Parashas Terumah · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 26:15
Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Terumah 26:15
English: ועשית את הקרשים למשכן . "You shall construct the boards for the Tabernacle." The word למשכן indicates that only the coverings qualified for the term "Tabernacle," not the boards supporting the tent. עצי שטים עומדים , "of acacia wood, standing up." Our sages in Yuma 72 say that they were standing up the way they grew. Apparently they derived this from the fact that the Torah did not write the word עומדים prior to the words "acacia wood" but afterwards. Alternatively, the word עומדים , "standing up" could have been written after the word למשכן . Had the Torah written the word in that order I would have considered it as part of the directive, i.e. that these boards were not to be used lying down. As it is, the word only describes the condition of the boards, i.e. that they were in the same po
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