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'''Rings & Chains''' | '''Rings & Chains''' | ||
− | Attached to the edges of the Kitaphot shoulder straps, were two<ref>Rashi Shemos 28:13</ref> gold 'Mishbetzot' settings to which were attached pure gold 'Sharsharos' chains<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:14">Rashi Shemos 28:14</ref> created from braided strands, rather then holes and links.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:14"/> They extended down along the chest and looped through two gold rings on the upper corners of the edge<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:14"/> of the Choshen which then doubled over and extending back up to the Kitaphot where both sides of each chain were linked.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> These attachments served the duel purpose of vertically aligning the Choshen to sit parallel to the heart<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> and at the same time pulled the two Kitaphot inwards applying pressure so they would not slip off the shoulders of the Kohen Gadol as he bent down.<ref>Rashi Kepshuto Footnote</ref | + | Attached to the edges of the Kitaphot shoulder straps, were two<ref>Rashi Shemos 28:13</ref> gold 'Mishbetzot' settings to which were attached pure gold 'Sharsharos' chains<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:14">Rashi Shemos 28:14</ref> created from braided strands, rather then holes and links.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:14"/> They extended down along the chest and looped through two gold rings on the upper corners of the edge<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:14"/> of the Choshen which then doubled over and extending back up to the Kitaphot where both sides of each chain were linked.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> These attachments served the duel purpose of vertically aligning the Choshen to sit parallel to the heart<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> and at the same time pulled the two Kitaphot inwards applying pressure so they would not slip off the shoulders of the Kohen Gadol as he bent down.<ref>Rashi Kepshuto Footnote</ref> |
There were two more rings on the two bottom ends of the Choshen. Opposite them there were two rings on the bottom end of two Kitaphot shoulder straps where they attached to the Cheshev belt.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> The lower rings of the Choshen would lay on top of the lower Ephod rings.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> The Kohen Gadol would fasten the rings by inserting a blue cord thought them, so that the bottom of the Choshen would be attached to the band of the Ephod, preventing it from swing back and forth.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> | There were two more rings on the two bottom ends of the Choshen. Opposite them there were two rings on the bottom end of two Kitaphot shoulder straps where they attached to the Cheshev belt.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> The lower rings of the Choshen would lay on top of the lower Ephod rings.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> The Kohen Gadol would fasten the rings by inserting a blue cord thought them, so that the bottom of the Choshen would be attached to the band of the Ephod, preventing it from swing back and forth.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 28:6"/> | ||
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====Attachment to Ephod==== | ====Attachment to Ephod==== | ||
− | Each of the Choshen's two upper corners | + | Each of the Choshen's two upper corners had a gold ring that allowed the two doubled over golden chains linked to the Kitaphot of the Ephod to loop through it, holding it up<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> directly in front of the heart.<ref>Rashi</ref> On the bottom two corners of the Choshen were another two rings. These allowed two doubled over blue dyed wool ribbons to loop through them and then connect to the two rings attached to the lower part of the Kitaphot,<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> where they connected to the Cheshev of the Ephod,<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> that lined up very near to the lower rings of the Choshen.<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> This lower fastening allowed the Choshen to be held in place and prevented it from bouncing and wobbling in all directions, away from the body of the Kohen Gadoel as he moved around.<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> Once connected, the Choshen is never to be removed from the Ephod. |
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− | These allowed two doubled over blue dyed wool ribbons to loop through them and then connect to the two rings attached to the lower part of the Kitaphot,<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> where they connected to the Cheshev of the Ephod,<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> that lined up very near to the lower rings of the Choshen.<ref>Rashi Kepshuto</ref> This lower fastening allowed | + | |
====Urim v'Tummim==== | ====Urim v'Tummim==== |