One of the two chambers flanking the Gate of Nikanor, in the Ezrat Israel according to the Rambam (Beit HaBechirah 5:17) — the other being the Lishkat Osei Chavitin. Pinchas is in charge of the Kohanim's vestments: along the walls, closed cupboards where each watch stores its own.
Dimensions
- against the east wall, north of the Gate of Nikanor
- door to the west, onto the Ezrat Israel
- closed cupboards in six rows (the tour's choice)
Sources
- Middot 1:4“אַחַת מִימִינוֹ וְאַחַת מִשְּׂמֹאלוֹ, אַחַת לִשְׁכַּת פִּנְחָס הַמַּלְבִּישׁ, וְאַחַת לִשְׁכַּת עוֹשֵׂי חֲבִתִּין”
- Shekalim 5:1“וּפִנְחָס עַל הַמַּלְבּוּשׁ”
- Rambam, Hilchot Klei HaMikdash 8:8“וְשִׁשָּׁה וְתִשְׁעִים חַלּוֹן הָיוּ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ לְהָנִיחַ בָּהֶן הַבְּגָדִים… וְכֻלָּן סְתוּמוֹת”
- Rambam, Hilchot Beit HaBechirah 5:17“וּשְׁתֵּי לְשָׁכוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת הָיוּ שָׁם בְּעֶזְרַת יִשְׂרָאֵל. אַחַת מִימִין שַׁעַר מִזְרָחִי וְהוּא לִשְׁכַּת פִּינְחָס הַמַּלְבִּישׁ. וְאֶחָד מִשְּׂמֹאלוֹ וְהוּא לִשְׁכַּת עוֹשֶׂה חֲבִיתִין”
Project decisionAdopted: the Rambam (Beit HaBechirah 5:17) puts the Lishkat Pinchas “to the right of the eastern gate”; for one entering westward, the right is the north. Tour's choice: the Rambam does not say where the ninety-six garment cabinets were, four per watch (Klei HaMikdash 8:8); the tour places them here, with the man in charge of the garments, in six rows.