Daily Chumash & Rashi – Parshas Tetzaveh Shishi: The Tamid offering (Friday, 10th Adar)

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Shishi

  1. 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.
  1. 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.

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