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<P>This reminds of a story told to me by an old acquaintance from Chevron
Yeshiva. He heads a Talmud Torah in E.Y. where they learn according to the
derech of the Mahral, (concentrating on Tenach and Mishnayos in early years and
postponing Talmud until later).</P>
<P>Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky visited this institution and posed the a question to a
class. "Which was written on the Luchos, Zochoir or Shomoir?"</P>
<P>A budding scholar raised his hand tentatively and answered "Shomoir".</P>
<P>"How do you know?" asked the Gaon?</P>
<P>"Because we say in Shabbos Shacharis, "Vecosuv Bohem Shmiras Shabbos", was
the lad's response.</P>
<P>R' Yaakov hugged the boy and kissd him on the forehead.</P>
<P>Incidentally, The Ramban (Shemos 20:8) suggests that the first Luchos may
have had Zochoir and the second Shomoir. </P>
<P>(Saul Guberman" <<A
href="mailto:saulguberman@gmail.com">saulguberman@gmail.com</A>>
posted:- <BR>"I was just listening to a parsha shiur at <A
href="http://www.rabbisitorsky.com">http://www.rabbisitorsky.com</A> ,
a<BR>Rabbi in Bayswater, NY. He says that the midrashim state that the
first<BR>luchot were written as recorded in Yitro & the second as recorded
in<BR>V'Etchanan." I didn't find this in Midrash. ER)</P>
<P>As to the way the Luchos were inscribed, one Midrash states that the were
written on all four sides. And to respond to a query by R' T.K; who says
that there were precisely five commandments on each stone?</P>
<P>Further details can be found in "Keystones of the World" by Devorah Reich
published by Targum/Feldheim in 2002). Says a proud father.</P>
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<P>Elozor Reich</P>
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