Yoma 3:9-10

Yoma 3:9

The Kohein Gadol arrived at the eastern side of the courtyard, north of the altar, with the Deputy Kohein Gadol on his right and the head of his father’s house (one of 144 subdivisions of kohanim) on his left. Two goats were there, plus an urn containing two lots. The lots were generally made of boxwood. When Yehoshua ben Gamla was Kohein Gadol, he had the lots made of gold, for which he is fondly remembered.

Yoma 3:10

When ben Katin was Kohein Gadol, he had 12 spigots made for the laver, which had only two until that time. He also made a machine that could lower the laver into a well overnight so that the water that remained in it would not become unfit for ritual use. King Munbaz made the handles of all the utensils used on Yom Kippur out of gold. His mother, Queen Helena, made a gold candlestick for over the door of the Sanctuary; she also made a gold tablet with the portion of the sotah (suspected woman) written on it (so that the kohanim could copy the text from it). Miracles were wrought for the doors of Nicanor (one of which was thrown overboard during a storm but washed up on shore – see Talmud Yoma 38a for the full story), so he is remembered with praise.