[Avodah] The shape of the Menorah of the Temple

[Micha Berger]

REMT and RZS are arguing on Areivim about the Ibn Ezra's position WRT the shape
of the arms of the menorah.

REMT quoted the IE, which I found at Shemos 25:37, in what Bar Ilan calls the short
version of the IE:
    Neiroseha: And the qadmonim said that one lamp was in the middle
    ve"hashisha ne'erachim ze achar ze bachatzi iggul" (to cut-n-paste from REMT's
    post)
    And after the scripture said "vehei'ir al eiver paneha", and the reason for "al
    eiver" one [eiver], behold the shape is clear.

The IE appaers to very explicitly places all the lamps on the same side
of the middle one. Similarly, in the long version of the IE, Shemos 27:21:
    Yaarokh: baavur hayos haneiros bechatzi igul. Ve'od adaber al zeh.
seems to refer to the placement of the neiros, not the shape of the qanim.
If anyone knows where else the IE discusses it after ch 27, please clue
me in.

HOWEVER, that's not exclusive to the arms ALSO being curved. Here, see the
long version, 27:32:
    Veshishah: ta'am qanim. Agulim, arukhim, chalulim.

So, I would agree with REMT's masqanah, but RZS's understanding of that
particular IE.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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