Kaisipang Hudyo sa Ezekiel 41:10: The Third Beit HaMikdash

And facing them twenty cubits away were chambers;²¹See Yechezkel 41:10 and sec. 70 above. and to the east of the courtyard,

Although Rambam’s statements can be explained regarding the Second Beis HaMikdash, such an explanation will not be valid regarding the Future Beis HaMikdash, as we will explain in sec. 70, when interpreting the verse,¹⁷Ibid.:10. “Between the chambers [and the building of the Beis HaMikdash], there was a 20-cubit space.”

“Between the chambers [and the House], there was [a space] twenty cubits around the House to either side.”¹Yechezkel 41:10. There were chambers built in the outer courtyard²Here, the phrase “the outer courtyard” does not apply to “the Women’s Courtyard” that surrounded the entire inner courtyard of the Beis HaMikdash, but to the portion of the courtyard that is separated from the Altar. The area directly around the Altar was surrounded by a wall and called “the inner courtyard.” Although the Twenty Cubit Space described here is outside that wall, it is fit to have sacrifices of the most sacred order cooked and eaten within it. Therefore, it is also referred to (Yechezkel 42:3) as “the inner courtyard” in certain contexts. to the north and the south of the cells, as will be explained in sec. 71. This verse explains that there was a space of 20 cubits between the cells and those chambers. The words סָבִיב סָבִיב, which literally mean, “all around,” is translated as, “to either side,” i.e., to the north and to the south, as explained above³See sec. 64-69. with regard to the munach.