THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
April 2, 1976 49
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`Shabbes-Goy' of Bnei Brak Enjoys Popularity
--' By MOSHE RON
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Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent
JERUSALEM — If the
inhabitant of Bnei Brak,
Pera Rabah, was not a
Druze, he could become a
rabbi. "Danny" knows all
, he laws and rules of the
Sabbath and Holidays. He
as friends among the Hasi-
dim of Bnei Brak.
He lives near a synagogue
and knows which minyon
keeps the morning prayers
aald which will pray in the
Oa_r“ng. His daughter visits
a,'
. thodox kindergarten
7- ii„___.iie Hasidic quarter
-.."Zichron Meir," and knows
Yiddish
In Bnei Brak he is called
' the "Shabbes-Goy," and he
> wAs mentioned in the Israeli
press when the Druze Vice
vIinister for Communica-
tions Sheikh Jabr Muadi vis-
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ited his home and there was
a festive reception.
Each Sabbath, •Pera
Rabah walks through the
streets of Bnei Brak. He
watches the controls of the
municipal water-station.
He provides a hot cup of
tea for Yeshiva scholars. If
a woman in Bnei Brak
goes into labor on the Sab-
Jewish Hospital
Forced to Refuse
Medicaid Patients
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
(JTA) — The Jewish Hospi-
tal and Rehabilitation Cen-
ter of New Jersey has de-
clared a moratorium on
admission of Medicaid pa-
tients to the institution's
long-term care unit because
of three consecutive years of
six-figure deficits, accord-
ing to George M. Clott, pres-
ident of the non-profit facil-
ity.
Clott said the board of
directors had approved a
policy which will cut in half,
by attrition, the nursing
home's current population
of more than 200 Medicaid-
supported patients.
Clott said Medicaid reim-
bursement was about $13
per patient day less than the
actual cost to the facility of
care for such patients.
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On a recent Sabbath a
Hasid visited Danny. In one
of the children institutions
of the Hasidim the hot wa-
ter boiler had a defect, and
if it was not repaired imme-
diately, it might explode.
Danny repaired the boiler.
The next Sabbath an
Orthodox Jew came to Dan-
ny's home. According to
Jewish Law he was not al-
lowed to induce even a Gen-
tile to break the Sabbath
rest, but he told Danny that
something was wrong with
his refrigerator. Danny un-
derstood immediately that
they had forgotten to put
out the refrigerator lamp on
the eve of Sabbath and
whenever they wished to
open the refrigerator the
lamp lit up.
Danny went to the apart-
ment and found the family
with two children were af-
raid to open the refrigerator
and had no other food. He
.cepted as the Shabbes Goy
in Bnei Brak.
After this scandal, the
people of Bnei Brak were
looking for areal gentile.
The Rabbi of the Komenint
settlement proposed Pera
Rabah for the job.
Rabah became involved
in a romantic affair. He
wanted to marry a Druze
girl but her father disa-
greed. Pera Rabah and his
fiance eloped and hid
themselves in Ramle.
The couple got an apart-
ment in Bnei Brak. Pera
was employed in the Muni-
cipal Water Department
and as Shabbes Goy. Pera
and his wife now have two
children, and Pera has
passed courses as a sanitary
U.S. Urged to Terminate Lease
on Building Sold to Kuwait
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Rep. Richard L. Ottinger
(D-NY) has called on the
General Services Adminis-
tration to "immediately ter-
minate" a U.S. lease on a
12-story building in Wash-
ington purchased by the
government of Kuwait.
Ottinger also asked Secre-
tary of State Henry A. Kis-
singer to assist the GSA's
administrator, Jack Eckard,
to end the 18-year contract
at $2.3 niillion each year
from "a foreign government
which actively discrimi-
nates against American citi-
zens in clear violation of fed-
eral policy and law."
In announcing his pro-
tests, Ottinger said he was
referring to "Kuwait's
active participation in the
Arab boycott of more than
1,500 American firms
doing business with Is-
rael."
The government of Ku-
wait purchased the building
near the State Department
March 3 for $22 million. Un-
der its lease, the GSA is
committed to paying the
Kuwaitis at least $41 mil-
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car to the hospital.
When Pera Rabah was
10-years-Old - he went to the
settlement of Komenint to
work with his brother. He
became an agricultural
worker. Later on he enlisted
in the Israeli Army. After
his demobilization, he set-
tled in the Jewish religious
town of Bnei Brak, becom-
ing its Shabbes Goy.
Once there was a big
scandal in Bnei Brak. The
man who acted for years as
Shabbes Goy died, and it
was found that he was a Jew
who had desecrated the
Shabat in the religious
town. When he could not
find a job, he declared him-
self a gentile and was ac-
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the recent quarterly meet-
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the Council of Jewish Feder-
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the North American Jewish
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LCBC process.
Established in 1948,
LCBC seeks to advance mu-
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an ongoing channel for com-
munity representatives and
national agency leaders to
review programs and to con-
sider the degree of support
Welfare Funds are able to
provide to the agencies.
The NAJSA was created
by students in 1971 as a cen-
tral fund raising mecha-
nism for six independent
national Jewish student or-
ganizations: the North
American Jewish Students
Network, Student Struggle
for Soviet Jewry, Yugntruf,
Response Magazine, the
Jewish Student Press Serv-
ice and Yavneh.
lion in rentals, Ottinger
said. Seven federal agencies,
including the Equal Em-
ployment Opportunity Corn-
mission, the National En-
dowment for the Arts, the
American Revolution Bicen-
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disconnected the light bulb.
Danny makes sure that
there is always a light in
the synagogues on the
Sabbath and holidays. On
the eve of Passover he
buys the hametz of the
town and becomes the
"richest man" in town.
He and his wife are happy
in the Orthodox city.
The "Shabbes-Goy" is one
of the most popular people
in Bnei Brak. Over the
years he has become an ex-
pert in Jewish religious cus-
toms. He knows how to do
his work completely by him-
self and the Orthodox of
Bnei Brak rely on him.
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