{"id":72424,"date":"2020-03-26T16:51:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=72424"},"modified":"2022-06-17T15:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T12:19:24","slug":"vayikra-first-fruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/vayikra-first-fruits\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsav \u2013 Burnt Offerings and Perpetual Fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[368,369],"acf":{"old_id":"72424","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":46171,"related_cahpter":"1090","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Why did the fire have to be kept alive?\r\n\r\n","content":"<p>The first ritual described in this <em>parasha <\/em>is the burnt offering (the <em>olah<\/em>) and the demand that the priests never let the fire on the altar die: \u201cThis is the ritual of the burnt offering. The burnt offering itself shall remain where it is burned upon the altar all night until morning while the fire on the altar is kept going on it.\u2026 A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar not to go out\u201d (Lev. 6:1\u20136).<\/p>\n<p>What is the special significance of the sacrifice of the burnt offering and why is the perpetual fire mentioned in connection with the ritual for this particular sacrifice? What was the priests\u2019 role in this ritual? Why did the fire have to be kept alive?<\/p>\n<p>Avner Moriah\u2019s painting for <em>Parashat Tsav <\/em>suggests some of these answers. To the left is an altar with a ram topped by towering yellow flames. In the center we see Aaron, the High Priest, wearing his ritual garments. He is looking straight ahead, not down at the altar. His posture is static, as is the posture of the accompanying priests who are looking in the direction of the altar. The background is black, alluding to the fact that the fire burned all night. The priests\u2019 had to perform the sacrifice of the burnt offering twice a day \u2013 in the morning and in the evening. The morning ritual was followed by other sacrifices, so it would not have been difficult to keep the fire burning throughout the day, but the evening burnt offering was the last sacrifice of the day, so it must have been a challenge to keep the fire from dying out. Nonetheless, the priests were required to \u201cfeed wood to it\u201d (Lev. 6:5) and keep the flames alight till morning, when they had to sweep out the ashes, always attired in the proper garments as they attended to the altar.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Bible does not specify the significance of the perpetual fire, we understand that it symbolized the Israelites\u2019 connection with God, as we read further on: \u201cFire came forth from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering\u201d (Lev. 9:24). 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