Derasha 61 — Terumah 26:35 | Yoma 33b
Parashas Terumah
Source Citation
Torah Temimah — Yoma 33b
Core Text of Chazal
וְכִי עָיֵיל לְהֵיכָל — בְּמִזְבֵּחַ פָּגַע בְּרֵישָׁא. דְּתַנְיָא: שֻׁלְחָן בַּצָּפוֹן מָשׁוּךְ מִן הַכּוֹתֶל שְׁתֵּי אַמּוֹת וּמֶחֱצָה, וּמְנוֹרָה בַּדָּרוֹם מְשׁוּכָה מִן הַכּוֹתֶל שְׁתֵּי אַמּוֹת וּמֶחֱצָה. מִזְבֵּחַ מְמוּצָּע וְעוֹמֵד בְּאֶמְצַע וּמָשׁוּךְ כְּלַפֵּי חוּץ קִימְעָא.
English
The Table stood in the north and the Menorah in the south, each two and a half cubits from the wall, while the incense altar stood between them and slightly outward. The verse’s “opposite” language requires the Table and Menorah to be positioned so that they face one another.
What Is Learned
This page presents the primary Chazal passage identified by Torah Temimah for the passuk, without reproducing Torah Temimah’s own commentary.