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After my 4GB cell phone flash memory card died and took with it my offline backup of dafyomi’s point-by-point Talmud summary, I had to go and find a Torah portion program for my Windows Mobile Pocket PC (Samsung i760). I found one that works well. In any event, I got the one with R’ Shlomo Itzhaki [...] Pay attention to goings up and down. Moses goes down 4 times, and up 4 times (if you include the second tablets after golden calf). The people aren’t allowed to go up till the ram’s horn blows. The elders and Aaron’s sons get to go up once, but not as high as Moses goes alone. [...] What does the tower of Bavel and the story of Jacob’s ladder have to do with Mount Sinai? Let’s start with the connection between Jacob’s dream at Beit El of the ladder (or some say ramp) and the tower of Bavel. I’ve read elsewhere [לא כך כבוב בתנ"ך] about how the Beit El narrative is meant to [...] Are you ready for this? Exodus 16:13 gives us our first Shabbat laws in the Manna story. And what do we learn? 16:23 And he [Moses] said to them: This is what YHWH said: A Shabbat of Shabbats Holy to YHWH Tomorrow! That which you bake, bake! And that which you boil, boil! And all the excess [...] | ||||
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