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<category>No Altar | <category>No Altar | ||
| + | <p>Eliyahu's fixing of the destroyed altar is a metaphor for his repairing the nation's relationship with and service to Hashem.</p> | ||
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<category>Old Altar | <category>Old Altar | ||
| + | <mekorot>The altar had been made much earlier, in one of the eras in which it was permitted to erect private altars.</mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Recent Altar | <category>Recent Altar | ||
| + | <mekorot>The altar was built after the Beit HaMIkdash was constructed, but was permitted since the Mikdash was inaccessible to those living in the Northern Kingdom.</mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>New Altar | <category>New Altar | ||
| + | <mekorot>The altar was erected by Eliyahu himself, earlier in the day, but was destroyed by the Baal prophets.</mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
</approaches> | </approaches> | ||
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Version as of 12:04, 12 April 2018
Repairing the Destroyed Altar
Exegetical Approaches
No Altar
Eliyahu's fixing of the destroyed altar is a metaphor for his repairing the nation's relationship with and service to Hashem.
Old Altar
Sources:The altar had been made much earlier, in one of the eras in which it was permitted to erect private altars.
Recent Altar
Sources:The altar was built after the Beit HaMIkdash was constructed, but was permitted since the Mikdash was inaccessible to those living in the Northern Kingdom.
New Altar
Sources:The altar was erected by Eliyahu himself, earlier in the day, but was destroyed by the Baal prophets.
