Dr. Tova Ganzel is a lecturer in Bible and Halacha at Bar Ilan University, and the former Director of Bar Ilan’s Midrasha program. She holds a Ph.D. in Bible from Bar Ilan and is trained as a yo’etzet halakha (women’s halakhic advisor). A former Tikvah Fellow, she is the author of A Visionary’s Oracles – From Destruction to Restoration, Studies in the Prophecies of Ezekiel [Hebrew], and one of the editors of People of Faith and Bible Criticism [Hebrew].
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May 25, 2020
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The laws of holiday sacrifices in Ezekiel 45–46 contradict the laws in Numbers 28–29. The problems are so significant that some Talmudic sages thought it would be best to withdraw (לגנוז) the book of Ezekiel. This piece lays out the discrepancies in detail, surveys some traditional and modern answers, and ends with my own thoughts about why Ezekiel’s system is so different.
The laws of holiday sacrifices in Ezekiel 45–46 contradict the laws in Numbers 28–29. The problems are so significant that some Talmudic sages thought it would be best to withdraw (לגנוז) the book of Ezekiel. This piece lays out the discrepancies in detail, surveys some traditional and modern answers, and ends with my own thoughts about why Ezekiel’s system is so different.
