When
my oldest son created a FB account for me, I didn't realize how much I would
enjoy re-connecting with people, some of whom I haven't been in touch with for
40 years. Just this week, I had a great time having lunch with some of my
friends from my former congregation here in Texas. Invariably, the majority of
conversation revolves around "catching up", and then everyone wants
to know, "So, what are you doing these days?" I tell them, (and
everyone else I meet) about the TOV Center. Read Rabbi Leynor’s Blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/05/why-tov-center-why-now.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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