וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ פָרֹ֗כֶת תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֹשֵׁ֛ב יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֖הּ כְּרֻבִֽים׃
너는 청색 자색 홍색실과 가늘게 꼰 베실로 짜서 장을 만들고 그 위에 그룹들을 공교히 수 놓아서
Rashi
פרכת is a term denoting a partition; in the language of the Sages (in Rabbinical Hebrew) פרגוד is something which separates the king from the people (Berakhot 18b).
Kli Yakar
And you shall make a partition curtain of blue, etc. This partition curtain that separates between the Holy and the Holy of Holies differs from the screen that separates between the Tent of Meeting and the courtyard of the Tabernacle in three ways:
1. The partition curtain was a “work of a skillful workman” with cherubs, while the screen was a work of an embroiderer.
2. The partition curtain was hung on four pillars, while the screen was on five pillars.
3. The partition curtain was on silver sockets, while the screen was on copper sockets.
This is because in the Holy of Holies, the priest was not permitted to enter except on the Day of Atonement, when Israel is compared to ministering angels called cherubs, as on that day the physical body is afflicted and it is as if it does not exist, leaving only the intellectual, thinking power which is called the work of a skillful workman. Therefore, this partition curtain was made as the work of a skillful workman with cherubim, so that whoever sees this partition would understand and realize that one has no permission to enter there except at a time when one resembles the cherubs — a work of a skillful workman [chashav, which can also mean thought].
Similarly, the angel is called clothed in linen (Ezekiel 9:3), just as the High Priest on the Day of Atonement was clothed in linen and white garments. Therefore, it was on silver sockets, because all silver is white, indicating the forgiveness of the Day of Atonement, when sins will be made as white as snow. At that time, the priest would serve wearing the four white garments mentioned in the portion of Acharei Mot.
This explanation is reasonable to consider — that the appearance and features of the partition curtain indicate what it separates, for whoever sees it understands through its symbolic hints what it represents.
1. The partition curtain was a “work of a skillful workman” with cherubs, while the screen was a work of an embroiderer.
2. The partition curtain was hung on four pillars, while the screen was on five pillars.
3. The partition curtain was on silver sockets, while the screen was on copper sockets.
This is because in the Holy of Holies, the priest was not permitted to enter except on the Day of Atonement, when Israel is compared to ministering angels called cherubs, as on that day the physical body is afflicted and it is as if it does not exist, leaving only the intellectual, thinking power which is called the work of a skillful workman. Therefore, this partition curtain was made as the work of a skillful workman with cherubim, so that whoever sees this partition would understand and realize that one has no permission to enter there except at a time when one resembles the cherubs — a work of a skillful workman [chashav, which can also mean thought].
Similarly, the angel is called clothed in linen (Ezekiel 9:3), just as the High Priest on the Day of Atonement was clothed in linen and white garments. Therefore, it was on silver sockets, because all silver is white, indicating the forgiveness of the Day of Atonement, when sins will be made as white as snow. At that time, the priest would serve wearing the four white garments mentioned in the portion of Acharei Mot.
This explanation is reasonable to consider — that the appearance and features of the partition curtain indicate what it separates, for whoever sees it understands through its symbolic hints what it represents.
Rashbam
פרכת, according to the context this was a divider between the two interior sections.
Rav Hirsch
프리미엄 회원 전용Rashi
תכלת וארגמן BLUE PURPLE, AND RED PURPLE — every material was intertwined in each strand by six threads (Yoma 71b).
Kli Yakar
프리미엄 회원 전용Rashbam
프리미엄 회원 전용Rashi
מעשה חשב THE WORK OF AN ARTIST — I have already explained (v. 9) that this is a weaving on the two surfaces, the designs on the two sides not being similar to one another.
Rashi
כרבים CHERUBIM — i. e. he shall make on it figures of different creatures.