Pekudei / פקודי

Pekudei / פקודי
את השלחן את כל כליו ואת לחם הפנים
The Possuk indicates that they baked Lechem HaPonim now. The obvious question is that the Mishkon was not formally erected until Nissan? The נצ"ב answers that Betzalel baked the bread just to demonstrate but it was not placed on the shulchan. That is why the Gemora in Shabbos says that baking was not part of the Mishkon process.

Concerning the bells and ornaments on the hem of the מעיל the Torah uses a word it does not use by the other articles of clothing - לשרת, or service. The only other place it is used is by the בגדי שֵרָד which covered the vessels. The מהרי"ל דיסקין explains that all the clothing had the four different threads of wool and linen. These two were missing the linen. Therefore the Torah describes them as just servicing the other items.

“You should place the golden mizbeach for the ketores”. When describing its construction the Torah refers to it as the mizbeach of ketores, not “for ketores”. The Meschech Chochma traces these to the following facts. The Gemora informs us that ketores really did not need a mizbeach but could be burnt on the floor of the Bais Hamikdosh whose sanctity was equal to the mizbeach. This, however, did not apply to the mishkon whose floor changed each time they relocated in the desert. Hence the emphasis “for ketores” is made at its placement in the midbar, not at the initial instruction as to its construction.

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