This
coming Friday night, Passover begins at sunset. I have such cherished memories,
some of which I've already shared, but there is a lesson here for all of us as
well. The "Exodus" from Egypt is a universal story. It reflects
something about human experience. I maintain, that none of us ever voluntarily
leaves their "Egypt", we have to be thrown out! "Egypt"
to me, is a metaphor for what is familiar, what is known. Very few of us
voluntarily leave what is familiar and known for what is unknown and unfamiliar.
Most people do not like changes, no matter how small. We become used to doing
things in a certain way, expecting certain results. Change is usually put upon
us, whether we like it or not. Read Rabbi Leynor’s complete blog at http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/03/passover-spiritual-lesson-for-everyone.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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