Translation:Mishnah/Seder Moed/Tractate Yoma/Chapter 1/1

Hebrew Text

שבעת ימים קודם ליום הכיפורים
מפרישין כוהן גדול מביתו ללשכת פלהדרין
ומתקינין לו כוהן אחר תחתיו שמא יארע בו פסול

רבי יהודה אומר
אף אישה אחרת מתקינין לו שמא תמות אשתו
שנאמר וכיפר בעדו ובעד ביתו ביתו היא אשתו
אמרו חכמים אם כן אין לדבר סוף

English Translation

Seven days before the Day of Atonement,
we sequester the High Priest from his house to the Palhedrin Chamber,
and we prepare for him another priest in his place, [for] perhaps there will occur in him a disqualification.

Rabbi Yehuda says:
We even prepare another wife for him, [for] perhaps his wife will die;
as it is said, "and he shall atone for himself and for his household" - his "household" is his wife.
The Sages said: If so, there is no end to the matter.