## Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus Chapter 9

###### Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus 9:1:1
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**ויהי ביום השמיני.**מצינו קריאה לשובע שנא' וקראתי אל הדגן והרביתי אותו קריאה לרעב שנא' כי קרא ה' לרעב. קריאה לגדולה שנאמר קרא משה לאהרן ולבניו ואמר לו משה כך אמר לי הקב"ה למנות אותך כהן גדול ואני שמח עמך בגדולתך כמו ששמחת בגדולתי שנא' וראך ושמח בלבו:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
ויהי ביום השמיני קרא משה לאהרן ובניו, “it was on the eighth day when Moses called Aaron and his sons, etc.”; we find the expression קרא being used for inviting someone to eat in order to satiate himself, as in Ezekiel 36,29: וקראתי אל הדגן והרביתי אותו, “I will summon (call) the grain and make it abundant;” we find the same expression used in connection with famine, as in Kings II 8,1: כי קרא ה' לרעב, “for the Lord has decreed a seven year famine on the land.” We find that expression when someone is chosen for greatness, as when G–d chose Moses and Aaron for such positions, G–d having told Moses to call his brother Aaron in Exodus 4,14 and his telling him that he rejoices over his appointment. We now find it here where Moses is called upon to make the appointment of Aaron and his sons as priests public knowledge.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus 9:1:2
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**ולזקני ישראל.**כדי לגדלו בפניהם:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
We also find this expression being used when the elders were being appointed to their respective positions, in order that this would become public knowledge.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus 9:2:1
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**קח לך עגל.**ולא אמר פר לפי שע"י העגל נתזלזלה הכהונה וע"י העגל החזירה לו:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
קח לך עגל, “take a calf for yourself, etc.” the Torah here tells Aaron to take a calf instead of a bullock (fully matured animal) as seeing that the status of the priesthood had been had been undermined by the golden calf in which he had been involved, it required a calf to restore its status to its former eminence.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus 9:3:1
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**קחו שעיר עזים. ועגל.**כדי שידעו שנתכפר להם מעשה העגל מאחר שמצוה להם להקריב עגל:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
קחו שעיר עזים לחטאת....ועגל, “you (plural) are to take a he-goat as sin offering plus a calf, etc;” this was to let them know that the sin of the golden calf had been atoned for, otherwise they would not have been commanded to use a calf as an offering.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus 9:7:1
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**קרב אל המזבח.**שהי' השטן מרא' לפניו דמות עגל והי' ירא שלא יהא ראוי לעבודה אמר לו משה קרב אל המזבח ואל תירא כי בך בחר ה':

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
קרב אל המזבח, “approach the altar;” why did Moses have to command Aaron to do this? Satan at the time had appeared to Aaron in the guise of a calf, and he had become afraid that he no longer was qualified to serve as priest, or certainly as High Priest. Moses reassured him that he had nothing to fear.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus 9:7:2
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**וכפר בעדך ובעד העם.**צ"ע שהרי קרבן זה לא בא אלא בשביל אהרן וקרבן העם נאמר בסמוך כדכתיב ועשה את קרבן העם וכפר בעדם וא"כ למה נ"כ ובעד העם וי"ל שבא ליתן טעם מפני מה יקריב תחל' קרבנו קודם הצבור אלא כדי שיבא זכאי ויכפר על החטא וה"ק לו משה וכפר בעדך ואז משתהי' זכאי תוכל לכפר קרבן העם:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
וכפר בעדך ובעד העם, “and make atonement for yourself as well as for the people.” This verse requires further study, as this offering was only on behalf of Aaron, not the people. We read further on in verse 15 and 16 of this chapter about the offering presented on behalf of the people. Seeing that this was so, why did the Torah in our verse include “the people?” We may answer that the Torah mentioned this in order to explain why Aaron first had to offer his personal sin offering, before being able to act as the agent of the people. As long as he had not obtained atonement for his part in the golden calf, he could not function as the people’s agent in this respect.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Leviticus 9:17:1
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**ויקרב את המנחה.**ואחר כך וישחט את השור ואת האיל לשלמים. וצ"ע כי אין זה כסדר הצוויין בתחלה נא' ושור ואיל לשלמים והדר ומנחה בלולה בשמן:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
ויקרב את המנחה, “he then brought forward the meal offering;” after that he slaughtered the ox and the ram as peace offerings. This sequence also deserves further study as the order is unusual. We would have expected the meal offering to be the least in that sequence. (Compare verse 4)