[Avodah] [Areivim] 40 Years Ago

[Zev Sero]

Simon Montagu wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> 
>> BTW, what was a magreifah, and could it be related to the bagpipe?
>> (Serious answers on Avodah, please.)
> 
> Possibly a kind of water-powered organ. See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_organ

She'elas tam: mimai that "magreifah" was a musical instrument?
I had always assumed it was the tool used for terumas hadeshen, and
the sound came from the Cohen dropping it on the mizbeach, or banging
it against the mizbeach.

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