Commentary for Menachot 191:9
ר' מאיר אומר השלחן ארכו י"ב ורחבו ו' לחם הפנים ארכו י' ורחבו ה'
'SHEWBREAD' SIGNIFIES THAT IT SHALL HAVE ALL ITS SURFACES VISIBLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it shall have faces (on all sides) '. Another interpretation, based on the reading is: it shall have corners, i.e., the horns mentioned above; v. supra p. 586, n. 5.');"><sup>11</sup></span> THE TABLE WAS TEN HANDBREADTHS LONG AND FIVE WIDE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For according to R. Judah the cubit consisted of five handbreadths, and the dimensions of the table are given in the Torah as two cubits long and one wide. Cf. Ex. XXV, 23.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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