1)

Why does Hashem refer to the craftsmen as 'wise-hearted men', something that He did not do with regard to the same men or even with Betzalel who built the Mishkan?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Because, bearing in mind that the Tzitz had engraved on it "Kodesh la'Hashem, the Choshen contained in its folds the Urim ve'Tumim including the seventy-two letter Name of Hashem, which enabled the Kohen Gadol to attain levels of Ru'ach ha'Kodesh, the Bigdei Kehunah were on a higher plane of Kedushah than when they built the Mishkan, which meant that when manufacturing them, they required deeper Kavanos - and this is hinted in the term "Chachmei-Leiv" and other expressions of Chochmah that the Torah mentions in the course of the current Parshah.

2)

Why did Hashem instruct Moshe personally to speak to the wise-hearted men who manufactured the Begadim?

1.

Ramban #1: Refer to 27:20:3:2*.

2.

Ramban #2: He was instructing Moshe to inform the workers that they should make the Begadim having their Kedushah in mind.

3.

Seforno: He was instructing him to inform the workers to have in mind when manufacturing the Begadim, that the Begadim should sanctify Aharon .

3)

Seeing as "Chachmei-Leiv" is plural,what is "Mileisiv" (singular) referring to?

1.

Targum Onkelos: It translates as 'with each of whom I have filled with a sprit of wisdom'.

2.

Targum Yonasan: Even though it is written in the singular, it refers to all the Chachmei-Leiv - 'whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom'.

3.

Oznayim la'Torah: With reference to the word "Leiv", it means 'which I have filled with a spirit of wisdom'. 1


1

This is also how the Ibn Ezra translates it.

4)

What is the latter half of the Pasuk coming to teach us?

1.

Rashi: It teaches us that Aharon was to be sanctified as Kohen Gadol by wearing the Begadim 1 that are about to be listed, and that this, in turn, would enable him to serve as Kohen Gadol.


1

See also Pasuk 41, which implies that it was in conjunction with the anointing and the inaugural ceremony that the Begadim sanctified Aharon, as is described further in chapter 29.

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