Sundry Humane Laws
as Viewed in Bible

You must not turn a slave over
to his master when he has es-
caped from his master to you; he
shall live right in your midst with
you, in any place that he chooses
in one of your communities as be-
ing advantageous to him. You must
not mistreat him.—Deut. 23:15.
When you enter your neighbor's
vineyard, you may eat your fill of
the grapes, as much as you wish,
but you must not put any in your
bag.
When you enter your neighbor's
grain field, you may pull off some
heads with your hand; but you
must not put a sickle to your
neighbor's grain.—Deut. 23:24-25.
No one is to take a handmill
or an upper millstone in pledge;
for he would be taking a means
of livelihood in pledge . . .
When you make your neighbor
a _loan of any sort, you must not
go into his house to take his
pledge; you must wait outside, and
the man to whom you are mak-
ing the loan shall bring the pledge
outside to you. If he is a poor man,
you must not sleep in the garment
that he has pledged; you must be
sure to return it to him at sunset,
that he may sleep in his cloak,
and so be grateful to you. It will
stand to your credit with the Lord
your God.
You must not defraud a hired
laborer who is poor and needy,
whether he is one of your fellow-
countrymen, or one ,of the aliens
residing in your land. You must
pay him his wages by the day, be-.
fore the sun sets (for he is poor,
and is expecting it), so that he
may not cry to the Lord against
you. and you incur guilt.
Fathers are not to be put to
death with the children, nor are
children to be put to death with
their fathers. Everyone is to be
put to death for his own sin.
You must not pervert the jus-
tice due the resident alien, or the
orphan, not take a widow's gar-
ment in pledge. You must remem-
ber that you were once a slave
yourself in Egypt, and the Lord
your God rescued you from there;
that is why I am commanding you
to do this.
When you reap your harvest in
your field, and forget a sheaf in
the field, you must not go back to
get it; it is to go to the resident

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alien, the orphan, and the widow,
that the Lord your God may bless
you in all your enterprises. When
you heat your olive trees, you must
not go over them a second time;
that is to go to the resident alien,
the orphan. and the widow. When
you pick the grapes of your vine-
yard, you must not go over it a
second time; that is to go to the
resident alien, the orphan, and the
widow. You must remember that
you were once a slave yourself in
the land of Egypt; that is why I
am commanding you to do this.—
Deut. 24:6-22.
You must not muzzle an ox when
he is treading out the grain. —
Deut. 25:4.

Sharett Opposes
Party Abolition

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Moshe

Sharett, chairman of the Jewish
Agency executive, said that, while
he agreed with the desire of Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, World Zionist
Organization president, to broaden
the scope of the Zionist move-
ment, he does not feel that this
should be done by abolishing Zion-
ist parties.
Sharett, a former Israeli prime
minister and foreign minister,
told a press conference here that

the movement should not be mono-
polized by parties, and' individual
groups should be able to become
active in it without having to
join a specific party. On another
matter, and noting that he was
speaking .in a personal capacity,
Sharett decried the rigidity applied
by the Israeli rabbinate in per-
sonal status rulings. He said it was
essential that marriages performed
abroad by Conservative and Re-
form rabbis be recognized here.

•

Abraham Srere Dies at 74; Distinguished Himself
as Leader in Federation, Zionism, Shaarey Zedek

.

The death last Friday morning ist, and among his earliest com- Children's Service at the time
of Abraham Srere brought grief to munal activities was his leadership when it was known as the Jewish
a community that cherished his in Zionism, having served as presi- Social Service Bureau.
Born in Toledo, 0., Feb. 1,
leadership in the country's most dent of the Zionist Organization
1890, Mr. Srere was the son of
of Detroit in the early 1920s. At
important movements.
Funeral services on Sunday, at that time he also was a leader the late Moses and Bluma
the Shaarey Zedek, drew a record in the Keren Hayesod (Palestine (Arndt) Srere who were among
attendance of friends and admir- Foundation Fund) and served as Michigan's most • distinguished
Jews. His father was known as
ers. Rabbis Morris Adler and Ir- the local campaign chairman.
He soon assumed leadership in a Hebrew scholar and the family
win Groner and Cantors J. H. So-

nenklar and Reuven Frankel of-
ficiated.
Surviving him is his wife, Anna;

daughter, Mrs. Malcolm (Babs)
Lowenstein, and two granchildren.
This was one of the rare occa-

sions when a funeral service
was held in the main sanctuary
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
the only other community leader
thus to have been honored in
the new synagogue building hav-
ing been the late Judge William
Friedman. As a former president
of Shaarey Zedek, Mr. Srere
was one of the congregation's
most distinguished leaders, and

on Yom Kippur he had been
singled out for the honor aliyah
of Maftir Jonah.
Mr. Srere was a lifelong Zion-

the Jewish Welfare Federation and
served as its president from 1941
to 1944, and then as chairman of
the Federation executive commit-
tee.
In 1960 he was elected president
of Sinai Hospital and also served
as trustee.

The Corporation of Sinai Hos-

pital Monday passed a resolu-
tion to establish an Abe Srere
Memorial Fund for contribu-

tions in his memory.

He served as chairman of two
Allied Jewish Campaigns and he
was among the group whose names
appear on the roll of honor of the
Fred M. Butzel Memorial Building
as a recipient of the Fred M. But-
zel Award. He was a former chair-
man of the Jewish Family and

was distinguished for its piety.
The deceased was educated from
Detroit's Central High School and
Detroit College and he practiced
law here for several years as an
associate of the late William Fried-
man and Henry Meyers. He be-
came active in Srere Bros. and Co.
and Acme Mills and at the time of
his death was president of the
latter.
Mr. Srere served on numerous
organizational directorates, includ-
ing United Hebrew Schools, United
Jewish Charities. Jewish Commu- ,
nity Center, of which he was an
honorary director, American Red
Cross, Community Chest of Met-
ropolitan Detroit, Jewish Hospital
Association, Clover Hill Park
Cemetery, Jewish Home for the
Aged, Jewish Community Council,
Resettlement Service, Detroit
Service Group, National Refugee
Service.
He was a member of Franklin
Hills Country Club, Standard Club,
Board of Commerce, Detroit Bar
Association, American Jewish
Committee.
During the last war he was ac
tive on the War Chest Board, U.S.
Savings Bond campaigns and vari-

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ous relief movements.

He had participated in many
national conventions, visited Israel
with his wife, the former Anna
Katz to whom he was married on
Nov. 14, 1917, and addressed sev-
eral general assemblies of the
Council of Jewish Federation and
Welfare Funds.

LATE ABRAHAM SREEE

VEYLIM

for strengthening
of Torah

8—Friday, November 27, 1964
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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This is the last photograph that was taken of Mr. Srere at a
public function here. It shows him (center) with Seymour Frank
(left) and Louis Tabashnick at the exhibit of Israeli art works at
Wayne State University last month. Mr. and Mrs. Srere showed a
deep interest in the Israeli achievements and were among the art
purchasers at the exhibit.

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You are cordially invited to attend the

Official OPENING RECEPTION

of the

1964-'65 Israel Histadrut

Campaign

Thursday, December 3rd, 1964

8:30 P.M.
Cocktail Reception 8 O'Clock

Refreshments

Morris L. Schaver Auditorium
19161 Schaefer

Donation: $ 1.25 Per Person

Special Guests:

ZEEV HARING

• Special Israel Emmissary to the U.S.A.
• Member Histadrut Control Committee
• Chairman Scholarship Fund

JACOB BARKIN

• Known as the "Tenor's Tenor"
• A Phenomenal Vocalist

• World Famous