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Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Terumah

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ד"א וזאת התרומה [וגו' ועורות תחשים]. ר' יהודה ור' נחמיה, ר' יהודה אומר חיה גדולה היתה במדבר ונטלו אותה ועשו אותה יריעות ממנה, ור' נחמיה אמר מעש נסים היה, ובשעה שנבראת בו בשעה נגנזה.

Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.

Another interpretation (of Exod. 25:3, 5:) AND THIS IS THE PRIESTLY SHARE,…, SKINS OF TEHASHIM (i.e., DOLPHINS),…. R. Judah and R. Nehemiah differ.²⁰., Exod. 7:6, 9; PR 33:10; cf. Shab. 28a; yShab. 2:1 (4d); Eccl. R. 1:9:1. R. Judah says: There was a large wild beast in the desert, which they took and from which they made hangings. R. Nehemiah said: It was a miracle; for at the time it was created, it was hidden away.

footnotes: ²⁰ Below, 7:9; Tanh