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"Vaya'as es he'Chatzer li'Fe'as Negev Teimanah". Why does the Torah begin with the hangings on the south side?

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R. Bachye: Because ? according to some astonomers ? the xdirections begin with the south and tend with he north. 1

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R. Bachye: Which is why Reuven, the Bechor, encamped in the south, and Dan (son of te Shifchah Bilhah), in the north.

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