Tabernacle: White Linen Court
The walls of the wilderness Sanctuary were made from fine linen that the Israelites brought…
A person in good health can live about 40 days without food, but only three days without water. However, in the aftermath of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, workers rescued a man who had been trapped without water in a collapsed building for nine days! His survival has been attributed to the cool, humid environment and the fact he had to lie still for more than a week.
Considering the importance of the prophet-hakham Daniel, Shabbat Shalom has chosen to hear from several voices within Jewish tradition who not only praise the book, but also teach from and about it. Hermann L. Strack, in Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash (1945), defines Jewish tradition, or Mishna, as "the oral lore or the body of ancient Jewish traditional learning [which] is of a threefold variety: (a) Midrash, exposition of the Scriptures, particularly of the Pentateuch; (b) Halakoth, traditional statements of law, in categorical form, without regard to their derivation from the Scriptures; (c) Haggadoth, scriptural expositions of a non-halakic character, proverbs, parables, narratives" (3).
Let’s take a look at the verse in question: “Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given.” Many people have read this verse and quickly concluded that it makes a broad provision for humans to eat any living creature for food. However, this is simply not true.
What is the first piece of furniture that was seen upon entering the tabernacle in the wilderness?
In the old sanctuary service the High Priest had a very colorful uniform that he was supposed to wear.