tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post6806567127672794883..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: The Plethora of Pehsjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-89339749133935896642009-07-13T06:38:56.314-04:002009-07-13T06:38:56.314-04:00Not all, but most. I skipped some of the psukim wi...Not all, but most. I skipped some of the psukim with the letter vav and short psukim with less than 5-6 words.רשקולניקובnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-18466230743643703842009-07-12T18:45:24.879-04:002009-07-12T18:45:24.879-04:00"Binyamin had many contradictory thoughts abo..."Binyamin had many contradictory thoughts about the sale of Yosef by his brothers, all of which are reflected in the different colors of the jasper."<br /><br />How are the contradictory thoughts, about the sale of his sibling, reflected in the different colors of the jasper ? <br />Which particular colors and which particular contradictory thoughts about the sale of said sibling was he harboring.<br />And are those contradictory thoughts reflected in the speckled patterns too ?<br /><br />Also,<br />"The reason the gemstone was assigned to the tribe of Binyamin had to do with the founder of that tribe not being able to decide if to tell his father that Yosef was most likely alive, or to keep silent..."<br /><br />I'm not following this piece.<br />Who chose the gemstones.<br />Was the jasper gemstone chosen, due to the name of the stone and the fact that he had knowledgeable opinions but kept his mouth shut (in a good way) or cuz the colors jasper is generally available in,purportedly reflected the contradictory thoughts Binyamin harbored about the actual sale?<br /><br />Wikipedia spells the semitic version with an additional "e" "yashepheh,"<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper<br /><br />would that be referring to having e-words or e-mouthing in 2009 ;-)<br /><br /><br />I'm not suggesting that knowing when to shut up and when to shout consistently and continuously, is not the single most important understanding to have a handle on in a given argument and situation.<br /><br /><br />jaded topazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-22056457145109304102009-07-12T09:25:42.631-04:002009-07-12T09:25:42.631-04:00To Make it a more Seasonal Post-There is somthing ...To Make it a more Seasonal Post-There is somthing like this in Kinnos Where it goes in order od the Aleph Beis but once The Peh comes before the Ayin Because the Meraglim spoke with there Peh what they did not see with the AyinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com