Commentary for Shabbat 196:8

(שמות כו, ז) ועשית יריעות עזים לאהל וגו' אורך היריעה האחת שלשים באמה וגו' שדי אורכייהו לפותיא דמשכן כמה הויא תלתין דל עשר לאיגרא פשא להו עשר להאי גיסא ועשר להאי גיסא לר' יהודה מיכסיא אמה דאדנים לר' נחמיה מיגליא אמה דאדנים

Throw their length over the breadth of the Tabernacle; how much was it? twenty-eight cubits. Subtract ten for the roof, and this leaves nine cubits on each side. According to R. Judah. the cubit of the sockets was left uncovered; according to R. Nehemiah, a cubit of the boards was uncovered [too].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The boards were fitted into sockets (v. 19) one cubit in height. Consequently if the thickness of the top was only one fingerbreadth, practically the whole length of the boards up to the socket was covered by the curtain; (the fingerbreadth and the slightly larger length of the hypotenuse being disregarded). But if the top too was one cubit in thickness. only eight cubits of the boards were covered. ');">¹⁴</span> Cast their breadth over the length of the Tabernacle: how much was it? forty cubits.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., ten curtains each of four cubits in breadth. Ibid. 2. ');">¹⁵</span>

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