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Eighth Day Reminds
Us Of The Seventh Day
RABBI M. ROBERT SYME
Special to The Jewish News
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he number seven has
a long and fascinating
history. There are
seven days in the week. God
rested on the seventh day.
The Babylonians spoke of
"seven heavens," from which
lovers have derived the ex-
pression "I'm in seventh
heaven." According to the To-
rah, Passover is seven days:
"You shall eat matzot for
seven days."
Along comes Succot and
poses a problem. Succot lasts
for eight days. (In fact, dur-
ing the Middle Ages, a„ ninth
day was added.) Our ancient
sages were intrigued by this
abrupt departure from the
theme of seven, because in
the final analysis, this eighth
day has no special cere-
monies. Even the Succah is
supposed to be removed.
Why, then, does it say in
Numbers 29:35, "The eighth
day shall be a solemn assem-
bly unto you"?
The rabbis in the Midrash
give the following explana-
tion: "There was a king who
invited his friends to a ban-
quet which lasted for seven
days. At the end of the week,
he said to his son, 'During
these days, we have had no
opportunity to be together.
Stay one more day, and this
eighth day we will spend to-
gether.' " Similarly, God said
to Israel, "During these seven
days, you have been making
sacrifices for the other na-
tions of the world. Let us
have the eighth day together.
Remain with me one more
day, your parting is difficult
for me."
The Midrash tells us that,
during Succot, the Jews were
commanded to offer up thir-
teen bullocks the first day,
twelve the second day, de-
creasing by one each day, un-
til, at the end of the seventh
day, they had offered up
seventy bullocks as an
atonement for what was be-
lieved to be the seventy na-
tions of the world -. On. She-
mini Atzeret, the eighth day
of' the festival, they were to
offer one lnillock in atone- •
ment for the Jewish people.
What a rnarvelous:com-
menta.ry on contemporary
Jewish religious , life! It is
though God speaks- to- the
children of Israel and says,
"My children, yeti seem to
have time for everyone and
everything. You have been
placed in America, a land in
which you have freedom to
observe your religion. Yet,
the seventh day is neglected.
You gather in stadiums
rather than in synagogues, in
theaters rather than in tem.-
pies. You demonstrate on be-
half of religious freedom for
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M. Robert Syme is a rabbi
at Temple Israel.
the Jews of the Soviet Union,
yet you neglect to use the
freedom of worship that is
given to you. Do you think
that if there were an eighth
day, that you might find
some time for Me?
"And so, I have designated
this eighth day as Shemini
Atzeret, a solemn convocation,
a time for you, the Jews of
America, to evaluate your re-
sponsibilities to the Lord
your God; to consider your
obligations as a Jew; to vow
that the seventh day — the
Shemini Atzeret is
also known as a
miniature day of
atonement.
Sabbath — will once again
become meaningful in your
life, and in the lives of your
children."
Maybe that is why Shemini
Atzeret is called Yom Kippur
a miniature day of
Katan
atonement. Maybe this
eighth day will remind us of
the significance and the sac-
redness of the seventh day in
Jewish life.
—
Hall Of Fame
Honors Six
Jerusalem (JTA) — Two
American sports figures and
four Israelis were inducted
into the Jewish Sports Hall of
Fame at the 12th annual in-
duction ceremonies held at
the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
The Americans, who were
honored posthumously, are
Harry Kessler of St. Louis,
who refereed some of the
most famous boxing matches
in the U.S., and Milton
Richman, former sports editor
of United Press International.
Another American, Dr.
Jerrold Scott Petrofsky, direc-
tor of the National Center for
Rehabilitation Engineering
at Wright ..State University,
Dayton,: Ohio, was presented
with the Cappy Award for his
work in:developing a system
• of. computerized electrical
inuscle stimulation that:
enables, paralyzed people to
walk.
Four Israeli athletes in-
ducted; into the. hall included
Milji'BerkoWit4 veteran, star
of theMaccabi Tel Aviv bas-
ketball team; Worn° Glicks-;
tein, internationally ranked
tennis professional; Debra
Markus, originally of
England, who has won
numerous Israeli and inter-
national track and field
events; and Zipora Rubin,
who was honored for her ex-
cellence in handicapped
sports. Mrs. Rubin also was
given the Maccabee Award as
1985 Jewish athlete of the
year.