Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Zacarias 4:2

A kabbalistic approach; in terms of Kabbalah the wording of the Torah is most appropriate as the subject is the corresponding Menorah in the celestial regions. The words אל מול mean that the Meorah in the terrestrial Sanctuary is to correspond to the celestial Menorah which consists of seven emanations (the lower seven of the table of emanations). The author sees in the words העלה נרותיה a mystical dimension of elevating terrestrial light to the level of celestial light. Something parallel is found in the vision of the High Priest described by the prophet (Zecharyah 4,2). It is remarkable that in the spelling of the word מנורה, only in verse 2 is that word spelled each time with the letter ו. This suggests that in that verse the Torah speaks of the celestial Menorah, whereas in the subsequent verses where the letter ו is missing this is to remind us that there the Torah speaks of the terrestrial Menorah in the Tabernacle.

You are more handsome than [other] men who engage in the work of transitory life. Why? Because charm is poured into your lips to instruct according to the halachah. הוּצַק means “poured,” as (Exod. 38:27): “to cast (לצקת)”; (Gen. 28:18), “and he poured (ויצק) oil.”

תרומת מתנם, “the heave offering of their gift.” The word מתנם has a letter ת missing, and should have been מתנתם. We have parallel phenomena in Job 11,9, ארכה מארץ מדה, instead of ארוכה מארץ מדה, “its measure is longer than the earth;” A similar phenomenon is found in Zecharyah 4,2, וגלה על ראשה, which should have been וגולה על ראשה, “with a bowl above it.” Our author lists a couple more such examples.