תלמוד על במדבר 28:4

The rabbis said, they inferred prayers from daily sacrifices. The morning prayer from the perpetual sacrifice of the morning (Num. 28:4): “The first lamb you should present in the morning.” Minḥah prayer from the perpetual sacrifice of the evening: “And the second lamb you should present in the evening.” They did not find anything to peg evening prayers onto it and simply stated it; that is what we have stated: Evening prayers have no fixed time. Musaph prayers are all day. Rebbi Tanḥuma¹⁶In the Babli (26b), this statement of a late Amora also is quoted as Tannaïtic. said: In fact, they fixed it corresponding to the consumption of limbs and fat which were consumed on the altar during the entire night.

Rebbi Yehudah¹⁷This paragraph is found also in the Babli (27a) and in both Mekhiltot (to Ex. 17:21). The second paragraph which connects the derivation to the previous association with sacrifices, and hence, with prayer, is found only in the Yerushalmi. learned from words of the Torah, since Rebbi Ismael stated: (Ex. 17:21) “The sun was hot and it melted,” four hours into the day. You say four hours or should it be six hours? When it says (Gen. 18:1): “In the heat of the day”, that means at six hours. Therefore, how can I interpret: “The sun was hot and it melted,” four hours into the day¹⁸Here and in the next paragraph, one supposes, as in most Talmudic derivations, that the vocabulary of the Torah is uniquely fixed and that different expressions must have different meanings. [The only Bible translation that can be clearly dated to Tannaïtic times, the fragments of Aquilas’s Greek translation from the school of Rebbis Eliezer and Joshua, systematically has one-on-one correspondence between Hebrew and Greek words.]! You derive it from (Ex. 17:21): “In the morning,” (Num. 28:4) “in the morning.” Since the first “morning” meant “four hours”, “morning” mentioned there also means “four hours.” At four hours the sun is warm and the shadow is cool. At six hours both sun and shadow are hot. Rebbi Tanḥuma said (Gen. 18:1): “In the heat of the day”, at an hour when there is no shadow for any creature.

HALAKHAH: It is written about the daily sacrifice in the morning⁷⁷Ex. 29:39; Num. 28:4., and it is written about wood in the morning⁷⁸This has to read: in the morning, in the morning; Lev. 6:5, referring to the two wooden logs which have to be ceremoniously put into the fire every morning. While this is not mentioned in the Mishnah, the presentation and arrangement of the two logs also is an obligation of the High Priest on the Day of Atonement.. Something about which is written in the morning, in the morning, shall precede something about which in the morning is written only once. Then even before its blood? Rebbi Hila said, you shall do⁷⁷Ex. 29:39; Num. 28:4., preceded action for it⁷⁹The slaughter and the dissection of the daily sacrifice are not done on the altar; they are not covered by any argument about the number of “mornings” quoted. They have to be done as early as possible in the morning (and as late as possible in the evening.). It is written about the daily sacrifice in the morning, and it is written about incense in the morning, in the morning⁸⁰Ex. 30:7.. Something about which is written in the morning, in the morning, shall precede something about which only [one] in the morning is written. Where do we hold? If about limbs, are they not like wood⁸¹They are to be burned on the altar; they can be considered fuel of the altar.? But we are holding, even for its blood. It is written about wood in the morning, in the morning, and it is written about incense in the morning, in the morning, and I do not know which of the two is preceding. Which one is enabling what? Wood enables the incense; the wood shall precede the incense⁸²Sifra Ṣaw Pereq 2(8).. Come and see, wood precedes the blood and blood precedes incense, and you are saying so? Rebbi Hila said, no. Since I could not prove by a logical argument that wood enables the incense, you needed that baraita. They wanted to say, what enables the incense? Charcoal. Rebbi Eleazar said, smoke-creating herb⁸³Cf. Chapter 2, Note 227..

It says for the afternoon daily sacrifice, in the evening⁷⁷Ex. 29:39; Num. 28:4., and it says about incense, in the evening, close to the lights⁸⁴Ex. 30:8: When Aaron kindles the light in the evening he shall burn incense on it i. e., on the interior altar.. (Not) [You say] about the lights, from evening to morning⁸⁵Ex. 27:21.(?)[.] A matter where it is said in the evening close to the lights shall be delayed after a matter where only in the evening is said. Then even after the libations? Rebbi Hila said, you shall do⁷⁷Ex. 29:39; Num. 28:4., delayed action for it⁸⁶By an argument parallel to that of Note 79.. Rebbi Abun bar Ḥiyya asked before Rebbi Hila: Here you are saying, “you shall do, preceded action for it”, and there you are saying, “you shall do, delayed action for it”? Rebbi Hila said, each one according to its subject. The daily morning sacrifice was shown to be later; you shall do, preceded action for it. The daily evening sacrifice was shown to be earlier, the verse says you shall do, delayed action for it. Rebbi Zeˋira acclaimed⁸⁷A Semitic adaptation of Greek καλόω. him and called him “son of the Torah.”