[Avodah] Special Places

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Mon Nov 23 14:53:32 PST 2020


On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 04:41:03PM -0500, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> Does he discuss why Moriah is different anywhere? Is it Avraham and
> Yitzchaq's tefillos there that Yaaqov didn't even know about that made
> his nevu'ah more possible? Kind of robs the original statement of most
> of its rationalism. I also don't think it fits how the MC explains why
> bayis sheini is qidshah le'asid lavo which is specifically because we
> DIDN'T forget bayis sheini!

Oy, I messed that up. This presumes Har haMoriah was moved to Beis-El.

I don't think the MC's shitah even has that to fall back on. So, how
does Beis-El (a/k/a Luz) qualify as a "beis E-lokim / sha'ar hashamayim"?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha


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