[Avodah] length of the aron

[Eli Turkel]

The gemara indicates that workers came into the KhK to do repairs.
Conceptually one could dream up something that would require measurements
of the width

Eli Turkel

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
> Eli Turkel wrote:
>>
>> I don't suppose we'll ever have the opportunity to carry out the
>> experiment for real.>>
>>
>> Why not?
>> We start building the next bet hamikdash right after tisha ba-av.
>> Accepting the view
>> that it is built by man - some carpenter will have to do the measurements
>
> 1. The original aron is still wherever Yoshiahu Hamelech hid it.
> 2. Even if we have to build a new one, the carpenter will only measure
> it, not the KhK where it is to be kept.  Meanwhile the person who builds
> the KHK will measure that, but not the aron.  And the Kohen Gadol on YK
> is unlikely to agree to do this experiment, and I'm not even sure he'd
> be allowed to bring the ruler in - does "bezot yavo Aharon el hakodesh"
> exclude anything else?  (The act of measuring on Yom Kippur wouldn't be
> a problem, because ein shevut bamikdash.)
>
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>



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Eli Turkel