Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 50:2

שנאמר (קהלת א, ו) הולך אל דרום וסובב אל צפון וגו' הולך אל דרום ביום וסובב אל צפון בלילה סובב סובב הולך הרוח ועל סביבותיו שב הרוח אלו פני מזרח ופני מערב שפעמים מסבבתן ופעמים מהלכתן

and the north side is enclosed, and when the sun reaches the north-west corner it goes round at the back of the tent [till it reaches the east], as it says. <i>It goeth toward the south and turneth again toward the north</i>, etc.:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eccl. I, 6. Although in the text this is said of the wind, it is taken to refer to the sun also. ');">³</span> '<i>it goes toward the south</i>' — by day, and '<i>turneth again toward the north</i>' — by night. <i>It turneth about continually in its course and the wind returneth again to its circuits</i>:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');">⁴</span>

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