Derasha 1 on Vayikra 8:29–33

Complete Passukim (key)

וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הֶ֣חָזֶ֔ה וַיְנִיפֵ֥הוּ תְנוּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה מֵאֵ֣יל הַמִּלֻּאִ֗ים לְמֹשֶׁ֤ה הָיָה֙ לְמָנָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ … וּמִפֶּ֩תַח֩ אֹ֨הֶל מוֹעֵ֜ד לֹ֤א תֵֽצְאוּ֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים עַ֚ד י֣וֹם מְלֹ֔את יְמֵ֖י מִלֻּאֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֚י שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים יְמַלֵּ֖א אֶת־יֶדְכֶֽם׃

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Source Citation

TT points to Zevachim 101b (Moshe’s portion) and the seven-day restriction (verified via Essential Torah Temimah).

E-Daf: Zevachim 101b

Core Text

למשה היה למנה — אמר רב: משה רבינו כהן גדול היה וחלק בקדשי שמים, שנאמר מאיל המלואים למשה היה למנה. ומפתח אהל מועד לא תצאו שבעת ימים — איסור יציאה משך שבעת ימי המלואים.

“To Moshe it was for a portion” — Rav said: Moshe our teacher was a High Priest and shared in the sanctified offerings of Heaven, as it is written “from the ram of the consecration; to Moshe it was for a portion.” “And from the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall not go out for seven days” — the prohibition of leaving during the seven days of consecration.

On the daf / in context

Zevachim 101b records the view that Moshe functioned as a Kohen Gadol during this period and therefore received a priestly portion. The seven-day confinement at the entrance of the Ohel Moed completes the process of “filling the hands.”

Type of Learning

Custom — status of Moshe and the seven-day restriction.

What Is Learned

Moshe received the breast of the miluim ram as his portion (functioning in a high-priestly capacity). Aharon and his sons may not leave the entrance of the Tent of Meeting for the full seven days of their consecration.