Immersing Sacrificial Animals

It is pretty well-known that Jewish people free themselves from tumah by immersing their bodies in water. It is less-known that even people who are perfectly tahor immerse themselves before entering the Beis Hamikdash. What about the sacrificial animals? Were they also immersed before entering the Beis Hamikdash to be used as offerings?

Calculating the Wine Libations

On Succos in the Beis Hamikdash they famously offered 70 bulls corresponding to the seventy nations of the world. Along with each bull came a wine libation of 6 lugin per bull, which is a volume equal to about 3 liters (or one and a half soda bottles, for those of us in the US). This comes to about 210 liters in all, and that is not even counting the wine libations of all of the other communal offerings that were brought over the holiday. What was the fate of all that wine?

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Tooting Their Own Horns

The Kohanim sound the trumpets upon the Table of the Fats

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Blessed for Success

The Kohanim deliver the Birkas Kohanim.

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Holy Smokes

The Kohanim prepare to offer the ketores.

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Good Vibrations

The magrepha hits the floor with a resounding clang.

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The Spice of Life

The Memuneh consults with the head of the Avtinas family in his chamber.

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The Robe Makes the Man

Pinchas the Clothier outfits the Kohanim with their bigdei Kehunah.

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The Shot

Walk the Walk

The Kohanim bring the Tamid offering to the Mizbeyach.

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Bordeaux, Monsieur?

The Memuneh looks on as Yonasan the Levi collects the wine for the nesachim of the Tamid offering.

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Try Not to Breathe In

The Kohanim rinse out the intestines of the Tamid offering.

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Mopping Up

A Kohen throws the blood of the Tamid offering onto the northeastern corner of the Mizbeyach.

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Night Light

A Kohen prepares the lamps of the Menorah for the evening lighting.

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At Arm's Length

The Leviim open the doors leading to the Heychal entrance.

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Final Check

The Tamid lamb takes a drink of water as the Kohanim inspect it for blemishes.