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Why are Milochos based on the construction of the Mishkan?
If we were to receive all the laws for shabbos at Sinai why then is it the Mishkan to where we direct our attention when it comes to classifying all the things we cannot do on Shabbos? Wasn't the ...
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Why don't we build a Mishkan today?
I was just reading about Mishkan Significance, the question there made the assertion that the Torah on the Mishkan is no longer relevant, reflecting the general opinion that we do not need the Mishkan ...
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Was it always the kohen who slaughtered the korbanot?
I'm not too experienced with the rabbinic literature and history, and from just plain reading of the text in this week's torah portion (V'Yikra) I'm finding that it says "HE shall bring it...HE shall ...
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Sanctuaries at Beis El and Dan
There is no indication that the Northern Tribes created anything other than a tent "mishkan" in Dan and Beis El, or that even the Samaritans built anything other than a mishkan at Gerizim as there was ...
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The mishkan and the fencepost problem
Rashi (Shemos 26:6,26) counts out the number of poles for the chazer on each side in parshas Terumah. He seems to ignore what is called the Fencepost Problem. The same problem exists for the 20 amah ...
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Is there a deeper significance of squares and cubes?
I've noticed that many of the structures in the Mishkan as well as elsewhere in Judaism are cubes and squares, or multiples of cubes and squares.
The luchot are two half-cubes which combine to make ...
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where was the ark of the covenant during the time of the judges?
After Joshua, during the time of the judges, where was the ark located? In Judges 18 it seems that the people did not have a central place of worship.
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Post-Korach altar cover: how was it made and used?
Numbers 17:2-5 describes the covering that was made for the altar from the fire-pans of Korach's rebels:
[...] 4 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had ...
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Mishkan before/after Egel (Rashi & Ramban)
The Ramban and Rashi disagree when the Mishkan was commanded to be built. Either before or after the Egel HaZahav respectively. Can you provide SOURCES that are able to reconcile their differences?
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If mixing red and blue thread for the Mishkan, why the purple thread too?
Throughout the construction of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and Bigdei Kodesh (holy clothing for the Kohanim), they use a mix of red, blue, and purple wool (plus [white?] linen, and in the case of the ...
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Make a Mikdash but we are making a Mishkan?
The Posuk says (Shemot 25:8):
וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם
And let them make Me a sanctuary ('Mikdash'), that I may dwell among them.
I have two questions: first, this was ...
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Why are Parshiyos T'ruma and on not in Sefer Vayikra?
Why is Parshas T'ruma through P'kuday in Sefer Sh'mos and not in Sefer Vayikra? It's all dealing with the building of the Mishkan and the vessels and the Bigday Kihuna. Isn't Sh'mos supposed to be ...
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What letter-counting system was used to mark the Planks of the Mishkan?
The sides between the 48 Planks of the Mishkan were marked with letters to keep them in order during assembly/disassembly (Shabbos 103a, & here). If the pairing system was one-letter:one-letter, ...
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Who put the staves on the aron, and when?
Vayakhel (37:5) says that B'tzal'el built the aron and put its staves into the rings on its sides.
P'kude (40:20) says that Moshe put together the mishkan and put the staves on the aron.
What gives?
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connection between the mishkan and the egel hazahav
do you guys know of any sources that connect the physical construction of the egal with the construction of the mishkan - both are made of gold and the beginning of parshat terumah starts by talking ...
