One of the most
important and transformative things the Jewish Sages did after the destruction
of the Second Temple, was to transfer and transform Temple ideas to the home
setting.
Many symbols were created to not only keep the "memories" of Temple
ritual alive, but to allow for the continuing development of Rabbinic Judaism as well. For example,
on Shabbat, the table of the home becomes the new "altar', the white
tablecloth represents the Priest's garments, the candles lit to usher in the Shabbat
recalls the 7 branched menorah lit every evening outside the Holy of Holies in
the Temple. Read Rabbi Leynor’s complete blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/03/more-seder-history.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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