Talmud for Ezra 3:8

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית לְבוֹאָ֞ם אֶל־בֵּ֤ית הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֑י הֵחֵ֡לּוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל בֶּן־שְׁ֠אַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָ֜ק וּשְׁאָ֥ר אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם ׀ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם וְכָל־הַבָּאִים֙ מֵהַשְּׁבִ֣י יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְנַצֵּ֖חַ עַל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־יְהוָֽה׃ (פ)

Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of the LORD.

Jerusalem Talmud Sukkah

HALAKHAH: If he knows how to move¹⁰⁰In the synagogue the main service involving the lulav is the recitation of Hallel, Pss. 113–118, where the lulav is moved at the recitation or repetition of designated verses. he is obligated for lulav. If he knows how to dress, he is obligated for ṣiṣit¹⁷⁶To have the tassels at the four corners of his toga. Babli 42a, Arakhin2b; Tosephta Ḥagigah1:2.. If he knows how to talk, his father teaches him the language of the Torah¹⁷⁷Biblical Hebrew.. If he knows how to keep his hands clean, one eats heave on his hands¹⁷⁸If he washes his hands and then touched heave, the latter is not impaired by his touch and may be eaten by pure Cohanim.. If he knows how to keep his body clean, one eats food in purity on his body¹⁷⁹If he knows what brings impurity and states that he is pure, the touch of his body does not contaminate food prepared in purity.. But he does not go before the Ark¹⁸⁰As an appointed reader to lead the congregation in prayer., nor lift his hands¹⁷¹A Cohen to pronounce the Priestly Blessing., nor stands on the podium¹⁸¹A Levite singing in the Temple., before he grows a beard. Rebbi says, all of them at the age of twenty years¹⁸²Irrespective of whether he grew a beard or not., as it is said¹⁸³Ezra3:8. The age limit was established for the second Temple, therefore it is valid for the future. The pentateuchal age limit for Levites was 25 years; Num. 8:24.: They appointed the Levites, twenty years or older, to direct the work of the Eternal’s House.

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