Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 196:13

ומנורה גופה מנלן מדכתיב בנר מערבי (ויקרא כד, ג) יערוך אותו [אהרן וגו'] לפני ה'

before the Lord,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVII, 21; Lev. XXIV, 3.');">¹⁶</span> it follows that all the others were not before the Lord; now if one were to assume [that the candlestick stood with its branches] towards north and south, all the lamps would then be before the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that no one lamp could be said to be looking westwards any more than the others. Accordingly it must be concluded that the candlestick stood with its branches extended towards east and west.');">¹⁷</span>

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