What are the connotations of "ve'Shamru Es Mishnarti"?
Rashi: It is a warning to the Kohanim against eating Terumah whilst they are Tamei. 1
Seforno: It is a warning to the Kohanim not to desecrate the Kodshim that Yisrael sanctified by eating them be'Tum'ah. 2
Targum Yonasan: It is a warning to Beis-Din, to make sure that the Kohanim do not eat Terumah or Kodshim be'Tum'ah. 3
What are the connotations of "u'Meisu bo ki Yechaleluhu"?
Sifra: The Torah writes "Ki Yechaleluhu" to preclude a Tahor Kohen who eats Tamei Terumah from Misah. 1
Sanhedrin, 90b: 'Anyone who gives his Terumah to a Kohen Am ha'Aretz, causes his death ? since he does not know know how to be careful not to defile it by eating it be'Tum'as ha'Guf'. 2
Kerisos, 7a: It teaches us that, if a Kohen who anoints himself with Terumah oil, his granddaughter (his daughter's daughter ? who is not a Kohenes) is permitted to rol in it ? since it has already become Chulin. 3
What sort of Misah is a Kohen who eats Terumah be'Tum'ah Chayav?
Rashi: The Kohen is Chayav Misah bi'Yedei Shamayim - not Misas Beis-Din. 1
See Sifsei Chachamim and Torah Temimah, note 33, who both elaborate.
What is the word "u'Meisu Bo" coming to preclude?
Why does the Torah add the (seemingly superfluous) words "Ki Yechaleluhu"?
Sanhedrin, 83a: To preclude a Tamei Kohen who eats Tamei Terumah ? which is already Mechuleles - from the Din of Misah. 1
And even from Malkos (See Torah Temimah, note 36.
What is the significance of the words "Ani Hashem Mekadsham"?
Seforno: It comes to inform the Kohanim that they are deserving of punishment for desecrating the Kodshim that Yisrael sanctify, since Hashem, endorses Yisrael's sanctification by sanctifies them Himself.
Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah, 1:3: It teaches us that, unlike human kings, who do not necessarily keep their own decrees, Hakadosh-Baruch-Hu carries out His decrees even before He issues them. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 40.
After listing the variousTum'os (See Ramban) except for Tum'as Neveilos, from where do we learn Neveilos?
Ramban (citing Sifra): From the word "be'Chol Sheretz" (in Pasuk 5). 1
Refer to 22:5:0.1.1.
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
Rashi writes that the Pasuk discusses Misah bi'Yedei Shamayim. What is his source - bearing in mind that a Navi Sheker is Chayav Chenek. Despite the fact that in Devarim 18:20, the Torah writes "u'Meis"?
Riva: Normally, 'u'Meis' or 'u'Meisu' refers to Misah bi'Yedei Shamayim. There is different, for the previous Pasuk (one who disobeys a Navi Emes) says "Ani Edrosh me'Imo", and it changed to say "u'Meis' about a Navi Sheker.
