Wikipedia's first sentence called it “baraita cited several times by hai gaon”. Today it says “baraita cited several times by hai ben sherira”.
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Baraita Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e Baraita on the Erection of the Tabernacle ( Aramaic : בָּרַיְיתָא דִמְלֶאכֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן ) is a baraita cited several times by Hai ben Sherira , by Nathan ben Jehiel in the Arukh , as well as in Rashi , Yalkut Shimoni , and Maimonides . Rashi calls it a " Mishnah ". It contains 14 sections describing various aspects of the Tabernacle : the boards (1), woolen carpets (2), and carpets made of goat-hair (3), the curtain (4), the courtyard (5), the Ark of the Covenant (6-7), the table (8), the temple menorah (9-10), the incense altar (1), the goblets (12), the Levitical services (13), and the wandering in the wilderness (14). In the Munich manuscript, sections 1 and 2 constitute one section.
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Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e Baraita on the Erection of the Tabernacle is a Baraita cited several times by Hai Gaon , by Nathan ben Jehiel in the Aruk , as well as in Rashi , Yalḳut , and Maimonides . Rashi calls it a " Mishnah ". It treats in fourteen sections (in the Munich MS., sections i. and ii. constitute one section) of the boards (see. i.), woolen carpets (ii.), and carpets made of goat-hair (iii.), the curtain (iv.), the courtyard (v.), the Ark of the Covenant (vi.-vii.), the table (viii.), the candlestick (ix., x.), the altar of incense (xi.), the goblets (xii.), the Levitical services (xiii.), and the wandering in the wilderness (xiv.).
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Halakhic Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e Baraita on the Erection of the Tabernacle ( Aramaic : ) is a baraita cited several times by Hai Gaon , by Nathan ben Jehiel in the Arukh , as well as in Rashi , Yalḳut , and Maimonides . Rashi calls it a " Mishnah ". It contains 14 sections describing various aspects of the Tabernacle : the boards (1), woolen carpets (2), and carpets made of goat-hair (3), the curtain (4), the courtyard (5), the Ark of the Covenant (6-7), the table (8), the menorah (9-10), the incense altar (1), the goblets (12), the Levitical services (13), and the wandering in the wilderness (14).In the Munich manuscript, sections 1 and 2 constitute one section.
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baraita cited several times by hai gaon
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baraita cited several times by hai ben sherira
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