page_title: Terumah (parsha)
section_title: Exodus chapter 26
hierarchical_section_title: Terumah (parsha) / In classical rabbinic interpretation / Exodus chapter 26
caption_attribution_description: العربية: 27 change me! الكتاب المقدس التوضيح من الكتاب من الفصل Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Біблійная ілюстрацыя да Кнігі Выхаду, разьдзел 27 Deutsch: Biblische Darstellung Buch change me! Kapitel 27 Ελληνικά: Βιβλική εικονογράφηση του βιβλίου της change me! Κεφάλαιο 27 English: Biblical illustration of Book of Exodus Chapter 27 Español: Ilustración bíblica de libro del change me!, capítulo 27 Français&#160;: Illustration biblique du livre de la Exode chapitre 27 עברית: 27 האיור המקראי של change me! פרק हिन्दी: {{{hi}}} अध्याय change me! की पुस्तक की बाइबिल चित्रण Bahasa Indonesia: Ilustrasi Alkitab dari Kitab Keluaran pasal 27 Italiano: Illustrazione biblica del libro della change me! Capitolo 27 日本語: change me!27章の本の聖書の実例 Jawa: Ilustrasi Alkitab saking Kitab Pangentasan pasal 27 한국어: change me! 27 장 장부의 성경 그림 Bahasa Melayu: Ilustrasi Alkitab dari Kitab Keluaran pasal 27 Nederlands: Bijbelse illustratie van change me! hoofdstuk 27 Português: Ilustração bíblica do Livro de change me!, capítulo 27 Русский: Библейские иллюстрации Книга Исход Глава 27 中文: 圣经change me!第27章的书籍插图
context_page_description: Terumah, Terumoh, Terimuh, or Trumah is the nineteenth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of God's instructions to make the Tabernacle and its furnishings. The parashah constitutes Exodus 25:1–27:19. It is made up of 4,692 Hebrew letters, 1,145 Hebrew words, 96 verses, and 155 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews in the Diaspora read it the nineteenth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in February and rarely in early March.
context_section_description: Exodus 26:1 instructed the Israelites to make the Tabernacle curtains out of "fine twined linen" (שֵׁשׁ, sheish). The Rabbis taught in a Baraita that whenever the Torah instructed the Israelites to make things with "fine twined linen" (שֵׁשׁ, sheish), they used threads composed of six (שֵׁשׁ, sheish) strands woven into each thread.
  Noting that with regard to the curtains in the Tabernacle, Exodus 26:1 calls it "the work of the skillful designer," while Exodus 26:36 calls it "the work of the embroiderer," Rabbi Eleazar read the two verses together. Rabbi Eleazar taught that the embroiderers embroidered over the design that the designers had drawn. Alternatively, a Baraita taught in the name of Rabbi Nehemiah that the embroiderer's work was needlework that was visible on only one face of the cloth, while the designer's work was woven work that appeared on both faces of the cloth.
  Rabban Johanan ben Zakai interpreted the word "Lebanon" in Deuteronomy 3:25 to refer to the Temple in Jerusalem and "that goodly mountain" to refer to the Temple Mount. A Midrash employed this understanding of "Lebanon" as the Temple to explain the role of gold in the world. Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish taught that the world did not deserve to have the use of gold. But God created gold for the sake of the Tabernacle (for example, in Exodus 26:6) and the Temple. The Midrash deduced this from the use of the word "good" in both Genesis 2:12, where it says, "the gold of that land is good," and Deuteronomy 3:25, where it says, "that goodly hill-country, and Lebanon," concluding that the gold of the land was created for that which is good, the Temple.
  Rav Ashi taught that one could derive from the term עַשְׁתֵּי-עֶשְׂרֵה, ashtei-esreih, or "eleven," in Exodus 26:7 that one who adds to God's word actually subtracts from it. Were one to subtract the first letter of the term, it would yield שְׁתֵּי-עֶשְׂרֵה, shtei-esreih, or "twelve," so adding that letter reduces its meaning.
  The Rabbis taught in a Baraita that the Tabernacle's lower curtains were made of blue wool, purple wool, crimson wool, and fine linen, while the upper curtains that made the tent spread were made of goats' hair. And they taught that the upper curtains required greater skill than the lower, for Exodus 35:25 says of the lower ones, "And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands," while Exodus 35:26 says of the upper ones, "And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats." It was taught in Rabbi Nehemiah's name that the hair was washed on the goats and spun while still on the goats.
  Rav Adda bar Ahavah said that the tachash skins mentioned in Exodus 26:14 came from an animal that lived in the days of Moses. The Gemara interpreted Rabbi Nehemiah to say that its skin had many colors.
  Rabbi Haninah taught that the world was unworthy to have cedar trees, but God created them for the sake of the Tabernacle (for example, in the acacia-wood of Exodus 26:15) and the Temple, as Psalm 104:16 says, "The trees of the Lord have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which He has planted," once again interpreting Lebanon to mean the Temple. Rabbi Samuel ben Nahman in the name of Rabbi Jonathan taught that there are 24 kinds of cedars, of which seven are especially fine, as Isaiah 41:19 says, "I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together." God foresaw that the Tabernacle would be made of these trees, as Psalm 104:17 says, "Wherein the birds make their nests," and "birds" refers to those birds that the priests offered. And when Psalm 104:17 says, "As for the stork (חֲסִידָה, hasidah), the fir-trees are her house," the חֲסִידָה, hasidah (stork) refers to the High Priest, of whom Deuteronomy 33:8 says, "Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one (חֲסִידֶךָ, hasidekha)."
  Another Midrash explained that in Exodus 26:15, God chose acacia-wood — the wood of a tree that does not bear fruit — to build the Tabernacle to set an example for all time t
caption: The Tabernacle (1984 illustration by Jim Padgett, courtesy of Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing)
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