Magrefa was in the Jerusalem Temple

Abstract

The Magrefa is mentioned in the Talmud (only), and has a number of descriptions on it. Enough to stimulate the imagination, but not to understand what instrument it was. Four hundred years of “research” have brought up delusional, imaginary ideas that ignore the details of the Talmud, and serve the purposes of scholars (a genuine and naive desire to find out what the Magrefa was, or different interests. I came to a completely different conclusion. An instrument similar to the Chinese “sheng” perfectly matches all the details that appear in the Talmud. There cannot be an absolute certainty that I am right, (despite the high probability and suitability), but it is 100% clear that the other researchers were wrong. The negation is absolute. I show all the stages of the development of imaginations and illusions. From one un-clear Magrefa, “no-one knows what it was” – to two Magrefa’s (with names, “Tamid” and “Arachin”) that have nothing to do with reality.  Two main parts are in this article: (a) negation of all the erroneous conclusions of scholars over the last four hundred years and (b) my conclusions about what the Magrefa could have been. An appendix is about the “Sheng” family. A long history, many shapes and many names.