## The Third Beit HaMikdash Chapter 61

###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 61:1
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**"וַיָּמָד** קִיר הַבַּיִת" הוּא כֹּתֶל מַעֲרָבִי שֶׁל קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים "שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֹת" (יחזקאל מא, ה). וּבְבַיִת שֵׁנִי לְפֵרוּשׁ הָרַמְבָּ"ם (פ"ד מ"ג, ובפ"ד מבית הבחירה ה"ד) לֹא הָיָה זֶה הַכֹּתֶל עֹבִי שֵׁשׁ, אֶלָּא הָיָה בּוֹ חָלָל, וְעִם הֶחָלָל שֶׁבּוֹ עָבְיוֹ שֵׁשׁ.

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
“He measured the wall of the House,”¹ 41:5. i.e., the thickness of the western wall of the Holy of Holies, “it was six cubits.” According to *Rambam,*², *Middos* 4:3; *Hilchos Beis HaBechirah* 4:4. in the Second *Beis Hamikdash* the wall was not a solid 6 cubits. Instead, there were two walls with open space between them.³ The width of the walls and the open space added up to 6 cubits.

footnotes:
¹ Yechezkel
² See Rambam
³ The open space is sometimes referred to as a תא, “cell.”


###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 61:2
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וְהָיִינוּ יְכוֹלִין לְפָרֵשׁ בְּכָאן כְּמוֹ כֵן שֶׁתִּהְיֶה הַכֹּתֶל חֲלוּלָה, וְיִהְיֶה זֶה הֶחָלָל אֶחָד מֵהַשָּׁלֹשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים צְלָעוֹת, אַחֲרֵי שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ פֵּרַשְׁנוּ (סימן ס"ד-ס"ט) הַשְּׁלֹשִׁים צְלָעוֹת שֶׁמֵּהֶן עַל פִּי פֵּרוּשׁ הָרַמְבָּ"ם. אֶלָּא שֶׁרָצִינוּ לְהַסְכִּים הַמְּתַרְגֵּם עִם הָרַמְבָּ"ם, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁיִּתְבָּאֵר בְּסִימָן ס"ד ס"ה וְכוּ'.

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
It would be possible to give a similar explanation in this instance – that the “wall” referred to by the verse refers to two walls with open space between them. Accordingly, the open space would be one of the 33 side-chambers (צלעות), as reflected in the explanations below⁴ that follow *Rambam’s* interpretation. We did not offer such an explanation because we want *Rambam’s* interpretation to accord with *Targum Yonason*, as will be explained in sections 64-65.

footnotes:
⁴ See sections 64-69.