The Lamp Set Outside the Veil and Its Promise

"In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil" (Exodus 27:21). The Menorah did not need to be placed anywhere except within the veil, beside the Ark; yet it is set outside the veil, to make known to you that He does not need light. And why did He tell you to do it? In order to give you the merit of the light. Another interpretation: in the way of the world, a king of flesh and blood makes himself a bed and a table, and he places the lampstand to his left. But in the Temple it is not so; rather, the Menorah was placed to the right of the table, to make known to you that He does not need light from what is yours. And why did He tell you? To give light to you in the World to Come, when darkness comes upon the nations of the world, as it is said, "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Isaiah 60:2).