And they saw the God of Israel: Under His feet there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity. —Exodus 24:10
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Rabbi Stuart Halpern
RABBI STUART HALPERN is a senior adviser to the provost of Yeshiva University and the deputy director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought.