Rabbis Throughout History Expound
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Negative Attitudes Toward Hunting
British Rabbi Rabinowicz, writ-
ing in Harofe Haivri, the Hebrew
Medical Journal, notes that aboli-
tionists in the controversy on
hunting assert it is a barbarous
relic of bygone ages, detestable
and cruel; while protagonists con-
sider it the most practical way of
keeping pests under reasonable
limits, and point to the adventure
and excitement of the chase.
What is the attitude of Ju-
daism? In semicivilized society,
hunting was not merely a "cruel
sport" but a matter of vital
necessity. It was a means of ex-
terminating dangerous beasts and
a source for procuring sustenance.
Palestine, despite its consider-
able density of population, was
not denuded of game. The
Patriarchs were herdsmen rather
than hunters. Hence references
to hunting are rare and casual,
and no actual hunt is even men-
tioned, except in the case of the
bloodthirsty Herod.
Biblical commandments concern-
ing animals are detailed and
humane. Rabbinic sources mirror
the biblical ideals that God's mer-
cies are "over all his work" and
that "the righteous man regards
the life of his beasts." Moses and
David were appointed leaders of
Israel because as shepherds they
had shown themselves to be kind
and considerate.
Abhorring cruelty in any form,
the rabbis were naturally not in
favor of hunting. Expounding a
verse from Psalms, "Blessed is the
man that walketh not in the coun-
sel of the ungodly, nor standeth in
the way of the sinner," Rabbi
Simon ben Pazzi interpreted its
latter part to mean "the one who
does not attend contests of wild
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beasts."
Rabbi Meir b. Baruch of Rothen-
burg (1215-1293) is unequivocal in
his condemnation. "He who hunts
game with dogs, as gentiles do,
will not enjoy the life to came."
Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel Lam-
pronti (1679-1756), in his ency-
clopedia Pachad Yitzchak, de-
voted considerable space to hunt-
ing and related problems. After
marshalling t h e well - known
authorities, he stated: "The
Scripture says 'His mercies are
upon all creatures.' . . . The
gentiles furthermore are in the
habit of chasing animals with
weapons and we are enjoined
not to emulate their example."
Equally emphatic was the view
of Rabbi Ezekiel ben Judah Landau
(1713-1793), who said, "I cannot
comprehend how a Jew could even
dream of killing animals merely
for pleasure of hunting, when he
has no immediate need for the
bodies of the creatures It
makes no difference if we take the
life of clean animals for food, or
kill unclean animals for their skin
and furs. But when the act is not
prompted by such a motive, it is
downright cruelty."
Charles F. Gottlieb
Gets Highest Rating
in WSU Law College
Wayne State University Law
School, through Dean Arthur Neef,
has cited Charles F. Gottlieb, as
having achieved the highest rating
of his class of 125 first-year law
students. The American Law Book
Company has awarded him a set
of Corpus Juris Secundum for out-
standing scholarly achievement in
his class. He has been awarded the
Traitel Scholarship.
The Wayne Law Review has
qualified him for membership on
the Review for the year 1964-65,
a great signal honor.
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Charles is the son of Louis A.
Gottlieb, practicing attorney for
38 years, and Mrs. Gottlieb, of
18400 Roselawn.
The learned, as they grow oPfl-
er, grow wiser; the ignorant, as
they grow older, become more
foolish.—Sabbath 152.
Appoint Goodman
to Commission
of State Revenue
The True International Touch!
Sydney D. Goodman, presently
LandoftEngland,
district manager in charge of the
State Revenue Department office
in Wayne County, has been ap-
kis music.
pointed Deputy Commissioner of
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Revenue for the state of Michigan
by Commissioner Clarence W
Lock.
This position is under state civil
If it is
service, and the appointment was
made after a competitive exami-
nation, in which Goodman placed
In good taste
first.
That you want—
Goodman joined the department
For: handling social
in 1939, and has served in every
correspondence . . .
capacity from investigator to his
guidance in meeting
present position of .district man-
the amenities . . .
ager.
some help in handling
Attention, Israel: Monks
the details of a
A native Detroiter, Goodman is
wedding or party, or
a World War II veteran, and is an
Living Silently Hear Better active member of the Beth Aaron For complete pianning, counselling
and management of weddings and
JERUSALEM—A Hebrew Uni- Synagogue, where he is presently
parties Call: LI 1-8900 for an ap-
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versity professor turned to an un- serving as treasurer. He is also an
likely source last week to prove active member of the State Bar
the values of silence.
Association and the Detroit Bar
Addressing a meeting to back Association.
up the now - ineffective Knes-
set laws on Israel's anti-noise cam-
paign, Prof. Pinhas Weil pointed
Your Satisfaction . . . Our Pleasure!
out that Trappist monks at a mon-
Israel Surgeon in Ethiopia astery at the Israel-Jordan border,
all under vows of silence, not only
to Aid King's Son-in-Law lived longer than their less cloist-
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Respond- ered brethren but also had much
ing to an urgent call from Ethio- more acute hearing.
pian Emperor Haile Selassie, the
Dr. Weil thought that a quiter
Israel Foreign Ministry arranged
Israel
might have similarly bene-
to send a surgeon from Hadassah
ficial effects.
Hospital here to attend the Em-
peror's son-in-law who was seri-
ously injured in an automobile
accident. The Emporer's son-in-
law has already been operated on
by one of the nine Israeli physi-
cians already working in Ethiopia..
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