When a group of rabbis met the Pope today, the Rishon L'Zion, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Amar added distinctively Jewish symbolism to his robes -- that of the ten commandments on 2 tablets. Yes, the tablets given at Sinai were rectangular without rounded tops, but then they would be less identifiable.
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Reminds me when Geula Cohen met the Pope in Rome. Her Menorah pendant must have weighed a pound a dwarfed the Pope's cross in size.
ReplyDeletebling bling
ReplyDeleteHe uses that pendant as his personal seal. Any time he writes a letter he dips it into wax and then presses it against the envelope.
ReplyDeletethat is some pretty sweet bling! I saw a great story about the visit, very informative check it out here:http://www.newsy.com/videos/perspectives_on_the_pope/
ReplyDeleteADDeRabbi - since when do adults use that word??? You disappoint me :-P
ReplyDeleteChristian make use of this symbol too. He should have chosen a Menorah instead.
ReplyDeletei was going to write what Pusheter wrote. i'm not sure how prominent of a symbol it really is for christians, but they do "hold" by the ten big ones. a better symbol would have a been a torah, etc.
ReplyDeleteI think it's childish.
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ReplyDeletemaybe it's a sense of humor?
Actually I thought it was R Amar's way of hinting to the pope that the cross 9at least in (Catholicism) was an idol and transgressed the ten commandments.
ReplyDeleteChristian make use of this symbol too. He should have chosen a Menorah instead.[space]
ReplyDeleteI say no symbols, just God. Much stronger symbolism.
Mark
He should have just borrowed a magen david from Subliminal.
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