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According to the Talmud (Shabbat 13b), Ezekiel was almost kept out of the Jewish canon, because, among other things, of the seemingly heretical contents of Chapter 44.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Some of the verses towards the end of the chapter are in keeping with previously-stated Jewish law (18; 21, 23-25, 28, and 30, paralleling Exodus 23;20; Leviticus 10:9; 21-2; Numbers 15: 17-21; 18:8-20, and Deuteronomy 17:9), but others appear to be at odds with precedents in the Torah:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. 15-6 All Kohanim must descend from Zadok (<\/span>Exod. 27:21 Kohanim derive from Aaron<\/span><\/i>);<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. 17 Kohanim can have only linen in their garments (<\/span>Jewish tradition maintains that the material of the clothing was \u201csha\u2019atnez,\u201d a mixture of wool and linen<\/span><\/i>);<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. 20 Kohanim cannot allow their hair to be untrimmed (<\/span>According to Lev. 10:6 this is specifically prohibited during mourning<\/span><\/i>);<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. 22\u00a0 Kohanim can only marry virgins (<\/span>Lev. 21:13-4 - only the Kohen Gadol had such a requirement<\/span><\/i>);
    \r\n<\/span>Kohanim can marry widows of other Kohanim (this leniency is not found in the Torah<\/i>;<\/li>\r\n\t
  5. 23-4 No one unqualified can ever enter the Sanctuary (<\/span>Num. 1:51 A non-Kohen cannot offer or consume sacrifices, but otherwise is allowed to be present);<\/span><\/i><\/li>\r\n\t
  6. 31 Only Kohanim are prohibited from consuming animals that were killed as prey or died by themselves (<\/span>According to Lev. 5:2 this is prohibited to all Israel<\/span><\/i>).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    It is relatively understandable how Hanina ben Hizkiya was able to reinterpret these verses, some more easily than others, so that they would be in keeping with Torah law and the book of Ezekial would be included within the Torah cannon (the added rules are stringencies that might apply to a future iteration of the Temple). A more fundamental question however\u00a0 is: why would God\u2019s prophet articulate Torah laws in such a misleading manner?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In a book entitled \u201cOkimta,\u201d (<\/span>literally, the \u201cstanding<\/span><\/i>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/i>) a similar question was posed regarding the disconnect between the Mishna\u00a0 and what the Talmud often concludes at the end of a discussion. The author explains there that it is possible that this was deliberately done in order to inspire study and discussion. A gap in understanding was created to precipitate Batei Midrash (<\/span>Torah<\/span><\/i> houses of study<\/span><\/i>) to pursue solutions, in the hope of (Isaiah 42:21) \u201c\u2026magnify(ing) and glorify(ing) the teaching.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    It is possible that the same is true regarding certain texts in Tanach, such as Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Proverbs, and Job, all of which were challenged in terms of being accepted as part of the Jewish canon. 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    Ezekiel\u2019s vision of the Temple does not line up with previous blueprints of the Temple. But this discrepancy is not an issue because not all of the holy buildings-Tabernacle and First and Second Temples- were identical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Starting in chapter 44, however, Ezekiel seems to give different versions of various T\u05dd\u05e8\u05e9\u05d9 laws and decrees. This may be more of a concern. The rabbis in the Talmud were also perplexed. The Talmud in Menachot 45a discusses a few of these verses over the next few chapters.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    1)\u00a0 \u201cThe priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast\u201d (Ezekiel 44:31). The problem with this verse is that it is not only the priests that are forbidden from eating these types of meat. Rabbi Yochanan applies the principle that these are indeed perplexing and only Elijah the prophet can explain them when he returns. This is helpful, because Elijah is to return with the Messiah before the building of Ezekiel\u2019s Temple.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Ravina does not think Elijah is necessary. He explains that this is an important clarification needed because of the ritual of bird sacrifices. The priest would break the neck of the birds with their bare hands. One may have thought that priests are exempt from the laws of dead carcasses that apply to the rest of Israel. Therefore, Ezekiel clarifies it here. The problem with Ravina\u2019s approach is why does it take this long for this rule to be clarified? The bird sacrifice goes all the way back to the Tabernacle. This could be why Rabbi Yochanan punted the answer to Elijah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    2) \u201cAnd so shall you do on the seventh of the month for every one that errs, and for him that is simple; so shall you make atonement for the house\u201d (Ezekiel 45:20). The problem with this verse is that there is no special sacrifice on the seventh day of the month. Rabbi Yochanan explains that this verse is not talking about the seventh day of the month. It is talking about the seven tribes who sinned. Even if less than a majority of Israel unwittingly sins at one time, one can still bring the communal sin offering due to these seven tribes, which constitute a majority of Israel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The Talmud discusses a few other verses, then ends with a concluding statement that if it were not for the efforts of Hanina ben Hizkiya, the book of Ezekiel would not have been canonized because of these and other seemingly contradictory statements. Hanina spent time reviewing the book carefully and came up with various homiletical explanations for these discrepancies. This statement underscores the complexity of the book from the mysterious chariot of God at the beginning that must be learned in special circumstances to difficult verses in chapters 44, 45 and 46. Despite these, the Rabbis were adamant that the book be included in the canon perhaps due to the unique message of the book.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    The people of Israel, as imagined in both Rabbinic and Biblical sources, is not homogenous \u2014 rather, it consists of a range of sub-groups, defined by lineage, which have different obligations and restrictions not necessarily shared by members of other groups. Mishnah Kiddushin 4:1 lists no less than <\/span>ten <\/span><\/i>such castes, most of which are no longer operative parts of the Jewish people as we know it today. However, the basic categories of Israelites, Levites, and priests remain. In contemporary Judaism, the most significant distinction is that between priests and non-priestly Jews. Although most laws pertaining to the priestly caste are obsolete, some still carry real force, touching not merely synagogue ritual but matters of marriage and burial as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The place of the priestly caste in Jewish tradition is an ambivalent one. One one hand, there are texts which, while never going so far as to abolish the status, display a \u2018democratizing\u2019 impulse which attributes priestly characteristics to the people as a whole; thus Exodus 19:6 describes the Israelites as \u201ca kingdom of priests and a holy nation,\u201d and Numbers 15 commands the people to attach tassels to their garments similar to one on the vestments of the High Priest. Some emphasize the role of the priests as a spiritual elite, tasking them with being the teachers of Torah to Israel alongside their sacrificial duties (Deuteronomy 33:10). Others strike a balance \u2014 one mishnah (Horayot 8:3) states that a strict caste hierarchy obtains when all individuals are equal in their knowledge of Torah, but that \u201cif the <\/span>mamzer<\/span><\/i> [someone descended from a forbidden sexual relationship] was a scholar and the high priest an ignoramus, the scholar <\/span>mamzer <\/span><\/i>takes precedence over the ignorant high priest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    One moment in this chapter of Ezekiel seems to suggest a rather extreme version of the ideology which elevates the priestly role. The final verse states that \u201cpriests shall not eat anything, whether bird or animal, that died or was torn by beasts\u201d (44:31) \u2014 which suggests that, in Ezekiel\u2019s mind, no such restriction obtains for non-priestly individuals. Such a ruling would seem to contradict a number of texts from the Torah, such as Leviticus 17 (declares such\u00a0 meat to be defiling for ordinary Israelites) and Deuteronomy 14 (which straightforwardly forbids consumption). If we follow Ezekiel\u2019s line of thought, we could imagine a Judaism in which many, even most mitzvoth are restricted to a clerical elite.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    While some would no doubt welcome the expanded menu which such a Judaism implies, it is significant that the mainstream of Jewish thought did not evolve in this way. This main current is characterized by a qualified anti-elitism, which accepts a certain amount of hierarchy while insisting that mitzvot are the heritage and duty of the entire Jewish people. This impulse underlay the transformation of Judaism into a fundamentally scholastic culture, rather than a sacramental one, in which it is\u00a0 possible to imagine an ordinary person as the spiritual superior of the High Priest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    In Ezekiel 44 God makes it clear that not everyone is welcome in His temple. God states multiple times \u201cLet no alien, uncircumcised in spirit and flesh, enter My Sanctuary\u2014no alien whatsoever among the people of Israel\u201d (44:9). God also punishes the Levites who sinned by forbidding them to \u201cserve Me as priests, to come near any of My sacred offerings, the most holy things\u201d (44:13). Forbidding the uncircumcised from entering the Temple I understand, but relegating the Levites (who, according to Rashi, repented their sins) to non-priestly duties is upsetting. Furthermore, the rest of the chapter presents a fastidious set of rules that even those <\/span>allowed<\/span><\/em> to perform holy service are required to follow. Priests must wear linen, not wool garments, including a linen turban and breeches. They are forbidden to shave their hair but required to trim it. Even their spouses are regulated: priests are forbidden from marrying divorcees or widows.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    But perhaps the most alarming specification applies when the priests leave the sacred inner courts of the Temple and enter the outer courts where the nation can reside. The priests are commanded to remove their garments \u201clest they make the people consecrated by [contact with] their vestments\u201d (44:20). What is the problem with the masses coming into contact with the smallest bit of holiness? Will the leftover sanctity on the priests\u2019 clothing<\/span> infect<\/em> <\/span>the \u201csimple\u201d people?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The explanation appears in the priestly job description a few verses later: \u201cThey shall declare to My people what is sacred (kadosh<\/em>) and what is profane, and inform them what is clean and what is unclean\u201d (44:23). In his book <\/span>Sacred Fragments<\/span><\/em>, Neil Gilman translates the Hebrew word for holy (kadosh<\/em>) to separate. He expounds on this idea, saying, \u201cMuch like the English word \"distinguished,\" which can mean both \"separate\" and \"special,\" <\/span>kadosh<\/span><\/em> begins by meaning \"separate\" and ends by meaning \"special\" or \"sacred,\" \"holy,\" \"elevated\" (Neil Gilman, Sacred Fragments, p.229)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    This idea is explicated through the concept of the Sabbath mentioned in the next verse: \u201cand they shall maintain the sanctity of My sabbaths\u201d (44:24). There are many restrictions placed on the Sabbath in order to distinguish it from the other days; that separation preserves the Sabbath\u2019s sanctity. If every day is special, every day is actually mundane. Likewise, in order to maintain the Temple\u2019s sanctity, God must limit access to the Temple\u2019s holiest chambers and place restrictions on those allowed into the holy spaces. 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    Ezekiel knows that a person cannot see God\u2019s face and live (cf Exodus 33:20). In Ezekiel 44, as God\u2019s presence returns to fill the Temple, Ezekiel takes precautions to preserve his life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Ezekiel describes the scene in verse 4: \u201cThen he led me, by way of the north gate, to the front of the Temple, I looked, and lo! The Presence of the LORD filled the Temple of the LORD; and I fell upon my face.\u201d Ezekiel is careful not to look up, lest he catch a glimpse of God and die.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    This is not the first time Ezekiel has fallen on his face in God\u2019s presence. In Ezekiel 1:28 he does so after seeing \u201cthe appearance of the semblance of the Presence of the LORD.\u201d God\u2019s immediate response (Ezekiel 2:1) is to tell Ezekiel to \u201cstand up on your feet that I may speak with you.\u201d Perhaps Ezekiel wondered then why he needed to stand \u2013 he likely would have preferred to listen with his face on the ground!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In our chapter, God does not directly ask Ezekiel to stand up; however, it is clear this is what God wants Ezekiel to do. Verse 5 continues, \u201cThen the LORD said to me: O mortal, mark well, look closely, and listen carefully to everything that I tell you regarding all the laws of the Temple of the LORD and all the instructions regarding it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Ezekiel needs to use his eyes, ears, and heart to absorb everything that God is showing him. However, using his own eyes to look closely at everything around him might inadvertently cause Ezekiel to look upon God directly and die. Unlike in chapter 1 where Ezekiel saw \u201can appearance of a semblance of the Presence of the LORD,\u201d here we have the unmediated \u201cPresence of the LORD.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    God must have known how dangerous this moment was for Ezekiel. However, God still commands Ezekiel to look closely at the Temple, absorbing everything he can about its laws and instructions. Of course, there is a risk that Ezekiel may die in doing so. However, there is a greater risk that if Ezekiel does not do this, the people of Israel will not receive this vital instruction from God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Here God and Ezekiel teach us that there are some things in our lives that are so important that they are worth dying for. God willing, may we escape harm just as Ezekiel did as we stand up for what matters most in our lives.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    In the previous chapter, Ezekiel described the divine Presence returning to the Temple though the \u201ceastward facing gate\u201d (43:1). Here, he noted that this gate was to remain closed to human traffic to allow God to enter therein: \u201cOnly the prince (<\/span>nasi<\/span><\/i>) may sit in it and eat bread before the Lord\u201d (44:2), i.e. to partake there of sacrificial offerings, as will be detailed further in Chapter 46.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Addressing \u201cthe priestly Levites, sons of Zadok\u201d (15) who remained steadfast in their service to God while others were straying, Ezekiel stated: \u201cThey shall not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of the stock of the House of Israel, or widows who are widows of priests\u201d (22). This runs counter to received Torah law. According to Leviticus 21:7,<\/span> an <\/span>ordinary priest (<\/span>kohen hedyot<\/span><\/i>) is forbidden to marry \u201ca woman defiled by harlotry\u2026 or one divorced from her husband\u201d, a widow, though, is forbidden only a High Priest (Lev. 21:13-14).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In our earlier remarks on Chapter 22, we noted:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The Talmud records the following: \u201cR. Yehudah said in the name of Rav. That man, Chananiah ben Hezekiah, should be remembered favorably, for were it not for him the Book of Ezekiel would have been hidden away, because it contradicted the Torah\u201d (BT Hagigah 13a).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Chananiah rescued it from oblivion by resolving the ostensible contradictions.\u00a0 A look at some of the traditional exegetes will give us a sense of those resolutions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Rashi and Eliezer of Beaugency attempted to fit Ezekiel\u2019s proscriptions into the Torah\u2019s framework by parsing the phrase \u201c[widows] of priests they may take\u201d to sanction marriage to a particular widow\u2014one whose prior marriage to another priest allowed her to partake of offerings limited to priests and their families, raising her status above an ordinary widow. Radak and Malbim, however, saw this prohibition as indicative of a greater sanctity that would have to be observed by priests in the future.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    As for Ezekiel\u2019s failure to mention the prohibition against marriage to \u201ca woman defiled by harlotry,\u201d Radak observed that since it was already a matter of Torah law, there was no need to reiterate it.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":52198,"alt":"","title":"dt31-scroll","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll.png","width":1280,"height":1215,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-300x285.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":285,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-768x729.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":729,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-1024x972.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":972,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll.png","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":1215,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll.png","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1215,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-1200x1139.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":1139,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-442x420.png","home_baner-width":442,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Ezekiel And Torah Law","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Resolving the contradictions","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":52198,"alt":"","title":"dt31-scroll","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll.png","width":1280,"height":1215,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-300x285.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":285,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-768x729.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":729,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-1024x972.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":972,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll.png","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":1215,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll.png","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1215,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-1200x1139.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":1139,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-scroll-442x420.png","home_baner-width":442,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"44","chapter_main_number":"496","date":"20270725","wall_id":"496"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":8,"id":"75609","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Ezekiel\u2019s Temple Is Not A National Spiritual Center ","post_title":"Ezekiel\u2019s Temple Is Not A National Spiritual Center","slug":"ezekiels-temple-is-not-a-national-spiritual-center","old_id":"75609","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":72948,"post_title":"Tova Ganzel","slug":"tova-ganzel","old_id":"72948","first_name":"Tova ","last_name":"Ganzel ","description":"Dr. Tova Ganzel is the Director of the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, and is one the first trained women\u2019s halakhic advisors (Yoatzot Halacha). 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    According to Ezekiel's prophecy, the changes in this Temple include not only the outer structure of the edifice, but there are also fundamental differences in who enters it. This change relates both to the measure of access afforded the people, but also the division of roles among the various leaders of the nation, and the degree to which they are connected to the Temple.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The Temple for Ezekiel is not a spiritual center for the entire nation. The Temple serves the <\/span>priests<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>levites<\/span><\/i>, who perform their service within it as representatives of the people, while the only roles that are given to the people are the auxiliary functions and appearances: funding of the sacrifices, prostration, and a partial view of the Divine service.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    This distancing seems to be aimed at protecting the Temple from elements that may lead to its defilement, thereby causing its destruction. In this way, Ezekiel\u2019s prophecy of an eternal dwelling, an eternal covenant and an eternal Temple can be fulfilled. This Temple of Ezekiel is not a Temple that will be a magnet, an international center; rather, it will be a place in which \u2013 in light of the sins of the past \u2013 there is no place for strangers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The priests who neglected their role and failed to instruct the people during their difficult time \u2013 even if they did not actually mislead them \u2013 will not be given a role in the future Temple. In contrast, those priests who are descendants of Zadok, who demonstrated faithfulness to the house of David and followed God\u2019s ways, even in times of crisis, will indeed merit to minister in the Temple.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    To the extent that the Temple service is performed by a smaller team of priests, the expectation is that it will be performed with greater skill and with more punctilious attention to the laws of ritual purity. In this way, the future Temple will be protected from the defilement that brought about the destruction of its predecessor in Ezekiel\u2019s time. This is why Ezekiel emphasizes that the most important function of the priests in the future \u2013 as in the past and the present \u2013 is instructing the people to follow the ways of God; this is even more important than offering sacrifices.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    What caused the destruction of the Temple was not a lack of sacrifices, but rather a lack of basic understanding among the people about what the service of God entails, what it means to have an exclusive commitment to God and God\u2019s Torah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Published in conjunction with<\/span> www.hatanach.com<\/span><\/a>. 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    44:19 \u201cAnd when they go out to the outer court, to the outer court, to the people, they shall remove their garments in which they have ministered and lay them in the sacred chamber and don other garments, lest they consecrate the people through their garments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    This appears to be an idea particular to Ezekiel: Just as ritual uncleanness is imparted by contact with an unclean object, sacredness is imagined to be imparted by contact with anything that has been consecrated. For Ezekiel, who is after all a priest and preoccupied with drawing the boundaries between the sacred and the profane, it is essential that the condition of the consecration not be spread among the people. Hence the consecrated garments must be removed and left inside the sacred chamber.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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    \u201cSources on Sweat\u201d<\/a> by Rabbi David Segal: Labor, hard work, and sweat in various sources.<\/p>\r\n

    \u201cChallah\u2019s origins study sheet\u201d<\/a> by Rabbi Talya Weisbard Shalem: Where does the Mitzvah for Challah come from?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

    \u201cThree Mitzvot II: The Mitzvot\u201d<\/a> by Deracheha-Women and Mitzvot: Challah, Niddah, and Mitzvot in the home: what Mitzvot apply specifically to women?<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Source Sheets - Ezekiel 44","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"44","chapter_main_number":"496","date":"20270725","wall_id":"496"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":13,"id":"75584","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - Ezekiel 44 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - Ezekiel 44","slug":"points-to-ponder-ezekiel-44","old_id":"75584","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"496","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

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    1. Come, or not\u2026<\/em> The Hebrew root \u05d1-\u05d5-\u05d0, b-v-aleph (\u201ccome) appears 12 times in this chapter - but it is mainly used to describe who isn\u2019t arriving or entering, and how not to do so...<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Other voices.<\/em> Ezekiel sounds a resolute call to exclude strangers from the Temple, especially foreigners. So now is the time to remember Isaiah\u2019s festive declaration from 106 chapters ago: \u201cAs for the foreigners\u2026 I will bring them to My sacred mount And let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices Shall be welcome on My altar; For My House shall be called \u2018A house of prayer for all peoples\u2019\u201d (56:6-7). And perhaps also his invitation to actually work there, joining the sacrificial cult: \u201cAnd out of all the nations, said the LORD...from them likewise I will take some to be levitical priests, said the LORD\u201d (66:20-21).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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