[Avodah] Behaalosekha es haneiros

[Elazar M. Teitz]

RZev Sero wrote:

<AFAIK only the QHQ was off limits to zarim (i.e. non-kohanim-gedolim), so that maintenance workers had to be lowered in in boxes.  The hechal, AFAIK, has the same din as the azara>

RYitzchak Grossman responded: 

<But see the Tiferes Yisroel, who says that boxes are only required
if they are a viable solution, and they are not required otherwise.>

     It's not just the Tiferes Yisrael; it's a Tosefta in Keilim (1:9), brought lahalacha in the Rambam (Beis Hab'chira 7:23).

     The lowering in boxes was not because the area was off-limits; it isn't off-limits if the entry is for the purpose of repairs, and in any event it is certainly questionable if entry in a box is not considered entry. The reason, as mentioned in Middos 4:5, is "k'dei shelo yizonu eineihem mibeis kodesh hakodashim."  

     As for the heichal having the same din as the azara, it should be noted that the Rambam (loc. cit.) requires the boxes for the heichal.  See the Kesef Mishna, who asks that the mishna specifies only the KHK, and the answer given in a footnote on the Kesef Mishna.  

EMT
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