FLORENCE KARABENICK

AND

FRED RAPOPORT

found fame and fortune. Do
you suppose he would resu-
me his search for the miss-
ing pennies?" Just before
his execution in front of a
large crowd of Polish spec-
tators, Potocki recited the
blessing "Blessed are You,
0 Lord . . . who sanctifies
Your name before multi-
tudes."

Wish to sincerely thank
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Sources and further readings: The
story of the rabbi and the missing jewel
is translated in Louis Jacobs, Jewish
Law, p. 50. Count Valentine Potocki was
executed on May 24, 1749. Arthur
Cygielman reports in the Encyclopedia
Judaica that after his execution, "a local
Jew, Eliezer Ziskes, pretending to be a
Christian, succeeded through bribery in
collecting some of the ashes and a finger
from the corpse, and these were even-
tually buried in the Jewish cemetery.
From the soil over the grave of Potocki,
who was called by them the ger tzedek
— the righteous proselyte — there grew
a big tree which drew vast pilgrimages
of Jews. . . . The Jews of Vilna cele-
brated the anniversary of Potocki's
death by reciting the Mourner's Kad-
dish and by making pilgrimages to his
purported grave on the Ninth of Av and
the High Holy Days" (13:935). See also
Jacob Katz, Exclusiveness and
7blerance, ch 7, and H. H. Ben-Sasson,
Trial and Achievement, pp. 209-216.

NEWS

Western Wall
Keeps Rabbi

Jerusalem (JTA) — Rabbi
Yehuda Getz withdrew his
resignation as rabbi of the
Western Wall last week.
The rabbi had submitted
his resignation earlier in the
week in a row over plans for
a coeducational ceremony at
the plaza in front of the Wall
by Gadna, a paramilitary
youth corps.
Rabbi Getz, who fiercely
opposes the mingling of men
and women at the Wall, said
he was satisfied by a com-
promise worked out to en-
sure decorous behavior by
the youngsters during a
ceremony that will take
place later this month.
The compromise calls for
boys and girls to be
segregated during the
ceremony, and ensures they
will not remain at the plaza
after it ends.
It was worked out among
Religious Affairs Minister
Avner Shaki; the Chief Rab-
binate director, Rabbi Eitan
Eisman; and the Gadna
commander, Col. Yisrael
Assaf.
Rabbi Getz had said he
would accept a solution if it
were approved by the chief
rabbis. Rabbi Eisman's
presence at the meeting ap-
peared to signify that the
agreement did indeed enjoy
the endorsement of Chief
Rabbis Avraham Shapira
and Mordechai Eliahu.
Rabbi Getz, 67, said he
would resume his position.

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