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VERSE: Lv16-04d


RASHIS COVERED: Lv16-04d Lv16-24a Lv16-24c Ex30-20a


=========== PRIESTS IMMERSE WHEN THEY CHANGE GARMENTS =========

  We lightly review all times WASHING is mentioned by Sacrifice
  procedures. As can be seen WASHING/IMMERSION is only
  mentioned 3 times.

  The 3 times that require washing involve
  * A priest changing from WEEKDAY clothes to PRIESTLY clothes
  * From PRIESTLY-GOLD clothes to PRIESTLY-LINEN clothes
  * From PRIESTLY-LINEN clothes to PRIESTLY-GOLD clothes

  So based on the Rabbi Ishmael Rule of GENERALIZATION Rashi
  infers that WHENEVER a Priest changes his Garments
  there is a required immersion.

  In other words Rashi interprets these 3 verses as EXAMPLES
  of a more general Biblical rule which is inferred by
  GENERALIZATION.(See http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example3.htm)

  These Rashis facilitate & illustrate the distinction between
  what the Bible SAYS and what can be INFERRED from the Bible
  using the methods of Rabbi Ishmael (cf Tractate Yuma 32a)

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VERSE WITH REQUIRED WASHING  VERSE CONNECTED WITH
===========================  ====================================
Lv16-04                      Priest changes from Gold to Linens*1
Lv16-24                      Priest changes from Linen to Gold*2
Ex30-20                      For MORNING & EVENING offerings*3

NOTES
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*1 The verse only explicitly mentions that the Priest puts on
   Linens. The fact that he CHANGES from Gold to Linen is
   INFERRED.

   Numerous verses---e.g. Nu28-23, Nu28-31, Nu29-06, Nu29-11,
   Nu29-16, Nu29-20 or more explicitly Nu28-15---state that
   other offerings are offered BESIDES/AFTER the Morning
   offering. In other words the Morning offering was the
   first offering offered.

   Now a High Priest always serves in GOLD GARMENTS while an
   ordinary priest serves in LINEN GARMENTS. Thus Ex28-04:39
   mentions the 8 GOLD GARMENTS while Ex28-40:43 mentions the
   4 LINEN GARMENTS.

   Hence since
   * The Morning offering is offered FIRST
   * The High Priest always wears GOLD Garments
   * Lv16-04 orders the High Priest to wear LINENS on Yom Kippur
   we infer that the Priest CHANGED from GOLD to Linen.

   As indicated in Lv16-04 this change is accompanied by a
   WASHING/IMMERSION


*2 The verse explicitly states that the HIGH PRIEST
   * removes the LINENS he was wearing
   * & Puts on his High Priest clothes
   which we known from Ex28-04:39 vs Ex28-40:43 to be GOLD
   GARMENTS. Hence we infer that Lv16-24 speaks about the
   priest CHANGING from LINEN to GOLD garments

*3 The verses explicitly state that the priest immerses when
   COMING TO THE TEMPLE or WHEN OFFERING---in other words
   whenever the priest changes from his WEEKDAY outfit to
   PRIESTLY CLOTHES (GOLD or LINEN)

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