The following is an important public service announcement for anyone who might be interested, even if most are convinced that I am just messing around saying stupid stuff. Heh, that's the story of my life. :)
The most powerful rocket ever built has now been stacked <<<
In particular, the form of the lamed represents the aspiration of the truly devoted pupil to learn from the mouth of the teacher. The literal meaning of the letter lamed is “to learn” (or “teach”).
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Our Sages refer to the lamed as “a tower soaring in air.” Three hundred laws relate to the secret of this “flying tower.” In our study of Torah, the “flying tower” is the expression of our love and devotion to the teachings of the Torah, our aspiration to conceive its inner truth, lifting us above the “gravity barrier” of earthly preoccupation.
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The only letter ascending above the line.
Worlds:
A three-stage rocket ship soaring into outer space.
ManÂ’s aspiration to understand the universe.Souls:
A heart of a wise man ascending to comprehend the wisdom of God.
Learning in order to teach, learning in order to do.Divinity:
Divine inspiration; the higher Shechinah.
Prophetic imagination breaking through the limitations of rational intellect.
Psalm 73:
Man, do I ever miss the old Saturn V rockets.
Huntsville (AL) Air and Space museum used to have the last full Saturn V laying on its side years ago before they refurbed it for a museum.
Just amazing how big that thing was.
NonValueAdded:
So we have moved the Saturn V, up to now the most powerful rocket evah, into second place?
and
"The most powerful rocket in the whole world
and will blow yourheadeardrums clean off."
rktman:
We did a lot of “stacking, unstacking, restacking” with shuttle components over the years.
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The most powerful rocket ever built has now been stacked
Proof that history repeats in the weirdest ways:
Prophetic imagination breaking through the limitations of rational intellect...
There's a famous story that the Egyptians -- in order to prevent the Jews from going up out of Egypt -- put the bones of Joseph into a heavy metal (or lead,) cabinet (aron: ark, coffin),
and then sunk it in...
de Nile.
Serach not only knew the secret code of Redemption, she told Moses exactly where to search -- in de Nile.
In Huntsville for starters, in zipcode 35808, because the jokes write themselves. :)
Moses stood on the bank of the Nile and said: “Joseph, Joseph, the time regarding which G-d promised that ‘I will redeem you’ has arrived, as well as the time of your oath that you administered on the people of Israel. If you present yourself, good. If not, we are absolved from your oath.” Immediately Joseph’s coffin floated up.
Where's Big Joe? over
He's not here. He's pinned down under the bridge. over
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-What's going on?
-We're crossing over.
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Hey Kelly, listen. This is the Grave Diggers Registration Unit. We got a stake in this advance, too, ya know.
Did you ever hear enthusiasm like that in all your life?
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(It's. All. Orchestrated.)