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The Sefer Torah is written by a scribe, special trained for this holy task, on sheets of parchment. The parchment must derive from a kosher animal, usually a cow, and is meticulously prepared by the scribe, who first soaks the skin in lime water to remove hairs, and then stretches the skin over a wooden frame to dry. The scribe scrapes the skin while it is stretched over the wooden frame to remove more hair and smooths the surface of the skin in preparation for writing on it with the use of a sanding machine. When the skin is dry, the scribe cuts it into a rectangle. The scribe must prepare many such skins because a Sefer Torah usually contains 248 columns, and one rectangle of parchment yields space for three or four columns. Thus a Sefer Torah may require at more than 80 skins in all. The scribe makes quills for writing a Sefer Torah. The feathers must come from a kosher bird. The scribe also prepares ink for writing the Sefer Torah by combining powdered gall nuts, copper sulfate crystals, gum arabic, and water, preparing only a small amount at a time, so that the ink will always be fresh. When the writing is complete, the scribe sews the individual pieces of parchment together using a thread called giddin which is made from the leg sinews of a kosher animal, most commonly a cow, a sheep, or an ox. The scribe makes one stick every six lines of text, sewing the backs of the parchment sheets, so that the stitches are not visible from the front. Then the scrolls is sewn onto wooden rollers called Eitzei Chayim.

שְׁמוּאֵל: דָוִד בֶּן אִישׁ אֶפְרָתִי הַזֶּה מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וּשְׁמוֹ יִשַׁי וְלוֹ שְׁמֹנָה בָנִים וְהָאִישׁ בִּימֵי שָׁאוּל זָקֵן בָּא בַאֲנָשִׁים

הי אמונה אמונה היא ביטחון מלא בדברים שלהם אנו מקווים ומצב שבו אנו משוכנעים במציאותם של דברים שאיננו יכולים לראותם

Shlomo Riskin: Judaism: Why is it forbidden to count Jews?
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YAAKOV MENKEN and PESACH LERNER: The problem, however, is far more essential than branding. But will they do what must be done? On the contrary, it must make demands. Only those who retained ‘Jewish substance’ retained Jewish grandchildren. Effort spent on branding could be far better spent increasing the educational opportunities for its members ~ especially the declining numbers of young adults ~ to help them meet this standard.

IMAHOT MOONS

Midrash Aggadah, ed. Buber, Gen. 29:24: Zilpah was Rachel’s handmaiden and her father exchanged her for Bilhah when he deceived Jacob, so that Zilpah became Leah’s handmaiden.

Leah Shaindel: Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller says, and im not sure where she got this from, but she says in a shiur that some peoples’ roles are to be like the sun, giving light, and others’ are to be like the moon, reflecting others’ light. Bilhah and Zilpah, were to reflect Leah’s and Rachel’s light. So that the greater they were, the more selfless they were, merging their selves into Rachel and Leah until Bilhah and Rachel became "one" and Leah and Zilpah became "one."

SALEMPEARCE: Bilhah and Zilpah speak not a word in the Torah.
SALEMPEARCE: If, in the logic of the Bible, patrilineal descent is what matters, then Bilhah and Zilpah deserve as much recognition as the traditional four matriarchs for their role in the creation of the Israelite people.

Gen. Rabbah 71:30: Zilpah was the youngest of Jacob’s four wives and her pregnancy was not apparent; therefore the Torah states merely that ‘she bore’ (Gen. 30:10–12), in contrast with the other Matriarchs, of each of whom it is also said ‘she conceived’ (Gen. Rabbah 71:30).

AshurLeaks: Do you include Zilpah and Bilhah in the Amidah? jw
takaeo: no? i didn’t know that was a thing?


Adopted from Likutei Sichos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Vol. XV: The Talmud [Sukah 29a] states that eclipses are Bad Signs for the World. The Talmud then elaborates on what can cause an eclipse: 
An eclipse of the sun occurs for the following four reasons: For not having eulogized a chief judge (a chief judge is comparable to the sun, for [s]he enlightens and clarifies things for the community - Maharsha); for not having helped a betrothed maiden when she called for help (to save her from Ill treatment); for committing Adultery and for killing two brothers on the same day.

Because of the following four reasons the moon and the stars eclipsed: 
For committing Forgery, for False witnesses, for raising Goats and sheep in the Land of Israel (that is, for letting Goats and sheep pasture from other people’s fields - Rashi), and for cutting down fruit-bearing trees. 
The Shaloh [Noach p.274b] explains that seeing the lunar eclipse implies a Bad Sign. Hashem would ascertain that the Jews would see it if they were Sinning. However, if they were not Sinning, Hashem would darken the sky so that the eclipse would not be visible. 
This interpretation is not satisfactory, for the Talmud states: "For the following reasons an eclipse occurs" and not an eclipse is seen. The very occurrence of an eclipse is a consequence of the aforementioned Sins and not the sight of the eclipse. Furthermore, in cloudless locations such as Egypt [see Rashi Vayigash 47:10 and Vaera 7:17] the Jews would always be capable of seeing the eclipse, regardless of their behavior.

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.