Commentary for Keritot 10:56
ההוא ממלא מקום אבותיו הוה
[As to the other articles:] R'Eleazar said: [Their disappearance is] inferred by the common expressions of sham, doroth and mishmereth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sham ('there') is mentioned in connection with the ark in Ex. XXX, 36 and with the manna in XVI, 33. Doroth ('generations') in connection with the manna ibid. and with the sacred oil, ibid. XXX, 31. Mishmereth ('guard') in connection with the manna ibid, and with Aaron's rod in Num. XVII, 25. Manna is thus derived from the ark; and the other two articles from manna. At all events, we learn therefrom that there was no oil of anointing at the time of Jehoahaz.');"><sup>30</sup></span>
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