📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tzav – Shevi: Eating the sacrifices (Shabbos 10th Nissan)

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Shevi’i

  1. Anointing the Kohanim with the oil and blood:
  • Moshe took the anointing oil [Shemen Hamishcha] and blood that was on the altar and sprinkled on Aaron and his sons and their clothing, and they were all sanctified.
  1. Eating the sacrifices:
  • Moshe told Aaron and his sons to cook the meat in front of the Ohel Moed and eat it there. Likewise, the bread is to be eaten there. The leftover meat and bread is to be burnt.
  • Not to leave the Ohel Moed: Aaron and his sons are to remain for the full seven days, day and night, in the opening of the Ohel Moed, until the end of the inauguration. They are not to leave the area, lest they die.
  • Aaron and his sons followed all the instructions they were given.

 

Action

Participants

Details

Instructions

Outcome

Anointing with oil and blood

Moshe, Aaron and his sons

Moshe took Shemen Hamishcha and blood from the altar

Sprinkled on Aaron, his sons, and their clothing

They were all sanctified

Eating the sacrifices

Moshe, Aaron and his sons

Cook meat in front of Ohel Moed, eat bread there

Leftover meat and bread is to be burnt

 

Not to leave Ohel Moed

Aaron and his sons

Remain for seven days, day and night

Stay in opening of Ohel Moed until end of inauguration

Not to leave area, lest they die

Following instructions

Aaron and his sons

 

Followed all instructions given

 

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 8:30–36

 

8:30 — Anointing with Oil and Blood

Q1. What two substances did Moses mix together according to Rashi?

A: Anointing oil and blood from the Altar.

 

Q2. On whom did Moses dash this mixture?

A: On Aaron, his garments, his sons, and his sons’ garments.

 

Q3. What was accomplished by dashing the mixture on them?

A: It sanctified Aaron, his garments, his sons, and their garments.

 

8:31 — Eating the Installation Offering

Q4. Where were Aaron and his sons commanded to cook the meat?

A: Inside the Courtyard, outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

 

Q5. What were they commanded to eat with the meat?

A: The bread from the basket of the installation‑offerings.

 

Q6. Why does Moses say, “as I have commanded”?

A: To emphasize that this instruction was explicitly commanded by God.

 

8:32 — Leftovers

Q7. What was to be done with any leftover meat or bread?

A: It had to be burned.

 

8:33 — Remaining at the Entrance

Q8. For how long were Aaron and his sons forbidden to leave the entrance?

A: Seven days.

 

Q9. What would happen during these seven days?

A: Their installation into the priesthood would be completed.

 

8:34 — “So God Commanded to Do”

Q10. What does “צִוָּה ה’ לַעֲשׂוֹת” mean according to Rashi’s simple explanation?

A: That God commanded these same procedures to be done on each of the seven days of installation.

 

Q11. What alternative explanation do the Sages give for “לַעֲשׂוֹת”?

A: It refers to the procedure of the red cow.

 

Q12. What does “לְכַפֵּר” refer to according to this explanation?

A: The service of Yom Kippur.

 

Q13. What halachic teaching do the Sages derive from this verse?

A: That the High Priest must separate from his wife for seven days before Yom Kippur, and likewise the priest who burns the red cow must separate for seven days.

 

8:35 — Guarding God’s Watch

Q14. Where were Aaron and his sons commanded to remain day and night?

A: At the entrance to the Courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

 

Q15. What does “keeping God’s watch” mean according to Rashi?

A: Observing God’s command exactly as instructed.

 

Q16. What consequence is implied by “וְלֹא תָמוּתוּ”?

A: That failure to comply would incur the death penalty.

 

8:36 — Obedience of Aaron and His Sons

Q17. Why does the Torah state, “Aaron and his sons did”?

A: To praise them, showing they did not deviate from God’s command.

 

Q18. How precisely did Aaron and his sons follow the instructions?

A: They did not turn right or left from what Moses told them.

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