribs on the other flank, with the result that there were two ribs above and two below on each side. He cut it off and gave it – with the spine and spleen attached – to the one who had won the lottery for it. This was technically the largest piece but the right flank was called the “big” piece because the liver was attached to it. They proceeded to the animal’s rump, which they cut off and gave to the one who had won the lottery for it, along with the tail fat, the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys. They removed the left leg and gave it to the one who had won the lottery for it. At this point, all of the lottery winners were standing in a row, holding the limbs: the first had the head in his right hand with its nose towards his arm its horns between his fingers and the place where it was slaughtered turned up and covered by the fats, and the right hind leg in his left hand with the place of the skin facing outward; the second had the two forelegs, the right in his right hand and the left in his left hand, with the place of the skin facing outward; the third had the rump in his right hand with the tail fat hanging between his fingers and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with it, and the left hind leg in his left hand with the place of the skin facing outward; the fourth had the chest in his right hand and the neck in his left hand with the ribs between his fingers; the fifth had the right flank in his right hand and the left flank in his left hand with the place of the skin facing outward; the sixth had the entrails on a large tray with the feet on top of them; the seventh had the fine flour; the eighth had the pan flour offerings; the ninth had the wine. They went and placed them on the lower half of the ramp on the western side. They salted them, descended and proceeded to the Chamber of Hewn Stone to recite the Shema.

Tamid 5:1

The Temple official told them to recite one bracha and they said the bracha of ahava rabbah (which is normally recited before Shema). They then recited the aseres hadibros (the Ten Commandments) and the paragraphs of Shema, v’haya im shamoa and vayomer. They then blessed the people with three blessings: emes v’yatziv, avodah (i.e., the bracha of “R’tzei” from Shemoneh Esrei), and birkas kohanim (the priestly blessing). On Shabbos they added one more bracha, which was recited by those on the outgoing duty rotation.