Terumah 26:33 — Yoma 51b — TT note 26

Parashas Terumah

Source Citation

Torah Temimah — Yoma 51b

Core Text of Chazal

הָיָה מְהַלֵּךְ בַּהֵיכָל עַד שֶׁמַּגִּיעַ לְבֵין שְׁתֵּי הַפָּרֹכֶת הַמַּבְדִּילוֹת בֵּין הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבֵין קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים וּבֵינֵיהֶן אַמָּה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: לֹא הָיְתָה שָׁם אֶלָּא פָרֹכֶת אַחַת בִּלְבַד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְהִבְדִּילָה הַפָּרֹכֶת לָכֶם בֵּין הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבֵין קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים.

English

Rabbi Yosei reads the verse as proof that the Mishkan had one partition curtain between the Holy and the Holy of Holies. The two-curtain arrangement belonged to the Second Temple, where the sages were uncertain about the status of the space corresponding to the one-cubit partition of the First Temple.

What Is Learned

This page presents the primary Chazal passage identified by Torah Temimah for this passuk. The explanation above is a concise description of what that passage teaches, without reproducing Torah Temimah's commentary.