Oct 15, 2026 · 14 min · 8 segments
**Perek י״ז (ב): The Fine Print of Lechi and Korah** What exactly makes a crossbeam or side post valid? This section sets the measurements: how wide and strong a Korah must be, how tall and wide an…
You can make a [kora], this beam, out of anything, [avallo ba'ashera] except for an ashera tree, which was specifically used for [avoda zara] [ve chol ashiyin asurin min haashera].
Meaning it doesn't matter how big something is, if it's from an ashera tree, any measurement is [asur].
[Ve chen rochav hakora en pachot mi tefach ve'ovia kol she hu].
The width of the, uh, beam, that beam that goes over the top, cannot be less than a [tefach] and its thickness can be, it can be any thickness.
[Ve hu she tiye bria lakalel hariach she hu chatzi levaina shel shlosha tefachim al shlosha tefachim].
It has to be strong enough to hold a brick that is one and a half [tefach] by three [tefachim].
[Umaamidei kora tzrichin she yihu briyin kede lakalel kora ve chatzi levaina].
The supports that are holding the beam up have to be strong enough to hold the beam and a brick that we mentioned the size above.
[Kama yiye petach hamavui vi yedi le hakshiro be lechi o kora].
How big does the entrance itself of the [mavui], of that lane have to be in order for a [lechi] or, or [kora] to make it, uh, [mutar] to carry within it? [Gavo en pachot me asarah tefachim ve lo yeter al esrim ama].
So the height of the opening cannot be less than ten [tefachim] or more than twenty [amot].
[Ve rochbo ad eser amot].
And the width is up to ten [amot].
[Ba'me dwarim amurim].
What are we talking about? [She lo ya lo tzurat petach].
In a case where there's not this frame of an entrance.
[Avall im hayah lo tzurat petach].
But if it did have that, [afilu haya gavo meah ama o pachot me asarah o rochav meah ama harei ze mutar].
If it has this shape, this, uh, opening frame of an entrance, so then it doesn't matter any of the measurements.
It could have been a hundred [amot] or less than ten [tefachim], or wider than a hundred [amot].
In all those cases, it would be permissible to carry within the [mavui].
[Ve chen im haya ba kora shel mavui ki'or ve tziur ad she hu kol-- ha kol mistaklim ba].
If, uh, the, this beam over a [mavui] has some sort of, uh, ornaments on it, or designs or drawings to the point that everyone stops to look at it, [af al pi she yima al me esrim ama kashera].
[sniffs] Even if it were to be above twenty [amot] high, it would still be kosher.
Why? [She hakora mishum heker asuya].
You can make a [kora], this beam, out of anything, [avallo ba'ashera] except for an ashera tree, which was specifically used for [avoda zara] [ve chol ashiyin asurin min haashera].
Meaning it doesn't matter how big something is, if it's from an ashera tree, any measurement is [asur].
[Ve chen rochav hakora en pachot mi tefach ve'ovia kol she hu].
The width of the, uh, beam, that beam that goes over the top, cannot be less than a [tefach] and its thickness can be, it can be any thickness.
[Ve hu she tiye bria lakalel hariach she hu chatzi levaina shel shlosha tefachim al shlosha tefachim].
It has to be strong enough to hold a brick that is one and a half [tefach] by three [tefachim].
[Umaamidei kora tzrichin she yihu briyin kede lakalel kora ve chatzi levaina].
The supports that are holding the beam up have to be strong enough to hold the beam and a brick that we mentioned the size above.
[Kama yiye petach hamavui vi yedi le hakshiro be lechi o kora].
How big does the entrance itself of the [mavui], of that lane have to be in order for a [lechi] or, or [kora] to make it, uh, [mutar] to carry within it? [Gavo en pachot me asarah tefachim ve lo yeter al esrim ama].
So the height of the opening cannot be less than ten [tefachim] or more than twenty [amot].
[Ve rochbo ad eser amot].
And the width is up to ten [amot].
[Ba'me dwarim amurim].
What are we talking about? [She lo ya lo tzurat petach].
In a case where there's not this frame of an entrance.
[Avall im hayah lo tzurat petach].
But if it did have that, [afilu haya gavo meah ama o pachot me asarah o rochav meah ama harei ze mutar].
If it has this shape, this, uh, opening frame of an entrance, so then it doesn't matter any of the measurements.
It could have been a hundred [amot] or less than ten [tefachim], or wider than a hundred [amot].
In all those cases, it would be permissible to carry within the [mavui].
[Ve chen im haya ba kora shel mavui ki'or ve tziur ad she hu kol-- ha kol mistaklim ba].
If, uh, the, this beam over a [mavui] has some sort of, uh, ornaments on it, or designs or drawings to the point that everyone stops to look at it, [af al pi she yima al me esrim ama kashera].
[sniffs] Even if it were to be above twenty [amot] high, it would still be kosher.
Why? [She hakora mishum heker asuya].
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