Commentary for Zevachim 236:18

ואיבעית אימא מדלא משכחת לה (יחזקאל מ, א) בארבע עשרה שנה אחר אשר הוכתה העיר:

This is a controversy of Tannaim: 'He covereth him'; this alludes to the first Temple; 'all the day', to the second Temple; 'and He dwelleth between his shoulders', to the days of the Messiah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On this view only the two Temples were in Benjamin's territory. but not the Tabernacles at Shiloh and elsewhere.');">²⁰</span> Rabbi said: 'He covereth him', alludes to this world;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Wherever the Shechinah rested in this world, i.e., in both Temples and in all Tabernacles, it was in Benjamin's territory.');">²¹</span>

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