Holy Temple Studies 16: Measurements of the Altar, Part I
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
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Chapter 2 of Maimonides’ Beit HaBechira, (The Chosen House): An explanation of the height of the three sections of the altar, and the application of the system of measurements described in last week’s show.
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The following sources are cited in this lesson:
Bamidbar Rabbah 18, 3; Bereishit Rabbah 14; Deuteronomy 4:12; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Exodus 20:19; ibid 20:21; ibid 27:1; Ezekiel 43:13; ibid 43:16; Genesis 28:12; Talmud Tractate Middot 3; Beit HaBechira Perek 2 Hilchot 5; Beit HaBechira Perek 2 Hilchot 6; Midrash Tanchuma; Talmud Tractate Zevachim 59b
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