1)

Why does the Torah write "u'Va ha'Shemesh Vetaher" and does not insert "Vetamei ad ha'Erev" at the end of the previous Pasuk?

1.

Refer to 22:7:0.2:1.

2.

Sifra: To compare the Tevilah to sunset (nightfall), inasmuch as, like sunset, it must be performed in one go, and not a limb at a time.

2)

What are the connotations of the word "Vetaher"?

1.

Rashi (on Pasuk 4): It means that the day has come to an end 1 ? which the Gemara in B'rachos, 2b, learns from the fact that the Torah does not write "Veyithar".

2.

Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It means that he is Tahor from being a T'vul-Yom 2 and is permitted to eat Terumah. 3

1

Even if he is one of the Teme'im who are Chayav to bring a Korban on the following day. See Torah Temimah, note 23.

2

. 3

Rashi in Sotah, 29b, extrapolates from the word "Vetaher" that, until now, he was Tamei.

4

See Na'ar Yonasan.

3)

Seeing as the Kohen has Toveled in a Mikvah, why does he need to wait for nightfall?

1.

Rashi (in Sotah, 29b): Because, in spite of the Tevilah, 1 until nightfall he remains a T'vul-Yom (who has the Din of a Sheini le'Tum'ah).

1

Which allows him to eat Ma'aser Sheini.

4)

What is the word "min ha'Kodashim" comung to preclude?

1.

Rashi: It precludes Kodshei Mizbe'ach 1 from the Heter of eating Terumah 2 already at nightfall. 3

1

Which a Tamei who is Chayav a Korban (a Zav, Zavah, Metzora and Yoledes) may only eat on the following day after he has brought his Korban.

2

Which the Torah also refers to as Kodshim (See Rashi, Kidushin, 89b and Sanhedrin, 83b).

3

See Oznayim la'Torah, who explains the sequence.

5)

Why does the Torah add "Ki Lachmo hu"?

1.

Seforno: To teach us that reason the Torah allows the Kohen ro eat Terumah immediately after nightfall and does not require him to wait until he brings his Korban the next day, is because Terumah is the Kohen's staple diet. 1

2.

Sifra: To teach us that the Kohen may eat wheat of Terumah in any way that he wants and make holes in vegetables ot Terumah as he pleases. 2

3.

Sifra: To incorporate the the trimmings of vegetables of Terumsh in the Din of Terumah ? which therefore retain their Kedushah. 3

1

Refer to 22:7:2:1. See also Oznayim la'Torah.

2

Refer to Torah Temimah, note 29.

3

See Torah Temmah, note 30.

6)

How will we reconcile this Pasuk with the previous Pasuk, which implies that he may eat Kodshim immediately after Toveling?

1.

Moshav Zekenim (citing Yevamos 74b): That Pasuk is referring to Ma'aser Sheini, which the Torah also refers to as Kodshim. 1

1

See Torah Temimah, note 21, who explains why the Torah is more lenient by Ma'aser Sheini than by Terumah.

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