The
time has come, Rabbi Kahana explained, to encourage the world to begin to
relate to Israel from a spiritual perspective, rather than a political or
economic one. “Disputations” are defined
as “public debates on religious subjects between Jews and non-Jews.” Rabbi
Kahana believes that the time has come for the spiritual character of Israel to
take center stage. “Israel’s present political and financial interaction with
the gentile world is a total distortion of why HaShem (God) has placed us in
this world!” he wrote in his call for the disputation. Further, he expects that
such an event “could create an avalanche of interest among the gentiles,” in a
Jewish message. Read Rabbi Nachman Kahana’s complete article at -- http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/68414/rabbi-calls-for-a-public-disputation-about-god-05-16/#lm71hAjXMKqglyDE.97
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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