LIST690h
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04
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Audit of Temple copper Basin from Copper mirrors of women
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VERSE
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WHAT WAS MADE FRMO THIS
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SOURCE OF COPPER
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Ex38-29:31
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copper altar
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Donations*1
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Ex38-29:31
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altar mid section
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Donations*1
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Ex38-29:31
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altar utensils
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Donations*1
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Ex38-29:31
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sockets of temple door
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Donations*1
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Ex38-29:31
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sockets of courtyard
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Donations*1
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Ex38-29:31
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sockets of courtyard gate
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Donations*1
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Ex38-29:31
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tent pegs for temple
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Donations*1
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Ex38-29:31
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tent pegs for courtyard
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Donations*1
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Ex38-08a
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Copper washbasin
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Women mirrors*10 *11
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COMMENTS
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*1 Donations are mentioned in Ex25-02:08
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10 Many moral lessons are learned from here. For example,
it is argued that these mirrors were used for purposes
of intimacy enhancement -- this also can be proved
by an alignment--for we find in Ex32-02 that EARINGS
were used for the golden calf but not MIRRORS thus
showing the importance of the mirrors for highly
personal matters. Rashi gives further elaboration
-- eg these mirrors were used by wives to seduce tired men
who werent interested and therefore
they merited to be in the temple.
Bottom line: My goal here is to show the strongest
support for the Rashi--this comes from an auditing.
Whenever we have auditing we frequently have many
more supportive arguments
*11 Rashi also explains various terms used in the verse
For example it speaks about the women STANDING IN
WATCH AT THE TEMPLE thus showing the religious zeal
of the women.
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