📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Shemini – Sheiyni: The order of the eighth day of inauguration (Monday 19th Nissan)

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Sheiyni

  • The Mincha: The Mincha of the nation was offered. He filled his hand from it and offered it onto the altar.
  • The Shelamim: The Shelamim bull and ram of the nation was slaughtered and offered. The sons brought Aaron the blood and he threw it upon the Mizbeiach, all around. The fats of the bull and the ram, and the tail and the kidneys and the diaphragm of the liver were brought. The fats were placed on the breasts and were then offered on the altar. The breast and the right thigh were waved by Aaron before Hashem.
  • Birchas Kohanim: Aaron raised his hands towards the nation and blessed the Jewish people, and then descended from [the altar after] having performed the offerings.
  • Hashem appears: Moshe and Aaron finished blessing the Jewish people and the Shechina appeared before the nation.

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 9:17–23

 

9:17 — The Grain‑Offering

Q1. What does “וַיְמַלֵּא כַפּוֹ” mean according to Rashi?

A: It refers to taking the fistful from the grain‑offering.

Q2. What does “מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַבֹּקֶר” teach?

A: That all these sacrifices were performed after the daily morning ascent‑offering.

 

9:18–19 — The People’s Peace‑Offerings

Q3. Which peace‑offerings did Aaron slaughter for the people?

A: The work‑bull and the ram.

 

Q4. What does Rashi explain about “וְהַמְכַסֶּה”?

A: It means the fat covering the innards.

 

Q5. Which fats were presented to Aaron?

A:

  • The tail
  • The fat covering the innards
  • The kidneys
  • The diaphragm with part of the liver

 

9:20 — Placing the Fats

Q6. What does Rashi explain about placing the fats on the breasts?

A: After the waving, the priest who waved gave them to another priest to burn them, so that the breast and thigh, which were above the fat during waving, were now below.

 

9:21 — Waving the Portions

Q7. Which parts did Aaron wave before God?

A: The breasts and the right hind midleg.

 

Q8. Why does the verse say Aaron waved them “as Moshe had commanded”?

A: To show that Aaron performed the service exactly according to Moshe’ instruction.

 

9:22 — The Priestly Blessing

Q9. How did Aaron bless the people according to Rashi?

A: Using the Priestly Blessing:
“May God bless you… May God shine… May God be partial….”

 

Q10. From where did Aaron descend after blessing the people?

A: From atop the Altar.

 

9:23 — Entering the Tent of Meeting

Q11. Why did Moshe and Aaron enter the Tent of Meeting together? (first explanation)

A: So that Moshe could teach Aaron the rite of the incense.

 

Q12. How does Rashi prove that their entry was related to service?

A: Just as descending the Altar required a blessing, so entering the Tent was also connected to the service.

 

9:23 — Aaron’s Distress and Prayer

Q13. What distressed Aaron after all the offerings were brought?

A: That the Divine Presence had not yet descended.

 

Q14. What did Aaron fear was the reason for this delay?

A: That God was angry with him because of the Golden Calf.

Q15. What did Aaron say to Moshe in his distress?

A: “Is this what you have done to me, that I entered the service at your bidding and was embarrassed?”

 

Q16. What did Moshe do in response?

A: He entered with Aaron and prayed for mercy.

 

Q17. What happened as a result of their prayer?

A: The Divine Presence descended for Israel.

 

9:23 — Blessing the People Again

Q18. What blessing did Moshe and Aaron give when they came out?

A: “May the pleasantness of the presence of God, our God, be upon us… May the Divine Presence rest on your handiwork.”

 

Q19. Why was this blessing necessary according to Rashi?

A: Because during the seven days of installation, the Divine Presence did not appear, and the people felt ashamed.

 

Q20. What reassurance did Moshe give the Israelites?

A: That Aaron, through his service, would bring about the manifestation of the Divine Presence, proving that God had chosen him.

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