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No sooner are the plagues lifted than Pharoah forgets his prom- ises to Moses, defies God and refuses to let the Israelites go. Why? Pharoah's heart har- dens. "The Lord hardened Pharoah's heart so that he did not let the children of Israel go." Hardening of the heart is a common illness today. When a person refuses to give of him- self, he reveals a hardening of the heart. We see this in family life everywhere. A father feels it's a sign of weakness to show emotion to his children. A hus- band freezes up and cannot communicate with his wife. Brothers fight with each other, often over money. Greed har- dens the heart. What can people do to soften hardening of the heart? There are no pills that I know of to buy at the corner drugstore. A doctor has no prescription to write for you. Judaism has an answer. The religion of lovingkindness prescribed by Hillel can help. "Love they neighbor as thy- self," not more but not less. Compassion, mercy, generos- ity of spirit, an open hand, a warm smile, a friendly atti- tude, these are some of the tools of religion to utilize. God knows that the best synagogue is the human heart. Pirke Avot reminds us that the highest good is a good heart, the greatest evil is an evil heart, for a good heart includes all other virtues. To be softhearted is no an- swer against being har- dhearted. But to be generous and kind and open shows that words which come from the heart enter into the heart. • What does it take to be a Jew? It takes a heart. The greatness of Judaism is that it is not all intellect and reason. Judaism is only belatedly dis- covering this elementary truth that religion has to do with emotion as well, with warmth in religious experience. There are ceremonies and customs in Jewish life that enhance liv- ing, notable occasions in the life-cycle of the Jew that add richness and meaning, holi- days and festivals that differ- entiate the sacred from the pro- 26400 W. 12 Mile Rd. (N.E. corner of Northwestern) in the Franklin Savings Center. 357-5578 48 Friday, February 6, 1987 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Richard C. Hertz is rabbi emeritus at Temple Beth El. fane and raise man from the level of the brute. Then, too, flowing in the bloodstream pumped through the body of the Jew from his heart is the quality of mercy. The Jew's warm-hearted pulse beats not just for his own body but for others. Tzedekah has been stressed in Jewish life be- cause since biblical times, we Jews were bidden to care for the "stranger, the widow and the orphaned." We have de- veloped a family feeling of one for the other. We Jews have learned to take care of each other, to look after each other, Shabbat Bo: Exodus 10:1-13:16; Jeremiah 46:13-28 to respond generously and graciously when our people have been in need, in sickness, in tragedy or in trouble. We have heart! This spirit of togetherness means that when one Jew is beaten, others feel it too. The buckshot of hate and prejudice fired by anti-Semites has pierced the heart of the Jew, making him especially sensi- tive to discrimination, bigotry, intolerance or abuse, whether directed solely at the Jew or at other minorities. Yes, it takes a strong and courageous heart to be a Jew today. A Jew needs a heart, binding him to the Jewish people, a heart that must beat in time as one heartthrob with the hopes and aspirations of the Jewish people whether here in America, or in Israel, or in any of the far-flung corners of the globe where Jews seek to live in security and peace. We Jews have learned from Pharoah's hardheartedness the human need for bighear- tedness. We can't live without a heart for others. The human heart is small, yet embraces the world. Remember what Ahad HaAm reminded us: A people's heart is the foundation on which the land of Israel will be built. Rabbi Rules Out Bullfighting Melbourne (JTA) — The leader of Israel's Sephardi Council of Sages has deter- mined that fighting bulls and even watching a bullfight viol- ate Jewish law, the Australian Jewish News reports. Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, so ruled in response to an in- quiry by a group of Israelis planning a tour of Spain. The rabbi said Jewish law insists on protecting animals from wanton destruction. He did suggest an alterna- tive: visit a zoo.