Rava also read to say that the seven lamps gave light toward the center of the Menorah, and deduced from this that the middle in a series may be favored. Rava taught that if the first Torah reader on a weekday reads four verses of the obligatory ten verses read on weekdays, that reader is to be commended; if the second (middle) reader reads four verses, that reader is to be commended; and if the third (last) reader reads four verses, that reader is to be commended. In support of the proposition that one should commend the middle reader if that reader reads four verses, Rava taught that says that the lights were made to face the western lamp — the middle lamp of the Menorah — and the western lamp faced the Divine Presence; and Rabbi Joḥanan taught that this shows that the middle one is specially prized.