1)

Why does the Torah refer to the east using the double expression "Keidmah Mizrachah"?

1.

Rashi: "Keidmah" is another name for east, because it means 'front', 1 and the west is therefore sometimes referred to as 'Achor' ('back'). 2

1

Refer to 26:18:1:1**.

2

As in Eikev Devarim, 11:24 (Rashi).

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