Rashi draws an uneven equivalency between the peace offering and the firstborn offering: When it comes to the the peace offering Rashi details that it is eaten by specific people — “the kohanim, their wives, their children and their slaves” — and for a specific amount of time — “two days and one night.” But when it comes to the firstborn offering, Rashi only mentions the time limit. If Rashi means to say that the firstborn offering is not eaten by the wider clan, but only by the male kohanim, then why does he mention the peace offering’s more permissive law? And if he does mean to draw a full equivalence between both offerings, then why does he only mention the time limit of the firstborn offering, and not include the law of who eats the offering?
In his second comment, why does Rashi mention the author of the teaching, Rabbi Akiva, and why does he introduce the comment with the unusual phrase, “came and taught.”
