Rabbis Throughout History Expound • • 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 8 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. I 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 CALL.UN.11065 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- pointment. 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.. ZAts GILBERT ...a . 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