"And Melchizedek king of Shalem brought out bread and wine" (Genesis 14:18). "And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the richest of the people shall entreat your favor" (Psalms 45:13). "The daughter of Tyre [bat Tzor]" refers to Abraham, the son who distressed [hetzer] the kings, the son whom kings distressed. "With a gift they shall entreat your favor": this is Melchizedek king of Shalem. Melchizedek [Malki-Tzedek] makes righteous [matzdiq] its inhabitants. Melchizedek; "Adoni-Tzedek" (Joshua 10:1); Jerusalem is called Tzedek [righteousness], "righteousness lodged in her" (Isaiah 1:21). "King of Shalem": who was born circumcised [shalem, complete]. "He brought out bread and wine": he transmitted to him the laws of the high priesthood. "Bread" is the showbread, and "wine" is the libations. The Rabbis say: he revealed Torah to him, as it is said, "Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed" (Proverbs 9:5).
Melchizedek King of Shalem Brings Out Bread and Wine
Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 74:1
(בראשית יד יח) וּמַלְכִּי צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן. "וּבַת צוֹר בְּמִנְחָה פָּנַיִךְ יְחַלּוּ עֲשִׁירֵי עָם" "בַת צוֹר", זֶה אַבְרָהָם, בֶּן שֶׁהֵצֵר לַמְּלָכִים, בֶּן שֶׁהֵצֵרוּ מְלָכִים לוֹ. "בְּמִנְחָה פָּנַיִךְ יְחַלּוּ", וּמַלְכִּי צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק מַצְדִּיק אֶת יוֹשְׁבָיו מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק (יהושע י, א) "אֲדוֹנִי צֶדֶק" נִקְרֵאת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם צֶדֶק, (ישעיה א, כא) "צֶדֶק יָלִין בָּהּ". מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם שֶׁנּוֹלַד מָהוּל הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן, הִלְכוֹת כְּהוּנָה גְּדוֹלָה מָסַר לוֹ, לֶחֶם, זֶה לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים, וָיָיִן, אֵלוּ הַנְּסָכִים. רַבָּנָן אַמְרֵי, תּוֹרָה גִּלָּה לוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר, "לְכוּ לַחֲמוּ בְלַחְמִי וּשְׁתוּ בְּיַיִן מָסָכְתִּי".