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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>RZS wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>The mizbeach was not solid stone. It was four stone walls surrounding<BR>a
hollow that was filled in with earth. So the work would have
been<BR>tedious, but less so than you imagined.<BR><BR><FONT face=Calibri>CM
responds:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Not according to my understanding.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>What is your source that there were stones walls filled
with earth rather than a stone mortar-matrix thoughout the entire volume of the
mizbeach. The Tani Levi I mentioned in my original post that describes the
construction of the mizbeach makes no mention of any earth fill. The only shitos
that I can recall, speak of 1) wood walls clad in copper with earth fill
(Mishkan, and according to some Shilo etc), 2) copper over stone fill [not sure
if there was also a mortar in the stone fill, though I tend to assume
so] (Shilo according to some), 3) and to my understanding entirely of a
stone-mortar matrix (Bayis 1 and 2 and Shilo according to some [if I recall
correctly]).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Kol tuv</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Chaim Manaster</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>