Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 196:19

בשלמא למן דאמר מזרח ומערב היינו דהוו יתיבי עשרה בעשרים אלא למאן דאמר צפון ודרום עשרה בעשרים היכי הוו יתבי

R'Nathan said, This shows that the middle one is specially prized.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On Mondays, Thursdays and Sabbath afternoon, at least ten verses of the portion prescribed for the following Sabbath were read by three persons; and as 'the middle was specially prized' the second reader was privileged to read four verses whilst the other two read three verses hgmnta each. V. also Tosaf. s.v. .');">²⁴</span> It is quite clear, according to him who said [that the tables stood lengthwise] from east to west, to see ho the ten [tables]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each table being two cubits long and one cubit wide.');">²⁵</span>

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