“There
is clearly a growing, solid, overwhelming majority of Israelis who are unhappy
about the way religion and state are linked and impacting the lives of
individuals and the state." The survey found that 95 percent of secular
respondents are dissatisfied with the government’s handling of religious
issues, with large majorities favoring civil marriage or civil unions and
official recognition of non-Orthodox conversions. But the survey also reported
dissatisfaction with religious policy among 81 percent of haredi Orthodox
Israelis, despite the fact that haredi parties regained control over the
Religious Affairs Ministry and the powerful Knesset Finance Committee following
the March elections. Read the complete
article at -- http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Survey-Religious-and-secular-Israelis-dissatisfied-with-religious-policy-416188
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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