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What is the meaning of "El Mul Panav"?
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Rashi: The settings for the stones do not face the Me'il, rather, outwards. The side that is not seen is called Panim.
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Hadar Zekenim: It seems that Rashi holds that the settings were recessed only a little into the thickness of the Efod; [the cavity] faced the outside.