Mount Carmel

The way the challenge is presented to the nation differs from the way it is presented to prophets of Ba’al, in order to facilitate each side offering their sacrifice separately. The prophets of Ba’al …

Eliyahu’s words imply that the nation had not abandoned the service of God, but did not serve Him exclusively. Rather, they attached elements of Ba'al worship to their worship of God. On the account o…

Since the prophet's actions, undertaken on his own initiative, are aimed at fulfilling God's command in the spirit in which it was intended, it may be said that they are done by God's command even if …

Eliyahu was not commanded to perform the specific actions that he undertook regarding the meeting at the Carmel; on the other hand, not only did his actions not contradict God's word, but they represe…