#198: We Know What תָּחַשׁ (Taḥash) Means!

Rashi and Rabbenu Baḥya on Parashat Terumah, Shemot/Exodus 25:5

Some possible translations of the word תָּחֵַשׁ (taḥash). (Photos from Pixabay, except for the rainbow unicorn, which is an AI rendering)

Gimme Some Torah #198

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Shemot/Exodus 25:5

וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאׇדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּֽים׃

tanned ram skins, dolphin skins, and acacia wood;

Parashat Terumah lists the instructions for building the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary that our ancestors carried with them in the wilderness. Ex. 25:5 s…