Kaisipang Hudyo sa Ezekiel 41:5: The Third Beit HaMikdash

On the three sides of the Sanctuary were side-chambers,²⁰See Yechezkel 41:5-7 and sec. 65 above. affixed in it like the curtains of a tent.

“He measured the wall of the House,”¹Yechezkel 41:5. i.e., the thickness of the western wall of the Holy of Holies, “it was six cubits.” According to Rambam,²See Rambam, Middos 4:3; Hilchos Beis HaBechirah 4:4. in the Second Beis Hamikdash the wall was not a solid 6 cubits. Instead, there were two walls with open space between them.³The open space is sometimes referred to as a תא, “cell.” The width of the walls and the open space added up to 6 cubits.

The verse cited previously¹Yechezkel 41:5, cited at the beginning of sec. 61. continues, “The width of the side-chamber (צלע) was 4 cubits.” In the Second Beis HaMikdash, the parallel structure was 6 cubits wide.²As Middos 4:7 states: “The cell was six.”