The chamber of the well. A cistern is dug there, a wheel set over it, and from there water is supplied to the whole Azara. Second of the three chambers of the north, inside the courtyard against the wall, west of the Lishkat HaGazit and in front of the Lishkat HaEtz; the roof of the three is at the same level.
Dimensions
- in the north, against the wall, west of the Lishkat HaGazit
- a single petach piercing the wall and opening onto the Azara
- same roof height as HaGazit and HaEtz
Sources
Project decisionAdopted: the distribution of Yoma 19a and the Rambam (Beit HaBechirah 5:17) — Melach, Parva and Medichin in the south, Etz, Gola and Gazit in the north. The standard text of Middot 5:3–4 reverses the two sides; Tosafot Yom Tov (Middot 5:3) notes the variant. The Rambam also places these chambers “in the Ezrat Israel”; the tour sets them against the wall of the Azara. Also adopted: the arrangement Tosafot Yom Tov (Middot 5:4) draws from “behind the two of them” — HaGazit in front, to the east; HaGola behind it, on the courtyard side; HaEtz behind HaGola, its back to the north. Tour's choice: the chamber inside the courtyard, like the three of the south, its door to the south onto the Azara, and the well's curb and wheel.