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Commentary for Exodus 35:14

וְאֶת־מְנֹרַ֧ת הַמָּא֛וֹר וְאֶת־כֵּלֶ֖יהָ וְאֶת־נֵרֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֖ת שֶׁ֥מֶן הַמָּאֽוֹר׃

the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

Rashi on Exodus

ואת כליה AND ITS VESSELS — the tongs and snuff-dishes.
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Rashi on Exodus

נרתיה ITS LAMPS — luces in old French — bowls into which the oil and the wicks were placed.
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Rashi on Exodus

ואת שמן המאר AND THE OIL ALSO FOR THE LIGHT — This also required wise-hearted men for preparing it (and therefore Scripture mentions it also after its statement v. 10 “And every wise hearted man … shall make…”), for it was different from other oils, as it is explained in Menachot 86a: he lets it (the olive) ripen on the top of the olive-tree etc. and thus it (the oil) is “beaten and yet clear” as Scripture prescribes (Exodus 27:20).
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