Interview: Rabbi Harold Kushner reflects on the meaning of the 23rd PsalmJACKI LYDEN
In the last two verses of the 23rd Psalm we read: “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the ...
masters served their slaves and everybody celebrated the light that wasn't there with candles and fires — Saturnalia was celebrated in the second half of December, up to the 23rd. Later these rituals passed over to the cult of Sol Invictus, and subsequently to Christianity; hence modern Chris...
In the month which preceded the present; in the last month, as distinguished from the current or present month and all others. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. In the month immediately preceding the present; ; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf.prox...
There's a suggestion in this opening line that the "lady" is misguided, because all that glitters is NOT gold. The 12th century French theologian Alain de Lille wrote "Do not hold everything gold that shines like gold". I used an image of a golden serpent in the video not specificall...