1)

What is the definition of "ha'Mishkan", "ha'Ohel", "Michseihu" and ?Masach??

1.

Rashi: "ha'Mishkan" is the bottom set of curtains; 1 "ha'Ohel is the curtains made of goat's-skin 2 , "Michseihu", the curtains of ram-skins dyed red and of the Tachash 3 and ?Masach Pesach Ohel Mo?ed?, the screen (veil) in front of the Ohel Mo?ed.


1

Which the Torah specifically calls "Mishkan" (See Terumah, Sh'mos 26:1).

2

So-called because they covered the Mishkan.

3

See Sifsei Chachamim.

2)

Bearing in mind the implications of Pasuk in Terumah Sh'mos, 26:14 - that the curtains of red ram-skins and of the Tachash were two individual curtains why does the Torah write "Michseihu" - in the singular?

1.

Sifsei Chachamim: Because they were initially manufactured as two independent curtains, but they were then sewn together. 1


1

Refer to Sh'mos, 26:14:1:1-2.

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