Who Is a Pious Man?
By JUDAH HALEVI
Jewish Congress Seeks
Bill of Rights Changes
manner as Moses arranged his peo- a servant looks at his master, the mouth shall not transgress." (Ps. in Canada s Constitution
The pious man is comparable to
a prince in that he is obeyed by , ple round Mount Sinai. He orders
his senses, and by his mental as , his will-power to accept every corn-
well as his physical faculties, which ' mand issued by him, and to carry
he governs corporeally, as it is out forthwith. He makes faculties
written: 'He that ruleth his spirit and limbs to do his bidding with-
(is better) than 'he that taketh a out contradiction, forbids them
city' (Prov. 16:32). He is fit to evil inclinations of mind and fancy,
rule, because were he the prince forbids them to listen to them, or
of a country he would be as just believe in them, until he has taken
(to his people) as he is to his body counsel with the intellect. If he
and soul. He subdues his passions, permits, they can obey him; but
keeping them in bonds, but giv- not otherwise.
ing them their due in order to
In this way his will power re-
satisfy them as regards food, drink, ceives its orders from him, carrying
cleanliness, etc. He allows them all them out accordingly. He directs
the freedom necessary for coping the organs of thought and imagi-
with material wants, and for solv- nation, relieving them of all world-
ing scientific problems; but not ly ideas mentioned above, charges
so much that he is betrayed into his imagination to produce, with
doing evil. He allows the senses the assistance of memory, the most
their due according as he requires splendid pictures possible, in order
them for the use of hands, feet, to resemble the divine things
and tongue, as necessity or desire i sought after. Such pictures are the
arises. The same is the case with I scenes of Sinai, Abraham and
hearing, . seeing, and the kindred Isaac on Moriah, the Tabernacle
sensations which succeeed them; of Moses, the Temple service. the
imagination, conception, thought presence of God in the Temple.
memory. and will-power. which and the like.
commands all these, but is, in turn, ' He then orders
his memory to
subservient to the will of intellect. retain all these. and not to forget
He does not allow any of these them; he warns his fancy and its
limbs or faculties to go beyond its , sinful prompting not to confuse
special task. or to encroach upon t he truth or to trouble it by
another. Having. satisfied each of doubts; he warns his irascibility
them t giving to vital organs the and greed not to influence or lead
necessary amount of rest and sleep. astray, nor take hold of his will.
and to the physical ones the neces- nor subdue it to wrath and lust.
sary motion and worldly occupa- As soon as harmony is established
tion), he calls upon his whole his will-power stimulates all his
being as a respected prince calls organs to obey it with alertness.
upon his disciplined army, to assist pleasure, and joy. They stand with-
him in reaching the higher or div- out fatigue when occasion de-
ine degree which is to be found mands, they bow down when he
above the degree of the intellect. , bids them to do so, and sit at the
He arranges his being in the same , proper moment. The eyes look as
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hands drop their play and do not
meet, the feet stand straight, and
all limbs are frightened and anxi-
ous to obey their master, paying
no heed to pain or injury.
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such
MONTREAL (JTA)—The Cana-
as brings one near the angels, be- ! dian Jewish Congress urged in
cause it is spent in humility and Quebec City the enshrining of a
contrition, s t a n d i n g, kneeling, I bill of rights in a new constitution
praising and singing.
of Canada. Appearing before the
All his physical faculties are de-
legislative assembly committee on
The tongue agrees with the
nied their natural requirements,
the constitution, the CJC also
thought, and does not overstep its
being entirely abandoned to reli-
called for repeal of two sections of
bounds, does not speak in prayer
gious service, as if the animal ele-j
the British North America _Act
in a mere mechanical way as the
Tent had disappeared. The fast of
starling and the parrot, but every
which require Jews - to pay for
a pious man is such that eye, ear,
word is uttered thoughtfully and
education but denies Jews "the
and tongue share in it, that he re-
attentively. This moment of pray-
right to have anything to say
gards nothing except that which
er forms the heart and fruit of his
brings him near to God. This also about it."
time, whilst the other hours repre-
A' third proposal called for the
refers to his innermost faculties.
sent the way which leads to it. He such as mind and imigination. To inroduction of the Quebec Bill of
looks forward to its approach. be- this he adds pious works.
Human Rights that would cover
cause while it lasts he resembles
provincial powers such as property
the spirtival beings. and is remov-
Eat a third, drink a third, and and civil rights, thus complement-
ed from merely animal existence. leave the remaining third of your
ing the federal bill. The Congress
Those three times of daily pray- stomach empty. Then. if anger delegation included Saul Hayes,
er are fruit of his day and night. overtakes you. there will be room Monroe Abbey and Harold Lande.
and the Sabbath is the fruit of the in it for gas. and you will not ,
week, because it has been appoint- suffer from apoplexy. —Gittin.
ed to establish the connection with
the Divine Spirit. and to serve God
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in joy. not in 'sadness, as has been
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The further his soul is removed
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from the time of prayer. the more
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it is darkened by coming in con-
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words and songs which exercise
an attraction for his soul which
he is unable to master. During
prayer he purges his soul from all
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that passed over it. and prepares it
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for the future.
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bath the waste suffered during the
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the work to come, whilst the soul
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remembers its own loss through
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Buyers of
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guaranteed
the body's companionship. He cures
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himself, so to speak. from a past
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illness. and provides himself with
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week. as it is written: "It may be
Happy Hanu kah
Friends and Customers
that my sons have sinned" (Job
1:51.
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He then provides himself with
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a monthly cure. which is "the sea-
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on which some of his sins are aton-
ed for. and on which he endeavors
to make up for what he may have
missed on the days of those weekly
and monthly cycles. His soul frees
itself from the whisperings of im-
agination. wrath. and lust. and nei-
ther in thought nor deed gives
them any attention. Although his
soul is unable to atone for sinful
thoughts—the result of songs, tales.
etc.. heard in youth. and which
cling to memory—it cleanses itself
from real sins, confesses repent-
ance for the former, and under-
takes to allow them no more to
escape his tongue, much less to
put them into practice, as it is
written: "I am purposed that my
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Happy Hanukah
from everyone at the
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863-0770
18641 Wyoming
Wishing All My Friends
Happy Hanukah
Tony Cipponeri and Joe Brancaleone
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BARBER SHOP
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ere
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 27, 1964-39