열왕기상 2:2의 유대 사상

This sage forgot the teaching in the first chapter of Tractate Keilim:²⁵Keilim 1:8. “The chayl is holier than it (the Temple Mount), for non-Jews and those impure due to contact with a human corpse may not enter there.” Thus, non-Jews were not allowed to enter the entire area of the Temple Mount, merely parts of it. Now, the chayl was positioned after the soreg,²⁶A low partition that served as a line of demarcation, marking off the inner portion of the Temple Mount. See the diagram on the following page but before the Women’s Courtyard. This holds true according to both interpretations of the chayl: that advanced by Rashi²⁷Yoma 16a. and of Rav Ovadiah of Bartenura, and that advanced by Rambam. Rav Ovadiah of Bartenura comments on the Mishnah’s statement²⁸Middos 2:3. that the chayl was 10 cubits, and explains that it was an area 10 cubits wide, positioned before the Women’s Courtyard. Rambam²⁹Hilchos Beis HaBechirah 5:3. interprets the chayl as being the wall around the Women’s Courtyard, which was 10 cubits wide, stating: “Concerning it, Lamentations states:³⁰Eichah 2:8. ‘The wall and the rampart mourned.’ ” According to Rambam, “The rampart” refers to the wall of the Women’s Courtyard, which was a low wall, and “the wall” refers to the wall around the Courtyard of the Israelites, which was a high wall. Thus all these authorities maintain that the chayl was before the Women’s Courtyard, and that non-Jews were forbidden to enter there.