--- Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "PC" == Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > PC> To do that you need to declare the parameter with "is > PC> copy". Uri noted that he really should keep his finger off > the > PC> send button until he's read the whole 'megilla', whatever > one > PC> of those is. > > it is appropriate that today is purim, which is the holiday that > celebrates the story of queen esther and mordachai's victory over the > evil haman. the book of esther is one of the 5 books in the bible > that > were traditionally written on a single scroll which is called a > megillah. the torah (5 books of moses) on the other hand is written > on a > double scroll where you wind up on one spindle and unwind from > another > spindle. > > so megillah really just means a type book and is used colloquially as > i did above.
The stuff I learn on this list amazes me. Thanks, Uri. =Austin
