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Rashi on Exodus 29:33/רש"י על שמות כ״ט:ל״ג

אואכלו אתם. אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו, לְפִי שֶׁהֵם בַּעֲלֵיהֶם:
1ואכלו אתם AND THEY SHALL EAT THOSE THINGS i. e. Aaron and his sons because they are the “owners” of them (cf. Pesachim 59b).
באשר כפר בהם. כָּל זָרוּת וְתִעוּב:
2אשד כפר בהם THROUGH WHOM THERE WAS EXPIATED everything that was strange and objectionable.
גלמלא את ידם. בְּאַיִל וְלֶחֶם הַלָּלוּ:
3למלא את ידם TO INITIATE THEM INTO OFFICE by means of this ram and bread.
דלקדש אתם. שֶׁעַל יְדֵי הַמִּלּוּאִים הַלָּלוּ נִתְמַלְּאוּ יְדֵיהֶם וְנִתְקַדְּשׁוּ לִכְהֻנָּה:
4לקדש אתם TO SANCTIFY THEM — for by means of this initiation-sacrifice they were installed and sanctified to the priesthood.
הכי קדש הם. קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים; וּמִכָּאן לָמַדְנוּ אַזְהָרָה לְזָר הָאוֹכֵל קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, שֶׁנָּתַן הַמִּקְרָא טַעַם לַדָּבָר מִשּׁוּם דְּקֹדֶשׁ הֵם (פסח' כ"ד):
5כי קדש הם BECAUSE THEY ARE HOLY — i. e. holy in the highest degree. From this we derive the prohibition against a “stranger” (a non-priest) eating anything that is holy in the highest degree (Makkot 18b), since Scripture assigns a reason for the matter (why a stranger may not eat of these), viz., because they are holy in the highest degree (cf. Pesachim 24a).