In Hebrew, each letter has a number associated with it. I don't know if y'all have received a lot of questions about this, but I was just wondering what the Orthodox think of this new Joe Lieberman guy running for vice president. I am not. Certainly Mr. Lieberman personally is pro-Israel. The remedy for a wasp sting, says tradition, is cold water.
Hot water aggravates it.
Hot water heals, cold water hurts. Sadly, this fairly well describes the Jewish position during much of our history. When we are weak, we're oppressed because we are weak. When we are strong, we're hated because we are strong. We seem to get stung either way.