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

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

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