מתני׳ <big><strong>מבוי</strong></big> שהוא גבוה למעלה מעשרים אמה ימעט ר' יהודה אומר אינו צריך
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>[A CROSS-BEAM SPANNING] THE ENTRANCE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment','(1) (rt. 'to come') signifying either (a) a way of entry or (b) an alley which forms the entry or gives access to courtyards that open out into it.');"><sup>1</sup></span> [TO A BLIND ALLEY]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having courtyards on three sides of it, the fourth side opening into a public domain (v. infra p. 2, n. 1) .');"><sup>2</sup></span> AT A HEIGHT OF MORE THAN TWENTY CUBITS SHOULD BE LOWERED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'reduced', the cross-beam thereby forming a kind of gateway into the alley. In the absence of a cross-beam, or in case it is raised too high');"><sup>3</sup></span> R'JUDAH RULED: THIS IS UNNECESSARY.
Kedushat Levi
The dedication [chinuch] of the Tabernacle was on the first day of Nissan. The dedication of the First Temple was on Tishrei, the dedication of the Second Temple was on Kislev, each of them according to its aspect. The miracles that happened in the Tabernacle were connected to Nissan, and that is why the dedication happened on Nissan. And in the Second Remple the Hasmonean miracle was in Kislev, and therefore the dedication was on Kislev, and the dedication of the First Temple was on Tishrei. The general rule of the Tabernacle was that the body understands that there is a Creator of the World, Blessed! And the Temple is that the soul (neshamah) understands that there is a Creator of the World. And this, that the soul understands the that there is a Creator of the World happens on Tishrei because of the pardoning of sins, and then the soul comprehends the Creator of the World; and in Nissan the body understands that there is a Creator of the World because through all the miracles and wonders the body understands. And therefore the Temple is called "Eternal Place" [Beit Olamim see I Kings 8:13] because the soul is [complete] existence, and the body is not [complete] existence. And this is the hint of what our sages z"l said: "From where do we know that the Temple is called Tabernacle, and Tabernacle is called Temple?" (Eruvin 2a) because in truth this, that the body experiences enjoyment, it is also that the soul experiences enjoyment, since the existence of the body is also the existence of the soul in this world, to serve the Creator, Blessed, and Blessed the Name, and this, that the soul does, that the soul serves the Blessed Creator is also enjoyment for the body. And this is the hint in Tabernacle, that is the body, that is called Temple, and Temple, that is called Tabernacle. And sit with this thought.
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