What
is the difference between a Master and a Beginner? The Master has failed more
times than the Beginner could ever even imagine. One becomes a "Master"
(M/F) by constantly practicing their skills and abilities in their lives. They
see themselves as a work in progress because they understand that in the
process of mastering something there is failure, defeat and loss, whether they
are in competition with others or with themselves. However, they use those
things to learn and grow from the failures, because they reframe the situation
and figure out a different approach or tactic which enables them to progress. Read
Rabbi Leynor’s complete blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/01/want-immediate-gratification-do-tov.html
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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