Commentary for Menachot 172:7

(מלכים א ו, ד) ויעש לבית חלוני שקופים אטומים תנא שקופין [מבפנים] ואטומים [מבחוץ] לא לאורה אני צריך

For how can you say He<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Tam the reference is to Aaron the priest; v. Tosaf s.v. and Shab. 22b.');">¹⁵</span> is in need of light, when the whole of the forty years that the Israelites travelled in the wilderness they travelled only by His<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 523, n. 13.');">¹⁶</span> light! But it is a testimony to mankind that the Divine Presence rests in Israel.

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