[Avodah] Copper and Silver Adanim

[David Riceman]

RMB:

> When people design a building, if they aren't being symmetric, they put
> most of the aesthetics in the facade. The fanciest columns, nice doors,
> window frames, etc...
> 
> So it struck me when being maavir sedra that the adanim on the walls
> are silver, but the ones on the pillars in front were copper.



It's a trope.  See Tanhuma BaMidbar 3:1

https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Tanchuma%2C_Bamidbar.3?ven=Townsend_1989_translation_of_Midrash_Tanhuma,_S._Buber_Recension,_edited_and_supplemented_by_R._Francis_Nataf&vhe=Midrash_Tanchuma_--_Torat_Emet&lang=bi

David Riceman

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