๐ SUNDAY PRAYER: TIFERET-GRACE ON SECOND SHABBAT MEAL
READING: MID DAY SATURDAY
BURNING THORN
-by Rabbi Michael Laitman
And the fire on the altar shall burn on it; it shall not go out. The Cohen shall kindle wood upon it every morning, and upon it, he shall arrange the burnt offering and cause the fats of the peace offerings to [go up in] smoke upon it. (The Torah, โLeviticusโ โTzav,โ 6:5)
In fact, there was no need for firewood to keep the fire on the altar for all resided Heavenly Fire. In the First Temple its shape resembled a lion, in the Second Temple โ the dog.โ (Moshe Weisman, โThe Midrash Says,โ Chapter โTzav.โ)
Spiritual fire needs no fuel since it burns on its own; nothing can influence it, neither rain, nor wind.