Wordie: Phylactery: Comments

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:37:36 +0000

But wait! Don't we have all the time in the world? NOW is pretty spacious, don'tcha know. The trick is to be able to do NOW things at once. See omnitaneity.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:07:55 +0000

I think I first read about phylacteries in Chaim Potok's novels. So many books, so little time!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:41:33 +0000

Hey, that's one of my favorites too! :-)

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:14:24 +0000

I only only know this word from one place, one of my favorite parts of the Bible...

"Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 'The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

"'Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them "Rabbi."

"'But you are not to be called "Rabbi," for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth "father," for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called "teacher," for you have one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.'" (Matthew 23)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:42:36 +0000

Haha!

Comment by Evin290, about 1 year ago

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:02:53 +0000

Billy, put down that phylactery! We're Episcopalian!