r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Oct 16 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/Greatsayain Ashkenazi Oct 16 '24

This might be easy too niche but as it was Yom Kippur recently I was reading the temple service for Yom Kippur in the machzor. The Kohen gadol (high preist) has to sprinkle blood on the.ark cover. He has to do this every year. Wouldn't the ark cover become smelly and disgusting after just a couple years. And you can't change the ark cover, because the high priest is barely lowed in the room with the ark with the cover in and a cloud of incense. Changing the cover would mean exposing the ark.

He also has to leave his linen clothes in the room beside the ark room when he done, never to be worn again. He's the only one allowed in that room too. So wouldn't that room become a giant pile of linen clothes after a few years. This ceremony just becomes a huge problem after a couple years unless I'm missing something. I know this is way more detailed than what usually gets asked here but I was hoping someone might know.

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u/Saul_al-Rakoun Conservadox & Marxist Oct 16 '24

I would be very surprised if the answer isn't in the Gemara.

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u/Greatsayain Ashkenazi Oct 16 '24

Thanks ill give that a try.