Commentary for Menachot 66:3
אמר רבי חנינא בוא וראה שלא כמדת הקב"ה מדת בשר ודם מדת בשר ודם מלך יושב מבפנים ועם משמרין אותו מבחוץ מדת הקב"ה אינו כן עבדיו יושבין מבפנים והוא משמרן מבחוץ שנאמר (תהלים קכא, ה) ה' שומרך ה' צלך על יד ימינך
According to human standards, the king dwells within, and his servants keep guard on him from without; but with the Holy One, blessed be He, it is not so, for it is His servants that dwell within and He keeps guard over them from without; as it is said, The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXXI, 5. The mezuzah which is upon thy right hand protects the house.');"><sup>1</sup></span> R'Joseph the son of Raba stated in his discourse in the name of Raba, If one set it deep in the door-post, the depth of a handbreadth, it is invalid.
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