Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Exodo 25:27

אשר דבר אותו, the word אותו here is the same as if the Torah had written עמו, “with him.”

his fellowman [Hebrew: ‘amito] his neighbor, probably so called because they are generally facing [Hebrew: b‘umato] one another. The word thereby contains an extra heh.

“And you shall make for it four gold rings.” In order to remember that the successes of this world are like a wheel that circles in the world like this round ring, and through this remembrance, he will provide from his table to the poor. In contrast, he will remember the greatness of the reward in the World to Come, which has no end, like this round ring that has no end. And it says, The rings shall be opposite the border. Because one who restrains his desires and puts a limit to all his efforts, and is content with what God has bestowed upon Him, is the one who remembers that it is a wheel that circles in the world, and is gracious to the poor, and he is the one who awaits the abundant goodness reserved for the righteous in the World to Come, which has no beginning and no end. But one who does not restrain his craving and has no limit to all his efforts, and whose eyes are never satisfied, does not hope for the reward of the World to Come, and never gives of his bread to the poor, as is known from the way of most of our people. And this is also the reason for the rings of the Ark, because through the Torah that is in the Ark, one will merit the circle dance of the righteous in the Garden of Eden, like this round circle that has no end and resembles a ring. For this reason, the rings were round and not square.