Or HaChaim on Tetzaveh 28:36

Parashas Tetzaveh · EXTRA (side-ring)

Torah Temimah has no citation on this locus. Side-ring material from Or HaChaim.

Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Tetzaveh 28:36

Core Text — Or HaChaim on Tetzaveh 28:36
קֹדֶשׁ לַה׳. מַשְׁמַע שֶׁכָּל מְצִיאוּת שֶׁיִּכְתּוֹב ״קֹדֶשׁ לַה׳״ כָּשֵׁר. וּמַה שֶׁאָמְרוּ בַּגְּמָרָא (שבת סג:) שֶׁהָיָה כָּתוּב שְׁנֵי שִׁיטִין יוֹ״ד הֵ״א לְמַעְלָה, ״קֹדֶשׁ לַה׳״ לְמַטָּה – לֹא לְעִכּוּבָא. וְלָזֶה תִּמְצָא שָׁם שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בַּר׳ יוֹסֵי: אֲנִי רְאִיתִיו בְּרוֹמִי כָּתוּב עָלָיו ״קוֹדֶשׁ לַה׳״ בְּשִׁיטָה אַחַת וְגוֹ׳, הֲרֵי שֶׁאֵין הַדָּבָר מְעַכֵּב, וַאֲפִלּוּ לְתַנָּא קַמָּא אֵינוֹ מְעַכֵּב. וּבָזֶה לֹא יִקְשֶׁה בְּעֵינֶיךָ פְּסַק רַמְבָּ״ם (הלכות כלי המקדש פרק ט) יְעֻיַּן שָׁם.

English: קדש לה׳ . "Holy unto G'd." This means that as long as the words "Holy unto G'd" appeared on the headband (golden plate), this was acceptable. When the Talmud said in Shabbos 63 that the words were arranged in two rows, this means that the name of י־ה was engraved on top and the word קדש followed by the letter ל underneath. Such an arrangement of the words was not mandatory. You will find there that Rabbi Eliezer son of Rabbi Yossi reported that while in Rome he personally had seen the ציץ which the Romans had captured, and that the words "Holy unto G'd" were engraved on it in a single line. This proves that the order in which the words were engraved did not matter. When Maimonides wrote in c

Type of Learning

Commentary / midrash on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.

What Is Learned

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