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Carefully observe the pattern that you will be shown on the mountain and make [the menorah] in that manner.
Ur'eh va'aseh betavnitam asher-atah mor'eh bahar. |
| 26:1 |
Third Reading
Make the tabernacle out of ten large tapestries consisting of twined linen, and sky-blue, dark red, and crimson [wool], with a pattern of cherubs woven into them.
Ve'et-haMishkan ta'aseh eser yeri'ot shesh moshezar utchelet ve'argaman vetola'at shani keruvim ma'aseh choshev ta'aseh otam. |
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Commentary:
tabernacle
These tapestries constituted the tabernacle proper. See Exodus 36:8 ff.
| twined linen
The threads were made of six thinner threads twisted together. The colored wools were also twined together with the linen to form a single thread, with various colors dominating (Yad, Kley HaMikdash 8:14).
| cherubs
See note on Exodus 25:18. Some say that there was a pattern of cherubs (Midrash HaGadol), while others maintain that there were two cherubs on each curtain (Rabbenu Meyuchas).
| woven into
So that the form could be seen on both sides of the tapestry (Yoma 72b; Rashi; Yad, Kley HaMikdash 8:15).
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