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making up the sentence. If it
bath lights are extinguished;
were done in English, the
in quarrelsomeness, the
name of GOD would be spelled
sweetest wine turns sour; in
"HPE." Possibly the cryp-
contention, the freshest bread
togram came about out of
turns stale. Ritual observance
fear that the name of God
without love may even turn
would be scratched or erased
counter-productive.
or tampered with. That is a
We have learned how rites
gesture out of respect of God,
and rituals entangled with
not out of fear of the devil.
poor parental and filial rela-
The mezuzah is placed
tionships lead to hostility
between the private sanc-
towards Judaism and Jewish-
tuary of the home and the
ness. We have seen how good
public arena. lb be placed
family relations bind mem-
within the home, invisible to
bers of the family to Judaism
the world, is to foster insu-
and Jewishness. The mezuzah
larity, isolation from the
reminds us how close to God
world of marketplaces and
we are when lying down and
government. 1b love only my
rising up and walking by the
family and no one else is an
way with our family.
extended selfishness. But for
A young man told me that
the mezuzah to be placed
his grandfather had encased
without the house is to point
the family mezuzah in an egg-
a life lived only in public, to
shell. His grandfather ex-
a life comfortable only with
plained that it was meant to
strangers. There are public
remind us that human beings,
Jews who find it easy to em-
for all their boastings, are
brace an abstract public but
fragile, easily hurt by words,
who at home are remote, dis-
by slight, by being ignored.
tant, detached. The mezuzah
And that children whom we
is between the individual and
are instructed to teach the
his family and between the in-
love of God must be handled
dividual and his community.
with care as if handling the
Like charity, love and care
shell of an egg. His grand-
begin at home, but it must
father taught him well. ❑
not end at the threshold of
Rabbi Schulweis is
the home. Home is where
spiritual leader, Temple
social ethics and responsi-
Valley Beth Shalom in En-
bility to the community are
cino, California.
cultivated and acted out.
Within the mezuzah itself are
two paragraphs. The first
includes the statement ad-
dressed to Israel that God is
Convert Gives
one. That theological state-
Heart, Liver
ment of God's unity is fol-
lowed by a declaration of our
Tel Aviv (JTA) — David
love of God. But as if a com-
Oren, a former Austrian who
mentary on God's unity and
came to Israel 12 years ago,
love was meant, the para-
converted to Judaism and
graph continues by focusing
served in the Israel army was
on the family and specifically
the organ donor whose heart
on the teaching relationship
and liver were used in
between parents and children.
transplant surgery performed
lb love God is not a purely in-
at two Israeli hospitals this
tellectual or abstract notion.
week.
God is acted out with people,
His identity was disclosed
beginning with the family.
last week by his widow, Lin-
Godliness is exhibited not in
da Oren, of Yavne. She said
metaphysical or empirical
she took the unusual step of
arguments but existentially
identifying him to encourage
in relationships. God is lived
other people to donate their
not at formal moments, semi-
organs to save lives. She said
nars, lectures, but in the quite
that had been her husband's
prosaic moments when lying
frequently expressed wish.
down, rising up, and walking
Oren was originally iden-
by the way. God is loved
tified as an unnamed
through a smile, an embrace,
Austrian tourist. He was
a kind word, a loving chas-
fatally injured in a traffic
tisement of another like
accident.
myself, even myself.
His donated kidneys were
The mezuzah is a constant
used in two transplants.
mnemonic of the relation-
Dr. Yoram Less, director
ships between God and family
general of the Health
and the individual. It revolves
Ministry, appealed on radio
around the mandate to love
and television last week to
God, which is translated into
urge "both secular and obser-
love of family. It reminds us
vant Jews" to donate their
that the ritual world of the
family is to be observed with
organs after death to save
lives.
love. A table with Sabbath
candles, a kiddush cup with
Israel has lagged behind
sweet wine and a well-baked
other countries in organ
challah require more than the
transplants in large measure
prayer benediction. In anger
because of resistance from Or-
among the family, the Sab-
thodox groups.