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There were poles of cedar wood stretching from the wall of the Sanctuary to the wall of the Porch to prevent it from bulging. There were chains of gold fixed in the roof beams of the Porch by which the priestly initiates used to ascend and see the crowns, as it says, “And the crowns shall be to Helem and to Toviyah and to Yedaya and to Hen the son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the Temple of the Lord” (Zechariah 6:14). A golden vine stood at the door of the Sanctuary trained on poles, and anyone who offered a leaf or a grape or a bunch used to bring it and hang it there…
Mishnah Middot 3:8
§ The mishna states:
On every
other
day, it was
of
greenish gold
but on this day it was of a red gold.
Rav Ḥisda said: There are seven
types
of gold
mentioned in the Bible:
Gold, and good gold, and gold of Ophir
(I Kings 10:11),
and glistering gold
(I Kings 10:18),
and
shaḥut
gold
(I Kings 10:17),
and closed gold
(I Kings 10:21),
and
parvayim
gold
(II Chronicles 3:6). The Gemara explains the reason for these names: There is a distinction between
gold and good gold…
Yoma 44b:17-45a:2
Mufaz gold. Rebbi Patroki the brother of Rebbi Drosa in the name of Rebbi Abba bar Bina: It looks like fire which was kindled with sulphur. Rebbi Abbin, it is called after its place,
and gold from Ufaz
.
Refined gold, one was cutting it up like olives, form it into dough, and feed it to ostriches; they filter it. But some are saying, that they were burying it in manure for seven years. Drawn gold. It could be drawn like wax. Hadrian had the weight of an egg of it. Diocletian had the weight of a Gordian denar of it…
Jerusalem Talmud Yoma 4:4:9-12
“The name of the one is Pishon; it is that which encircles the entire land of Ḥavila, where the gold is” (Genesis 2:11).
“The name of the one is Pishon” – because it causes flax [
pishtan
] to grow and its water flows smoothly [
shofi
].
“It is that which encircles the entire land of Ḥavila” – Ḥavila did not yet exist, and yet you say: “It is that which encircles [the entire land of Ḥavila]”? This is bewildering. The explanation is that “He tells the outcome from the outset” (Isaiah 46:10).
“Where the gold is” – pure gold…
Bereshit Rabbah 16:2
“You shall craft the boards for the Tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright” (Exodus 26:15).
“You shall craft the boards for the Tabernacle” (Exodus 26:15). That is what is written: “The trees of the Lord sate themselves, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted” (Psalms 104:16). There were many creations that the Holy One blessed be He created in His world, that the world was not fit to utilize, so the Holy One blessed be He concealed them from the world. What is [an example of] this? The light that was created on the first day…
Shemot Rabbah 35:1
We learned in the mishna:
And neither
may a woman go out on Shabbat to the public domain
with a city of gold.
The Gemara asks:
What is
the meaning of:
With a city of gold? Rabba bar bar Ḥana said
that
Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Jerusalem of Gold,
a gold tiara engraved with a depiction of the city of Jerusalem,
like
the one
that Rabbi Akiva made for his wife.
Shabbat 59a:9-59b:1
It has been remarked that there are seven kinds of gold. Now, it might be thought that there is a mistake here, since gold denotes judgement and silver mercy, and yet gold appears to be reckoned as being above silver. There is, however, no mistake. Gold really does surpass all, but only that gold which is the seventh and the best of all the species of gold, and which is meant by the term “gold” here. It is the kind which shines and sparkles, dazzling the eyes, and he who gets hold of it hides it carefully. From it all other kinds emanate.
Zohar, Terumah 34:399
The verse states:
“On silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver”
(Esther 1:6).
It is taught
in a
baraita
:
Rabbi Yehuda says:
Some couches were of gold and others of silver.
One
who, according to his stature, was
fit for silver
sat on a couch of
silver,
and
one
who was
fit for gold
sat on one of
gold. Rabbi Neḥemya said to him:
This was not done.
If so, you
would
cast jealousy into the feast,
for the guests would be envious of each other…
Megillah 12a:13
The Gemara elaborates:
What interpretation
is referenced above?
As it is taught
in a
baraita
: The verse states:
“Of a talent of pure gold will it be made, with all these vessels”
(Exodus 25:39); this verse teaches that if the Candelabrum is
fashioned
of
gold,
it must be
fashioned
with the precise weight of
a talent;
and if it is
not fashioned
of
gold
but of other types of metal, then it does
not
need to be
fashioned
with the precise weight of
a talent…
Menachot 28a:14
We must clarify:
What is
the meaning of
and Di Zahav?
The Sages of
the school of Rabbi Yannai said that Moses said the following before the Holy One, Blessed be He,
to atone for Israel after the sin of the Golden Calf:
Master of the Universe, because of the gold and silver that you lavished upon Israel
during the exodus from Egypt
until they said enough [
dai
];
it was this wealth
that caused
Israel
to make the
Golden
Calf.
Berakhot 32a:8
One who says:
It
is incumbent
upon me
to donate
gold
to the Temple treasury,
must
give
no less than a gold dinar.
One who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate
silver
to the Temple treasury,
must
give
no less than
the value of
a silver dinar.
One who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate
copper
to the Temple maintenance,
must
give
no less than
the value of
a silver
ma’a
.
One who says:
I specified
the amount of gold, silver, or copper,
but I do not know what I specified…
Menachot 106b:16
§ The Gemara returns to the topic of how the groom records the bride’s dowry in the marriage contract:
Rav Shemen bar Abba said
that
Rabbi Yoḥanan said:
If
she brings him gold
in her dowry, the court
appraises it, and it is
recorded in the marriage contract
according to its value,
without additions or subtractions. The Gemara
raises an objection
from that which was taught in a
baraita
: The
halakha
is that
the gold is like utensils
and not like cash for purposes of the dowry…
Ketubot 67a:3
Thus with this river there are seven corresponding to the seven cycles of the “Jubilee”, and the “seven” of the years of release (Deut. 15, 9). Although there are six they are thirteen through the seventh. Thus the thirteenth is the head, which stands on the whole body below, which is above all the limbs and is of gold. What, now, is the difference between the two kinds of gold? The higher gold is in the symbol of the closed mystery, and its name is
Zahab sagur
, “shut-in-gold”, that is, pure precious gold (I Kings 6, 20-21), shut off and hidden from all, concealed from the eye…
Zohar, Terumah 34:403
The other Sages
said to
Rabbi Yosei bar Yehuda:
From there
you seek to bring
a proof?
There the branches of the candelabrum
were
comprised of
spits [
shippudin
] of iron and they covered them with tin.
Later, when
they grew richer
and could afford a candelabrum of higher-quality material,
they fashioned them from silver.
When
they grew even richer, they fashioned them from gold.
Still, Abaye proves from this
baraita
that the prohibition against forming an image applies only to items that can be reconstructed in an accurate…
Rosh Hashanah 24b:2
When Jehoiakim came
along and reigned,
he said:
My
predecessors did not know
how
to express insolence to
God.
Do we need
God
even for his light?
Since
we have
parvayim
gold that we use
that shines,
let
God
take His light
from the world.
They said to him: Aren’t the silver and the gold His, as it is stated: “The silver is mine and the gold is mine says the Lord of hosts”
(Haggai 2:8)? Jehoiakim
said to them: He has already given it to us, as it is stated: “The heavens are the heavens of the Lord…
Sanhedrin 103b:12
“We will make you golden rings with studs of silver” (Song of Songs 1:11).
“We will make you golden rings.” “We will make you golden rings,” this is the plunder at the sea; “with studs of silver,” this is the plunder of Egypt. Just like the difference between silver and gold, so was the property at the sea more valuable than the plunder of Egypt, as it is stated: “You came with ornaments upon ornaments [
ba’adi adayim
]” (Ezekiel 16:7).
Ba’adi
, this is the plunder of Egypt,
adayim
, this is the plunder at the sea…
Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:11:1
The Gemara returns to its narration of the future judgment. First, the members of the Roman Empire enter.
The Holy One, Blessed be He, says to them: With what did you occupy yourselves? They say before Him
in response:
Master of the Universe, we have established many marketplaces, we have built many bathhouses,
and
we have increased much silver and gold. And we did all
of this
only for
the sake of
the Jewish people, so that they would
be free to
engage in Torah
study…
Avodah Zarah 2b:4-5
With regard to the worn-out dinars of Hadrian and Trajan mentioned earlier,
Rabbi Oshaya says:
The Sages
wished to sequester all the silver and gold in the world because of the silver and gold of Jerusalem,
i.e., that which was kept in the Temple treasury and was appropriated by gentiles and mixed with other silver and gold. They did not permit its use
until they found a verse in the Torah
indicating
that it is permitted, as it is stated: “And robbers shall enter into it, and profane it”
(Ezekiel 7:22)…
Bekhorot 50a:9
Reish Lakish says:
With regard to
anyone who appoints over the community a judge who is not fit,
it is
as though
he
plants a tree
used as part of idolatrous rites
[
ashera
] among the Jewish people, as it is stated: “You shall make judges and officers for yourself”
(Deuteronomy 16:18),
and juxtaposed to it,
it is written:
“You shall not plant yourself an
ashera
of any kind of tree”
(Deuteronomy 16:21). By implication, appointing unfit judges is akin to planting a tree for idolatry…
Sanhedrin 7b:8-9
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said to Rava: What is the absurdity
of
his
statement?
I said this
statement to Rav Naḥman bar Rav Ḥisda
and I said it to him from this
baraita
:
If one
is traveling in the desert,
where the earth is not arable, and wishes to slaughter an undomesticated animal or a bird,
but he does not have dirt
with which
to cover
the blood,
he may grind a gold dinar
into powder
and cover
the blood with it. If one
is traveling on a ship
and wants to slaughter an undomesticated animal or a bird
but he does not…
Chullin 88b:6-7
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