Related%20passage for Yoma 102:10

ואיבעית אימא לעולם מזרח ומערב מונחין ומשום שכינה לאו אורח ארעא

R'Meir says: Between the table<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The table was placed next to the northern wall, the candlestick next to the southern wall, the golden altar between them. According to R. Judah the high priest walked toward the Holy of Holies between altar and candlestick, that is on the southern side. According to R. Meir between table and altar, i.e., on the northern side.');">¹³</span> and the altar. Some there are who say: Between the table and the wall.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Jose between table and wall, on the northern side.');">¹⁴</span> Who are the 'some'? - R'Hisda said: It is R'Jose. who said: The entrance was to the north.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Jose held that there was but one curtain, clasped on the north side, and since the entrance was on the north side, the high priest of necessity was walking along the northern wall.');">¹⁵</span> And R'Judah? - He will tell you that the entrance was to the south. According to whose view was that of R'Meir? If it agreed with R'Judah's, let him enter as R'Judah states,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Judah also agreed that the immediate entrance into the Holy of Holies had to be on the northern side but he held that there were two curtains, with the outer one clasped to the southern side, through which he first entered, hence the high priest was walking along the southern wall till he reached the outer entrance, then walking along between the two curtains towards the north till he reached the second entrance leading immediately into the Holy of Holies.');">¹⁶</span> if it agreed with R'Jose, let him enter as R'Jose states! truth he agrees with R'Jose, but he will tell you the tables<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Solomon had made ten tables arranged in two rows of five tables, to the left and right of the table of shewbread. The Sages discuss if these tables were placed lengthwise from south to north or from east to west. R. Meir held the former view, so that all the tables were placed in the northern half of the Sanctuary (Ex. XXVI, 35) : And thou shalt put the table on the north side. Now the breadth of the Sanctuary was twenty cubits, its northern half ten cubits; the length of a table two cubits, so that each row of five tables filled the northern half of the Temple hall, without any free space between tables and wall.If any space were left free, then the row of the tables would to that extent encroach upon the southern half. Thus the tables would block the high priest on his walk between the table and the wall.');">¹⁷</span> were placed between north and south, hence they would interrupt his walk, preventing him from getting himself in.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the table and the wall.');">¹⁸</span> Or, if you like you might say: In truth, the tables were placed from east to west, but it does not seen proper

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