Watch
discussions between Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor
and Jim Myers about the ancient
wisdom principles and values embedded in the Hebrew texts of the first creation
account in Genesis. Genesis 1 Part 1 consists of eight very short videos that cover
the first four days of creation. They have been posted on Facebook, but you do
not have to be a Facebook member to watch them. When you click on the play
button of each video, a “Sign Up Screen” will pop up -- just click on the “Not Now” option and the video will
play. Go to the TOV Center Videos Page
to find links to the eight short videos online – CLICK HERE.
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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