[Avodah] Are there any chemists on Avodah?

[Arie Folger]

R'n Shoshana Boublil remarked:
> I find it interesting that despite the  fact that at least in Egypt and
> certainly historically elsewhere, building  with bricks and mud (and
> stone) was well known, when discussing "Mizbach  Adama", none
> of the mefarshim consider that it was literally built from soil.

Perhaps because of the following verse? (Deuteronomy 27:6)
Thou shalt build the altar of the L*RD thy G*d of unhewn stones; and
thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the L*RD thy G*d.
-- 
Arie Folger,
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