Mishnah 1
1)
(a)If the height of the entrance of the Heichal was twenty Amos, what was its width?
(b)What does the Tana learn from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "u'Shetayim Delasos la'Heichal ve'la'Kodesh"?
(c)How wide was each door?
(d)How far apart were the two sets of doors?
1)
(a)The height of the entrance of the Heichal (See Tosfos Yom Tov) was twenty Amos, its width - ten.
(b)The Tana learns from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "u'Shetayim Delasos la'Heichal ve'la'Kodesh" - that the entrance comprised two (saloon-type doors on the inside ("la'Kodesh") and two on the outside ("la'Heichal").
(c)Each door was - five Amos wide.
(d)The two sets of doors were - five Amos apart.
2)
(a)When the doors of the Heichal were closed they filled the ten Amos of the width of the entrance. What did they cover when they were open?
(b)In what way did the section of the Heichal covered by the doors differ from the rest of the Heichal?
(c)Why is that?
(d)Seeing as each of the doors was five Amos wide, how did the two sets of doors fit flush next to one another without overlapping when they were open.
(e)What does the Tana learn from the Pasuk there "u'Shetayim Delasos li'Delasos, Shetayim Musabos Delasos"?
2)
(a)When the doors of the Heichal were closed they filled the ten Amos of the width of the entrance. When they were open, they covered - the five Amos of the Heichal ...
(b)... that were not overlaid with gold ...
(c)... because they were never seen (See Tiferes Yisrael).
(d)Despite the fact that each of the doors ws five Amos wide, the two sets of doors fitted flush next to one another without overlapping when they were open - since each door was made of two folding sections which measured two and a half Amos when folded.
(e)The Tana learns this from the Pasuk there "u'Shetayim Delasos li'Delasos, Shetayim Musabos Delasos".
3)
(a)The thickness of the walls of the Heichal was six Amos. How many Amos from the northern and southern extremities of the walls were the doors built?
(b)The entrance of the Heichal too, took up six Amos. How far from the inner and outer edges of the Heichal were the doors built?
3)
(a)The thickness of the walls of the Heichal was six Amos. The doors, which, when folded, were five Amos thick, were therefore built - one Amah from the northern and southern extremities of the walls.
(b)The entrance of the Heichal too, took up six Amos. Consequently, the doors were built - half an Amah from the inner and outer edges of the Heichal.
Mishnah 2
4)
(a)The Mishnah mentions the two Pishp'shin that were built into the large (See Tiferes Yisrael) doors of the Heichal, one inside the northern door, and one inside the southern door. What were the 'Pishpeshin'?
(b)How do we know that nobody ever entered the Heichal via the southern Pishpesh?
(c)Then what purpose did it serve?
4)
(a)The Mishnah mentions the two 'Pishpeshin' - small doors, that were built into the large (See Tiferes Yisrael) doors of the Heichal, one inside the northern door, and one inside the southern door.
(b)We know that nobody ever entered the Heichal via the southern Pishpesh - from the Pasuk in Yechezkel "ha'Sha'ar ha'Zeh Sagur Yih'yeh ... ".
(c)... " ... ki Hash-m Elokei Yisrael Ba vo ... ".
5)
(a)How did the Kohen who opened the doors of the Heichal in the morning enter the Heichal, according to the Tana Kama?
(b)He then turned left and opened the doors of the Heichal with the key, from inside the Heichal. What does Rebbi Yehudah say?
(c)What about the Ta, according to him?
5)
(a)According to the Tana Kama, the Kohen who opens the doors of the Heichal in the morning entered the Heichal - via the Ta (room) within the two sets of doors.
(b)He then turned left and opened the doors of the Heichal with the key, from inside the Heichal. Rebbi Yehudah maintains that - he opened first the inner doors and then the outer ones from the area within the two doors (without entering the Heichal).
(c)According to him - there is no Ta there, as we shall see shortly.
Mishnah 3
6)
(a)The walls of the Heichal contained thirty-eight Ta'im. How many were there inside ...
1. ... the northern wall?
2. ... the southern wall?
3. ... the western wall?
(b)How many floors of Ta'im were there in each of the walls?
(c)How many Ta'im were there in each floor of ...
1. ... the northern and southern walls?
2. ... the western wall
6)
(a)The walls of the Heichal contained thirty-eight Ta'im ...
1. ... fifteen inside the northern wall ...
2. ... fifteen inside the southern wall, and ...
3. ... eight in the western wall.
(b)There were three floors of Ta'im in each of the walls (See Tosfos Yom Tov DH 'Chamishah-Asar ba'Tzafon').
(c)There were ...
1. ... five Ta'im on each floor of the northern and southern walls.
2. ... three Ta'im in the two lower floors and two on the top floor of the western wall (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
7)
(a)What was the 'Mesibah'?
(b)Besides the extra Ta that led to the Mesibah, where did the fifth Ta in the north-eastern side lead to?
(c)Who is the author of this S'tam Mishnah?
7)
(a)The 'Mesibah' was - the area that surrounded the walls of the Ta'im.
(b)Besides the extra Ta that led to the Mesibah, the fifth Ta in the north-eastern side led - into the Heichal, as we learned earlier ...
(c)The author of this S'tam Mishnah is - the Rabbanan (of Rebbi Yehudah, whom we cited earlier in the Mishnah).
Mishnah 4
Note: the explanation of this Mishnah is that of Rashi (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
8)
(a)The Mishnah cites the Pasuk in Melachim, which refers to three tiers of Yetzi'os. What is a 'Yatzi'a'?
(b)Based on the Pasuk, how wide was ...
1. ... the bottom Ta?
2. ... the middle Ta?
3. ... the top Ta?
(c)What is the Tana referring to when he mentions the Rovad on top of the bottom and middle Ta'im (See Tiferes Yisrael)?
(d)How did they build the three tiers of Yeti'os without having to use any form of nails or screws?
8)
(a)The Mishnah cites the Pasuk in Melachim, which refers to three tiers of Yetzi'os. A 'Yatzi'a' is - synonymous with a Ta.
(b)Based on the Pasuk, the width of ...
1. ... the bottom Ta was five Amos, of ...
2. ... the middle Ta - six and ...
3. ... the top Ta - seven Amos.
(c)When the Tana mentions the Rovad on top of the bottom and middle Ta'im, he is referring to - the walking space of the floor above them.
(d)They built the three tiers of Ta'im without having to use any form of nails or screws - by cutting an extra half-Amah on either side into the walls of the Heichal and covering the space with planks.
Mishnah 5
9)
(a)What was the 'Mesibah'? On which side of the Azarah was it located?
(b)What function did it serve?
(c)Why was it called 'Mesibah'?
(d)After ascending the Mesibah to the roof of the Ta'im on the north-western corner, how did one arrive at the south-eastern corner?
(e)Which area of the Beis-ha'Mikdash was accessible from there?
9)
(a)The 'Mesibah' was - a tunnel that ran along the south side of the Azarah outside of the wall of the Ta'im.
(b)It was via the Mesibah that one ascended to the roof of the Ta'im (See Tiferes Yisrael) ...
(c)... and it was called 'Mesibah' - because ascending it and then descending from it entailed going round (as we will now see).
(d)After ascending the Mesibah to the roof of the Ta'im on the north-western corner (See Pirush ha'Rosh), one arrived at the south-eastern corner - by turning left and traversing the western rooftop until one reached the south-western corner of the roof, and then turning left again and traversing the southern rooftop until one reached the south-eastern corner ...
(e)... where the entrance to the attic was located.
10)
(a)What purpose did the two posts at the south-eastern corner of the Azarah that led upwards from the roof of the Ta'im, serve?
(b)How did the Kohen reach the roof of the attic from there (See Tosfos Yom Tov)?
(c)Once on the roof of the attic, how did they divide between the Kodesh and the Kodesh Kodshim (See also Tosfos Yom Tov)?
(d)From where did the Kohen enter the Kodesh Kodshim (once every seven or once every fifty years [Ibid.]) to see what needed to be repaired?
(e)And how was he prevented from 'feasting his eyes' on the Kodesh Kodshim when he did?
10)
(a)It is via the two posts at the south-eastern corner of the Azarah that - one ascended to the roof of the attic.
(b)The Kohen reached the roof of the attic from there - by means of rungs that formed a ladder (Tosfos Yom Tov).
(c)Once on the roof of the attic, they divided between the Kodesh and the Kodesh Kodshim - by means of the ends of beams that jutted out from the northern and southern walls (See also Tosfos Yom Tov).
(d)The Kohen entered the Kodesh Kodshim (once every seven or once every fifty years [Ibid.]) by means of one of the skylights that were built into the roof.
(e)And he was prevented from 'feasting his eyes' on the Kodesh Kodshim when he did - by means of the box-like contraption by which they lowered him by a rope, which allowed him to see only what was directly in front of him (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
Mishnah 6
11)
(a)If the Heichal measured a hundred Amos by a hundred Amos (see Tiferes Yisrael), what was its height?
(b)The Mishnah now breaks up the hundred Amos in height. What was the Otem? How deep was it?
(c)How tall were the actual walls of the Heichal?
11)
(a)The Heichal measured a hundred Amos by a hundred Amos (see Tiferes Yisrael), and its height too was - a hundred Amos.
(b)The Mishnah now breaks up the hundred Amos in height. The Otem was - the foundation, a closed building hat served as a foundation six Amos deep (See Tiferes Yisrael).
(c)The actual walls of the Heichal were - forty Amos tall.
12)
(a)The next five Amos comprised a beam, two Amos Beis Dilfah, another beam and cement. What was 'Beis Dilfah'?
(b)One reason that the lower beam measured only one Amah in height, whereas some of the beams that were higher up than it measured two, was because it was wider than they were (and therefore stood firm even though it was not as tall). What is the other reason?
(c)What is there on top of the Amah ceiling and the Amah of cement that was forty Amos tall?
(d)What did the next five Amos comprise?
12)
(a)The next five Amos comprised a beam (Kiyur [See Tosfos Yom Tov & Tiferes Yisrael]), two Amos 'Beis Dilfah' - a beam two Amos tall [See Tosfos Yom Tov]), another beam and cement, each (except for the Beis Dilfah) measuring one Amah.
(b)The lower beam measured only one Amah in height, whereas some of the beams that were higher up than it measured two, was either because it was wider than them (and therefore stood firm even though it was not as tall as them) - or in order to distance the ceiling from the bottom beam, which was ornamented with beautiful pictures and which would have been less noticeable had it been too close to the ceiling.
(c)On top of the Amah ceiling and the Amah of cement - was the attic, which was forty Amos tall ...
(d)The next five Amos again comprised - a beam, two Amos 'Beis Dilfah' another beam and cement.
13)
(a)According to the Tana Kama, the next three Amos consisted of a Ma'akeh (a parapet). What does the last Amah of the hundred Amos consist of?
(b)How was it made?
(c)What function did it serve? Why was it called by that name?
(d)Why was it called 'Amah'?
(e)What does Rebbi Yehudah say about this?
13)
(a)According to the Tana Kama, the next three Amos consisted of a Ma'akeh (a parapet). The last Amah of the hundred Amos consisted of - the 'Amah Kalah Oreiv" ...
(b)... which was a metal plate which was sharp like a sword on top and it covered the parapet on the roof of the Hechal.
(c)Its function was - to prevent ravens and other birds from alighting on the parapet (hence its name 'Amah Kalyah Oreiv') ...
(d)... and it was called 'Amah' - because it measures an Amah in height.
(e)According to Rebbi Yehudah - the parapet measured four Amos, and the Amah Kalya Oreiv was not included in the hundred Amos.
Mishnah 7
14)
(a)The hundred Amos of the Heichal, starting in the east with the wall of the Ulam, measured five Amos. How long was the Ulam itself?
(b)If the Heichal measured forty Amos, how wide was the wall of the Heichal?
(c)In the first Beis-ha'Mikdash, the Kodesh and the Kodesh Kodshim were divided by an Amah wall called the 'Amah Trak'sin'. What is the significance of 'T'raksin'?
(d)In the second Beis-ha'Mikdash, they replaced the wall with two curtains an Amah apart (See Tiferes Yisrael). Why did one curtain not suffice?
14)
(a)The hundred Amos of the Heichal, starts in the east with the wall of the Ulam which measured five Amos. The length of the Ulam itself was - eleven Amos.
(b)The Heichal measured forty Amos, and the wall of the Heichal - six.
(c)In the first Beis-ha'Mikdash, the Kodesh and the Kodesh Kodshim were divided by an Amah wall called the 'Amah Trak'sin' - which is an acronym of 'T'rak mi'Sinai' (which in turn, means that it covered the Aron and the Luchos that were given on Sinai (See also Tiferes Yisrael).
(d)In the second Beis-ha'Mikdash, they replaced the wall with two curtains an Amah apart (See Tiferes Yisrael). One curtain did not suffice - because they did not know whether the Amah T'raksin belonged to the Kodesh or to the Kodesh Kodshim.
15)
(a)What was the length of the Kodesh Kodshim?
(b)If the wall behind the Kodesh Kodshim (which the Tana here refers to as 'Heichal') was six Amos, how wide was ...
1. ... the Ta behind it?
2. ... the wall of the Ta?
(c)What did each of the walls mentioned here, including the Ta, incorporate?
15)
(a)The length of the Kodesh Kodshim was - twenty Amos.
(b)The wall behind the Kodesh Kodshim was six Amos ...
1. ... the Ta behind it - five (See Tosfos Yom Tov) and ...
2. ... the wall of the Ta - five Amos.
(c)Each of the walls mentioned here, including the Ta, incorporated - the space between it and the next wall.
16)
(a)What was the total width of the 'Heichal' from north to south?
(b)If, on the north side, the width of the wall of ...
1. ... the Mesibah was five Amos, how wide was the Mesibah itself?
2. ... the Ta was five Amos, how wide was the Ta itself?
3. ... wall of the Heichal was six Amos, how wide was the actual Heichal?
(c)On the south side, the width of the wall of the Heichal and of the Ta was six Amos. How wide was the wall of the Ta?
(d)What about the Mesibah?
(e)If the area called 'Beis Horadas ha'Mayim' (See Tiferes Yisrael) was three Amos wide, how wide was its outer wall?
16)
(a)The total width of the 'Heichal' from north to south was - seventy Amos
(b)On the north side, the width of the wall of ...
1. ... the Mesibah was five Amos and the Mesibah itself - three; the width of ...
2. ... the wall of the Ta was five Amos, the Ta itself - three, and whereas ...
3. ... the wall of the Heichal was six Amos wide, the width of the actual Heichal - was twenty Amos (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
(c)On the south side, the width of the wall of the Heichal and of the Ta was six Amos, and that of the wall of the Ta - five.
(d)The Mesibah - was confined to the north; it did not exist in the south.
(e)The area called 'Beis Horadas ha'Mayim' (See Tiferes Yisrael) was three Amos wide, and of its outer wall - five.
17)
(a)How much wider was the Ulam than the Heichal ...
1. ... to the north?
2. ... to the south?
(b)How much of the fifteen Amos on either side was taken up by the northern and southern walls of the Ulam?
(c)What were these two areas called?
(d)What purpose did the Beis ha'Chalifos serve?
17)
(a)The Ulam was fifteen Amos wider than the Heichal ...
1. ... to the north, and fifteen ...
2. ... to the south (See Tosfos Yom Tov).
(b)Five Amos out of the fifteen Amos on either side - were taken up by the northern and southern walls of the Ulam.
(c)These two areas were called - 'Beis ha'Chalifos' ...
(d)... and they were used - to store the knives of the respective Mishmaros (See Tiferes Yisrael).
18)
(a)What is the Pasuk in Yeshayah "Hoy Ariel Ariel ..." referring to?
(b)What is the significance of the comparison of the Beis-ha'Mikdash to a lion (See Tiferes Yisrael & Tosfos Yom Tov DH 'ha'Ulam Odefes alav')?
(c)Bearing in mind that it measured a hundred Amos by a hundred Amos, how does this comparison manifest itself (See Tiferes Yisrael & Tosfos Yom Tov DH 'ha'Ulam Odefes alav')?
18)
(a)The Pasuk in Yeshayah "Hoy Ariel Ariel ... " is referring to - the Heichal ...
(b)... which is compared to a lion in that, like a lion - it is wider in front than at the back ...
(c)... (in spite of the fact that it measures a hundred Amos by a hundred Amo) by virtue of the fact that - it was only in the east that it measured a hundred Amos, but that in the west it measured only seventy Amos, as we just explained (See also Meleches Sh'lomoh).
