Talmud zu Divrej Hajamim II 4:8

Solomon made ten tables: Solomon made ten tables and deposited them in the Temple Hall, five to the right and five to the left¹¹⁵2Chr. 4:8.. If you would say, five to the North and five to the South, but the table is only qualified in the North, as it is said, and the table put on the North side¹¹⁶Ex. 26:35.. Why does the verse say, five to the right and five to the left? Five to the right of Moses’s table, and five to its left. Nevertheless, only Moses’s alone was used, as it is said¹¹⁷1K. 7:49., the table on which is the shew-bread. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Jehudah says, all of them were used, for it is said¹¹⁸2Chr. 4:19., the tables on which the shew-bread is. It was stated: They were put East and West, the words of Rebbi. Rebbi Eleazar ben Rebbi Simeon says, they were put North and South. He who says East and West is understandable; all of them are proper for Service¹¹⁹As prescribed in Ex. 40:22,, the table at the North side of the Tabernacle, and Ex. 40:24, the candelabrum at the South side, standing East-West, opposite the table.. He who says, North and South, would then not the table be in the South and the candelabrum in the North? But was it not stated, the table was in the middle of the Temple, more to the inside, about two cubits away from the wall to the North, and opposite it the candelabrum in the South¹²⁰If they are all in one line, at the North side of the Temple, the long side oriented East-West, all pentateuchal requirements are satisfied. Babli Menaḥot 99a.. The golden altar was in the middle of the Temple, dividing the Temple, inside, a little bit drawn to the North¹²¹While the center of the golden altar exactly determines the middle of the Temple hall for distances measured East-West, i. e., between the entrance and the gobelins shielding the Holiest of Holies, it does not exactly determine the middle of the center of the distance of North to South walls.. All were put inside of a third of the Temple¹²²The first third of the distance between entrance and the Holiest of Holies was empty..

Solomon made ten candelabra, [as it is said]¹²³Corrector’s insert following B., he made the ten candelabra according to its rules¹²⁴2 Chr. 4:7. In the other two sources correctly “their rules”, and they add the end of the verse, to which the next argument refers: and put them in the Temple Hall, five to the right and five to the left. Cf. Babli Menaḥot98b–99a.. If you would say, five to the North and five to the South, but the candelabrum is only qualified in the South, as it is said, and the candelabrum opposite the table on the South side¹¹⁶Ex. 26:35.. Why does the verse say, five to the right and five to the left? Five to the right of Moses’s candelabrum, and five to its left. Nevertheless, only Moses’s alone was kindled, as it is said¹²⁵2 Chr.13:11, showing actual practice.\, and the golden candelabrum and its lights to kindle evening by evening. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Jehudah says, all of them were kindled, for it is said¹²⁶2 Chr. 4:20–21., the candelabra and their lights, to kindle them regularly in the Temple Hall, closed gold¹²⁷Cf. Yoma4:4, Note 101., and the flower¹²⁸According to Rashi, the ornament of the candelabrum mentioned in Num. 8:4 but not in the original instructions, Ex. 25:31–40., and the lights, and the pincers of gold, this uses up the gold. These used up Solomon’s gold. Rav Jehudah in the name of Assi¹²⁹In B a Tannaitic text, a statement of R. Jehudah in the name of Issy.: Solomon took 1’000 talents of silver, put them repeatedly into the (fire) [smelting furnace]¹³⁰The scribe’s text (in parentheses) is confirmed by the Genizah text; the corrector’s [in brackets] is from B. until they were reduced to one, to fulfill what is written¹³¹Ex. 37:24., from one talent of pure gold he made it. It was stated, Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Jehudah said, ¹³²The following is from Yoma4:4, Notes 107–108. it happened that the golden candelabrum which Moses made in the desert was in excess of one gold denar, and they returned it to the fire eighty times and it did not lose anything¹³³This seems to contradict the preceding story of Solomon’s refining smelter.. This is correct. Before it is refined it loses a lot, once it is refined it will not miss anything.