Why Aaron and Each Vessel Were Anointed in Different Ways

Sifra, Mekhilta deMiluim I 10

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

10) "And he anointed the mishkan and all that was in it": Not as the anointment of Aaron and his sons, where after he clothed them he anointed them, viz. (Tehillim 133:2): "As the goodly oil upon the head." I might think that he anointed them (the vestments) before he clothed them; it is, therefore, written (Tehillim 133:2): "descending (from his beard) upon his vestments." But, in the anointing of the other vessels, each vessel required anointment in itself, viz. (Vayikra 8:11): "And he anointed the altar and all of its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them" — whereby we are taught that each vessel required anointment in itself.

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PriesthoodChanukahMusicWisdomAdam Eve

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