This
is it Folks. On this day, 62 years ago, a soul was sent kicking and screaming
to this life. I was one of the lucky ones. I had loving involved parents,
brother and sister, wonderful grandparents, a small assortment of aunts and
uncles equally loving. I feel grateful that my parents taught me real values,
most of which I learned by observing how they treated others, themselves and
each other. Read Rabbi Leynor’s complete blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/03/some-birthday-reflections.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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