I
was scrolling through FB the other day and I came upon a wonderful video I had
to share. The story takes place in Thailand. Briefly, a mother who is a fruit
vender with a cart, with no education appears to be scratching out a living.
Her little daughter sees other children enjoying ice cream, but there is no
money for her to do the same. Her mother shows her how to cut a pineapple and
to make a pop which is put on ice. Her daughter suggests selling them. She
takes her pops to the market, but no one buys. Read Rabbi Leynor’s complete
blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2015/10/parents-teach-your-children-tov.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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