tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post6900617945536531676..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Ki Tavo: Why Plaster them With Plaster?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-68153637375553222692009-09-06T00:08:34.643-04:002009-09-06T00:08:34.643-04:00see also bechor shor:
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpa...see also bechor shor:<br />http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=40227&st=&pgnum=59<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-23866756368170670552009-09-06T00:03:10.732-04:002009-09-06T00:03:10.732-04:00good question. i don't know. but in terms of l...good question. i don't know. but in terms of lime plaster -- i'm thinking of בור שיד שאינו מאבד טיפה, we see that:<br />"Some of the earliest known examples of lime use for building purposes are in early Egyptian buildings (primarily monuments). Some of these examples in the chambers of the pyramids, which date back to around 2000 B.C., are still hard and intact."<br /><br />if so, perhaps this is being used for its waterproof properties, to keep the writing on the rock from wearing away due to erosion...<br /><br />i wonder if Moshe could have written the Torah with special ink and then set the shamir at it... that would also be pretty quick. :)<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-84431023692854833802009-09-05T23:50:28.847-04:002009-09-05T23:50:28.847-04:00Does plaster really last longer than stone? I some...Does plaster really last longer than stone? I somehow doubt it. And if the plaster is on top of the writing, wouldn't that just make it harder to read? Perhaps the "Torah" was written on top of the plaster in some kind of paint. That would make it much quicker/easier to write the Torah (even Sefer Devarim by itself is pretty long), and would help explain why no trace of the writing remains today (the plaster got rubbed off).Shlomonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-40721460957121973362007-08-30T05:11:00.000-04:002007-08-30T05:11:00.000-04:00"traceable back to the days of Moshe."But we don't...<I>"traceable back to the days of Moshe."</I><BR/>But we don't know where these stones are located now, don't we? So if the point of this testimony is only to remain for generations, the goal failed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com