Zevachim 59 - Lies, Damn Lies, and Sacrifices

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Zevachim 59 - Lies, Damn Lies, and Sacrifices

Tablet Magazine

November 12, 2025 · 6:26

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On today’s page, Zevachim 59, the rabbis question how King Solomon’s altar could possibly be “too small” to handle his sacrifices when it was hundreds of times larger than Moses’s. The math just doesn’t add up—and that’s the point. What do we miss when we let statistics tell the whole story? Listen and find out.