📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tzav – Shishi: The second inauguration ram (Friday 9th Nissan)

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Shishi

  1. The second inauguration ram:
  • Aaron and his sons performed Semicha to the head of the second [Shelmaim] ram offering.
  • Placing the blood on the ears and thumbs: It was slaughtered, and its blood was taken by Moshe and placed on the edges of the right ear and right thumb of the hand and toe of Aaron and his sons. The remainder of the blood was poured around the altar.
  • Waving the offering and the Kohanim: Moshe took the fat, and the tail and all the fat that covers the intestines and the diaphragm of the liver and the two kidneys, and the right thigh. He also took one bread from each of the baskets and he placed them on the fats and the right leg. He placed them all on the palm of Aaron and his sons and waved them before Hashem. Moshe removed the foods off the palm of their hands and offered them before G-d.
  • Moshe took the breast of the ram and waved it before Hashem. It was a present to Moshe from Hashem.

Offering

Who Performed Semicha

Blood Ritual

What Was Offered on Altar

What Was Done with Remainder

Commanded By

Chatas bull

Aaron and his sons

Blood placed by Moshe on corners of Mizbeiach with fingers; remainder poured on foundation

Fat covering intestines, diaphragm of liver, two kidneys

Bull, skin, meat, waste burnt in fire outside camp

Hashem commanded Moshe

Olah ram

Aaron and his sons

Blood thrown by Moshe around Mizbeiach

Head and other limbs, entire ram offered

Innards washed in water; entire ram offered as Olah

Hashem

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 8:22–29

 

8:22 — The Installation Ram

Q1. What is meant by “אֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים” according to Rashi?

A: It is the peace‑offering ram (שְׁלָמִים), called מִלֻּאִים because it completes and consummates the induction of the priests into their priesthood.

 

Q2. Why is the term מִלֻּאִים equivalent to שְׁלָמִים?

A: Because this offering fills (מְמַלְּאִים) and completes (מַשְׁלִימִים) the priestly inauguration.

 

8:23 — Placement of the Blood

Q3. On which parts of Aaron’s body was the blood placed?

A: On the middle ridge of the antihelix of the right ear, the right thumb, and the right big toe.

 

8:24 — Aaron’s Sons and the Remaining Blood

Q4. Where was the blood placed on Aaron’s sons?

A: On the right ear, right thumb, and right big toe, just as with Aaron.

 

Q5. What was done with the remaining blood?

A: It was dashed on the Altar in an encircling manner.

 

8:25 — The Designated Parts

Q6. Which parts did Moses take from the ram according to Rashi?

A:

  • The fat
  • The tail
  • All the fat on the innards
  • The diaphragm with part of the liver
  • The two kidneys with their fat
  • The right hind midleg

 

 

8:26 — The Bread of Installation

Q7. What three types of bread did Moses take from the basket?

A:

  • One unleavened loaf
  • One scalded unleavened loaf (“oil bread”)
  • One flat unleavened cake

Q8. What does Rashi explain about “חַלַּת לֶחֶם שֶׁמֶן”?

A: It refers to the scalded bread, called “oil bread” because it contained as much oil as the loaves and flat cakes combined.

 

8:27 — The Waving

Q9. What did Moses place on Aaron’s and his sons’ palms?

A: All the fats, the right hind midleg, and the three loaves of bread.

 

Q10. What did Moses do with them?

A: He waved them, making them a wave‑offering before God.

 

8:28 — Burning on the Altar

Q11. What did Moses do after the waving?

A: He took the items from their palms and burned them on the Altar.

 

Q12. In what garments did Moses perform this service?

A: In a simple white tunic, not the official priestly garments.

 

Q13. What does “עַל־הָעֹלָה” mean according to Rashi?

A: After the ascent‑offering.

 

Q14. What unusual feature does Rashi note here?

A: This is the only instance where the hind leg of a peace‑offering is brought upon the Altar.

 

8:29 — Moses’ Portion

Q15. What portion did Moses take from the installation ram?

A: The breast.

 

Q16. What did Moses do with the breast?

A: He waved it as a wave‑offering before God.

 

Q17. Why did the breast belong to Moses?

A: It was his portion to eat from the installation ram, as God commanded him.

About The Author

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