Some
of my most wonderful memories from my youth are our family holiday
celebrations. My grandparents, aunts and uncles and those, my parents, of
blessed memory, called "strays", ones who had no family or who were
alone, always had a place at our table. They were welcomed with warmth and
love. The one holiday which stands out in my mind though, is Passover. There
are very few holidays on the Jewish calendar that require as much preparation.
Read Rabbi Leynor’s complete blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-place-at-seder.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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