Commentary for Yoma 107:17

רב אחא בר יעקב אמר לעולם במקדש שני וכרובים דצורתא הוו קיימי דכתיב (מלכים א ו, כט) ואת כל קירות הבית מסב קלע (מלכים א ו, לה) כרובים ותמרות ופטורי ציצים וצפה זהב מישר על המחוקה

If, again, the reference be to the second Sanctuary, but there were no Cherubim? - In truth the reference is to the first Sanctuary and as to 'curtain' the reference here means the curtain at t entrances, for R'Zera said in the name of Rab: There were thirteen curtains in the Sanctuary, seven facing the seven gates, two [more], one of which was at the entrance to the Hekal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">²⁵</span> the other at the entrance to the Ulam;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in the cubit space of partition between the Holy and the Holy of Holies.');">²⁶</span> two to the debir; two, corresponding to them, in the loft.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Just above the entrance to the Holy of Holies.');">²⁷</span>

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