Pᵊqudei: Erev Shabat

Completion: Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ Of ShᵊlōmꞋōh ha-MëlꞋëkh

5m (17ft) diam. x 2½m (8ft) high

cast-copper הַיָּם מוּצָק — Ki•yōrꞋ of Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ ShᵊlōmꞋōh

(Mᵊlâkh•imꞋ ÂlꞋëph 7:23-26; Di•vᵊr•eiꞋ-ha-Yâm•imꞋ Beit 4:2-5; drawing from Jewish Ency.)

Khi•rōmꞋ finished all of his copper work for ShᵊlōmꞋōh ha-MëlꞋëkh, the Beit י‑‑ה.

Shū•lᵊkh•ânꞋ LëkhꞋëm ha-Pân•imꞋ (modern replica)

And ShᵊlōmꞋōh ha-MëlꞋëkh made all of the utensils of the Beit י‑‑ה of zâ•hâvꞋ: the Mi•zᵊbakhꞋ ha-Zâ•hâvꞋ and the Shū•lᵊkh•ânꞋ upon which were arrayed the LëkhꞋëm ha-Pân•imꞋ as well as the Mᵊnōr•ōtꞋ: five on the south side and five on the north side in front of the Dᵊvir — of zâ•hâvꞋ sâgūrꞋ. The flowers, oil-lamps and coals-tongs were of zâ•hâvꞋ.

The goblets, the oil-lamp snuffers (for the Mᵊnōr•ōtꞋ), the fountains and ladles (in the basins) and the fire-pans were all zâ•hâvꞋ sâgūrꞋ, as were the hinge-mounts for the doors of ha-BaꞋyit ha-Pᵊnim•iꞋ to the QōꞋdësh ha-Qâdâsh•imꞋ. The doors of ha-BaꞋyit la-Hei•khâlꞋ were zâ•hâvꞋ.

Optional parental preparation:

What is a door-hinge? What is the hinge mount?
What is a (candle) snuffer?
Distorted illustration — While this is the only illustration I found that properly illustrates the likely configuration of the central “Sea” (tank) feeding multiple spigots for hand and foot washing of many kō•han•imꞋ, the overall height was only 2½ m (8 ft) — only half-again taller than the kō•han•imꞋ (not dwarfing them as in the illustration). Ergo, the three layers beneath the oxen shown in the illustration couldn’t have been there. The oxen would have been at ground level with a system, not described in the texts, of fauceted feeds to a surrounding foot-washing pool (or individual pool-stations) with hand-washing faucets.

Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss: