B'Yad Moshe (By the Hand Of Moses)What does the phrase, "b'yad Moshe" mean in VaYiqrah (Leviticus) 8.36?Also 10.11 "and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the L-RD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses." Rashi to B'midbar (Numbers) 17.5 states that"It (B'Yad Moshe) is used as an intimation to those who rebel against the institution of the priesthood: that they will become stricken with leprosy, just as Moses was stricken with it on his hand, as it is said, (Exodus 4:6) “and he took it (the hand) forth and, behold, it was leprous, white as snow”. And on account of this (that he insisted on offering incense in spite of the priests’ protest) Uzziah was stricken with leprosy (II Chronicles 26:19) (Midrash Tanchuma, Tzav 1 on צו; cf. also Sanhedrin 110a and Rashi on Isaiah 6:4)." Moshe’s hand becoming leprous was to be for a sign to the Yisraelites that HaShem had met with Moshe, not that he rebelled against the institution of the priesthood. (Shmoth 4.8-9) Leprosy, according to Rashi's commentary is a punishment for the sin of slander; and we do not find anywhere in Torah that Moshe slandered anyone! Perhaps, the phrase b'Yad Moshe is a reference to Moshe's writing the Ten [Emphatic / Prophetic] Sayings of Shmoth 20.1-13 ( Aseret HaDibrot ) - "And the L-RD said unto Moses: 'Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.' " Shmoth 34.27; or perhaps it is a reference to Devarim 31.22: דברים לא:כב וַיִּכְתֹּב מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיְלַמְּדָהּ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.Devarim 31:22 "That day, Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites." It seems to me that the reference to b'Yad Moshe is related to Moshe writing the Sefer Torah and placing it before the Children of Yisrael; as in, Shmoth 34.27 and Devarim 31.22. Every Shabbat we say, "v'Zoth haTorah asheer sam Moshe liphney Bney Yisrael al pi HaShem b'yad Moshe." ("This is the Torah that Moses placed before the Children of Yisrael, [Devarim 4.44] upon the command of HaShem by the hand of Moses." [B'midbar 9.23]) Devarim 31.9 "And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bore the ark of the covenant of the L-RD, and unto all the elders of Israel." Devarim 31:25-29 "Take this book of the Law and place it besides the Ark...." Moshe actually did something with his hands: Besides having taken the "Staff of God" in his hand and waving it over the waters; he wrote the Sefer [Shirah] Torah and he placed the Torah before the entire Nation of Yisrael.