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Ramban on Exodus 35:5/רמב"ן על שמות ל״ה:ה׳

איְבִיאֶהָ אֵת תְּרוּמַת ה' כְּמוֹ יָבִיא אֶת תְּרוּמַת ה', אֲבָל יְכַנֶּה וִיפָרֵשׁ. וְכֵן "וַתִּפְתַּח וַתִּרְאֵהוּ אֶת הַיֶּלֶד" (שמות ב':ו'), "בְּבוֹאוֹ הָאִישׁ" (יחזקאל י ג), "אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַעַבְדוּ אֹתוֹ אֶת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר" (ירמיה כז ח), "אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לָהֶם לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" (יהושע א ב), וְרַבִּים כֵּן: וְעַל דֶּרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת הוּא כְּמוֹ יְבִיאֶהָ עִם תְּרוּמַת ה' (זהר ויקהל קצח:), שֶׁיָּבִיא הַתְּרוּמָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה, בְּסוֹד "וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה" (שמות כ"ה:ב') וּכְבָר פֵּרַשְׁתִּיו (רמב"ן על שמות כ"ה:ג'). וּלְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ מִדְרָשׁ בְּ"וַתִּפְתַּח וַתִּרְאֵהוּ אֶת הַיֶּלֶד" (שמות ב':ו'), שֶׁרָאֲתָה עִמּוֹ שְׁכִינָה (סוטה יב:): וְהִנֵּה מֹשֶׁה הֻצְרַךְ לְסַפֵּר לְכָל הָעֵדָה כָּל הַמְּלָאכָה שֶׁצִּוָּה אוֹתוֹ הַשֵּׁם, כְּדֵי לְהוֹדִיעַ לָהֶם שֶׁצְּרִיכִין לְהָבִיא נְדָבָה רַבָּה, כִּי הַמְּלָאכָה גְּדוֹלָה, וּלְכָךְ סִפֵּר לָהֶם הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶת אָהֳלוֹ וְאֶת מִכְסֵהוּ וְגוֹ' כֻּלָּן הִזְכִּירָן עַל דֶּרֶךְ הַכְּלָל. וְטַעַם אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, אֶת הָאָרוֹן, אֶת הַשֻּׁלְחָן, וְכָל הַנִּזְכָּרִים, בְּהֵ"א הַיְּדִיעָה, כְּאוֹמֵר אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת הַכֵּלִים אֲשֶׁר נַגִּיד לַחֲכָמִים הָעוֹשִׂים בַּמְּלָאכָה בִּפְרָטָן וּבְשִׁעוּרָן, כִּי עַתָּה לְכָל הָעֵדָה לֹא יַגִּידֵם אֶלָּא בִּשְׁמוֹתָם בִּכְלָל:

1Y’VI’EHA’ (LET HIM BRING IT), THE ETERNAL’S OFFERING. This is like “yavi (let him bring) the Eternal’s offering.” But Scripture mentions a pronoun and then returns to explain it. Similarly: And she opened and saw him, the child;¹⁹ when he went in, the man;²⁰ — when the man went in. the nation and the kingdom which will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar;²¹ which I do give to them, the children of Israel.²² There are many similar instances.By way of the Truth, [the mystic lore of the Cabala], the phrase here is like “let him bring it ‘with’ the Eternal’s offering,” meaning that he is to bring the higher offering as alluded to in the secret of and they take for Me an offering.²³ I have already explained it.²⁴, Verse 3. Our Rabbis have a Midrash²⁵ on the verse, and she opened and saw him, the child,¹⁹ that she saw with him the Divine Glory.Now it was necessary for Moses to tell the whole congregation all the work which G-d had commanded him, in order to let them know that they had to bring large donations, for the work is great.²⁶ That is why he told them, The Tabernacle, its tent, and its covering etc.,²⁷ mentioning all in a general way. The reason for the definite article in ‘eth hamishkan’ (the Tabernacle),²⁷ ‘eth ha’aron’ (the ark),²⁸ ‘eth hashulchan’ (the table),²⁹ and all those mentioned with the definite article, is as if to say: “the Tabernacle and the vessels which we will explain to the wise men doing the work in their details and measurements,” but speaking now to the whole congregation, he told them only their names in general.