By ABBA HILLEL SILVER The World Crisis and Jewish Survival" B. RABBI SaWl'EL J 1.11Z (copyright. 1972. Vox Friday, August 18, 1972-13 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS JTA Inc.) Here is the basic reason for the is bound by agreement to a higher Jewish observance of the Sabbath. • power and thus does not work on the Sabbath. In general, the ob- Faith in God is the strongest The Bible itself, when ordaining '• servance of the Sabbath gives the bulwark of a free society. Human Jew a chance to rise above the the observance of the Sabbath. freedom began when men became imminent needs and pressures o f conscious that over and above so- gives reasons. In one place the his daily life to the transcendency . ciety and nature there is a God Bible says that the Sabbath is to of a higher order. who created them, who breathed be observed as a "memorial to His spirit into them, who fashioned Pious people engage in study Creation." By observin.1, the Sab- them in His likeness, and that they on the Sabbath. are, therefore, possessed of in- bath the Jew offers testimony to his belief that the Almighty Without study, the observance trinsic and independent signifi- created the world and rested on of the Sabbath takes on a purely cance and are endowed, as indi- the Sabbath. Man, the image of negative form. It is for this reason viduals. with original and irrevoc- the Almighty, must, therefore, do that some people find it so diffi- able rights and authority. When in likewise. In another place, the cult to observe the Sabbath. To the long past men challenged the Bible considers the Sabbath as a these people the Sabbath is only right of kings or magistrates or "memorial to the exodus from restrictive. They see no positive restrictive customs and traditions, Egypt," advantage. To the Jew who studies they did so in the name of some • The Sabbath, thus, is a symbol and contemplates on the Sabbath. higher mandate derived from the the Sabbath is, indeed, a rich store- A slave is not'. spirit of God within them, in the of man's freedom. house of ideas to be harvested by name of some moral sanction 'the master of his own destiny and which emanated from their rela- is constantly' subject to the work- the human mind which is relaxed and receptive on this day because' tionship to God. Men became free ' order of his master_ Man, if he is when they acknowledged a higher to be a free tieing, has to demon-' it has been freed from material : citrate that there is at least one considerations. Man, on this day. authority than that of state, class, discovers the deep mysteries of , day in the week when he cannot system or ruler the realm of the intellect_ It is be ordered to work. the one day in which he shows The Bible also refers to the Sab- himself to be higher than the ani- bath as a "sign of the Covenant " mal because the animal cannot Jewish tradition is based upon the conceive of such experiences. 7. -ie understanding of a covenantal rela- Sabbath is. thus, a day- of sheer tionship between man and the Al- intellectual and spiritual delight. i mighty. Refraining from work on 2600' OOtiDGE HWY 543 334 I the Sabbath demonstrates that man OAK PARK - Jerusalem Growth Causing Problems for (it.,- Planners and Govt. Officials JERUSALEM tJTA)--A meet- the Israeli Association of Architects mg of architects and engineers was , and Engineers. told here that if Jerusalem grows! Other speakers argued that while to its anticipated population of • the high-rise buildings in Jerusalem 1,000,000 residents, the city will . would hardly qualify as skyscrap- either have to spread out into the ers in other cities, the fact that surrounding Judean hills, thus ruin-' such buildings were set against ing its surroundings. or its officials the Judean hills gave the structures will have to accept erection of the appearance of being more dom- more high-rise buildings in the inant than they in fact were. Yaacov Dash. chief architect downtown area. Mayor Teddy Kollek told the of Israel's interior Ministry, said symposium on the theme of sky.1 it was impossible to decide just scrapers in Jerusalem that it was' how a skyscraper would affect its a very complicated problem to keep surroundings until it was built. the city from expanding as long! as people wanted to make it their home. Jerusalem now has about 330,000 residents. Mordecai Ben Horim an architect, said that the only other solution was to limit the city to 500,000 residents. The meeting was sponsored by * ** ** IF• Weekl y God and Freedom' Electronic Calculators Electric Portables '119" ADD-n-TYPE SHOPS, on INC. 342 7110C 3030 i M hat is the meaning and deri- vation of the term "chevramon?" CLEARANCE SALE 20%-40% OFF ALL MERCHANDISE ' Suits, Sport Coats, Slax Top Coats, Over Coats, Rain Coats, Etc. MORIS HUPPERT Fine Clothier 353-0395 Harvard Row Mall ( 11 Mile & Lahser) SATURDAY 8. SUNDAY COAT mberee! s't i'rs The term as it is currently used applies to one who is regarded as quite astute and - sharp - in his dealings. Sometimes it applies to one who is regarded as "tricky'' and cunning. The term originally was one of honor and distinction The word "chevra - means a "grout)" or organization. The word "mon" means a - man - or more specifi- cally a member of the organiza- tion. 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