What I Learnt Today
א"ר לוי דבר זה מסורת בידינו מאבותינו מקום ארון אינו מן המדה תניא נמי הכי ארון שעשה משה יש לו עשר אמות לכל רוח וכתיב (מלכים א ו) ולפני הדביר עשרים אמה אורך וכתיב כנף הכרוב האחד עשר אמות וכנף הכרוב האחד עשר אמות ארון גופיה היכא הוה קאי אלא לאו שמע מינה בנס היה עומד
According to Rabbi Levi in Megilah 10b we have a tradition that the ark (of the covenant) had no dimensions / was not measurable. In other words it didn't exist in space. Unsurprisingly I'm still trying to get my head round that. Either Raiders of the Lost Ark was lying to us, or there was some tardisy style shit going down.
The hebrew text from mechon mamre. Note to self - download texts from there.
According to Rabbi Levi in Megilah 10b we have a tradition that the ark (of the covenant) had no dimensions / was not measurable. In other words it didn't exist in space. Unsurprisingly I'm still trying to get my head round that. Either Raiders of the Lost Ark was lying to us, or there was some tardisy style shit going down.
The hebrew text from mechon mamre. Note to self - download texts from there.
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