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b"Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on \\u05e4\\u05e8\\u05e9\\u05ea \\u05d0\\u05d7\\u05e8\\u05d9 \\u05de\\u05d5\\u05ea.\\xa0\\nDiscussed:\\xa0\\n\\n R' Yaakov Emden brings a historical account written by a Roman who describes the Avodah of the Kohen Gadol in the Bais Hamikdash on Yom Kippur.\\xa0\\n The Gemara says that a \\u05de\\u05de\\u05d6\\u05e8 Talmid Chochom comes before a Kohen Gadol who is an \\u05e2\\u05dd \\u05d4\\u05d0\\u05e8\\u05e5. This can be illustrated by the story brought in the Gemara about Sh'maya & Avtalyon who met a Kohen Gadol on Motzei Yom Kippur, as explained by the Maharsha.\\xa0\\n R' Yisrael Salanter writes that \\u05d9\\u05e7\\u05e8\\u05d4 \\u05d4\\u05d9\\u05d0 \\u05de\\u05e4\\u05e0\\u05d9\\u05e0\\u05d9\\u05dd refers to the Kohen Gadol in the Kodesh Hakodashim on Yom Kippur, who is the holiest person in the holiest place during the holiest\\xa0time, and that the Torah is more precious even than that!"