6.
Oil for the light]. "Pure
oil olive beaten
for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always."[79]
Spices for anointing oil]. Prepared for the purpose of
anointing both the vessels of the Tabernacle and the
Tabernacle itself. Spices entered into the composition of this
oil, as is said in K
Ki-Tissa.[80]
And for sweet
incense] which was burned night and morning, as is
described in detail in
Tezaweh.[81] As to the word
ketoret (Qof Mem Resh Tav), it comes from the rising of
the smoke (
Kitor (Qof Mem Vav Resh)).
7.
Onyx stones]. Two were needed for the ephod,
described in
Tezaweh.[82]
And stones to be set]
for an ouch of gold was made in which the stones were set,
entirely filling it. These stones are called "stones to be
set." As to the bezel it is called
mishbetzet (Mem Shin
Bet Tsadi Tav. In the ephod, and in the
breastplate]. Onyx stones for the ephod and "stones to be
set" for the breastplate. The breastplate as well as the
ephod are described in
Tezaweh[83]; they are two sorts
of ornaments.
If these citations did not suffice, his anti-Christian polemics
would furnish ample evidence of the wise use Rashi made of the
Peshat. The word polemics, perhaps, is not exact. Rashi does
not make assaults upon Christianity; he contents himself with
showing that a verse which the Church has adopted for its own
ends, when rationally interpreted, has an entirely different
meaning and application.
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