30 Friday, July 4, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The Concept of Prayer The prayer can be defined as the offering of petition, confession, adoration or thanks to God. It was con- ceived as a spiritual bridge between man and God. Its concept is based on the con- viction that God exists, hears, and answers — in other words that He is a personal deity. Though prayer has an in- tellectual base, it is essen- tially emotional in charac- ter, the Encyclopedia Judaica says. There were and are prayers of so many different types that the rab- bis already noted that "prayer is called by 10 dif- ferent expressions." Originally prayer was undoubtedly spontaneous and personal; but the need to organize religion gave rise to liturgical patterns and musical renderings. Prayer formulas, however, are found in the Pentateuch. The Psalms provide am- pies of fuller liturgical de- velopments, including the choral and instrumental features. The response "Amen" occurs in Numbers 5:22, Psalms 41:14, etc. Thus customs of seemingly mod- ern innovation go back to biblical times, according to Encyclopedia Judaica. are to be recited three times a day: morning aft- ernoon and night. In addi- tion to the statutory pray- ers and private prayers of various kinds, public prayers were offered in times of distress; prayers for rain for instance in times of drought. In Hasidism, prayer is a mystical encounter with the Divine, the heart leaping in ecstasy to its Source. Prayer is frequently seen as man's most important religious activity. "For although the forms of the prayer and the duty of praying three times a day are rabbinic, the idea of prayer is the foundation of the whole Torah," wrote Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady, the founder of the intellectual Chabad sect in Hasidism. In the 20th Century, Jew- ish thinkers began to con- sider the basic philosophical problems surrounding prayer. Petitionary prayer was felt to be especially dif- ficult in the light of scien- tific views regarding cause and effect. A definite move away from the idea of prayer as a means of influ- encing God and toward its function as a way to affect man's attitudes can be ob- The obligation of offer- sen-ed. ing up prayers though sup- "Self-expression before ported by a'biblical verse God in prayer has thus a is considered to be rab- double effect; it strengthens binic not biblical. Prayers faith in God's love and kind- ness, as well as in His all- INVITATIONS wise and all-bountiful pres- by HATTIE cience. But it also chastens the desires and feelings of SCHWARTZ 356-8563 man, teaching him to banish STATIONERY from his heart all .thoughts ARTY FAVORS * * * * of self-seeking and sin, and * * * * ENTERTAINMENT to raise himself toward the • ASTROLOGER SEYMOUR • CARICATURES purity and the freedom of SCHWARTZ • • MUSIC the divine will and demand" • NAME GROUPS AGENCY • STROLLERS (K. 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For a thrifty. meatless mechayeh you couldn't do better! Rabin, Allon Host Meeting of Jews, Arabs in Israel Weizmann Institute Elects Prof. Sela as Its President REHOVOT — Prof. Mi- chael Sela, head of the chemical immunology de- partment of the Weizmann Institute of Science, was recently elected by the board of governors to be the institute's new president. President-elect Sela, 51, has been a scientist at the institute since 1950, and was vice president in 1970-71. He occupies the W. %A • t lir TAM S fineMiti , 4541 .. Arabs are shown performing a traditional dance during the meeting of Jews and Arabs at the home of Foreign Minister Yigal Allon by the Sea of Galilee. * JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Yigal Al- Ion greeted Arabs at the tra- ditional gathering of Jews and Arabs at Allon's home, Kibutz Ginossar by the Sea 4 Galilee. According to the Israel Digest, the meeting was at- tended by a record number of Arab, Druze and Circas- sian notables from Israel and the administered areas, as well as ambassadors, re- ligious leaders and Jewish mayors and leaders from Galilee. Rabin pledged to do more for the fuller integration of Arabs, Druze and Circas- sians in Israeli life. Allon said that while Is- rael would continue to bols- ter its strength, it would concentrate on its main goal, peace. Intoxication Prohibited Some people claim that a descendant of the priestly family (i.e., a Kohen) is not allowed to become intoxi- cated. This is symbolic of our hope that the Messiah can come any day and reinsti- tute the priestly functions in a new temple. The Bible (Leviticus 10:9) does contain a prohi- bition for the priest in the sanctuary to be intoxi- cated. Some claim this is 'so that he would have the proper state of mind in performing his duties in the sanctuary. Others claim that he would be subject to ridicule and thus lower the dignity of the sanctuary and the priestly functions. There are those who claim that the fruit which Adam consumed against the wishes of the Almighty in the Garden of Eden was the fruit of the vine which made him intoxicated and thus brought death into the world. The priest, who was a symbol of life, was forbid- Knesset Queries Eban's Expenses TEL AVIV — Several Knesset members are ques- tioning why Abba Eban, while in New York recently on behalf of the foreign ministry, chose to stay at the exclusive Hotel Pierre rather than at a more mod- est hotel. In a letter to Foreign Min- ister Yigal Allon, Likud MK Ehud Olmert asks why the ministry should have to cover a $4,155 hotel bill re- portedly submitted by Eban for a .two-week stay at the Pierre. Olmert urged Allon to demand that Eban reim- burse the ministry. den to come into the sanctu- ary in a state of intoxication lest, instead of bringing life to humanity, he would cause tragedy because of his drunken state. A state of intoxication would make it probable for the priest to commit errors in his duties and certain er- rors could make a sacrifice invalid. Some also claim that this shows that service to the Almighty is a rational act and not a blind drunken orgy such as pagan worship- pers performed i,n olden times. Garfield Weston Chair of Immunology at the insti- tute-. Prof. Sela was recently elected chairman of the European Molecular Biol- 'gy Organization and vice president of the Interna- tional Union of Immunol- ogy. Eternal Remnant The history of the Jews is unlike that of any other peo- ple. It is distilled anguish. It is crystallized grief. It is the dirge of a people cut away from the land they love, yet always faithful to it. It the story of an exiled bane, pilgrims with Zion etched on its heart. The survival of the Jews is a major miracle of history. A people con- demned to death and annih- ilation, to fire and torture— drowned in all the rivers of Europe ; - besieged in all its cities, yet always a remnant managing to survive—the Eternal Remnant of Israel. —Anita Libman Lebeson DRAPKIN PROF. MICHAEL SELA Temple Suspends Its July Services Photography Weddings - Bar Mitzvah Social Events 647-5731 The Birmingham Temple will not hold Friday night services during July since Rabbi Sherwin Wine will be out of the country. Eves. and We -ds. Jack Drapkin 851-2671 . 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