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I am studying to become a pastor of my protestant faith. In a textbook I am currently assigned it says that worn-out manuscripts were ceremoniously destroyed, but it does not go into a detailed method. I was wondering what the method of destroying a worn-out Torah was and any significates to each step in the process including any ceremony for its replacement. Discovering the Old Testament: Story and Faith Hardcover – March 15, 2003 by Robert Branson (Author), Timothy M. Green (Author), Jim Edlin (Author), Alex Varughese (Editor) page 29

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I sometimes see two neighbors getting into a heated argument over some trivial matter. What is the right thing to do to calm them down and restore good relations?

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Shalom, Kavod HaRav! So, a friend of mine brought some little cacti plants from AZ & was suspiciously eager to get rid of them. She originally intended to gift them to Indian family across the street, but they politely declined, citing their culture. As a committed Yid I know (& she knows) that goyishe "spirituality" is a bunch of shtuyot, but she says she now can't shake it off & the cute little cactus plants now seem to be tainted to her. Being a good friend, I took one home. Rabbi Google was silent about their significance in Judaism, but did enlighten me that, according to Feng Shui, they bring bad energy into the home due to pricklies, & some more neutral info actually attributed endurance & resilience to this plant as a symbolic virtue (positive things & very Jewish characteristics, I guess). Have you ever heard of any badness associated with cacti in Judaism? Kabbalistic sources? I just want to ensure I verified all my sources & be able to present my friend with Rabbinic refutation (though she agrees with me in principle that us, observant Jews, don't believe in that narrishkeit). Toda Raba! Please email me at anyemets@hotmail.com with response. -Chana