Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 211:12

התם בדבבי דאמר רבי זירא אמר רב שלשה עשר פרכות היו במקדש שני שבעה כנגד שבעה שערים אחד לפתחו של היכל ואחד לפתחו של אולם ב' בדביר ב' כנגדן בעליה:

There it refers [to the curtains] of the gates; for R. Zera said in the name of Rav: There were thirteen curtains in the second Temple, seven corresponding to the seven gates, one for the entrance to the Sanctuary (Hekhal), one for the entrance to the Hall (Ulam), two for the Holy of Holies (Devir) and two [above them and] corresponding to them in the upper story.

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