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כלי שרת מהו שיעשו מקדשי בדק הבית? צורך מזבח נינהו, ומקדשי בדק הבית אתו? או צורך קרבן נינהו, ומתרומת הלשכה היו עושין אותן? אמר ליה: אין נעשין אלא מתרומת הלשכה.
Concerning Temple service vessels, what is the halakha with regard to the possibility that they may be prepared by using money consecrated for Temple maintenance? The Talmud explains the two sides of the dilemma: Are they requirements of the altar, and therefore they came from money consecrated for Temple maintenance, or are they requirements of offerings, and therefore they were prepared from the collection of the Temple treasury chamber? Rav said to him: They are prepared only from the collection of the chamber.
איתיביה: ״וככלותם הביאו לפני המלך ויהוידע (הכהן) את שאר הכסף ויעשהו כלים לבית ה׳ כלי שרת וגו׳״!
Rav Huna raised an objection to this from a verse that deals with those in charge of maintaining the Temple structure: “And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of YHWH, vessels with which to minister, and buckets, and pans, and vessels of gold and silver” (II Chronicles 24:14). This indicates that vessels may be prepared with money consecrated for Temple maintenance.
אמר ליה: דאקרייך כתובי לא אקרייך נביאי, ״אך לא יעשה בית ה׳ ספות וגו׳ כי לעשי המלאכה יתנהו״.
Rav said to him: Whoever taught you the Writings did not teach you the Prophets, as you forgot about the parallel verse in the Prophets: “But there were not made for the house of YHWH cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of YHWH; for they gave that to those who did the work” (II Kings 12:14–15). This verse proves that vessels were not prepared with the money donated for Temple maintenance.