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WorksheetsBamidbar 8.1-4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who should tell who the instructions about the Menorah?
Moshe to Aharon
Moshe to Bnei Yisroel
Aharon to the Kohanim
Hashem to Moshe
Towards where should the candles of the Menorah be facing?
the entrance of the Mishkan
the north of the Mishkan
the face of the Menorah
the south of the Mishkan
Who lit the Menorah?
Aharon
Moshe
Any Kohen
doesn’t say
What material and what instrument was used to make the Menorah?
Silver
Stone
Gold
Doesn’t say
Who made the Menorah, and how was it known what to do?
Moshe, Hashem showed him
Aharon, Moshe showed him
Doesn’t say, Hashem showed Moshe
Moshe, doesn’t say how he knew
Parshas מנורה is juxtaposed to Parshas נשיאים:
because Aharon felt bad that he and his שבט were not part of the the חנוכת הנשיאים.
to told Aharon that his lighting the מנורה is greater then the חנוכת הנשיאים.
to give the message to the נשיאים that their חנוכה is as great as lighting the מנורה.
to group together everything involved with חנוכת המשכן.
Aharon was upset because
His שבט didn't have a part in such a great זכות.
because his ego was being threatened
he had FOMO
He wanted his שבט to be quall to all other שבטים
The תורה use the expression on בהעלתך:
to teach, when lighting one needs to ensure it goes up by itself
to teach, there is a step in front of the מנורה for the כהן to stand on
because בהעלתך is the usual expression
Because the מנורה was picked up while lighting
The פני המנורה is:
The centre candle
the candle closest to the קודש הקדשים
the candle closes to the entrance
the candle that burnt for the entire day
The wicks of the מנורה were facing towards:
the centre candle
The קודש הקדשים
The entrance of the משכן
the שלחן
the מזבח הפנימי
The reason why the candles faced the centre was:
to teach that Hashem didn't need to light for himself
when the wicks are closer together it produces a stronger light
to make it easer to light from each other
when the wicks are closer together, it is easier to light them
The פסוק writes וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן אַהֲרֹן:
To praise אהרן that he followed all instruction, didn't change anything
To teach that Aharon didn't send another כהן instead of him.
that Aharon needed prodding to light the מנורה
to teach, Aharon initially thought not to do it, but then he lit it
The reason the פסוק writes וְזֶה (in פסוק ד by וְזֶה מַעֲשֵׂה הַמְּנֹרָה) is Because :
Hashem showed משה with a finger (so to speak) the מנורה image
when the בצלאל made מנורה, Hashem said וְזֶה, this is correct
Moshe presented various types, and Hashem chose one.
Hashem showed משה several items for the משכן, therefore, for the מנורה Hashem said "and this is how the מנורה looked"
The reason the פסוק writes עַד יְרֵכָהּ עַד פִּרְחָ is to say that:
from the largest to the smallest parts of the מנורה all need to be hammered out
theses were particular things difficult to make
only these to parts were hammered out, the rest were able to be made separately
these two were unique, there were none similar in the other כלי המשכן.
The מנורה was made by (answer includes the מדרש אגדה as well):
Hashem
בצלאל and his team
משה
אהרן
