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'THE dEilifilT JEWISH NEWS
Maurice Porter, South Africa Jewish Leader, Dies at 75
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(JTA) — Maurice Porter,
who had been prominent in
Jewish affairs for more than
30 years, died here recently
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at age 75.
A leading Johannesburg
attorney and businessman,
he was the president of the
South African Jewish Board
of Deputies and a vice
president of the South Afri-
can Zionist Federation.
Born in Lithuania, Mr.
Porter came to South Africa
at an early age and had an
outstanding educational
career at Grey College in
Port Elizabeth and what
was then Rhodes University
College in Grahamstown.
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Over the years he served
in various leadership posts
in the Board of Deputies;
was a founding member of
the South African Board of
Jewish Education; was a
former chairman and sub-
sequently life president of
Arcadia, the South African
Jewish orphanage; and was
a member of the board of di-
rectors of the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency since 1973.
Mr. Porter also acted on
behalf of the Board of De-
puties as a director at meet-
ings of the Conference on
Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany.
Ex-Sephardic Chief Rabbi
Yitzhak Nissim Dies at 85
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israel's former Sephardic
Chief Rabbi, Yitzhak Nis-
sim, died Aug. 9 at age 85.
He had served as chief rabbi
for 18 years until 1974.
Born in Baghdad, Rabbi
Nissim studied at the
Jewish Religious Academy
there and became known for
his scholarship at an early
age. In 1925, he emigrated
to Jerusalem. In 1926, he
published his first major
commentary, "Zedaku
U-Mishpat." His home soon
became a meeting place for
scholars and community
leaders.
Rabbi Nissim was elected
chief rabbi in 1925 and soon
became a key figure in the
Chief Rabbinate Council.
As Sephardic chief rabbi, he
also served as president of
Israel's rabbinical high
court. Noted for his inde-
pendence of thought, Rabbi
Nissim sought to create a
harmonious relationship
between all sections of Is-
rael's society, including its
secular element. He
traveled frequently to
kibutzim to discuss religion
with kibutz members.
He upset Israeli leaders
when, in 1964, he refused
to participate in a recep-
tion for Pope Paul VI
during a papal visit to Is-
rael. He said he felt the
Pope did not show pro-
per respect for the chief
rabbinate in Israel.
A hard-liner on Jewish
religious law, he often was
Jewish Names
Ai'e Based on
Agriculture
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.)
A number of names in
Jewish traditional practice
are based on agricultural
objects.
We have several exam-
ples of this in the Bible, such
as the woman called
"Tamar" (a date palm —
Genesis 38:6) and the bibli-
cal Esther whose original
name was "Hadassah"
(Myrtle).
Some claim that women
were given such names of
trees since they bore the
fruit of our people when
they gave birth to children.
Others claim that it was
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these plants whirh reflected
the beauty and tenderness
of women.
It suggested that the bi-
blical reference to man as
being a "tree of the field"
(Deuteronomy 20:19) may
have given rise to calling
people by names of plants.
In modern Israel, family
names are often such names
like "Allon" (oak) and
Eshkol (grape cluster).
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then 76, was defeated as
Sephardic chief rabbi.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef succeed
him in the election. Rabbi
Nissim was the father of
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