Questions tagged [masechet-midot]
Tractate concerning the measurements of the Beth Hamikdash and purposes of the different chambers.
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Metal Created to Kill?
Rashi at the end of Yisro (Shemos 20:23) quotes the Mechilta/Mishna in Middos (3:4) which says
הַבַּרְזֶל נִבְרָא לְקַצֵּר יָמָיו שֶׁל אָדָם, וְהַמִּזְבֵּחַ נִבְרָא
לְהַאֲרִיךְ יָמָיו שֶׁל אָדָם, ...
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Difference between תא and לשכה
Middos 4:3 uses the term תאים to refer to the 38 chambers in the Beis HaMikdash.
I was surprised to see this usage, as the term לשכה appears 29 times in Mishnayos, plus another 12 in the plural, ...
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Is there any connection between the Sotah, the Mizbeiach, and the Beis HaMikdash keychain?
In exactly three contexts, the Mishnah notes that there was an amah square marble slab with a ring, using exactly the same language each time.
The first is in Sotah 2:2, regarding the Sotah procedure:...
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Why does the Mishnah record the significance of the fifteen steps but not the twelve steps?
Middos 2:3 relates that there were twelve steps in the Cheil:
וּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מַעֲלוֹת הָיוּ שָׁם
There were twelve steps there.
Later, in Mishnah 5, the Mishnah relates that there are ...
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Why would they beat up Leviim who fell asleep on the job and burn their clothes?
Middos 1:2 reads (translation from Sefaria:
אִישׁ הַר הַבַּיִת הָיָה מְחַזֵּר עַל כָּל מִשְׁמָר וּמִשְׁמָר, וַאֲבוּקוֹת דּוֹלְקִין לְפָנָיו, וְכָל מִשְׁמָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹמֵד, אוֹמֵר לוֹ אִישׁ הַר ...
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Were there additional written scrolls given by G-d to Moses?
Yalkut Shimoni, claims that there was an additional written scroll - the Temple Scroll (?) - given by G-d to Moses and passed on to all the following generations to Shlomo, mimicking the first lines ...
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How big was the Lishkas HaGazis?
This question asks about how the elders were seated in the Lishkah. Seeing how poorly-sourced the OP’s dimensions were, I thought I’d ask it myself.
We’re told that the Lishkah was halfway in the ...
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What are "rashei pispasin"?
In Middot 2:6 and 4:5, it says that רָאשֵׁי פִסְפָּסִין divided between different areas of the Beit haMikdash, specifically between the Ezrat Kohanim and Ezrat Yisrael, and between the areas above the ...
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Where can one find the tractate Middoth?
Where can one find the tractate Middoth in English? Are there things to consider in regard to the translation? Are there books that explain it?
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Weapon used to punish sleeping mikdash guards
The very start of mishnayos maseches Midos mentions that the l'viyim guarded the bes hamikdash in various locations, and that, if the captain of the guards caught a guard asleep on the job, he'd hit ...
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