[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > True. However, this current subthread started with the following: > > > > > I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting > > >down. You mean that it WON'T come to the defense of Liberty > > >when a rabbi writes the word on its forehead? > > > > So? He got confused, since, in the legend, the rabbi makes a clay figure and > animates it, he does not do it to an existing statue. He had the right idea > but applied it wrongly.
Rabbi Loew made his out of clay since it was easier. But stone also works (and stands up better against artillery fire). See _Jane's Fighting Magic_, for instance. ---David _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l