Tzav - 4th Portion

Join me in learning kish for today Wednesday paras the fourth Torah reading chapter 8 verse one. Yesterday we learned about the different gifts that were given to the cohain from the peace offerings as well as the prohibitions of consuming any prohibited fats or blood. Today we go back to the installation rights and how Aaron and his sons were being installed for being kohanim on the first of Nissan was the first day that they actually served. This is seven days prior to it where Moshe will train the kohanim how they should act and serve in the holy temple. Chapter 8 verse one and God spoke to Moses saying take Aaron together with the sons with him and the clothingish and the anointing oil and the sin offering bull and the two rams the salah mat and the basket of the 30 unleavened bread that we spoke about that Moshe was instructed by God over a month six months ago about Rashi. As Rashi explains previously that God told him about this discussion of the seven days of installation rights was already discussed in parishk was also said again now seven days before the erecting of the mishkin there's no before and after the Torah was not written in chronological order and though there are many things which may have been said later still in all this was said right before the building of the tabernacle Take Aaron how you going to take him not literally shleing him but you're going to tell him with words and convincing him telling him that he should be the one because Aaron was a person had humility was running away from such type of honors and therefore he had to be persuaded and convinced by Moshe that he should take this position these animals which were already discussed when he told them about the obligations s and the rights and the the time of the sacrifices that were brought as we mentioned in the portion of now right before the actual time of an event happening God reminded Moshe of all the different obligations and sacrifices that have to be brought in the way it should be done verse three and assemble the entire Jewish community at the entrance of the tent of meeting. This is one of the places. How is it possible that all the Jewish people should be at the front of the entrance of the of the tent of meeting of the in front of the and this was one of the places where we see that a small area was able to tolerate and accept a lot of people. Verse four and Moshe did exactly as God told him and the Jewish people gathered at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Verse five, Moshe said to the Jewish people, to the community, this is what God commanded should be done over here after Moshe gathers all the people together and he tells them after he opens the entrance of the tent of meeting and he says, "You want to know why you're all here? Because these are the things that you're going to see that I'm going to do before you and you should know God told me to do this. Don't say I'm doing it for my honor or for the honor of my brother. I'm doing all this and Rashi prefaces and telling us that he will not be giving that much commentary here by all the different sacrifices because everything else was already explained in the Torah reading of pertaining of how it was done. Verse six, Moshe then brought Aaron and his son close. and he watched them and he washed them in the water of a mikvah. Verse seven and he placed them on him and Aaron the tunic upon him. This was already after they put on the the pants because Aaron already dressed himself with the pants and he girdle and he gave him to put on and he put on the sash around him and he clothed him with the robe and he placed upon him the tied the sash of the aphod and he adorned him with it. Verse eight. And he placed on him the breastplate. And he placed into the breastplate theim a parchment a uh that had on it the in between where we know the breastplate would fold. In between those fold, he placed that parchment with God's name on it. Verse n. And then he placed the turban on his head and then on top placed on the turban the golden forehead plate towards facing meaning that it was below in the front of the turban the forehead plate the godly the holy crown like God commanded Moshe. verse nine. There were these turquoise threads that were on the side of the forehead plate which they were then placed on top of the turban like we explained in. So you have now the tits the forehead plate was hanging and was dependent on the turban. Verse 10ish then took the anointing oil and he anointed the tabernac and everything that's in it and he made them holy. Verse 11 and he sprinkled from it on the altar seven times and he anointed the altar of and all its vessels that came along with it. Vakir vasc and the l and its washing basin. to sanctify them. We don't see anywhere previously that Moshe was commanded to do these uh sprinkling of the blood. Still in all we do find that he was told to anoint the oil. However, why he did this and why he did and Rashi says I don't know where he was commanded about the sprinkling of the blood. Verse 12. Verse 12. And he and he poured from some of the anointing oil. Just in the previous Rashi, some commentaries explained that one of the reasons why he did sprinkle the blood because he compared it to the other things as well. that the same way the other vessels and the other ideas that we do find that were sprinkling blood by other ideas. So therefore Moshe assumed that the same would be by when it comes to the vessels. A separate discussion on its own of why Moshe did that. Verse number 11 and verse number 12ish and he poured from the anointing on the head of Aaron and he anointed him to sanctify him. Rashi, why does it say that he poured and then he anointed? What is the difference? First he poured it on his head. Then he then he took some more oil and put it between his eyebrows. And then he took with his finger and connected all the oil that he placed on him. Verse 13. And Moshe then brought close the brought forward the children of Aaron. And he placed on them their tunics and they were already dressed in their trousers and he put on their sashes and they put on them their headdresses which were their hats. Moshe like God commanded Moshe. This concludes the fourth Torah reading for paras.