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the kabbalistic practice of letting
the beard grow uncut and
untrimmed (to avoid accidents,
many Chasidim tuck their waist-
length beards into their shirts).

1566) was a French astrologer
and physician famed for his mys-
terious predictions (among them:
an evil man named "Hister"
would come to power in the 20th
century).
Both of Nostradamus' grand-
fathers, Jean de Saint-Remy and
Pierre de Nostra-Donna, were

summer camp is familiar with
that great, "Rise and shine and
give God the glory, glory" num-
Q: Yeehaw, and howdy Tell Me
ber, the one that talks about Why. Could you please tell me if any
Noah and his "arky, arky" built Jews have been honored by the Na-
out of "hickory barky, barky" and tional Cowboy Hall of Fame?
the animals who came
on by "twosy, twosy,"
like the elephant and
"kangaroosy, roosy" —
move over, Cole Porter!
Well, in case you
didn't know my
friendsy, wendsy, "rise
and shine" is found in
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the Bible in Isaiah 60:1.
The original phrase in
Hebrew is kumi, ori.
A: Indeed they have, my rootin' Jews. They were forced to con-
Q: Why do many religious Jewish tootin' pardner.
vert to Christianity with the rise
men have beards?
The National Cowboy Hall of to power of Charles VII, a noto-
A: Based on Leviticus 19:27 Fame in 1966 presented its West- rious anti-Semite, and Nos-
("Do not shave off the edges of ern Heritage Award to composer tradamus was born and raised a
your beard"), the Talmud (Makot Elmer Bernstein, for his "Hal- Catholic.
20a) forbids shaving the face with lelujah Trail."
Following his graduation in
a razor.
Born April 4, 1922 in New 1529 from the University of
Since ancient times, most Jew- York City, Mr. Bernstein has Montpellier, Nostradamus mar-
ish men let their beards grow. In written music for many films in- ried and bore several children, all
fact, the Talmud (Bava Metzia cluding The Great Escape, The of whom died in a plague. He
84a) calls the beard "the adorn- Age of Innocence, Ghostbusters, then wandered for years about
ment of a man's face."
True Grit, Mad Dog and Glory, Italy, where he was said to have
By the 17th century, however, The Magnificent Seven and Na- spent many hours with Jewish
some Jewish men were remov- tional Lampoon's Animal House. Kabbalists.
In the 1540s, Nos-
tradamus returned to
France and began study-
ing the occult. He wrote
several books of prophe-
cies and astrological
works, including his most
famous, Les Propheties de
Maistre Michel Nos-
tradamus, published in
Lyons in 1555.
Les Propheties compris-
es 350 quatrains arranged
in groups of 100. Written
in obscure French (which
leaves them open to a va-
riety of interpretations),
the verses' predictions in-
clude the king of France's
death in a duel. When
Henri II was in fact killed
in 1559 at a royal tourna-
ment, Nostradamus' fame
was established.
In 1564, Nostradamus
The marketplace at a shtetl in Galicia, where there are bearded buyers aplenty. (From The
Jewish World of Yesterday by Rachel Salamander.)
became physician and
counselor to King Charles
lX His Les Propheties was
ing their facial hair through the
He also wrote scores for To Kill subsequently translated into nu-
use of depilatories. And since Ha- a Mockingbird and Thoroughly merous languages and continues
lachah permits trimming the Modem Millie, receiving an Acad- to be popular reading material
beard with scissors, rabbis sanc- emy Award for both.
(and the subject of TV shows) to
tioned the electric razor (which
Q: My special friend at the Psy- this day. ❑
clips the hair like scissors).
chics R Us hotline told me that Nos-
Nonetheless, many devout tradamus was Jewish. Is that true?
Send questions to "Tell Me Why"
Jews, because of tradition, con-
A: No, though he did have a c/o The Jewish News, 27676
tinue to go unshaven. Others, Jewish connection.
Franklin Rd., Southfield, MI
principally Chasidim, adhere to
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