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Shishi
- The Tamid offering:
- The following offerings are to be brought daily onto the altar: Everyday two sheep within their first year are to be offered, one in the morning and the second in the evening. It is to be accompanied with a Mincha offering consisting of 1/10th of fine flour, mixed with a ¼ of a Hin of crushed oil. Its libation is to be ¼ of a Hin, per sheep. This is to be done for all generations.
- The dwelling of the Shechina on the Mishkan:
- “I will meet with the Jewish people by the Ohel Moed and be sanctified there through my honor. I will dwell amongst the Jewish people and be for them a G-d, and they will know that I am the G-d who took them out of Egypt in order to dwell with them.”
📘 Rashi Q&A — Shemot 29:38–46
29:38 — The Daily Offering
Q1. What does “שְׁנֵי כְבָשִׂים בְּנֵי שָׁנָה” mean?
A: Two one‑year‑old lambs.
Q2. What does “תָּמִיד” mean here?
A: Every day without interruption, from day to day.
29:39 — Morning and Afternoon
Q3. When were the two lambs offered?
A: One in the morning, and one in the afternoon.
29:40 — The Grain‑Offering and Libation
Q4. What does “וְעִשָּׂרוֹן סֹלֶת” mean?
A: A tenth of an ephah of fine flour.
Q5. How much is a tenth of an ephah according to Rashi?
A: The volume of 43⅕ eggs.
Q6. What does “בְּשֶׁמֶן כָּתִית” mean here?
A: Oil that may be crushed, but it is not required to be crushed.
Q7. Why does the Torah permit crushed oil here?
A: To show that crushed oil is valid for grain‑offerings, even though it is required for the Menorah.
Q8. What does “רֶבַע הַהִין” mean?
A: A quarter of a hin, equal to three log.
Q9. What is a “נֶסֶךְ” according to Rashi?
A: A wine libation poured into the bowls on the Altar.
Q10. How did the wine libation flow on the Altar?
A: It flowed through holes in silver bowls and ran down—
- into underground channels in the permanent Temple,
- directly onto the ground in the Tabernacle.
29:41 — The Afternoon Offering
Q11. What offerings accompanied the afternoon lamb?
A: The same grain‑offering and libation as the morning lamb.
Q12. What does “לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ” refer to here?
A: Also to the grain‑offering, which was completely burned.
Q13. In what order were the offerings placed on the Altar?
A: First the limbs, then the grain‑offering.
29:42 — The Place of Divine Meeting
Q14. What does “תָּמִיד” mean in this verse?
A: Consistently, with no day skipped.
Q15. What does “אֲשֶׁר אִוָּעֵד לָכֶם” mean?
A: God fixes that place as the meeting point to speak.
Q16. From where did God speak to Moses according to one opinion?
A: From above the copper Altar.
Q17. What is the other opinion regarding where God spoke from?
A: From above the Cover of the Ark; the verse refers to the Tent of Meeting, not the Altar.
29:43 — Sanctification Through Glory
Q18. What does “וְנֹעַדְתִּי שָׁמָּה” mean?
A: God would meet with Israel there through communication.
Q19. What does “וְנִקְדַּשׁ” refer to?
A: The Tabernacle will be sanctified.
Q20. What does “בִּכְבֹדִי” mean according to the simple meaning?
A: Through God’s Divine Presence resting there.
Q21. What is the aggadic explanation of “בִּכְבֹדִי”?
A: Read it as “בִּכְבוּדַי” — “through My honored ones.”
Q22. Who are “My honored ones” according to this explanation?
A: Aaron’s sons, who would die on the day of the Mishkan’s inauguration.
Q23. Where did Moses later refer back to this statement?
A: When he said: “I will be sanctified through those nearest to Me.”
29:44 — Sanctification of the Sanctuary and Priests
Q24. What does God sanctify in this verse?
A:
- The Tent of Meeting,
- The Altar,
- Aaron and his sons.
29:45 — God’s Indwelling
Q25. What does “וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל” mean?
A: God will dwell among the Israelites.
29:46 — Purpose of the Exodus
Q26. Why did God bring Israel out of Egypt according to this verse?
A: So that He may dwell among them.
Q27. What does “לְשָׁכְנִי בְתוֹכָם” mean?
A: In order that God’s Presence reside among them.