Midrash su Esodo 25:19
וַ֠עֲשֵׂה כְּר֨וּב אֶחָ֤ד מִקָּצָה֙ מִזֶּ֔ה וּכְרוּב־אֶחָ֥ד מִקָּצָ֖ה מִזֶּ֑ה מִן־הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִ֖ים עַל־שְׁנֵ֥י קְצוֹתָֽיו׃
Farai cioè un cherubino all’estremità di qua, ed un cherubino all’estremità di là: farete i cherubini (quasi) formanti parte del coperchio alle due estremità sue [dell’arca].
Midrash Tanchuma
It is written: One cherub at one end, and one cherub at the other end (ibid. 37:8). Just as the heavens open their treasures to the earth, as is said: The Lord will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season (Deut. 28:12), so the Shekhinah was placed above the two cherubim, which were face-to-face. And Israel was exalted through the tablets, as it is said: On the one side and on the other were they written (Exod. 32:15).
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