Akiva came in and opened the box peeled away the layers of paper and took out a stone the size and shape of a football. “There it is ” he said. “Isn’t it beautiful? We were on a tour of Har Sinai and I found it on top of the mountain. I showed it to the tour guide and he said it was just a plain stone and I could take it if I wanted it. But I thought that if it comes from Har Sinai where the Torah was given it must be a holy stone. So I took it home. I soaked it and scrubbed it and look what came out!”

The children came closer for a better look. It was a very beautiful stone indeed. Jagged shiny translucent and bluish. It looked like the sky. “Hmm …” said Dr. Mitzvah “it is a most unusual stone.”

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