Mesorat%20hashas for Berakhot 109:11

אמר רבי יצחק אין מעמידין פרנס על הצבור אלא אם כן נמלכים בצבור שנא' (שמות לה, ל) ראו קרא ה' בשם בצלאל אמר לו הקדוש ברוך הוא למשה משה הגון עליך בצלאל אמר לו רבונו של עולם אם לפניך הגון לפני לא כל שכן אמר לו אף על פי כן לך אמור להם הלך ואמר להם לישראל הגון עליכם בצלאל אמרו לו אם לפני הקדוש ברוך הוא ולפניך הוא הגון לפנינו לא כל שכן

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonetan: Betzalel was called upon because of his wisdom. In the moment that the Holy One Blessed be God said to Moses: Say to Betzalel: make for me a Mishkan, an ark, and vessels. Moses went and switched the order, and he said to him (Betzalel): make an ark, vessels, and a Mishkan. [Betzalel] said to him, our teacher, it is the custom of everyone that one builds a house, and afterwards places inside vessels, and you are saying, make for me an ark, vessels, and a Mishkan. Where do I place the vessels that I am making? Perhaps the Holy One blessed be God said to you: Make a Mishkan, an ark, and vessels. Moses responded] said to him: Perhaps you were in the shadow of God and you knew! Rav Yehuda said: Rav Said: Betzalel knew how to combine the letters that were used to create the Heavens and the Earth. It was written here, “And he filled him with the spirit of God with Wisdom, Understanding, and Intellect.” (Exodus 35:31) and it was written there, “The LORD founded the land with Wisdom and established the Heavens with Understanding.” (Proverbs 3:19) and it is written, “with his intellect, the depths were broken.” (Proverbs 3:20)

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