tism for the holy flesh, but not for the heave-offering.

4. There are weighty rules for the heave-offering, because in Judah men
are credited with the purity of wine and oil during the whole year. And in
the time of wine-pressing and oil-pressing (men are credited) even for the
heave-offering. When the time for wine and oil pressing has passed over,
and a barrel of wine is brought for the heave-offering, it must not be
received. But one may let it stand over for the wine-pressing next year.
But if one said, "I put into it a quarter log of holy wine," it is
credited. "Jugs of wine and jugs of oil which are mixed?" They are
credited in the time of wine-pressing and oil-pressing, and seventy days
before that time.

5. From Modiyith(364) and inward,(365) men are credited for the purity of
earthen vessels. From Modiyith and outward they are not credited. "How?"
"The potter, when he is selling pots, comes inward from Modiyith." One
says, "this is the potter," and "these the pots," and "these the
purchasers," "it is credited." "When he went outward?" "It is not
credited."

6. The tax-gatherers when they enter the house, and also the tax-gatherers
when they restore the vessels, are credited in saying, "we did not touch
them." And in Jerusalem they are credited in holy things (that they did
not defile them), and at the time of the feast they are credited even in
the heave-offering.

7. "He who opened his barrel of wine,(366) and commenced with his dough
for the use of the feast?" R. Judah said, "he may finish it" (after the
feast). But the Sages say, "he must not finish it." When the feast was
over, the priests looked round for the purity of the Temple court. If the
feast ended on Friday, they did not look round for honor to the
approaching Sabbath. R. Judah said, "even they did not look round on
Thursday, because the priests are not then idle."

8. "How did they look round for the purity of the court?" "The priests
baptized the vessels, which were in the Sanctuary, and used to say to the
people, 'Watch and do not touch the table and the candlestick, lest you
render them unclean.' " All the vessels in the Sanctuary were double and
treble, because if the first became unclean, they could bring duplicates
instead of them. "All the vessels which were in the Sanctuary required
baptism(367) except the golden altar, and the brazen altar, because they
are as earth." The words of R. Eliezer. But the Sages say, "because they
were ov