There's a fascinating article at Chadrei Charedim about an owl that perched itself on the Ten commandments which is above an Aron Kodesh in a shul in Bayit Vegan this past Wednesday, the day of the petirah of Rav Yehoshua Neuwirth ZT"L, the author of Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata. Efforts to remove the owl were to no avail.
An interesting gematria was found.
ינשוף(owl) = 446 מות (death) = 446
Additionally,
י'- ישעיהו, ישעיה
נ' - נויבירט
ש' - שבת (שמירת שבת כהלכתה
The first two letters of the Hebrew word "owl" correspond to Rav Neuwirth's name. The letter "shin" is the first letter of the word "Shabbat." The last two letters, the "vav" and the "peh," equal 86, the age at which the Rav was niftar.
Furthermore, the owl was perched on the side of the commandments which contained the one regarding keeping the Sabbath.
Click here to see a photo of the owl and to read the article in Hebrew.
Below is a poem taken from Wiki about a wise old owl.
A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
Thanks for pointing this out. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI've davened many a Minha in that shul many years ago.