Commentary for Ezekiel 1:15
וָאֵ֖רֶא הַחַיּ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּה֩ אוֹפַ֨ן אֶחָ֥ד בָּאָ֛רֶץ אֵ֥צֶל הַחַיּ֖וֹת לְאַרְבַּ֥עַת פָּנָֽיו׃
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel at the bottom hard by the living creatures, at the four faces thereof.
Rashi on Ezekiel
one wheel [was] on the ground On the floor of the expanse.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Rashi on Ezekiel
for its four faces of each living being, or the wheel had four faces. Our Rabbis said (Chag. 13b): “This is Sandalphon [the angel], who stands on the ground yet whose head reaches up among the living beings.” From the context we learn that the wheels were four.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy