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As the "rabbi to the astro-
nauts" for seven years, Rabbi
Stiebel, who is now with Temple
Emanu-El in Reno, Nev., gave
such questions much thought. He
became close to astronaut Hoff-
man, and said he became espe-
cially interested in observing
Shabbat in space.
Since each day and night in
orbit last an hour and a half, one
could conceivably spend all his or
her time in space saying the
Jewish morning, afternoon and
evening prayers. So after check-
ing the Talmud, Rabbi Stiebel
came up with a plan: The Mish-
nah says that when a person is
lost in the desert and doesn't
know what day it is, he counts
seven days from that day to
observe Shabbat. So, he said, an
astronaut should "pick a point of
reference on earth, such as your
hometown, and observe Shabbat
when you would have at home."

Another potential issue for a
Jewish astronaut: A Jew should
not put himself in danger.
"Going up in space is extremely
risky," said Dr. Andrew Gold-
finger, an Orthodox Jew and an
assistant superintendent at the
Applied Physics Laboratory at
Johns Hopkins University. "Un-
der what circumstances is a
person allowed to take that risk?"
Dr. Goldfinger doesn't expect
any of these questions to be
answered soon.
"When a Jewish astronaut
poses the question," he said, "a
rabbi will consider it. We believe
only when things are relevant,
does God give us the ability to
answer."
In the meantime, Jewish as-
tronauts will continue exploring
the blackness of space, taking
along with them the accumulated
wisdom of the ages – and, occa-
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Synagogue Opens Doors
In Wake Of Shootings

Boston (JTA) — Some 700 peo-
ple squeezed into the chapel of a
Reform temple here in the wake
of the shootings at two nearby
abortion clinics that left two dead
and five wounded.
Temple Ohabei Shalom, in the
Boston suburb of Brookline, sits
squarely between the two clinics,
where a lone gunman went on a
shooting spree.
The synagogue had opened its
doors to congregants, neighbors
and a cross-section of the local cit-
izenry, who had gathered for sup-
port and consolation. Some
stayed for Shabbat services af-
terward.
Those who could not fit into the
synagogue's chapel spilled over
three-deep into the corridors,
Rabbi Emily Lipof said.
"When people poured into the
chapel from the cold, they
thanked me for opening our doors
to them," said Rabbi Lipof, the
temple's spiritual leader.
"My response was, 'Why are
you thanking me? I should be
thanking you for coming. How
could I not open my doors to you?"
she said.
'Well, evidently many on Bea-
con Street had closed their doors
to these people. I could under-
stand why the Catholics might
be reluctant to host an assembly,
but I can't understand why any-
one else would refuse these peo-
ple," Rabbi Lipof said.
The mood in this heavily Jew-.
ish Brookline neighborhood re-
mained one of fear and anger this

week, as state and local police
continued their surveillance of
the two clinics.
The clinics, Pre-Term Health
Services and Planned Parent-
hood, have vowed to re-open soon,
once additional security mea-
sures — bullet-proof glass and
metal detectors — are put into
place.
Groups of protesters, repre-
senting both sides of the abortion
debate, still congregated outside
their doors, carrying signs, hold-
ing posters and engaging in ver-
bal altercations with one another.
Still others arrived at the sites
daily, dropping garlands of cut
flowers and lighting candles.
Rabbi Lipof, at the early
evening rally, and after, during
Shabbat services, spoke not about
abortion but about freedom.
"It's not about abortion," she
said. "I abhor abortion. The issue
is freedom. We can't allow people
to threaten us like this and tell
us what to do.
`The next thing you know," she
said, "is that someone will shoot
you because you want to pray at
the house of worship of your
choice. And we can't let things get
to that point."
Because of the intensity of me-
dia scrutiny on the Friday night
assembly at Ohabei Shalom, Rab-
bi Lipof said she has received
many calls, some threatening.
"On our answering machine
here at the synagogue," Rabbi
Lipof said, "we've received many
thank you's from people who