Metals and Minerals
Gold was the symbol of the divine or celestial light, the glory of God. Silver was the emblem of moral innocence and of holiness. Brass symbolized hardness, strength, and firmness. Brass was a substitute for gold, and iron for silver.
Salt was declared to be necessary in every meal-offering, in which it takes the place of the blood in the animal sacrifices. In the Talmud salt symbolizes the Torah, for as the world can not exist without salt, so it can not endure without the Torah.
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“As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so, in digging in one’s soul for the fine gold of genius, much dullness and common-place is first brought to light.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)