206. Temple Lottery - February 20, 2021
TINW Torah Study
English - February 22, 2021 03:00 - 5 minutes - 4.04 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality jennifer jaech biblical origins torah study tara keiter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The holiday of Purim will be celebrated this week. In the story of Purim, the evil Haman determined by lot - or the throwing of dice - the day of destruction of the Jews. This led Rabbi Janet Roberts to wonder more about the use of lots in biblical times. We learned that the throwing of dice has been around since the 3rd millennium BCE, and was sometimes used to try to divine the will of God. The throwing of lots also became useful in Temple times to determine which priests had the honor of particular Temple functions.