It's
coming! That time when were not allowed what's risen, only what's not risen.
Passover is upon us. . . We read the story of the Exodus of the Israelites from
Egypt, the remembrance of an historical event . . . In a number of ways, the
Exodus story reflects part of our journey through life. Many times, we must
leave the familiar and the known and we are either kicked out, or forced to
leave the familiar for the midbar, the wilderness of the unknown. Read
Rabbi Leynor’s blog at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2016/04/enter-matzoy.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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