Eliyahu's Altar on Mount Carmel

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  1. Eliyahu Between Two Mountains

    Rabbi Ezra Bick

    תאריך פרסום: תשסט | |

    Eliyahu's triumph at Mount Carmel is followed immediately by the mystery and shadows of Mount Chorev. What is the connection between them, and what is the point of the story?

  2. Eliyahu on Mount Carmel (Part 4)

    Eliyahu's Preparations for the Descent of God's Fire (Part 2)

    Rabbi Elchanan Samet

    Eliyahu’s invitation to the people to approach is meant to facilitate the continuation of the paused dialogue that the prophet began when he approached them. Eliyahu wants mass participation and maximum transparency for his actions. By choosing to repair a destroyed altar of God, Eliyahu hints at the restoration of Divine service, to which this entire occasion is geared.

  3. Eliyahu on Mount Carmel (Part 4)

    Eliyahu's Preparations for the Descent of God's Fire (Part 3)

    Rabbi Elchanan Samet

    Eliyahu builds the altar with twelve stones, and his actions are reminiscent of the altar that Moshe constructed at Sinai. Moshe created a covenant between the nation and God concerning the commandments of the Torah, while Eliyahu created a covenant concerning the recognition and acceptance of God. The reference to Ya’akov-Yisrael is meant to create a dividing line between the twelve tribes of Israel and the foreign elements that are threatening the unity and uniqueness of the nation.

  4. Eliyahu on Mount Carmel (Part 4)

    Eliyahu's Preparations for the Descent of God's Fire (Part 4)

    Rabbi Elchanan Samet

    The trench is meant to collect the water that is poured upon the altar, but it also represents the demarcation of the place of the altar in God's Name. It is for this reason that the digging of the trench is mentioned immediately after erecting the altar in God's Name. The purpose of pouring water multiple times on the altar is to involve as many people as possible to make it clear that the miracle was real and not a deceit.

  5. Eliyahu on Mount Carmel (Part 7)

    The Nation's Response

    Rabbi Elchanan Samet

    “The Lord is God” is the nation’s response to the universal element of the challenge. The capturing of the prophets of Ba’al is their response to the national one. The prophets were not killed on Mount Carmel which is a place of an altar. The killing of the prophets appears to be a prophetic command which is attributed to Eliyahu and not the nation.

  6. Izebel, Israel, and the Valley of Yizre'eI

    Rabbi Menachem Leibtag |

    King Ahab, one of the greatest kings of Israel - marries Jezebell, the daughter of the King of Sidon!

    Eliyahu ha'Navi, the greatest prophet of his time is so scared of her, that he runs away to Mt. Sinai and 'resigns' after she threatens him; yet several years later, General Yahu has no trouble finding volunteers to push her out the window to her gruesome death in the Valley of Jezreel.

    In this shiur, we will attempt to make sense out of these and many other strange events in Melachim Bet.

  7. Parshat Pinchas - Of Zealotry and Idolatry

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

    תאריך פרסום: תש"ע | | 37 minutes

    How are we to evaluate Pinhas’s zealous actions and reconcile Moshe’s concern and God’s reward? How are we to approach zealotry in general? We begin by looking at various explanations of Pinhas’s conduct, and continue on to look at zealotry elsewhere in Tanakh – the story of Eldad and Meidad and Yehoshua’s zealous kin’a for Moshe, and the story of Eliyahu and the aftermath of Mount Carmel. We find a fascinating parallel between that story of Eliyahu, the zealous prophet and the story of Moshe, the anti-zealot, during the aftermath of the Sin of the Golden Calf.

  8. Rain: Danger of Destruction or Dawn of Redemption?

    Elisheva Brauner

  9. Duplication and Contradiction

    Part 2 - Historical Claims of Documentary Hypothesis

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

    The prevalent view in academic circles, has been that the major part of the Book of Devarim was written in the 7th century B.C.E., as part of the battle waged by Chizkiyahu and Yoshiyahu for centralized ritual worship. This assertion is based mainly on the argument that Devarim is the only Book of the Torah which speaks of the selection of a single location for Divine service, and rejects worship outside of this location. A series of questions and proofs are brought against this theory, leading to the conclusion that the central argument for the claim of late authorship of Devarim has multiple and serious flaws.

  10. Eliyahu HaNavi and the Pitfalls of Experiential Education

    Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz | Hour

    This shiur examines the events of Eliyahu at Har HaCarmel and Har Horev and uses the layers of meaning in these chapters, together with the leading research and philosophy of experiential education, to highlight key lessons for educators, madrichim and parents which help them avoid the classic mistakes made by so many.