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Concern For Others
At Judaism's Core

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n this week's Torah portion,
we have Abraham concerned
about a marriage match for
his son Isaac. The search for a
proper spouse for Isaac goes be-
yond the usual concern a family
has for the marriages of its mem-
bers—with Isaac we have the
very foundation of the Jewish
people and his marriage partner
would, of course, play a crucial
role in the maintenance and de-
velopment of the tradition that
will ultimately become Judaism.
Abraham insists that Isaac
should not marry a Canaanite
woman, but does not instruct his
agent as to the qualifications to
seek; although the agent tells Re-
becca's family that he was specif-
ically looking for a woman from
her family—as relatives of Abra-
ham—his behavior seems to in-
dicate otherwise.
His sole criterion is that the
woman from whom he requests
a drink should offer to and, in
fact, give water to his camels; af-
ter Rebecca "passes this test,"
even before he inquires of her ge-
nealogy, he gives her the gifts he
has brought. Thus, apparently,
his primary concern is that she
demonstrate a thoughtful sen-
sitivity to the needs of others and
a sincere desire to help a
stranger.
These qualities, coming as they
do in the generation when we've
seen strangers harassed in the
cities of Sodom and Gemorrah
and in Egypt in previous events
in the Bible, surely make this
woman exceptionally suited to
carry on the traditions of Abra-
ham who himself is seen helping
strangers in numerous episodes.
The traits of kindness, helpful-
ness, and concern for others—
even strangers, are at the very
core of the Jewish soul.
The Talmud (Baba Metzia
59B) indicates no less than 36 (or
46, according to another opinion)
places in the Torah that we are
commanded concerning our treat-
ment of strangers. The Jewish
people is mandated by the Torah
to be a nation that "loves the
stranger" (Leviticus 20:30). Not
only are we commanded to treat
strangers with love, compassion,
and sensitivity but we are for-
bidden to include amongst us
men from tribes that did not treat
strangers well. In the Book of
Deuteronomy (23:5, 8, 9) we are
commanded not to intermarry
with converts from the tribes of
Ammon and Moab "because they
did not meet you with bread and
water on your way from Egypt"
and, on the other hand, we are

permitted to marry Egyptian con-
verts after the third generation
"because you were strangers in
his land."

Shabbat Chaye Sara:
Genesis 23:1-25:18
I Kings 1:1-31.

In fact, Maimonides in his
comprehensive work of Jewish
Law, the Mishna Torah, states
clearly that (Esuray Be'ah 19:17)
"Anyone who is insolent or cru-
el or hateful toward his fellow-
man or doesn't extend kindness
to others is seriously suspected
that perhaps he is a Gibonite (not
descended from Jews) because
the Jewish people—the Holy Na-
tion—are modest, compassion-
ate, and extend kindness to
others."
It, then, is part of our very be-
ing as Jews— as members of the
sanctified people—to manifest
those very qualities sought by
Abraham's agent and demon-
strated so nobly by Rebecca: love
of all mankind, kindness to the
stranger and an eagerness to
help others.❑
Eliezer Cohen is rabbi of Young
Israel-Oak Woods.

Kohl Backs
Peace Process

Bonn (JTA) — Chancellor Hel-
mut Kohl of Germany has reas-
sured Israel that his country
would continue to use its politi-
cal and economic weight to sup-
port the peace process.
The chancellor made his re-
marks at the opening of his
speecIi during a major parlia-
mentary debate on the govern-
ment budget.
"We hope that the govern-
ment, the Parliament and the
people of Israel will continue on
this road" of peace, Mr. Kohl said,
adding that the slain Prime Min-
ister Yitzhak Rabin was correct
to say that peace is the only path
for Israel and its Arab neighbors
to take.
The chancellor also predict-
ed that Rabin would be remem-
bered as one of the most
outstanding personalities of the
20th century.

