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Why here does the Torah wrie "Vesamchu Aharon u'Vanav" whereas regarding the bull and the second ram, it writes "Vesamach Aharon u'Vanav"?

1.

Da'as Zekenim: Perhaps here they all did Semichah together 1 , whereas regarding the bull and the second ram, first Aharon did Semichah, and afterwards his sons; or perhaps "Aharon" is written with a 'Vav' 2 , to add the 'Vav' to 'Vesamach' of the others, to read 'Vesamchu' - to each us tha hey all performed Semichah together.


1

Semichah must be performed with all ones's strength. How could five men fit their hands on a ram's head to lean with all their strength? He Gemara sates in Menachos 94a (for Tenufah) that if one places one's hands on someone else's hands, it is a Chatzitzah! (Perhaps the Yerushalmi argues - Tosfos Menachos 61b DH Kohen.) And how could the ram's head bear all that pressure? Perhaps it was a miracle (PF).

2

Minchas Shai: In accurate manuscripts and old printings, there is no Vav. (Our Seforim do not have a Vav - PF.)

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