There
is a very interesting article in the Business section of the Dallas Morning News by Cheryl Hall, entitled, "CEO pushes priorities, and family is
first." The piece is written about Mark Layman the chief executive of Balfour Beatty Construction US, a Dallas based company known for
projects like The Gaylord Texan Resort, Perot Museum and a host of other global
ventures. Layman credits a loving single mom, "caring angels" from
his church who helped pay bills to supplement his mother's income to cover the
needs of four children and other father figures who "straightened him
out" as a kid when he was headed for trouble. Read Rabbi Leynor’s complete
blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/03/tov-values-in-business.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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