## The Third Beit HaMikdash Chapter 57

###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 57:1
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**אַף** כִּי לֹא אָמַר הַנָּבִיא אִם רָאָה מְנוֹרָה אִם לֹא, אֵין סָפֵק לָנוּ כִּי לֹא יִגָּרַע מֵהַכֵּלִים הַכְּתוּבִים עַל פִּי ה' בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה. וּמַה גַּם לְפֵרוּשׁ הרי"א ז"ל שֶׁמְּפָרֵשׁ (יחזקאל מא, כא) "וּפְנֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַמַּרְאֶה כַּמַּרְאֶה", יֹאמַר מִבִּפְנִים שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַהֵיכָל הַנִּקְרָא קֹדֶשׁ הָיָה הַמַּרְאֶה כַּמַּרְאֶה. כְּלוֹמַר מְנוֹרַת הַמָּאוֹר שֶׁהִיא הַמַּרְאֶה וְחוֹלֶקֶת אוֹר לְכָל הַבַּיִת. וְלָכֵן אָמַר כַּמַּרְאֶה רְצוֹנוֹ לוֹמַר כִּמְנוֹרַת הַמָּאוֹר שֶׁל כָּל אָדָם קָרוֹב לְשֻׁלְחָנוֹ, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר (מל"ב ד, י) "וְנָשִׂים לוֹ שָׁם מִטָּה וְשֻׁלְחָן וְכִסֵּא וּמְנוֹרָה". עכ"ד.

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
Although the prophet does not say explicitly whether or not he saw a *Menorah,* there is no doubt that it will be present in the Future *Beis HaMikdash*, for the Future *Beis HaMikdash* will not lack any of the vessels described in the narrative God communicated to Moshe. Furthermore, Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel interprets the phrase,¹ 41:21. The phrase is translated here according to Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel’s interpretation. According to *Rashi* and others*,* it would be translated differently. “Within the holy place, there was a light like a light” as meaning “Inside the Sanctuary (‘within the holy place’), the *Menorah* radiated light” (“there was a light”) throughout the entire *Beis HaMikdash* (“that was like a light”, i.e. like the light every person has at home near his table). [This interpretation can be derived from] the Shunamite woman, who says with regard to the prophet Elisha,² 4:10. “Let us place there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him.” The word the Shunamite woman uses for lamp, is “*menorah*.”

footnotes:
¹ Yechezkel
² II Melachim


###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 57:2
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וּבְכֵן שַׂמְנוּ בְּצִיּוּרֵנוּ הַמְּנוֹרָה נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן עַל יֶרֶךְ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ תֵּימָנָה מָשׁוּךְ חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת, כִּי כֵן יַעֲלֶה הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן לְפִי מַה שֶּׁפֵּרֵשׁ רַשִׁ"י לְשָׁם (שמות כו, לה), שֶׁהָיָה מָשׁוּךְ שְׁתֵּי אַמּוֹת וּמֶחֱצָה כְּדִכְתִיבְנָא גַּבֵּי הַשֻּׁלְחָן ¹.

footnotes:
¹ ועיי”ש בהערה.

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
Therefore, in our depiction of the Sanctuary, we placed the *Menorah* opposite the Table on the southern side of the Sanctuary, 5 cubits from the wall. As explained above with regard to the Table,³ this measure is derived from *Rashi’s* commentary regarding the Sanctuary,⁴ 26:35. which states that the Table was positioned 2 1/2 cubits from the wall.

footnotes:
³ See sec. 56.
⁴ See Rashi, Shmos


###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 57:3
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וְהָרוֹצֶה לֵידַע תַּבְנִית הַמְּנוֹרָה בִּכְלָל וּבִפְרָט, יְעַיֵּן בפ"ג דִּמְנָחוֹת (מ"ז) בְּפֵרוּשׁ הָרַמְבָּ"ם זלה"ה.

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
One who desires to know the design of the *Menorah* as a whole and in detail should study the *mishnah* in Tractate *Menachos,*⁵ 3:7. as explained by *Rambam.*⁶ conception of the *Menorah* as reflected in the drawings that accompany the manuscript copies of his Commentary to the *Mishnah* and the popular illustrations. The most well-known is that *Rambam* maintains that the branches of the *Menorah* extended diagonally, not in a rounded form. *Tosafos Yom Tov* is emphasizing that *Rambam’s* conception should be adhered to.

footnotes:
⁵ Menachos
⁶ There are several differences between Rambam’s