Reference for Menachot 176:20

זהב בהדיא כתיב בו (שמות כה, לז) ועשית את נרותיה שבעה והעלה את נרותיה והאיר אל עבר פניה ומלקחיה ומחתותיה זהב טהור לא נצרכא אלא לפי נרות סלקא דעתך אמינא הואיל ופי נרות אשחורי משחר התורה חסה על ממונן של ישראל

Who are 'The Sages'? - R'Eleazar son of R'Zadok is meant. For it was taught: R'Eleazar son of R'Zadok says, There was a kind of thin plate of gold over [each lamp]; when cleaning out [the lamp the priest] used to press it down towards the mouth of the lamp,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus ejecting all burnt-out matter.');">¹⁹</span> and when putting oil in it he used to press it down towards the back of the lamp.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus making a wide opening to receive the oil.');">²⁰</span> And this matter is the subject of dispute between the following Tannaim. For it was taught: The Candlestick and the lamps were made out of the talent,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The talent of pure gold used in the making of the Candlestick; cf. Ex. XXV, 39');">²¹</span> but the tongs and the snuff dishes were not made out of the talent. R'Nehemiah said, The Candlestick [only] was made out of the talent, but neither the lamps nor the tongs nor the snuff dishes were made out of the talent. Wherein do they differ? - In the exposition of the following verse. For it was taught: Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. ibid.');">²²</span> we thus learn that the Candlestick was made out of the talent, but whence do I know that it included the lamps too? Because Scripture says, With all these vessels.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. ibid.');">²²</span> Then I might think that it included even the tongs and the snuff dishes; the text therefore states, It.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. ibid.');">²²</span> This is the opinion of R'Nehemiah. ²³ - Two Tannaim differ as to R'Nehemiah's view."&gt; R'Joshua B'Korha says, The Candlestick was made out of the talent, but neither the lamps nor the tongs nor the snuff dishes were made out of the talent. How then do I interpret the words 'with all these vessels'? That the vessels were of gold. But that they were of gold is expressly stated in the verses, And thou shalt make the lamps thereof seven; and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it. And the tongs thereof and the snuff dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXV, 37, 38.');">²⁴</span> - [The former verse] was stated only for the sake of the mouth of the lamp.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the flame is.');">²⁵</span> For I might have thought that since the mouth of the lamp becomes black the Torah has consideration for the money of Israel,

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