Much has been written about the surprising placement of the golden incense altar at the end of this week’s parsha. In short, the reader expects its instructions to be given together with all of ...

Much has been written about the surprising placement of the golden incense altar at the end of this week’s parsha. In short, the reader expects its instructions to be given together with all of ...

The altar that’s described at the beginning of Exodus 30 is not the altar that you would use for animal sacrifice; this is the altar that’s inside the Tabernacle, for burning incense.

He commanded Moses, “You shall make an altar on which to offer incense; Aaron shall offer fragrant incense on it” every morning and evening (Exodus 30:7-8). The altar was placed before the Ark ...

The incense was offered daily in the Beit HaMikdash on the golden incense altar, and once a year, on Yom Kippur, it was offered in the Holy of Holies. The incense had to be offered at the right ...