The elders "meet" G-d
A vision on sapphire stones
Heaven's pure essence
Exodus 24:9-10: And Moses went up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they saw the G-d of Israel; and under G-d's feet was something like a sapphire stone, like the essence of heaven in purity
Ed Nickow is a teacher and member of the Board of Trustees at Temple Chai, Long Grove, IL. This post is from his blog The Torah in Haiku.
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