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 ...

Ah, incense. As the priest rhythmically swings the censer, the aromatic smoke from the burning incense, with its sweet fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, rises and fills the sanctuary. Then the ...

Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29, this year, and that gives you just enough time to gather vessels for your most striking altar yet. Kate Berry, Domino’s editor at large, arranges ...

Yet once a year a kippurim ritual is performed by putting blood on the horns of this altar where no animal sacrifice occurs and only incense is burnt. Quick!

This power is in turn embodied in the Temple, as the golden horns on the corners of the Altar of Sacrifice and Altar of Incense were considered their crowns.

Notre Dame’s golden altar cross seen glowing among the ashes as images emerge from inside show fire-ravaged cathedral Here are the first images inside Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire destroyed ...

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 ...