Parshas Hashavua תצוה
The Brisker Rav's Riddle
In the תורה, we find that there were only two
items placed in the חצר המשכן, the מזבח & the כיור.
There was a third item in the חצר which
is not mentioned anywhere
WHAT WAS THE THIRD
ITEM????
Parshas Hashavua תצוה
WHAT WAS THE THIRD
ITEM????
ופעמוני זהב בתוכם סביב
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ועשית בגדי קדש לאהרן אחיך לכבוד ולתפארת
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ופעמוני זהב בתוכם סביב
The אונקלס פ' תצוה, Rashi, and Rambam translate,
"בתוכם"
” in between”.
The פעמונים were
placed between
the רימונים.
The אונקלס פ' פקודי and the Ramban, translate בתוכם
“inside.”
The פעמונים were
placed inside
the רימונים.
Since there were equal amounts of פעמונים as רימונים.
so
why according to Rashi
etc, does the Torah write to place the פעמונים between the רימונים and
not the other way, the רימונים
between the פעמונים?
R. Yosef Dov (Berel)
Soloveitchik zt”l (Yerushalayim-בנו של הגרי"ז ) answered :
The Rambam (Klei
Hamikdash 9:4) writes, first, to attach all the רימונים and
afterwards we place the פעמונים.
The Rambam seems to be
saying the Torah commanded us to attach the רימונים on, first, and only
then do we attach the פעמונים.
The Rambam gets this Halacha that the רימונים should be attached first since the Torah writes the פעמונים to be placed between the רימונים and not the opposite.
I saw another
answer, in the Har
Hamoriyah
(Friedberg Rambam) Being the רימונים were made from 3 colors of wool, and
the פעמונים were
made from a single color (gold)
The רימונים seemed
to be more noticeable and prominent over
the single color פעמונים. Therefore it appeared to the eye that the פעמונים were between the רימונים and not the רימונים between the פעמונים.. |
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