#459: More Is Not Necessarily Better

Malbim on Parashat Vayakhel, Shemot/Exodus 36:5

A typical human female set of 46 chromosomes. Photo credit: Doc. RNDr. Josef Reischig, CSc., CCA-SA 3.0

Shemot/Exodus 36:5

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה לֵּאמֹ֔ר מַרְבִּ֥ים הָעָ֖ם לְהָבִ֑יא מִדֵּ֤י הָֽעֲבֹדָה֙ לַמְּלָאכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת אֹתָֽהּ׃

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than is needed for the tasks entailed in the wor…