1 The expression {Hebrew Ref} from the root {Hebrew Ref} has the meaning of: 1. Appointment to an office, 2.
Count. Here, the latter meaning applies.
2 The second {Hebrew Ref} seems superfluous!
3 1. Just as collateral is
confiscated in lieu of an unpaid debt, G-d took the Temples rather than
"collect His debt", i.e., rather than exacting the punishment that
Yisrael deserved (S.H.) 2. Just as collateral is held to insure the
ultimate payment of a debt, G-d "holds" the Temple until Yisrael
repents. (L.S.R.)
4 Tanchuma 2.
5 Ibid.
6 This
should not be misconstrued as meaning that the counting was the
responsibility of the Levites. (S.C.)
7 Bamidbar 4.
8 I.e., even where it differed with
that of Moshe.
9 Ber Rab. 1, 14.
10 As is recorded in
Parshas Vayakhel.
11 As is recorded in Parshas Ki sissa (31, 1
-9).
12 Berachos 55a.
13 Bechoros 5a.
14 1, 46.
15 See Rashi above, 30, 16.
16 These
sockets are referred to as {Hebrew Ref} ---the sockets
of the Sanctuary, because they serve the actual structure of the
mishkon.
17 I.e., those used for the curtains.
18 Of the hooks or of the beams?
19 See Rashi above, 31, 10.
20 Tehillim 136,
6.
21 Yoma 72a.
22 See Rashi above, 28, 6.
23 19a. Note: The reader is urged to refer back to Rashi above
28, 37 and notes thereon for a clear understanding of this Rashi.
24 Above, 28, 37.
25 Ibid., I.e., it is therefore correct to say that the {Hebrew Ref} was on the {Hebrew Ref} , in the singular,
because it refers to that part of the strand which was inserted through
the hole which was on the underside of the {Hebrew Ref} .
26
Here it refers to that part of the strand emerging from the hole on the
outer side of the {Hebrew Ref} . Hence the strand was on
the {Hebrew Ref} .
27 I.e., the {Hebrew Ref} with
all the strands.
28 This accounts for: {Hebrew Ref}
---"to place it on the turban," in the verse here.
29 Above, 28, 28. "With a {Hebrew Ref} "---
singular!
30 Since a strand was inserted in each hole and after
pulling each strand through it became two.
31 After all, there
were two rings to which to attach strands!
32 {Hebrew Ref} and {Hebrew Ref} seem redundant!
33 Two
distinct facts are conveyed here: 1. They did all they were supposed
to do, 2. They did it according to all the stipulations which were
ordained by G-d. (B.Y.)
34 40, 17.
35 Tanchuma 11. (See S.C.; M.S.T.)
36 Tehillim 90, 17.
37 Bam. Rab. 12, 9.
38 The
eleven chapters of Tehillim, the first of which begins with {Hebrew Ref} (from Tehillim 90 to Tehillim 100) were authored by Moshe
Rabbeinu (Rashi Shavuos 15b).
39 Though often {Hebrew Ref} denotes a cover, which is in a horizontal position,
nevertheless, it can also be used as a term for "partition." (See
Rashi above, 35, 12)
40 See Rashi above, 35, 11.
41 See Rashi above, 25, 16.
42 Yoma 33b. See Rashi above, 26, 35.
43 Above, 30, 7.
44 During the {Hebrew Ref} ---the Seven
Days of Installation---when Aharon and his sons were installed
kohanim, Moshe performed all the functions of the kohein.
45 Vayikra 9, 7. There Aharon was commanded to bring his own
individual korbonos.
46 Not to be confused with Aharon's
burnt-offering and the communal burnt-offering which were especially
brought on the eighth day of the milu'im. See Vayik. 9, 2-13.
47 Above, 29, 40. However, the additional mincha which
was especially brought on that day was done by Aharon. See Vayikra 9,
17.
48 The first seven days, Moshe alone was the kohein;
from the ninth day on, only Aharon and his sons and descendants
thereafter are the kohanim. The eighth day was the one day in
history when the priesthood was shared by Moshe, Aharon, and his sons.
49 Hence Moshe is included in the sanctification---another
indication that on that day he was considered a kohein (B.M.C.;
see an elaborate grammatical explanation in Nefesh Hageir).
50 Bamidbar 7, 89. This seemingly contradicts the verse here.
51 The cloud only rested on the mishkon when they were
encamped. How, then, can it state here that the cloud was on the
mishkon {Hebrew Ref} ---"in all their
travels"?! (S.C.) Rashi goes on to explain that {Hebrew Ref} here
does mean "travel."
52 Bereishis 13, 3.
53 Bamidbar 33,
1.
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