Commentary for Bava Batra 49:6

אלא מאי תדירא תדירא בשכינה דאריב"ל בואו ונחזיק טובה לאבותינו שהודיעו מקום תפלה דכתיב (נחמיה ט, ו) וצבא השמים לך משתחוים

for showing us the place of prayer, as it is written, And the host of heaven worshippeth thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nehem. IX. 6. This would show that the sun and moon in the east bow down to the Shechinah which is in the west. ');">⁸</span> R. Aha bar Jacob strongly demurred to this [interpretation]. Perhaps, he said, [the sun and moon bow down to the east], like a servant who has received a gratuity from his master and retires backwards, bowing as he goes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the verse refers to the sun and moon at their setting and not at their rising, and hence the Shechinah is in the east. ');">⁹</span>

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