The southern wall of the Inner Courtyard was one measuring rod thick, as explained in sec. 8 above. Rashi also states this in his commentary to the phrase, “and before the chambers;”1Yechezkel 42:4. consult that source. Both the southern wall and the space it surrounded were 100 cubits long.2Explanation is necessary because a wall that surrounds a space on all four sides must be larger than its inner space. The inner space of the Inner Courtyard was a square, measuring 100 cubits by 100 cubits, as will be explained in section 36,3The original printing of Tzuras HaBayis, states sec. 35. with God’s help.
חוֹמַת הַפְּנִימִית לַדָּרוֹם, עָבְיָהּ קְנֵה הַמִּדָּה כִּדְפִרַשְׁנוּ לְעֵיל סִימָן ח'. וְכֵן כָּתַב רַשִׁ"י וְלִפְנֵי הַלְּשָׁכוֹת (יחזקאל מב, ד), עַיֵּן שָׁם. וְאָרְכָּהּ מֵאָה אַמָּה כְּנֶגֶד חֲלָלָהּ, שֶׁחָלָל הַפְּנִימִית מְרֻבַּעַת מֵאָה אַמָּה עַל מֵאָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנְּבַאֵר בְּסִימָן (ל"ה) אלכאורה צ”ל ל”ו. בְּעֵזֶר הַשֵׁם יִתְבָּרֵךְ.
The southern wall of the Inner Courtyard was one measuring rod thick, as explained in sec. 8 above. Rashi also states this in his commentary to the phrase, “and before the chambers;”1Yechezkel 42:4. consult that source. Both the southern wall and the space it surrounded were 100 cubits long.2Explanation is necessary because a wall that surrounds a space on all four sides must be larger than its inner space. The inner space of the Inner Courtyard was a square, measuring 100 cubits by 100 cubits, as will be explained in section 36,3The original printing of Tzuras HaBayis, states sec. 35. with God’s help.