Source 1 · Rishonim
VerifiedSforno on Exodus
Sforno on Exodus 25:31:1
After arranging the two crowns—the crown of Torah in the Ark and the crown of kingship in the Table—the menorah is fashioned as a unified whole from a single piece, with the light of its lamps serving as one unified light.
אַחַר סִדּוּר שְׁנֵי הַכְּתָרִים, וְהֵם כֶּתֶר תּוֹרָה בָּאָרוֹן וְכֶתֶר מַלְכוּת בַּשֻּׁלְחָן, סִדֵּר עִנְיַן מְנוֹרָה כֻּלָּהּ מִקְשָׁה אַחַת וְאוֹר נֵרוֹתֶיהָ אֶחָד, כְּאָמְרוֹ: