Pensée juive sur Ézéchiel 42:10

On this basis, we can understand Rashi’s explanation of the phrase, “facing the edifice and the building.”⁷Yechezkel 42:10. As explained, these chambers are built alongside the wall of the Inner Courtyard, and do not begin at the corner of the courtyard. Instead, the chambers are positioned slightly northward. As stated in sec. 21, there are vestibules built there, on the inside, alongside that wall. Thus, the chambers are built opposite these vestibules. If, however, the chambers began at the corners or before the eastern wall of the Inner Courtyard as was supposed, even though vestibules are also situated there, as explained in that section, the chambers themselves would not be facing the vestibules, only the end of their walls.