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Riga 170:

The Rabbis taught in a Baraita that the Tabernacle’s lower curtains were made of blue wool, purple wool, crimson wool, and fine linen, while the upper curtains that made the tent spread were made of goats’ hair. And they taught that the upper curtains required greater skill than the lower, for {{Bibleverse||Exodus|35:25|HE}} says of the lower ones, “And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands,” while {{Bibleverse||Exodus|35:26|HE}} says of the upper ones, “And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats.” It was taught in Rabbi Nehemiah's name that the hair was washed on the goats and spun while still on the goats.<ref>[http://www.halakhah.com/shabbath/shabbath_99.html Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 99a.]</ref>

Reading the words, “see, the Lord has called by name Bezalel,” in {{Bibleverse||Exodus|35:30,|HE}} a midrash explained that Israel sinned with fire in making the [[Golden calf|Golden Calf]], as {{Bibleverse||Exodus|32:24|HE}} says, “And I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.” And then Bezalel came and healed the wound (and the construction of the Tabernacle made atonement for the sins of the people in making the Golden Calf). The midrash likened it to the words of {{Bibleverse-lb||Isaiah|54:16,|HE}} “Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals.” The midrash taught that Bezalel was the smith whom God had created to address the fire. And the midrash likened it to the case of a doctor's disciple who applied a plaster to a wound and healed it. When people began to praise him, his teacher, the doctor, said that they should praise the doctor, for he taught the disciple. Similarly, when everybody said that Bezalel had constructed the Tabernacle through his knowledge and understanding, God said that it was God who created him and taught him, as {{Bibleverse||Isaiah|54:16|HE}} says, “Behold, I have created the smith.” Thus Moses said in {{Bibleverse||Exodus|35:30,|HE}} “see, the Lord has called by name Bezalel.”<ref>[[Exodus Rabbah]] 48:5.</ref>

[[File:Tissot Bezalel.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Bezalel (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot)]]