## Or HaChaim on Exodus Chapter 37

###### Or HaChaim on Exodus 37:5:1
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**עַל צַלְעוֹת הָאָרוֹן.** שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים נִזְכַּר **הָאָרוֹן** בְּפָרָשָׁה זוֹ, כְּנֶגֶד שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲרוֹנוֹת שֶׁעָשָׂה בְּצַלְאֵל, כְּאָמְרָם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (יומא עב:).

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**על צלעות הארון, on the sides of the Ark.** The three times the word "the Ark" is mentioned in this paragraph corresponds to the three "Arks" i.e. the golden outer Ark, the one made of acacia wood, and the golden inner Ark, as we are taught in *Yuma* 72.


###### Or HaChaim on Exodus 37:8:1
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**מִשְּׁנֵי קְצוֹתָיו.** אוּלַי שֶׁיְּכַוֵּן לוֹמַר שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה הַכַּפֹּרֶת שָׁוָה וְהָיָה מַכֶּה בְּקוּרְנָס בְּכָל רֹחַב הַכַּפֹּרֶת וְכוּ׳, אֶלָּא בִּשְׁעַת הַהַתָּכָה הִתִּיךְ בְּמָקוֹם רָחָב כְּשִׁיעוּר הַכַּפֹּרֶת, וּבִשְׁנֵי קְצוֹתָיו הִרְבָּה זָהָב שִׁיעוּר שֶׁיַּסְפִּיק לַכְּרוּבִים, וּבָזֶה יְדוּיַּק אָמְרוֹ **מִשְּׁנֵי קְצוֹתָיו.**

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**משני קצותיו, at the two ends thereof.** Perhaps the verse wants to inform us that Betzalel did not make the lid of equal thickness throughout before pounding it with a hammer. He may have flattened it with hammer blows to correspond to the size required to fit as a lid over the Ark. He had added additional amounts of gold at either end so that he could fashion the cherubs out of that excess. This is why the Torah had to specify that the cherubs were made from the respective extremities of the lid.


###### Or HaChaim on Exodus 37:17:1
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**וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת הַמְּנוֹרָה וְגוֹ׳.** תִּמְצָא בְּכָל הַמַּעֲשֶׂה שֶׁיְּדַיֵּק לְשׁוֹן הַמַּעֲשֶׂה כִּלְשׁוֹן הַמִּצְוָה, וְצָרִיךְ לָדַעַת לָמָּה שִׁנָּה בַּמְּנוֹרָה, שֶׁבַּמִּצְוָה אָמַר **מְנוֹרַת זָהָב** וְכָאן אָמַר **אֶת הַמְּנוֹרָה.**

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**ויעש את המנורה, He constructed the candlestick, etc.** You will find that the Torah refers to the various furnishings of the Tabernacle by the same description both when we are told about what was required and when the execution is reported. Why, in this instance, did the Torah depart from this rule and instead of describing the candlestick as "the candlestick for illumination" or as "the golden candlestick," it is simply described as "the candlestick?"


###### Or HaChaim on Exodus 37:17:2
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וְאוּלַי כִּי לְפִי מַה שֶׁאָמְרוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה בְּהַקּוֹמֵץ רַבָּה (מנחות כח:) כִּי הַמְּנוֹרָה בָּאָה גַּם מֵהַמַּתָּכוֹת, דִּכְתִיב ״תֵּעָשֶׂה״ לְרַבּוֹת, לָזֶה אָמַר ה׳ **מְנוֹרַת זָהָב** לוֹמַר כִּי מַה שֶׁהִתִּיר בְּרִבּוּי **תֵּעָשֶׂה** אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא לְדוֹרוֹת, אֲבָל בַּמִּשְׁכָּן מְעַכֵּב לִהְיוֹת זָהָב, וְלָזֶה הִסְמִיךְ **מְנוֹרַת זָהָב** בְּלֹא הַפְסָקָה לוֹמַר שֶׁאֵין מַעֲשֶׂיךָ בַּמְּנוֹרָה אֶלָּא שֶׁל זָהָב. אוֹ עַל זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ ״מְנוֹרַת זָהָב״ וְלֹא מְנוֹרַת שְׁאָר מַתָּכוֹת הֲגַם שֶׁהִכְשַׁרְתִּים לְךָ, וְדִקְדּוּק זֶה אֵין שַׁיָּכוּת לְהוֹדִיעַ בַּמַּעֲשֶׂה אֶלָּא הוֹדִיעַ שֶׁקִּיֵּם מִצְוַת ה׳ וַעֲשָׂאָהּ זָהָב, וְהָבֵן:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Perhaps the answer may be found in the rule (*Menachot* 28) that under certain conditions the candlestick could be made from other metals, as hinted in the word תיעשה, (25,31). The Torah mentioned in chapter 25 that the candlestick had to be made of gold in order to remind us that the rule that it could be made of cheaper metals did not apply under the conditions prevailing then. It could also be that the meaning of the words "the golden candlestick" simply means that it was to be made of gold and not of any other metal although such a candlestick is acceptable in principle. In our context the Torah simply emphasised that Betzalel conformed to the instruction and made the candlestick out of gold as ordered.


###### Or HaChaim on Exodus 37:25:1
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**וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת מִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹרֶת.** זֶה הוּא מְקוֹם זִכְרוֹנוֹ, כִּי פְּנִימִי מֵהָאָמוּר אַחֲרָיו. וּמַה שֶׁצִּוָּה ה׳ עָלָיו מְאֻחָר מֵהַכֹּל, כָּתַבְתִּי בְּפָרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה בְּפָסוּק ״וְכֵן תַּעֲשׂוּ״ (שמות כה:ט).

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**ויעש את מזבח הקטורת, he constructed the altar for incense.** The reason that the construction of the golden altar is mentioned here is because it was situated inside the Sanctuary as opposed to the copper altar mentioned afterwards. I have explained the reason why its construction had been commanded **after** G'd commanded the construction of the copper altar (compare 27,1 and 30,1 respectively) in my commentary on וכן תעשו.


###### Or HaChaim on Exodus 37:25:2
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**חסלת פרשת ויקהל**