Double-ParshaVayekhel-P'kudei, 5773/2013 thoughts

I give up--just see my previous posts.  I can't make construction blueprints interesting.

I'm glad that at least Conservadox (quoting Sarna) has something about these parshiot that's worth reading.

On a second thought, who were those "serving women," what did they do, and do we ever hear about them again?

ח וַיַּעַשׂ, אֵת הַכִּיּוֹר נְחֹשֶׁת, וְאֵת, כַּנּוֹ נְחֹשֶׁת--בְּמַרְאֹת, הַצֹּבְאֹת, אֲשֶׁר צָבְאוּ, פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד. {ס} 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the serving women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting. {S}