Midrash su Esodo 26:30

“Who viewed the face of the king” – there were two families [who had permission] to appear before Rabbi Yehuda haNasi; that of Rabbi Hoshaya, and that of the household of Rabbi Yehuda ben Pazzi. After the family of Rabbi Yehuda ben Pazzi married into the family of Rabbi Yehuda haNasi, they sought to enter first, but Rabbi Ammi would not allow them to do so. He said to them, it is written: “You shall establish the Tabernacle in accordance with its law [kemishpato] that you were shown on the mountain” (Exodus 26:30).⁷Kemishpato in this verse is usually understood to mean in the appropriate manner. Is there law for wood? Rather, a beam that was privileged to be placed in the north shall be placed in the north, and a beam that was privileged to be placed in the south shall be placed in the south.⁸Likewise, the arrangements of precedence for appearing before Rabbi Yehuda haNasi are fixed.
When they wanted to appoint new judges, from where did they do so? Rabbi Simon said to them: From the south, as it is stated: “The Lord said: Judah will go up”⁹Judah is in the south of the Land of Israel. Judges should be appointed from the lands to the south. (Judges 1:2). Rabbi Mani said: That is in war; however, regarding appointments: “Who viewed the face of the king, who were seated first in the kingdom” ¹⁰The judges should be chosen from those who live in proximity to the Nasi and the Sanhedrin. (Esther 1:14).

... In the hour that Shlomo built the Holy Temple, the whole world was filled with the fragrance of spices. In the end he saw that it would be destroyed and he wept, saying ‘this fragrance was all for naught!’ The Holy One said to him ‘do not be distressed, I will build it as an eternal construction “…between my breasts he shall lie.” (Shir HaShirim 1:13)’ Thus it says “His jaws are like a bed of spice…” (Shir HaShirim 5:13)