1)

What is "Levenah"?

1.

Rashi: It is a brick. Some are big.

2.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: It is a rock.

2)

Why did Hashem tell him to draw on a Levenah, and not on a tablet?

1.

Radak: Bricks are used to build cities, or rocks in place of bricks. It is easier to carve into bricks than into rocks.

2.

Malbim: The existence of Yerushalayim is only via Hashem's Hashgachah and desire. It itself is the formless brick. Put it in front of you; this hints that Hashem put [Yerushalayim] in front of Himself, to put the eyes of His Hashgachah on it. Carving Yerushalayim on it represents building it on its rubble.

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