Commentary for Bava Batra 197:7

ולמ"ד ופניהם לבית הא כתיב (שמות כה, כ) ופניהם איש אל אחיו דמצדדי אצדודי דתניא אונקלוס הגר אמר כרובים (דברי הימים ב ג, י) מעשה צעצועים הן ומצודדים פניהם כתלמיד הנפטר מרבו:

— [This is] no difficulty: The former<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Facing each other, a sign of affection. Symbolic of the relationship between God and His people. ');">¹⁸</span> [was] at a time when Israel obeyed the will of the Omnipresent; the latter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Turning inward, away from each other, symbolic of the unrequited love of God for Israel. ');">¹⁹</span> [was] at a time when Israel did not obey the will of the Omnipresent. According to him who says that their faces were inward [it may be asked]: Is it not written, With their faces one to another?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXV, 20. ');">²⁰</span>

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