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#474: Imagine a World Without Work

Netziv on Parashat Tzav, Vayikra/Leviticus 6:6

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Vayikra/Leviticus 6:6

אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃ {ס}        

A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar, not to go out.

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