Derasha 1 on Vayikra 8:7–9

Complete Passuk (key)

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן עָלָ֜יו אֶת־הַכֻּתֹּ֗נֶת וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ בָּֽאַבְנֵ֔ט וַיַּלְבֵּ֤שׁ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶת־הַמְּעִ֔יל וַיִּתֵּ֥ן עָלָ֖יו אֶת־הָאֵפֹ֑ד וַיַּחְגֹּ֣ר אֹת֗וֹ בְּחֵ֙שֶׁב֙ הָֽאֵפֹ֔ד וַיֶּאְפֹּ֥ד ל֖וֹ בּֽוֹ׃

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Source Citation

TT points to the sequence of dressing Aharon and the comparison with the command in Shemos 29 (verified via Essential Torah Temimah).

Core Text

ויחגר אותו באבנט — ובציווי (שמות כט:ט) כתיב וחגרת אותם באבנט. הא כיצד? אהרן קודם לבניו. וחגרת אותם — ללמד שהאבנט של כהן גדול ושל כהן הדיוט שוין (שניהם של כלאים).

“And he girded him with the girdle” — and in the command (Exodus 29:9) it is written “and you shall gird them with the girdle.” How is this reconciled? Aharon is clothed before his sons. “And you shall gird them” teaches that the girdle of the High Priest and that of the ordinary priest are the same (both are of kilayim).

On the daf / in context

The narrative order (Aharon fully dressed first) is harmonized with the plural language of the original command. The same verse also establishes that the avnet of the Kohen Gadol and the ordinary Kohen are identical in material (kilayim).

Type of Learning

Custom — reconciliation of narrative order with the command, and equality of the girdles.

What Is Learned

Aharon is fully clothed before his sons begin to be dressed. The girdle of the High Priest and that of the ordinary Kohen are the same (both of kilayim).