tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post2709812206810129069..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Sunday Sermonette: What's in a name?Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-40628967611398479982019-04-28T14:18:26.637-04:002019-04-28T14:18:26.637-04:00Well of course many of the commandments are no lon...Well of course many of the commandments are no longer followed, even by the orthodox. On the other hand as you say the Talmud has also added some. For example, the prohibition against mixing meat and dairy in the same meal (or even using the same dishes) is not in the Bible. It's from Talmudic commentary on "You shall not sizzle a kid in its mother's milk." Fortunately people with the wrong skin diseases are no longer cast out into the desert. We'll get to all that in due course.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-33759915354538061262019-04-28T13:31:45.228-04:002019-04-28T13:31:45.228-04:00As literature it's certainly compelling! But m...As literature it's certainly compelling! But more importantly, an entire nation has followed it as a guide for their lives, taking its laws seriously to a fault and defending it with their lives, its scholars writing a much-more lengthy Talmud to interpret its laws. <br /><br />Fascinating side note: My grandmother told me that there are 365 positive commandments in the Torah (Do this, do that, or, as the KJV says, "Thou shalt ...") and 248 negative commandments (Don't do this, don't do that, "Thou shalt not ..."). She further mentioned that the total, 613, is also the number of seeds in a pomegranate. So I counted the seeds in a pomegranate, twice (easier than reading the Torah and counting the mitzvot). She was right! And the freshly juiced pomegranate was out-of-this-world. <br /><br />That's some mighty tasty pseudogematria.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com