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Verse Gn06-16b states
A light shalt thou make to the ark,
and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Rashi explains the underlined phrase
and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward
as meaning that
The ark was built with a sloping tent-like roof with the top part, not a point,
but a 2' x 2' square
A diagram is presented below. We classify this Rashi as diagrammatic
explanation.
' 1 cubit
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' / \
' / \ Sloping roof
' / \
' / \
Advanced Rashi: We can defend the structural
composition as follows:
- A flat roof would allow accumulation of rain water thus weighing
down the ark and placing unnecessary weight on the ceiling
- A sloping tent like roof that ended in a point would expose the
point to the torrential rain. The point apex of the roof would eventually
crack causing leaks.
- The Scriptural compromise - sloping roof with a 1 cubit square
apex -
- Allows most rain water to fall down the slope and not weight down
the roof or ark
- Allows distribution of rain force on a square cubit vs. a point.
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