{"id":49115,"date":"2019-02-10T16:29:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T14:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=49115"},"modified":"2022-09-04T16:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:31:21","slug":"road-signs-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/road-signs-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Signs, Then And Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[363],"acf":{"old_id":"49115","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"152","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our chapter deals with Moses instructing the Israelites to set up in the Promised Land, when they have possessed it, \u201cCities of Refuge\u201d (<em>\u2018arey miqlat<\/em>) to which one who kills another may flee for protection from death at the hands of a \u201cblood-avenger\u201d (<em>goel dam<\/em>) (Numbers 35:6 and following). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the outset, it should be noted that the Biblical Hebrew word \u201c<em>miqlat<\/em>\u201d is used in Modern Hebrew to refer to a \u201cbomb-shelter\u201d. And \u201crefugees\u201d are referred to in Modern Hebrew as \u201c<em>mevaqshey miqlat<\/em>\u201d (literally \u201cthose seeking refuge, or asylum seekers). Many of those who have been involved in immigration of Jews to Israel, may recall that \u201cAbsorption Centers\u201d for receiving and temporarily housing New Immigrants are referred to as \u201c<em>Merkazey Qelitah<\/em>\u201d. All these words come from the same Hebrew three-letter verbal root Q-L-T, with the basic meaning of \u201creceive, absorb&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the parallel discussion of \u201cCities of Refuge\u201d in Deuteronomy, Chapter 19, Moses additionally instructs the people to \u201cprepare the way\u201d (verse 3) for the killer being pursued by his \u201cblood-avenger to flee to the closest \u201cCity of Refuge\u201d. The Midrash (Numbers Rabbah 23:13) addresses the question of how the killer is to find his way to the relative safety of Refuge. When instructed by God to \u201cappoint for you Cities of Refuge\u201d, Moses asks: Master of the Universe! \u00a0If a man slays a person unintentionally in the north or in the south, how is he to know how best to get to the nearest City of Refuge, so that he can flee there? God elliptically tells Moses to: \u201cPrepare the way\u201d (Deuteronomy 19:3). Moses then asks for more detailed instructions. God now tells Moses to: Erect \u201csteles\u201d (i.e. stone road signs) to indicate the direction to the Cities of Refuge. On each \u201cstele\u201d should be written the words \u201cKiller! To the Cities of Refuge\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our day, we similarly employ such directional signs to indicate the quickest way to \u201cbomb shelters\u201d in the event of life-threatening emergencies requiring their use. Fortunately, we no longer condone the biblical institution of the \u201cblood-avenger\u201d. 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