How could Moshe place the jar of Manna in front of the Aron "Lifnei Hashem" (see Sifsei Chachamim]), seeing as the Mishkan with its Keilim had not yet been built?
Rashi and Rashbam: This Pasuk was actually said only after the Mishkan had been built, and it inserts it here 1 because it belongs to the Parshah of Manna.
In keeping with the principle 'Ein Mukdam u'Me'uchar ba'Torah.'
What is the definition of "Tzintzenes"?
Rashi (citing the Mechilta and Targum Onkelos) and Targum Yonasan: It is an earthenware jar. 1
Mechilta: It is a glass jar 2 - the only material through which one see.
Why does the Torah insert the unusual word "v'Sen Shamah Melo ha'Omer ... " (See Torah Temimah, note 53)?
Yoma 52b: To teach us via a Gezerah Shavah "Shamah" "Shamah" in Ki Sisa, 30:36, in connection with the Aron, that the jar of Mann, like the Aron, was hidden.
What is the Torah referring to when it writes "Lifnei Hashem" in this Pasuk and "Lifnei ha'Eidus" in Pasuk 34?
