Pekudei 5782

This is Torah Talk for the week of February 27th, 2022

Exodus 39:2

The ephod was made of gold, blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine twisted linen [שֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר].

This expression appears nowhere else but in the second half of the book of Exodus.  What in the world is twisted linen, and why does מָשְׁזָֽר mean that?

This week’s handout: 23 Pekudei 5782

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