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24—Friday, Dec. 20, 1974 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Regulations Stated on Torah Readings
History of Tallit and Tefillin
synagogue. A parallel is something of the Almighty,
Conte in and see why
before you
drawn from the biblical pas- to admit that one is short
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The Torah is read in the sage (Exodus 15:22) wher.t,a of the Almighty's expecta-
synagogue on Monday and crisis was precipitated by the tions and then to state his
Thursday mornings besides fact that the people of Israel firm faith that in spite of
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A number of articles on and his chosen people, since
this subject have been the Torah is the document
written by outstanding Jew- that spells out the covenant.
ish h a 1 a k h i c authorities. Its reading is thus a constant
invites you to our
Most of the articles are aca- reminder to the Jews -that
demic in nature and reflect they are His people and
what seems to be a differ- should act accordingly.
ence of opinion between
The 20th Psalm is read "1 TUESDAY, DEC. 31, 1974 - - 9 P.M. "
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ish law. The chief problem
seems to be the status of and falling upon the mercy of
the donor. There is great the Almighty. He therefore
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concern a mong rabbinic tries to convince-himself that
Commission of
authorities, and this includes the Almight is still concerned
about
him
by
reciting
the
even those that permit heart
transplants, that it is pos- Ashre Psalm. Following this
sible to have a transplant he recites the 20th Psalm
with the confidence that the
of the heart without the Almighty will help him in
donor being considered of- is "hour of need and trou-
ficially dead in accordance
ble"- and the Psalm ends
with Jewish law. This would with
the firm conviction that
be considered a situation of the Almighty., sends his sal-
almost committing the mur- vation to man and responds
der of one individual in order to his–call on the day when
Presents
to save the life of another.
he calls. Thus the pattern of
There is also a problem sequence is to pray and ask
December 27-29, 1974
regarding the recipient. This
is so especially since the
s u c.c e s s of transplanting Seamen in Israel
hearts has been relatively
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donor is concerned is per- government to stay on the
Shabbat Morning Service, December 28, 9:00 A.M.
mitted according to Jewish job while their pay claims
The Service will be conducted by college-age youth.
law, especially since that were under negotiations. -
Rabbi Green will speak on: "A HASIDIC TEXT"
The strike, called because
risk might be even greater
than not having the trans- of the reduction in foreign
Shabbat Noon — College Reunion Luncheon -
An informal dialogue with Rabbi Green.
plant altogether. Some rab- "currency allowances result-
bis commented in their ar- ing from the recent devalua-
Men's Club Sunday Morning Forum, Dec. 29, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
ticles that this issue should tion of the Israeli Pound, al-
IV. Rabbi Green will give "Some Personal Reflections"
be re-evaluated when a ready has prevented the
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In some areas issues have they paid the foreign cur-
The general community is invited. Except for the dinner,
evolved- such as the necessity rency portion of seamen's
all lectures are free.
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Apparently, there were cases strike or sanctions.
in Israel where heart trans-
plants have been performed
since 1968, in which medical
personnel were accused by
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bereaved families of the
donors of "stealing" organs
from donors without family
permission.
their country and their dis-
persion, they came to adopt
the fashions of their gentile
neighbors more readily. The
tallit was discarded as a
daily habit and it became a
religious garment for prayer;
hence its later meaning of
prayer shawl.
The tefillin, usually trans-
lated "phylacteries," are two
black leather boxes contain-
ing scriptural passages which
are bound by black leather
strips on the left hand and
on the head and are worn
for the morning services on
all days of the year except
Sabbaths and scriptural holy
clays. In four passages of the
Bible (Ex. 13:1.10, 11-16;
Deut. 6:4-9 and 11:13-21)
there occurs the almost iden-
tical passage requiring the
Jews to put "these words"
(of the Law) for "a sign
upon thy hand and a frontlet
between thine eyes." Both the
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passages of Deuteronomy
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state explicitly, "and thou
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shall bind them," where the
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two passages in Exodus
merely say "and they shall
be."
With the exception of one
commentator (Samuel ben
BINbO
Meir in the 12th century), it
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the passages in Deuteronomy
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had to be taken literally and
that the words of the Scrip-
ture had to be bound on the
hand and placed (on the
forehead) between the eyes.
The portions selected for the
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tute the tefillin.
The rabbis were aware of
the fact that apart from these
verses there is no explicit
reference to this ceremony,
BINGO
or the manner in which it
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was to be fulfilled, in the
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the classic example of a
biblical law whose details
are wholly "of the Scribes"
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performance is the result of
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the Oral Law.
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The word "tallit" original-
ly meant "gown" or "cloak."
This was a rectangular man-
tle that looked like a blanket
and was worn by men in an-
cient times. At the four cor-
ners of the tallit tassels were
attached to fulfill the biblical
commandment of Zizit (Num.
15:38-41). The taut was us-
ually made either of wool or
of linen and probably re-
sembled the Abbayah (blan-
ket) still worn by Bedouins
for protection against the
weather. The tallet made of
finer quality was similar to
the Roman Pallium and was
worn mostly by the wealthy
and by distinguished rabbis
and scholars. The length of
the mantle was to be a hand-
breadth shorter than that of
the garment under it. After
the exile of the Jews from
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