Verse Ex29-05 states And thou shalt take them from their hands, and make them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savour before HaShem; it is an offering made by fire unto HaShem. Rashi explains The sacrifice is placed for fire for the sake of God We argue that this Rashi is interpreting fire symbolically as referring to prophecy. We have seen in rule #6, style that fire symbolizes prophecy. There we cited Ezekiel 1 proving that God appears in Fire-Dreams. We further argued that each prophet experiences a fire dream based on their personal experiences. So Moses experienced the Fire-like Goldish hues of the Ark which contains the Torah since Moses was close to learning; by contrast Ezekiel experienced the Copper-Altar Fire since Ezekiel was a priest and offered animals on the Copper Altar.

Sermonic points: Our main article on symbolism may be found on the world wide web at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gen-1.htm There we argued that the primary purpose of sacrifices was to create a symbolic environment conducive to prophecy. Hence our prayers for restoration of sacrifices is really a prayer for restoration of prophecy!