1)

How did they prepare the anointing-oil?

1.

Rashi #1 (on Pasuk 24, citing R. Meir in Kerisus, 5a): They boiled the spices directly in the Hin (twelve Lugin) 1 of oil. 2

2.

Rashi #2 (on Pasuk 24, citing R. Yehudah in Kerisus, 5a): They soaked the pounded spices in water - to prevent them from absorbing the oil, and boiled them in oil until it absorbed the fragrance of the spices, 3 at which point they skimmed it off the top.


1

Corresponding to the twelve tribes (Targum Yonasan). Moreover, the Gematriyah of "Zeh" in Pasuk 31 is twelve (Rashi).

2

R. Yehudah queries R. Meir in that one Log of oil was not nearly sufficient to boil all the spices - to which R. Meir replied that it was a miracle (See Kerisus, 5a).

3

See Ramban (citing a Yerushalmi) and Seforno, who present slightly different ways in which this procedure was carried out.

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