레위기 16:6의 탈무드

MISHNAH: Seven days before the Day of Atonement one isolates the High Priest from his house¹Meaning his wife, as explained later in the Mishnah. To prevent him from becoming impure should the wife become impure by menstruation. to the Parhedrin²In the Halakhah the name also appears as פלהדרין with change of liquids. Possibly derived from πάρεδρος, ὁ, “adjunct”; cf. Note 113. lodge and one prepares another Cohen because he might become disqualified³Since the entire Temple service of the Day of Atonement has to be performed by the High Priest himself, there must be somebody trained to act as High Priest in case the officiating one becomes somehow impure and unable to continue.. Rebbi Jehudah says, one also prepares for him another wife, since maybe his wife would die, for it is said, he shall atone for himself and his house⁴Lev. 16:6., his house means his wife. The Sages said to him, in this case the procedure never ends⁵Since the substitute wife also could die, one would need an unlimited supply of wives, but the High Priest is biblically restricted to one wife. Disqualification can be foreseen, death cannot be foreseen..