Sanhedrin, fol. 81, col. 2.
When kings were anointed, the holy oil was laid on the forehead in the form of a coronet, and when, says Rabbi Mansi bar Gadda, priests were anointed, the operation was performed in the shape of the Greek letter k.
Horayoth, fol. 12, col. 1.
A learned man who is of illegitimate birth is preferable to an ignorant priest.
Ibid., fol. 13, col. 1.
A priest who makes no confession during service has no part in the priesthood. (He forfeits his emoluments.)
Menachoth, fol. 18, col. 2.
The bald-headed, the dwarfed, and the blear-eyed are ineligible for the priesthood.
Bechoroth, fol. 43, col. 2.
Rav Chisda says, "The portions that fall to the priests are not to be eaten except roasted and that with mustard," because Scripture says (Num. xviii. 8), "by reason of the anointing," i.e., by way of distinction, for only kings (who, of course, are anointed) eat roast meat with mustard.