18 February 2014

Homemade Mishkan model for parashah Vayakhel

In this week's portion, Vayakhel, Moshè gathers the Jews and relays to them all the details regarding the construction of the Mishkan and its vessels. The actual construction is also described. This portion repeats many of the details described in the portion of Terumah, wherein G‑d instructed Moshè how the Mishkan and its vessels were to be constructed. 
In the Sanctuary’s inner chamber, behind an artistically woven curtain, was the ark containing the tablets of testimony engraved with the Ten Commandments; on the ark’s cover stood two winged cherubim hammered out of pure gold. In the outer chamber stood the seven-branched menorah, and the table upon which the “showbread” was arranged.
The Sanctuary’s three walls were fitted together from 48 upright wooden boards, each of which was overlaid with gold and held up by a pair of silver foundation sockets. The roof was formed of three layers of coverings:  tapestries of multicolored wool and linen;  a covering made of goat hair; a covering of ram and tachash skins. Across the front of the Sanctuary was an embroidered screen held up by five posts.
The Tabernacle's construction is capped off with the construction of the Outer Altar, the copper wash stand, the mesh curtains which surrounded the Tabernacle courtyard, and the beams and hooks which anchored them.


Our Mishkal model 

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