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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Richard Hidary
RICHARD HIDARY is a professor of Judaic studies at Yeshiva University. He is the author of Dispute for the Sake of Heaven: Legal Pluralism in the Talmud; Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric: Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash; and a forthcoming Talmud commentary.