1)

What are "Kosaros"?

1.

Rashi: They are balls.

2.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: They are crowns.

2)

What is "Mutzak"?

1.

Rashi: It is melted [into a mold]. Radak - this is like the pillars themselves were molten.

3)

Here it says that they were five Amos tall. Below (verse 19) it says that the Kosaros were four Amos!

1.

Rashi (18): Each crown was like two bowls that occupied four Amos; the fifth Amah was like a small crown on top. Gra (16, 20) "v'Chosaros Al Shnei ha'Amudim" (verse 20) refers to the small crowns; verse 19 does not count them.

4)

Here it says that each was five Amos tall. Below (Melachim II, 25:17) it says that it was three Amos!

1.

Rashi citing Beraisa of 49 Midos, Midah 22: The bottom two Amos of the Kosaros were the same as the pillar. The top three Amos jutted out and had a shape - "Sevachim Ma'ase Sevachah" (verse 17).

2.

Rashi: Below it does not count the bottom two Amos because they were even with the pillar; the pillars were inserted into the Koseres.

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