1)

Where were the Misgeros?

1.

Rashi: They were from one axle to the other, like I explained above (verse 28).

2)

Where were the wheels?

1.

Tzuras ha'Bayis (from the author of Tosfos Yom Tov, printed in Rashi, verse 37): Two were in the east, and two in the west.

2.

Malbim: They were inside the Mechonah, and outside the Kiyor. There was more than an Amah space in between 1 on each side, like I explained above (verse 28). The wheels were in this space.


1

For the Kiyor was about one and three quarters Amos wide, like Malbim explained (verse 28), and the Mechonah was four by four Amos.

3)

Were the entire wheels below the Misgeros?

1.

Metzudas David: The holes in the wheels (through which the axles pass) were below.

4)

What are Yados ha'Mechonah?

1.

Rashi: They are the axles.

5)

What is the meaning of "ba'Mechonah"?

1.

Rashi: [The axles] were molten together with the Mechonah.

2.

Gra: The Mechonah rests on the axles.

6)

How high above the ground was the Mechonah?

1.

Malbim: It was about half the height of the wheel (which was one and a half Amos). The Mechonah rested on the [axles of] the wheels, like carriages and chariots.

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