Ep 198 | How Pirates Purloined the Skull and Crossbones From Me
Rabbi Daniel Lapin
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The History of the Skull and Crossbones
It was a custom in the Spanish Jewish community remember Jews are in Spain for hundreds of years very well established Jewish community until 1492. The skull and crossbones were meant to remind you of the book of Isaiah chapter 50 the Valley of the Dry Bones. And so obviously on the gravestones as if to say these bones buried here in accordance with the book ofIsaiah will come back to life.
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