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GOAT WEAVING IS DIFFICULT |
EXAMPLES: Ex35-26a Ex25-04d Ex26-07a
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BACKGROUND
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Ex25 speaks about the construction of the temple. Ex25-04
mentions some of the items donated for building the
temple.
THE TEXT
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Ex25-04 says that the following materials were brought
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Blue, Purple, Crimson, flax and Goats
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THE RASHI
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Rashi (Ex25-04d Ex25-07a) citing the Aramaic
translation says that
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GOATS does not refer to GOAT SKIN but WOVEN GOAT HAIR FABRIC
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THE RASHI METHOD
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Rashi derived this from an OTHER VERSE, Ex25-36 which
explicitly states
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And those women with superior skills WOVE THE GOATS*13
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THE LIST
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Rashi further explains that WEAVING GOAT HAIR was especially
difficult. He infers this from the following alignment
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| VERSE |
PHRASE1 |
PHRASE2 |
PHRASE3 |
| Ex35-25 |
every woman that was |
SMART & INTUITIVE |
wove |
| Ex35-26 |
every woman that had |
SPECIAL INTUITION |
wove the goats |
| Differs |
*1 |
*2 |
*3 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 These phrases are identical
*2 Goat weaving is identified with a SPECIAL INTUITION
apparently because it was more difficult (See the next
footnote for an explanation)
*3 The Talmud in Shabbath explains that the weaving was done
live off the goats.
Another Sefer I have, explains that Goat hair was thicker
than wool and requires a special skill to weave since it
is easier to weave thin threads (The book is THE MISHKAN &THE
HOLY GARMENTS by Rabbi Steinberg, loaned to me by the
family that I lained for last year)
In passing there are some more differences between these two
verses which we dont have explanations to and are not
explaining here (e.g. Ex35-25 says WOVE WITH HER HANDS...)
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