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Why does the Torah refer to the Melachah of the Chachmei-Leiv as 'Avodah'

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Ramban #1: Although the work was physical (Melachah), the Torah refers to it as 'Avodah', (which has spiritual connotations), 1 because they performed it in the service of Hashem.

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Ramban #2: It refers specifically to the Keilim, 2 to teach us that, they were careful to make even the Keilim precisely according to the specific instructions; whereas "Vayar Moshe es Kol ha'Melachah", mentioned in the next Pasuk, refers to the Mishkan in its entirety.


1

See for example, 23:25 and Devarim13:5.

2

See earlier, 39:40.

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