Commentary for I Kings 6:29
וְאֵת֩ כָּל־קִיר֨וֹת הַבַּ֜יִת מֵסַ֣ב ׀ קָלַ֗ע פִּתּוּחֵי֙ מִקְלְעוֹת֙ כְּרוּבִ֣ים וְתִֽמֹרֹ֔ת וּפְטוּרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים מִלִּפְנִ֖ים וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.
Rashi on I Kings
And all the walls of the Beis Hamikdosh. The wooden walls.
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He encircled with figures. Surrounded with drawings.
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Carved figures of cherubim. Engraved forms of cherubim, and [palm] trees, cords, and flowers.
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From within and without. [I.e.,] for the inner room of the Ark cover [i.e., the Holy of Holies], and for the Sanctuary, the “one without.”38Even though the Sanctuary was also located “within” the Beis Hamikdosh, however, relative to the Holy of Holies it is the “one without.”
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