1)

Why was the Shulchan placed on the north side of the Heichal?

1.

Targum Yonasan: Because it is the direction from which wealth comes 1 and from where rain drips on to the vegetation in order to sustain the people. 2

1

See Iyov, 37:22 (Peirush Yonasan).

2

And the Shulchan served as the source for Parnasah.

2)

What is the significance of the twelve loaves of Lechem ha'Panim?

1.

Targum Yonasan: They correspond to the twelve Tribes.

3)

Why was the Menorah placed on the south side of the Heichal?

1.

Targum Yonasan: Because from there the rays of the sun shine and illuminate, and that is where the storehouses of Chochmah are situated. 1

1

See Koheles, 2:13, where the Pasuk compares Chochmah to light (Peirush Yonasan)

4)

What is the significance of the seven lamps?

1.

Targum Yonasan: They represented the seven planets which are compared to the Tzadikim on whose merit they illuminate the earth.

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