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Summer Vacation:
Exploring Footnotes
RABBI HAROLD S. LOSS
Special to The Jewish News
T
here are moments in
an academic environ-
ment that we never
forget. Whenever I read this
week's sidrah, I recall an ex-
amination in an introduction
to a Bible course. As students,
we had been assigned an
enormous amount of
material. The day of the exam
arrived, and a central ques-
tion dealt with an analysis of
the daughters of
Zelophedhad. I had studied
the assigned material for
weeks, but had missed the
footnote that contained the
necessary information.
Most of my classmates suf-
fered the same fate. After the
exam we gathered together to
Shabbat Pinchas:
Numbers
25:10-30:1,
Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
read the following footnote:
"The question, exemplified
in the daughters of one
Zelophedhad, is whether
daughters may inherit from a
father, if there are no sons.
The answer is that they may.
Then follows a statement on
the order of inheritance when
there are no children!"
The story of the daughters
of Zelophedhad from that day
has been a pleasant memory.
Not simply for the important
lesson regarding the role of
women as regards in-
heritance, but also as a
challenge to find other foot-
notes in life.
For most of us, the summer
vacation has begun, and this
period includes travel oppor-
tunities. Schools are closed
and students do not have to
look forward to exams. There
will be no tests regarding the
footnotes in textbooks, but I
would like to suggest that we
set a summertime goal.
Whenever we travel this
summer, after we have visited
the important tourist attrac-
tions, we should leave some
time for at least one Jewish
footnote. If you are in a
historic community, visit an
early synagogue. Find a
Jewish museum or bookstore
in a large city. Call a rabbi or
other Jewish professional,
and ask if there is something
special in the community that
Harold Loss is rabbi at Temple
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Last summer on a visit to
the East Coast, my family
visited Salem and heard
about witchcraft, stood at
Plymouth Rock, and toured
mansions in Newport. Our
trip would have been in-
complete, however, without a
visit to the beautiful Touro
Synagogue.
This summer find those
wonderful Jewish sights.
Perhaps the footnote that you
find will leave you and your
family with a very special
memory.
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