[If the householder] gave [the agent] two perutos [and] said to him, “Bring me an esrog,” and [the agent] went and brought him an esrog with one perutah and a pomegranate with one perutah, both of them have com- mitted me’ilah. R’ Yehudah says: The householder has not committed me’ilah, for he can say to [the agent], “I would have wanted a supe- rior esrog and you brought me a small, inferior [one].”  [If the householder] gave [the agent] a gold dinar [and] said to him, “Bring me a shirt,” and [the agent] went and brought him a shirt with three [of the selaim] and a cloak with three [of the selaim], both of them have committed me’ilah. R’ Yehudah says: The householder has not committed me’ilah, for he can say to [the agent], “I would have wanted a superior shirt and you brought me a small, inferior [one].”

[Regarding] one who deposits money with a moneychanger: If [the money] is tied, [the moneychanger] may not use it, therefore, if [the moneychanger] spends [the money], he has committed me’ilah; if [the money] is loose, [the moneychanger] may use it, therefore, if [the moneychanger] spends [the money], he has not committed me’ilah.  [If the money is deposited] with a householder, whether [tied] or [loose], he may not use it, therefore, if he spends [the money], he has committed me’ilah.  A storekeeper is likened to a householder; these are the words of R’ Meir. R’ Yehudah says: [A storekeeper] is likened to a moneychanger.

[Regarding] a consecrated perutah that fell into a purse, or [if the owner] said, “A perutah in this purse shall be consecrated,” [then] as soon as he spends the first [perutah], he has committed me’ilah, these are the words of R’ Akiva; but the Sages say: [He does not commit me’ilah] until he spends the entire purse.  R’ Akiva agrees regarding one who says, “A perutah of this purse shall be consecrated,” that he may spend and continue [to spend the money] until he spends the entire purse.

The Kohanim would stand guard in three places in the Holy Temple: In the Chamber of Avtinas, in the Chamber of the Ray, and in the Hall of the Fire. The Chamber of Avtinas and the Chamber of the Ray were upper stories, and the youngsters would guard there. The Hall of the Fire [was] a dome. And it was a large house, encircled with ledges of stone. And the elders of the beis av would sleep there, and the keys of the Courtyard were in their hands. And the young Kohanim [would sleep] each with his pillow on the ground.  They would not sleep in [their] holy vestments, rather they would remove [them] and fold [them], and place them beneath their heads, and they would cover themselves with their personal garment.  If one of [the Kohanim] experienced a seminal emission, he would exit [the Hall of the Fire] and proceed through the tunnel that went under the Birah, and there were lamps burning here and there, until he reached the immersion room. A large fire was there, as well as a latrine of dignity. This was its dignity: [If] one found it closed, he knew that there was a person there; [if he found it] open, he knew that there was no person there. He descended and immersed, ascended and dried himself off, and warmed himself in front of the large fire. He came and sat next to his fellow Kohanim until the gates were opened; he departed and went on his way.