Forming the Backdrop

In conclusion, it is interesting to note the words of the Rikanti (Parashas Naso), who writes that “The Levite serves [the Kohen] like a woman serves her husband.”

This can be understood to mean that the holiness of the Kohanim emerges from the ‘backdrop’ of the tribe of Levi (Kohanim belong to the tribe of Levi but were selected for special holiness).