tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post111025834952302020..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Pekudei: The Curtain Over the Ark of the Testimonyjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-34462211765109339732008-05-27T15:26:00.000-04:002008-05-27T15:26:00.000-04:00Another source which could take us in an interesti...Another source which could take us in an interesting, slightly different direction:<BR/><BR/> במדבר ד,ה<BR/>ובא אהרן ובניו, בנסע המחנה, והורדו, את פרכת המסך; וכסו-בה--את, ארן העדת.<BR/><BR/>Here it seems that the parochet IS used to physically cover the ark... sometimes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-68225904339043297422008-03-04T11:46:00.000-05:002008-03-04T11:46:00.000-05:00Great point!I agree. This is thus a good demonstra...Great point!<BR/><BR/>I agree. This is thus a good demonstration of the truth of the principle of lectio difficilior.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-799636842267180702008-03-04T09:28:00.000-05:002008-03-04T09:28:00.000-05:00מ,כ ויקח ויתן את-העדת, אל-הארן, וישם את-הבדים, על-...מ,כ ויקח ויתן את-העדת, אל-הארן, וישם את-הבדים, על-הארן; ויתן את-הכפרת על-הארן, מלמעלה. מ,כא ויבא את-הארן, אל-המשכן, וישם את פרכת המסך, ויסך על ארון העדות--כאשר צוה יהוה, את-משה. <BR/><BR/>Here, where Moshe performs what was commanded in 40:3, the *parochet* is described as being "vayasech" over the ark. This is near-unambiguous proof that the Torah's current text is correct.<BR/><BR/>It is easy to see what motivated Targum Yonatan, but in the end it just seems there are more possible meanings to the verb "lesakot" than we would have expected.Beisrunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12091613751643079470noreply@blogger.com