BAAL HaTURIM
Who Will Go
שמות לו,ו: וַיְצַו מֹשֶה וַיַעֲבִירוּ קוֹל בַמַחֲנֶה לֵאמֹר אִיש וְאִשָה אַל־יַעֲשׂוּ־עוֹד מְלָאכָה לִתְרוּמַת הַקֹדֶש וַיִכָלֵא הָעָם מֵהָבִיא :
The Baal haTurim reminds us that the Torah was given on Shabbos. Consequently, Yom Kippur (the day that Moshe returned with the Second Luchos) that year fell on Tuesday, and the work for the Mishkan began on Wednesday. They continued to bring their donations on Thursday morning and Friday morning. Then on Erev Shabbos, Moshe issued the above proclamation to cease bringing the donations.
The Gemara (Shabbos 96b with Tosfos) derives from the beginning of the Pasuk (that the Jews were not to carry the donations from their private domain to the public domain of the camp of the Leviim) that carrying objects from a private domain to the public domain (and vice versa) is a forbidden melacha for Shabbos.
Further, the Baal HaTurim notes that the word ויכלא appears twice: once here and once when HaShem chose to end the waters of the Flood ויכלא הגשם. This is in accordance with Chaza”l’s statement that jewels and pearls descended with the Mahn and the Jews brought them as donations for the Mishkan. Thus, when the rain ceased, i.e. when the clouds whose function was to bring rain ceased temporarily providing jewels (Mahn did not fall on Shabbos) the people ceased (permanently) bringing the donations for the Mishkan.
Betzalel
שמות לז,א: וַיַעַשׂ בְצַלְאֵל אֶת־הָאָרֹן
The Baal HaTurim comments that the name Betzalel is not mentioned in connection with any other items of the Mishkan except the Aron. This teaches that he was (as implied by his name) בצל א-ל (in the shadow of G-d). The means that Betzalel knew the secret of the Aron and of the Chariot (Devine Throne) for the Aron corresponds to the Throne of Glory.
The first chapter of Yechezkel in the words of Chaza”l is known as the מעשה מרכבה (work of the Chariot).
Further the word הארן appear three times in this section (once in pasuk Alef and twice in pasuk Heh). (In contrast to the eight times the word appears in the parallel section in Parshas Terumah) This corresponds to the three Arons that Betzalel made.
Bezalel made three Arons, two golden and one wooden. Each was made with four walls and a bottom and was open at the top. Each was slightly bigger than the other. Thus, he placed the smallest golden Aron into the wooden one and then placed the wooden one into the (larger) golden one.
