Tanach
Shemot 28:31-35 שמות כ״ח:ל״א-ל״ה
Part of: TetzavehTetzaveh, Aliyah 3Chapter 28
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וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת־מְעִיל הָאֵפוֹד כְּלִיל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃
Make the robe of the eiphod completely out of greenish-blue wool.
Make the robe of the eiphod completely out of greenish-blue wool.
Rashi
כליל תכלת. כולו תכלת, שאין מין אחר מעורב בו:
כְּלִיל תְּכֵלֶת . [Meaning:] completely of greenish-blue wool, with no other kind [of material] mixed into it.
וְהָיָה פִֽי־רֹאשׁוֹ בְּתוֹכוֹ שָׂפָה יִֽהְיֶה לְפִיו סָבִיב מַעֲשֵׂה אֹרֵג כְּפִי תַחְרָא יִֽהְיֶה־לּוֹ לֹא יִקָּרֵֽעַ׃
Its opening at the top shall be turned inward. Its opening shall have a border all around, [this border shall be] of woven work, like there is around the opening of a coat of armor, so that it will not be torn.
Its opening at the top shall be turned inward. Its opening shall have a border all around, [this border shall be] of woven work, like there is around the opening of a coat of armor, so that it will not be torn.
Rashi
והיה פי ראשו. פי המעיל בגבהו, הוא פתיחת בית הצואר:
Its opening at the top. [Meaning:] the opening of the robe at the top. which is the opening for the neck —
בתוכו. כתרגומו כָּפִיל לְגַוֵּיהּ, כפול לתוכו, להיות לו לשפה כפילתו, והיה מעשה אורג ולא במחט:
[shall be] turned inward. As Onkelos translates it: כְּפִיל לְגַוֵהּ, [which means:] “folded inward” so that its fold shall form a hem. It was done by a weaving process and not by needle (i.e., not sewn).
כפי תחרא. למדנו שהשריונים שלהם פיהם כפול לתוכן:
Like the opening in a coat of armor. We learn from this that their coats of armor had their openings folded inward.
לא יקרע. כדי שלא יקרע, והקורעו עובר בלאו, שזה ממנין לאוין שבתורה, וכן לֹא יִזַּח הַחשֶׁן, וכן לֹא יָסֻרוּ מִמֶּנוּ (שמות כה, טו), הנאמר בבדי הארון:
So that it will not be torn. Meaning: so that it will not be torn. If one tears it, he transgresses a negative precept, for this is one of the [365] negative precepts in the Torah. Similarly: “so that the breastplate does not move.” So, too: “they shall not be removed from them” which was said regarding the poles of the ark.
וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל־שׁוּלָיו רִמֹּנֵי תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי עַל־שׁוּלָיו סָבִיב וּפַעֲמֹנֵי זָהָב בְּתוֹכָם סָבִֽיב׃
On its [lower] hem you shall make pomegranates of greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, and crimson wool—around its [lower] hem. There shall be gold bells between them, all around.
On its [lower] hem you shall make pomegranates of greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, and crimson wool—around its [lower] hem. There shall be gold bells between them, all around.
Rashi
רמוני. עגולים וחלולים היו, כמין רמונים העשויים כבצת תרנגולת:
Pomegranates. They were round and hollow-like pomegranates which are shaped like a hen’s egg.
ופעמוני זהב. זגין עם עִנְבָּלִין שבתוכם:
Gold bells. Bells with the clappers inside of them.
בתוכם סביב. ביניהם סביב, בין שני רמונים פעמון אחד, דבוק ותלוי בשולי המעיל:
Between them all around. [Meaning:] between them all around. Between two pomegranates, one bell was attached and hung at the bottom of the robe.
פַּעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמּוֹן פַּֽעֲמֹן זָהָב וְרִמּוֹן עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִֽיב׃
A gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, on the [lower] hem of the robe all around.
A gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, on the [lower] hem of the robe all around.
Rashi
פעמון זהב ורמון וגו'. פעמון זהב ורמון אצלו:
A gold bell and a pomegranate, etc. A gold bell and next to it a pomegranate.
וְהָיָה עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן לְשָׁרֵת וְנִשְׁמַע קוֹלוֹ בְּבֹאוֹ אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה וּבְצֵאתוֹ וְלֹא יָמֽוּת׃ {ס}
It shall be on Aharon when he performs [Divine] service. Its sound shall be heard when he comes into the Holy [sanctuary] in the presence of Adonoy, and when he comes out, so that he will not die.
It shall be on Aharon when he performs [Divine] service. Its sound shall be heard when he comes into the Holy [sanctuary] in the presence of Adonoy, and when he comes out, so that he will not die.
Rashi
ולא ימות. מכלל לאו אתה שומע הן, אם יהיו לו לא יתחייב מיתה, הא אם יכנס מחוסר אחד מן הבגדים הללו, חייב מיתה בידי שמים:
So that he will not die. From the negative you may infer the positive: if they will be on him he will not be subject to the death penalty, but if he enters while lacking one of these garments he will be subject to the death penalty at the hands of Heaven.
את מעיל האפוד. שאפוד ניתן עליו לחגורה:
The robe of the eiphod. [So-called] because the eiphod was put on over it as a wrap around.