[Avodah] taamei halacha?

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Thu Mar 15 13:57:36 PDT 2018


On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 03:52:45PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
: And as I've replied before, to your eyes it looks like one of each,
: with a basket holder. To my eyes it looks like two aravos surrounded
: by a large number of hadassim, tied together with two thin bindings.

... and as /I've/ replied before, that description isn't mine, it's
how I saw the coins after being prejudiced about what to expect,
including by people who have handled the coins themselves.

Eg, the Temple Mount Sifting Project (after I posted previous times):
    http://tmsifting.org/en/2016/10/13/symbols-of-sukkot-feast-of-tabernacles

Other exampoles:
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D#/media/File:Coin22.jpg
http://shalem.ac.il/content-channel/bar-kochba-and-zionism/
http://www.hatanakh.com/en/node/29282

IOW, not my chiddush.

RAZZ at https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/whats-truth-arba-minim
fn 2 seems to agree with you.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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