Mordechai Torczyner's WebShas - Topical Index to the Talmud: Temple Offerings: Services

Avodah in the Beit haMikdash - Temple Services

The Laws of Temple Service are "Gufei Torah" - the Main Bodies of Torah: Chagigah 10a

General Issues

General principles of the avodah

"Activation" of an offering and its adjuncts

Matirin - Segments of the avodah required in order to permit use of a korban

Bigdei Kehunah - Uniform worn by the Kohanim during the avodah

Goral - Lottery of the Kohanim

Disqualifications of the avodah

Acceptability of defective avodah, because of the "Tzitz" garment of the Kohen Gadol

Performing the avodah on Shabbat and Yom Kippur

Performing the avodah in impurity, or for impure owners of korbanot

Burning certain offerings in the Beit haDeshen

Entering the Beit haMikdash when impure

Kiddush Yadayim v'Raglayim - Washing the Kohen's hands & feet before the avodah

Tevillah - Ritual immersion in a mikvah

Impurity resulting from the Avodah

Linah - The mitzvah of remaning in Jerusalem for the night following a korban

Avodah directly involving an animal or bird korban

Leaning on the korban - Semichah

Slaughtering - Shechitah

Slaughtering of bird korbanot - Melikah

Acceptance of the blood -Kabbalat Dam

Bringing materials to the altar - Holachah

Bringing the korban on to the altar - Hagashah

Raising korbanot in the air - Tenufah

Burning on the altar - Haktarah

Throwing of the blood - Zerikat HaDam

Sprinkling of the blood - Hazaot Dam

Skinning & detachment of a burnt offering

Services directly involving a minchah [flour offering]

Pouring of oil - Yetzikah

Mixing of flour and oil - Belillah

Breaking up of the bread - Petitah

Salting of the minchah - Melichah

Raising offerings in the air - Tenufah

Bringing materials to the altar - Holachah

Bringing the minchah on to the altar - Hagashah

Gathering the handful of the minchah - Kemitzah

Burning the minchah - Haktarat Minchah

Services directly involving Ketoret [Incense]

Composition of the ketoret

Gathering the handful of the ketoret - Kemitzah

Gathering the armful of the ketoret - Chafinah

Burning the ketoret - Haktarat Ketoret

Raking the coals - Chatiyyat Gechalim

Services practiced in maintaining Temple Vessels

Temple Donations

Terumat haDeshen - Removing ashes from the Altar

Hatavat haNerot - Preparing the Menorah

Shifts of guards of the Temple

Mishmarot Kehunah - Shifts of Kohanim

Miscellaneous Services

Prayers of the Temple Era

Birkat Kohanim - Blessing via the hands of the Kohanim

Nisuch haYayin - Wine Libation

Nisuch haMayim - Water Libation

Shirah - Singing of the Levites; Music

Services of the eve of Pesach

The "Aravah" of the Temple on Succot

Placement of Oil and Blood of the Metzora

Birds of the Metzora

Ending the Naziritic Period

Offerings of one Awaiting Purification

"Eglah Arufah"

Services of the Red Heifer

The Sotah Process

Special Readings of the Torah

Service by a Fugitive from the Courts

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