#728: Why Did Moses Have Difficulty Making the Menorah?

A Hasidic story relevant to Parashat Behaalotekha, Bamidbar/Numbers 8:4

Jun 11, 2025

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First Viscount Sir Herbert Samuel, British High Commisioner for Palestine

וְזֶ֨ה מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה הַמְּנֹרָה֙ מִקְשָׁ֣ה זָהָ֔ב עַד־יְרֵכָ֥הּ עַד־פִּרְחָ֖הּ מִקְשָׁ֣ה הִ֑וא כַּמַּרְאֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶרְאָ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֥ן עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָֽה׃

Now this is how the lampstand was made: it was hammered work of gold, hammered from base …

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