BET – 2
A Story With the Letter BET King Ptolemy II (283-246 BCE) wanted a Greek translation of the Torah (the Septuagint). He gathered 72 Israelite elders and sequestered them in 72 different houses.1 He visited each of them and instructed, “Translate for me the book of Moses your teacher.” Miraculously, each Sage’s translation was identical, even […]
COLORS IN THE TABERNACLE
Genesis 1:3-4 God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. In Exodus, God instructs (the word Torah means instruction) Moses on precisely how to build the Tabernacle. Parshat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21–40:38) describes the manufacture of the […]
I MISS HIM ALREADY
I suppose I can call this blog post a remembrance in honor of my good and loyal chaver (friend), Benji. It has been a long night. At 3 am on the 13th day of the 3rd month – The 3rd day of Adar II – I lost my very dear friend. Our family pet (member) […]