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The Torah mandates that the menorah, kapores, and chatzotzrot be fashioned from single, solid pieces of metal rather than assembled from separate components. Sources explore both the technical halakhic requirement and its deeper spiritual significance—reflecting principles of wholeness, unity, and the indivisibility necessary for objects that interface with the Divine.
מִקְשָׁה זָהָב עַד־יְרֵכָהּ עַד־פִּרְחָהּ מִקְשָׁה הִוא