In what manner were the blessings of the Kohen Gadol [recited]? The attendant of the synagogue takes a Torah scroll and gives it to the head of the synagogue, the head of the synagogue gives it to the Deputy [Kohen Gadol], and the Deputy gives it to the Kohen Gadol. The Kohen Gadol stands up and accepts [the scroll] and reads while standing.  He reads [from the passage that begins,] After the death (Leviticus 16:1) and [the passage that begins,] But on the tenth (Leviticus 23:26-32). Then he rolls up the Torah [scroll], puts it in his bosom, and says, “There is more than I have read to you written here;” and he recites by heart from the Book of Numbers, beginning, On the tenth (Numbers 29:7-11).  Then he recites over it eight benedictions: for the Torah; for the [sacrificial] service; for the thanksgiving; for the forgiveness of sin; for the Temple; for Is-rael; for the Kohanim; and for the rest of the prayer.