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Ezrat Nashim

Ezrat Nashim

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Ezrat Nashim

See it in the tour

The Court of the Women is the large court east of the Azara. It measures 135 amot on each side, and four roofless chambers occupy its corners.

Dimensions

  • 135 × 135 amot (≈ 65 × 65 m)
  • open to the sky (tour's choice)
  • four roofless corner chambers of 40 × 40 amot

Sources

Project decisionTour's choice: the court is shown open to the sky. Middot 2:5 says only of the four corner chambers that they are roofless, « וְלֹא הָיוּ מְקוֹרוֹת ».