- It took Solomon seven years to build God’s home (the Temple), yet it took him thirteen years to finish his own home! How do you make sense of this?
- In I Kings 7:15 the Hebrew word “yatsar” is used to mean “create.” How does this word’s meaning differ from that of “barah” which also means “to create”? (See Genesis 1.)
- Why were the two pillars named Yachin and Boaz? What do these words mean in Hebrew?
- Why were lions and palm trees such a popular motif in the Temple? Why did pomegranates also appear frequently in the design of the Temple?
- In the Mishkan and then in the Temple, how was the “lechem ha-panim” used? (I Kings 7:48)
