1)
To which flower does this refer?
1.
'Rashi': It is the flower that Moshe added (taught) in Bamidbar (8:4); it was not mentioned in Shemos.
2)
What are "ha'Melkachayim"?
1.
Refer to Melachim I, 7:4 3:1-2.
3)
What is "Michlos Zahav"?
1.
'Rashi': It is refined gold. Menachos 29a 1 - Shlomo Kilah (exhausted) all his choice gold on the Menoros and their Kelim. He put 1000 Kikaros in the smelting pot, until it was reduced to one Kikar of ultra-refined gold.
2.
Radak: This is like Klei Zahav. All Kelim of the Menorah were of gold.
1
'Rashi' and Radak cite this, but not precisely. (PF)
