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Morning Prayers

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רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: הַצֳּרִי אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא שְׂרָף הַנּוֹטֵף מֵעֲצֵי הַקְּטָף, בֹּרִית כַּרְשִׁינָה שֶׁשָּׁפִין בָּהּ אֶת הַצִּפֹּֽרֶן, כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא נָאָה;

יֵין קַפְרִיסִין שֶׁשּׁוֹרִין בּוֹ אֶת הַצִּפֹּֽרֶן כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא עַזָּה. וַהֲלֹא מֵי רַגְלַֽיִם יָפִין לָהּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין מַכְנִיסִין מֵי רַגְלַֽיִם בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ מִפְּנֵי הַכָּבוֹד:

תַּנְיָא רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר: כְּשֶׁהוּא שׁוֹחֵק אוֹמֵר: הָדֵק הֵיטֵב, הֵיטֵב הָדֵק, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַקּוֹל יָפֶה לַבְּשָׂמִים. פִּטְּמָהּ לַחֲצָאִין כְּשֵׁרָה, לִשְׁלִישׁ וְלִרְבִֽיעַ, לֹא שָׁמַֽעְנוּ.

אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, זֶה הַכְּלָל: אִם כְּמִדָּתָהּ כְּשֵׁרָה לַחֲצָאִין. וְאִם חִסַּר אֶחָד מִכָּל סַמְּמָנֶֽיהָ חַיָּב מִיתָה:

תַּנְיָא בַּר קַפָּרָא אוֹמֵר: אַחַת לְשִׁשִּׁים אוֹ לְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה הָיְתָה בָאָה שֶׁל שִׁירַֽיִם לַחֲצָאִין. וְעוֹד תָּנֵי בַּר קַפָּרָא, אִלּוּ הָיָה נוֹתֵן בָּהּ קוֹרְטוֹב שֶׁל דְּבַשׁ, אֵין אָדָם יָכוֹל לַעֲמוֹד מִפְּנֵי רֵיחָהּ, וְלָמָה אֵין מְעָרְבִין בָּהּ דְּבַשׁ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה, כִּי כָל שְׂאֹר וְכָל דְּבַשׁ לֹא תַקְטִֽירוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ אִשֶּׁה לַייָ:

Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Balm is simply the sap that drips from the balsam tree. Carshina lye [was used] to rub on the onycha to improve its appearance. Wine from Cyprus served for steeping the onycha, to intensify [its fragrance]. Although the water of Raglayim could have served that purpose, the water of Raglayim was not brought into the Beis HaMikdash out of respect.

It is taught that Rabbi Nassan said: As [a priest] would grind the incense, [another] would say: “Grind thoroughly; thoroughly grind,” for the sound is beneficial for the spices.

If one mixed the compound in half quantities, it was fit for use. If only a third or a quarter [of the prescribed compound] was mixed, we have not heard [whether or not it would be fit for use].

Rabbi Yehudah said: The general rule is that if it was mixed in its proper proportions, it is fit for use even though it was compounded in half-quantities [or even in lesser quantities].

[A person who] left out one [of the spices] was liable to the death penalty [at the hands of Heaven].

It is taught that Bar Kappara says: Once every sixty or seventy years, the accumulated surpluses would amount to half [the required annual amount].

Bar Kappara also taught: Had [even] a minute quantity of honey been added to it, no man would have been able to resist the aroma. Why, then, were they not to mix honey into it? Because the Torah says: “You shall burn no leaven or any honey as a fire-offering to God.”

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