It Fits - Tzav 5771

6:3 (וְלָבַשׁ הַכֹּהֵן מִדּוֹ בַד, וּמִכְנְסֵי-בַד יִלְבַּשׁ עַל-בְּשָׂרוֹ, וְהֵרִים אֶת-הַדֶּשֶׁן אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכַל הָאֵשׁ אֶת-הָעֹלָה, עַל-הַמִּזְבֵּחַ; וְשָׂמוֹ, אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ)
At the beginning of the Parsha we have the Mitzvah of Terumas Hedeshen the removal of the ashes from the Mizbaiach.

The Kohen puts on certain Bigdei Kehuna and Rashi explains (מדו בד: היא הכתונת. ומה תלמוד לומר מדו, שתהא כמדתו).The clothing which the Kohen wears in the Bais Hamikdash have to fit him well. The question is, if there is such a requirement that the Begodim that the Kohen wears in the Bais Hamikdash has to fit him well why is it that here in Parshas Tzav which is the story of the Terumas Hadeshen do we find this, shouldn’t it be in Parshas Tetzaveh when Klal Yisrael is commanded to make the Bigdei Kehunah? Isn’t that where it belongs?

There is a beautiful Teretz in the name of the Binyan Shlomo who was the Dayan of Vilna. The Gemara in Maseches Yoma 23b (22 lines from the bottom) says (אמר ריש לקיש כמחלוקת בהוצאה כך מחלוקת בהרמה ורבי יוחנן אמר מחלוקת בהוצאה אבל בהרמה דברי הכל עבודה היא מאי טעמא דריש לקיש אמר לך אי ס"ד עבודה היא יש לך עבודה שכשירה בשני כלים) that when the Kohen takes out the Terumas Hadeshen he doesn’t have all the 4 Bigdei Kehuna. The Kohen wears his shirt and pants he doesn’t wear the hat or the Gartel.

Says the Binyan Shlomo, when a person is wearing a belt (a Gartel) his clothing doesn’t have to fit him perfectly. Even if it doesn’t fit perfectly you just tighten the belt a little bit and it looks fine on a person. Only here when he only wore the shirt and pants, so here he was commanded that they fit him well. Here if his clothing did not fit him well, he would not look attired properly. A beautiful Vort on this concept of (מִדּוֹ בַד).