1)

Why does the Torah draw a distinction between the six middle boards on the west side and the two outer ones?

1.

Rashi and Rashbam: The boards of the Mishkan were placed outside the Mishkan as a border (and not as part of the west-side). 1 Consequently, the six middle boards on the west marked the majority of the western border (nine Amos), and it was to fill in the half Amah space on the north and on the south, that the extra boards were needed (even though the outer Amah of each one did not fulfill that role) 2 .


1

Oznayim la'Torah: And had the Torah referred to eight boards on the west, we would have thought that the the west wall of the Mishkan was twelve Amos w.

2

But to fill in the gap that now existed between the extremities of the western plank and the northern and southern ones.

2)

How did the two end west boards remain firm, seeing that the boards on the north and south sides were tapered to a finger-breadth at the top. See 2:24:2:2?

1.

Shabbos, 98b: They filed them down until they fitted plush with the north and south boards.

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