[Avodah] Height of the Aron

[Micha Berger]

A source for the notion that a reshus goes up 10 tefachim is the aron.
Hashem appears mibein hakeruvim and also min haShamayim. The aron was
1-1/2 ammah high, ie 9 tefachim, plus one tefach for the kapores, means
mibein hakeruvim is 10 tefachim above the ground. And that's above
aretz.

When I learned this sugya a couple of weeks ago, the question hit me.
What about the IE and Chizquni, who say that pa'amosav means "its legs",
not "its corners", that the taba'os were put on the legs of the aron?
In which case, the height of the aron above the floor would be 10
tefachim plus the height of the legs. What happens to the above raayah,
which appears multiple times in both shasin?

(BTW, the Areshes Sefaseinu explains why, leshitasam, the word "pa'amah"
rather than the more common "regel" is used. A regel is used to stand
upon. Mal'akhim stand upon one regel, tables have raglayim. Pa'amah is
a leg specifically as a means of motion. The aron is being described as
a symbol of a human soul with its motion, rather than static furniture.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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