“From Asher, his bread is rich, and he will provide royal delicacies” (Genesis 49:20). “From Asher, his bread is rich [shemena laḥmo]” – his land is rich, and his bread is rich,96This is expounded based on the fact that shemena is a feminine adjective while leḥem is a masculine noun. The midrash associates shemena with the land, which is a feminine noun, as it is the land that produces the bread. and he will produce [wearers] of eight [shemona] garments.97Women from the tribe of Asher would marry priests, and their children, who would be priests, would become High Priests, who don eight priestly vestments. “And he will provide royal delicacies” – fine pastries, and oil from unripe olives.98This was a special type of oil used by women as an ointment to remove hair and soften the skin.