THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWSY Friday, August 19, 1977 5
Israel Approves Three New West Bank Settlements
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"clearly restate our posi-
tion" on settlements to the
Israel givermnent, the
State Department said.
man Hodding Carter said
he was "not going to char-
acterize" the Israeli deci-
sion, while pointing out
"our position is unchanged"
When the Israelis an- regarding the West Bank.
nounced a month ago they Asked whether Lewis would
would legalize three settle- criticize or complain about
ments, the United States de- the Israeli action, Carter
scribed that action as an said Lewis was "bound to
"obstacle to peace." Presi- state what our position is."
dent Carter and Secretary Carter said the U.S.
of State Cyrus Vance assail- would not discuss the sub-
ject with the Israeli Em-
ed the move.
however, bassy in Washington. He
Wednesday,
State Department spokes- also said it is "a fair as-
Groom Does Not Say Blessings
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
de, In the course of a Jewish
sedding ceremony a third
party (i.e., the rabbi, can-
tor, etc.) pronounces the
benedictions and not the
groom himself.
Basically, it should be the
groom since he is involved
in performing the mitzva
and one who performs a re-
ligious duty pronounces a
benediction. However, two
reasons are offered for hav-
ing a third party pronounce
the benediction.
One reason is that it
might appear as if the
groom was boasting in pub-
lic and marriage is to be
considered in a framework
of modesty and humility.
Along with this logic goes
the contention that should
the groom be required to
pronounce the benedictions,
this might embarrass those
grooms who might not be
able to pronounce them be-
cause of some lack of knowl-
edge.
It is for this same reason
that the groom traditionally
repeats the marriage for-
mula (haray at, etc.) after
the rabbi instead of doing it
completely on his own for
the sake of not embarrass-
ing those grooms who
might not be able to recite
the words in Hebrew on
their own.
The second reason has to
do with the content of the
benedictions. The general
theme is to declare the role
of the Almighty in affording
the bride and groom the oc-
casion to rejoice. If, then,
the groom pronounces the
benedictions by himself it
looks almost as if he is
blessing himself. This is es-
pecially so because some of
the benedictions offer a
wish for the bride and
groom to be happy and gen-
erally speaking one should
rather pray for others than
for himself.
sumption" that the U.S. did
not know of Israel's action
in advance.
Hodding Carter had said
earlier in the week that the
U.S. was seeking "further
explanations" from Israel
over the announcement that
services for citizens of the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
would be brought up to Is-
raeli standards.
Premier Menahem Begin
said there was no political
significance to the Cabi-
net's declaration to equalize
services.
Begin denied that it was
the first step in the annexa-
tion of the West Bank, add-
ing quickly that he had said
in the past those territories
need not be annexed. (The
Likud policy'is that no legal
annexation is needed, in
that Judaea, Samaria and
the Gaza Strip are an in-
tegral part of Eretz Yis-
rael.)
Begin described the deci-
sion as purely humanitarian
and he therefore did not ex-
pect any negative Ameri-
can reaction. "What did we
do wrong?" he asked.
"Every man should praise
this decision."
A new regulation en-
abling West Bankers and
Gazans to join a health in-
surance system will be pub-
lished in the next few days.
According to the regulation
every resident in the two
areas will be able to join
the health insurance system
by making a small pay-
ment. The poor and needy
who cannot afford this pay-
ment will be subsidized by
the Social Welfare Ministry.
Another regulation soon
to be published will provide
for equal payment and
equal social improvements,
including insurance for
Arabs from the adminis-
tered areas working in Is-
rael. An additional regu-
lation will enable the West
Bank and Gaza bus com-
panies to get loans for reno-
vating their fleets of buses.
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announcement raises many
questions over its timing,
the exclusion of the Golan
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Defense Minister Ezer
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nounced that he had de-
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