Midrash su Levitico 8:7

(Numb. 1:1:) THEN THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES IN THE SINAI DESERT, IN THE TENT OF MEETING. This text is related (to Ps. 36:7 [6]): YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS LIKE THE MIGHTY MOUNTAINS; YOUR JUDGMENTS ARE LIKE THE GREAT DEEP. R. Meir said: <The passage> is speaking allegorically about the righteous in their dwelling, and it is speaking allegorically about the wicked in their dwelling.¹Above, in Tanh. (Buber), Gen. 2:8; Lev. 8:7; Gen. R. 33:1; Lev. R. 27:1; Numb. R. 1:1; PRK 9:1; Tanh., Lev. 8:5 (some texts); cf. Tanh., Numb. 1:1. It is speaking allegorically about the righteous <in their dwelling> (in Ezek. 34:14): I WILL FEED THEM IN A GOOD PASTURE, {AND IN A PASTURE OF OIL} [AND UPON THE MOUNTAINS OF THE LOFTY ONE OF ISRAEL] SHALL BE THEIR FOLD. It speaks allegorically about the wicked <in their dwelling> (in Ezek. 31:15): THUS SAYS THE LORD {GOD}: IN THE DAY THAT HE WENT DOWN TO SHEOL, I CAUSED HIM TO MOURN; I COVERED HIM WITH THE DEEP. With what are the wicked covered, when they go down to Gehinnom?²Above, Exod. 3:2; Tanh., Exod. 3:2. WITH THE DEEP. Hezekiah bar Hiyya said: In the case of a vat, with what does one cover it? With a lid of clay, since <the vessel itself > is <made> of clay. For that reason one covers it with a lid of clay. Similarly in the case of the wicked, it is written of them (in Is. 29:15): AND THEIR WORKS ARE IN DARKNESS. For that reason they are darkened before the Holy One.³See above, Gen. 1:19. So he brings them down to Sheol, which is darkness, and covers them with the deep, which is darkness, as stated (in Gen. 1:2): WITH DARKNESS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP.

6) (Vayikra 8:7) "And he put upon him the kutoneth and he girded him with the avneit, etc." (See Shemoth 29): We are hereby taught that Moses was made an aid to Aaron. And just as he was made his aid in his lifetime, so, he was made his aid in his death. And he would dress him and he would undress him, as it is written (Bamidbar 20:25): "Take Aaron and Elazar his son… (Bamidbar 20:26) and strip Aaron of his vestments, etc." And whence is it derived that Moses did this? From (Bamidbar 20:27): "And Moses did as the L–rd commanded, and they went up to Hor Hahar … (Bamidbar 20:28) and Moses stripped Aaron of his vestments." Now how could Moses strip his vestments in order and dress Elazar in order. Do not the outer garments remain outer garments, and the inner garments remain inner garments? (i.e., We see from Scripture that Aaron did not die until he saw Elazar dressed in the priestly vestments. Is it possible that Aaron stood naked until Elazar donned all the eight vestments?) This transpired miraculously. Variantly: The Holy One Blessed be He accorded him greater honor in his death than in his life. Moses stood him on a rock and stripped him of his priestly vestments, and vestments of the Shechinah clothed him in their stead. Moses stripped his vestments (in order) and clothed Elazar with them in order.

R. Tanhuma opened < his discourse > (with Job 41:3 [11]): WHO HAS ADVANCED ME ANYTHING? I SHALL REPAY HIM. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HEAVENS IS MINE.⁴⁹Tanh., Lev. 8:7; Lev. R. 27:2; PRK 9:2. This refers to a bachelor who dwells in a province and gives an allowance to Bible and Mishnah teachers.⁵⁰In elementary school one studied Bible under a sopher, or scribe. Secondary school involved the study of Oral Torah. Since a bachelor has no children, the money he gives is an act of charity. The Holy One said: It is for me to pay him the compensation of a male child. R. Jeremiah bar Eleazar said: There is going to be a heavenly voice (bat qol) that shall explode on the tops of the mountains and say: Whoever has done < something > along with God, let him come and receive his reward. [This is what is written (in Numb. 23:23): NOW (in the age to come) IT IS SAID FOR JACOB AND FOR ISRAEL: WHAT HAS GOD DONE?] The Holy Spirit also proclaims (in Job 41:3 [11]): WHO HAS ADVANCED ME ANYTHING? I WILL REPAY HIM. Who offered me praise⁵¹Qilles. Cf. the Greek, kalos (“beautiful”). before I gave him breath? Who has performed circumcision for me before I gave him a male child? Who made a tassel for me before I gave him a prayer shawl? Who made a parapet (in accord with Deut. 22:8) for me [before I gave him a roof? Who made a mezuzah] before I gave him a house? Who made a sukkah for me before I gave him room? Who set aside pe'ah before I gave him a field? Who set aside grain offering and tithe before I gave him a threshing floor? Who set aside first fruits, tithes, and sacrifice before I gave him cattle? [This is what is written] (in Lev. 22:27): WHEN A BULL OR A SHEEP OR A GOAT < IS BORN…. >