1:r z 4j, 1 k,' r kA 1 mkk '1 16. OPEN HOUSE WINTER/SPRING MIDRASHA ADULT HEBREW CLASSES Basis Of Ethics: Compassion For Others Monday, January 9, 1995 ❖ 9 Shevat 5755 6:30 to 7:30 PM Meet our teachers, decide which class is right for you! Continuing and new classes begin the week of February 5. RABBI IRWIN GRONER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS NEW CLASSES INCLUDE . ABOUT OUR TEACHERS Total Beginner • Conversational Hebrew Hebrew Interactive Monday nights (every other week) Learning Center and Hebrew Programs at the • Twice-A-Week Beginner Agency for Jewish Conversational Hebrew Education. She holds Tuesday & Wednesday mornings graduate degrees from Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University. She is ❖ Brown Bag Lunch Time the author of curricula used throughout the Beginner Conversational community and is a past recipient of the Hebrew Berman Outstanding Professional Service Award Wednesdays and the Schochet Outstanding Teacher Award. ❖ Advanced Hebrew Reading Ronit Goutkovitch is a Hebrew instructor at Wednesday nights Akiva Hebrew Day School. A graduate of the OR JOIN A CONTINUING CLASS Teacher's College in Nahalal, Israel, she received special IDF training in teaching reading, social IF THE LEVEL IS RIGHT FOR YOU. psychology, and treatment of people with learning For a complete schedule call disabilities. (810) 354-1050. Ahuva Newman has been teaching Hebrew for 21 years. She holds degrees from Hebrew MIDRASHA University and Wayne State University. Ahuva Center for Adult Jewish Learning teaches Hebrew at Temple Shir Shalom and Temple Emanu-El as well as at Midrasha. Nira Lev directs the Tziona Ragowsky holds degrees from Bar Ilan University and Tel Aviv University. 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The Bible and the Jewish tra- for the lower animals, how much dition were pointing to more than more does it teach compassion for Pharaoh, and their judgment ex- our fellow human beings? The tended beyond Egypt. The con- biblical tradition is suffused with dition of the "hard heart" was not an awareness of the suffering of limited to the Egyptian Pharaoh, all living things. Jewish morali- nor to the Roman Caesars, nor to ty is based on the universal prin- the Hitlers and the Stalins of ciple that we must respond with every age, for the world is filled "rachmonos." Its sinful not to feel compassion. with many little tyrants. Allard heart is the mark of one who has no compassion, magna- nimity, or generosity of spirit. Pharaoh was preoccupied with buildings that would immortal- ize his name, pyramids that would glorify him through the centuries. He was obsessed with What is the root of the word greed and power. He brooked no disagreement and allowed no "rachmonos"? The term defies lit- kindness, charity or sympathy for eral translation. It means sym- men and women, or even chil- pathy, mercy, love, tenderness and empathy. It is derived from dren. The foundation stone of Jew- the Hebrew word "rechem" which ish ethics, the principle of Jewish means the womb of the mother. morality, is that a person must "Rachman° s" is the all-embrac- have mercy on everyone and ing love of a mother, suggesting 0) everything. What is the gravest her warmth, protection, nurture sin? I believe it to be cruelty. The and secure affection. -4 Others say it refers to the basic term with which to under- 5; r— stand the full range of Jewish brotherly and sisterly feeling of C) ethical response is "rachmonos." those who were born out of the 0 The Bible presents the story of same womb. The word univer- the slavery in Egypt and utilizes sally expresses the tender feel- it as the leit-motif for the com- ings of a parent for an offspring. 0 mitment to demonstrate com- That supreme quality of mercy r- passion. We are to remember our and compassion is in the love of degradation and oppression, the God, the Father, for His children. 0 The sages say one can always Torah states, not to keep alive the tell a Jew, even if he has violat- hatred of our oppressors, but C) rather to extend compassion to ed all the laws of the Torah, by a those who are not secure and free. distinguishing characteristic. He Over and over again does the is compassionate. Jews are call 1— Bible assert "Thou shalt not op- "Rachmanim b'nai rachmanim," > press the strangers." Why not? compassionate children of com- "Because you know what it was passionate ancestors. In a world like to be a stranger, you were so often devoid of compassion, the z strangers and outcasts in the Jew bears witness to its supreme -I importance. El land of Egypt." 0 In Jewish thought, compassion U) Publicity Deadlines for all living things extends even 0 0. to animals. We can judge the lev- The normal deadline for local el of civilization on the basis of its news and publicity items is U) treatment of animals. The Torah noon Thursday, eight days pri- • has a remarkable law that for- m or to issue date. The deadline z bids plowing with an ox and a for birth announcements is 10 z a.m. Monday, four days prior donkey together. The ox is strong —1 to issue date; out-of-town obit- and large, and the donkey is T Shabbat Va'era: Exodus 6:2-9:35 Ezekiel 28:25-29:21. z m Irwin Groner is senior rabbi of 1:1 Congregation Shaarey Zedek. — STARTERS • ALTERNATORS • FAN BELTS • FLOOR MATS • SEAT COVERS • JUMPER CABLES • BRAKE SPECIAL • WIPERS uaries, 10 a.m. Tuesday, three days prior to issue date. C--'