Midrash su Esodo 7:6

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.²⁰Below, 7:9; Tanh., 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.

(Exod. 27:20): OIL OF <BEATEN > OLIVES. How did they make the oil? Our teachers have taught: The olive trees which bore good fruit were known to them. They took them and crushed them. When the first oil came forth, they set it aside for the menorah. The second after that was for the oblations, to fulfill what is stated (in 27:20): CLEAR OIL OF BEATEN OLIVES FOR THE LIGHT.²¹See above, note 13. The Holy One said to Israel: In this world you were under obligation to the light of the Temple; but in the world to come, on the merit of that lamp, I will bring you the Messianic (Mashiah) King who is compared to a lamp, as stated (in Ps. 132:17): THERE WILL I MAKE A HORN SPROUT FOR DAVID; [I HAVE PREPARED A LAMP FOR MY ANOINTED ONE (Mashiah)].²²Above, Exod. 7:6. And not only that but I am making a light for you, just as Isaiah has said (in Is. 60:19): FOR THE LORD SHALL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, YOUR GOD <SHALL BE> YOUR GLORY.

R. Judah and R. Nehemiah differ.⁴⁰Above, 7:5; Tanh., Exod. 7:6, 9; PR 33:10; cf. Shab. 28a; yShab. 2:1 (4d); Eccl. R. 1:9:1. R. Judah says: A large, clean beast was in the desert, and out of it they made tent sheets. R. Nehemiah says: It was a miracle. It was created for a time and hidden away. You yourself know that it is written (in Exod. 26:7–8): THEN YOU SHALL MAKE TENT SHEETS OF <GOATS' HAIR FOR A TENT OVER THE TABERNACLE>…. THE LENGTH OF EACH TENT SHEET SHALL BE THIRTY CUBITS….. Who brings you tent sheets of thirty <cubits>? Hence you learn according to the words of R. Nehemiah that it was a miracle. [And you should not only say so concerning the tent sheeting, but there was even a miracle concerning the boards.] Where did the boards come from?⁴¹See Gen. R. 94:4 (traditional editions only). Our father Jacob planted them when he went down to Egypt. He said to his children: My children, you are going to be redeemed from here; and after you are redeemed, the Holy One is going to say to you: Make me a tabernacle. Just arise and plant cedars. When he tells you to make a tabernacle, the cedars will be available in your hands. Immediately they did as their father told them. They arose and planted cedars.