The purpose of a home is a protective shield T he house surrounds one from afar, without any physical contact with the walls. Thus the home is called the makeef harachok, that level of Divinity or consciousness that surrounds one from afar. The purpose of a home is a protective shield. The home prevents all undesirable foreign influences from penetrating within. Every aspect of reality has an outer and an inner side T he clothing, which is adjacent to the body is called the makeef hakarov, a proximate level of Divinity.
Clothing also affords protection from the elements.
The fact that clothing is a makeef is represented by the fact that every aspect of reality has an outer and an inner side. One of the two is always more beautiful than the other. Regarding clothing, the more beautiful side is the outside. It has esthetic value. The seams are hidden inside.