[Mesorah] coda for All that glitters may not be...

[Akiva Miller via Mesorah]

The fact that there's only one word is not significant. Don't assign so
much importance to the linguistics.  What *IS* significant is whether
Chazal distinguished between them.

Compare: In Mishnaic Hebrew, "yarok" was used for both green and yellow,
but that doesn't mean that they couldn't tell them apart from each other.
Rather, in various contexts, they specify what sort of yarok is intended.
It seems to me that it is the lack of specification that tells us that
brass / bronze / copper were equally valid, not the mere fact that there
was only one word for all three.

Akiva Miller

On Jun 22, 2017 1:08 PM, "Mandel, Seth" <mandels at ou.org> wrote:

> Which does appear to be the halokho regarding what the Mizbeach in the BhM
> must be built out of.  It appears to me that it makes no difference to the
> Halokho whether it is limestone, granite, or even sandstone, as long as it
> is called "stone."  I would say it cannot be marble, because there is a
> separate word in Hebrew for that, and indeed is mentioned that some of the
> tables were made out of marble.
>
> Of course, the artisans that will build the BhM will presumably want
> better stone, not sandstone.
>
>
> Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
> Rabbinic Coordinator
> The Orthodox Union
>
> Voice (212) 613-8330     Fax (212) 613-0718     e-mail mandels at ou.org
>
>
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> *From:* Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 22, 2017 12:36 PM
> *To:* Mandel, Seth
> *Cc:* mesorah at aishdas.org; Akiva Miller
> *Subject:* Re: [Mesorah] coda for All that glitters may not be...
>
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 02:20:50PM +0000, Mandel, Seth via Mesorah wrote:
> : However, the Mishkan was a one-time mitzva and is not part of the 613
> mitzvos.  The Rambam is referring to the halokho l'doros about the BhM,
> part of the 613, and indeed in the BhM there is nothing special about
> n'hoshet, it is just another metal.
>
> Or in the case of the mizbeiach, just another thing you pull out of the
> ground.
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha
>
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