Vayikra 09:23 — EXTRA

Extra · Additional classical source for a Torah Temimah-silent passuk

The Complete Passuk

וַיָּבֹ֨א משֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹן֘ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד֒ וַיֵּ֣צְא֔וּ וַיְבָרֲכ֖וּ אֶת־הָעָ֑ם וַיֵּרָ֥א כְבוֹד־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־כָּל־הָעָֽם:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 9 with Rashi

Source Citation

Rashi on Vayikra 9:23

Sefaria — Rashi on Vayikra 9:23

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיֵּצְאוּ וַיְבָרְכוּ אֶת הָעָם – אָמְרוּ: "וִיהִי נֹעַם אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ עָלֵינוּ"; יְהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁתִּשְׁרֶה שְׁכִינָה בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶם.

English: Rashi explains that they went out and blessed the people, praying that the Divine Presence should rest upon the work of their hands.

Type of Learning

Prayer and blessing — The source interprets the verse through its wording and context.

What Is Learned

Rashi explains the blessing given after Moshe and Aharon emerged from the Tent: they invoked the request that the Shechinah rest upon the work of Israel's hands, recalling Moshe's earlier blessing during the Tabernacle's construction.