Word: halakah
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...Israeli religious leader had ever before enforced Halakah (Jewish religious law) in Zolty's fashion. Traditionally, a hotel qualified for kosher status if it adhered to Jewish dietary laws. Zolty insisted that hotels should strictly observe Jewish Sabbath law as well. Said he: "If there is no Sabbath observance, there is no kashruth. One can't have faith in one without the other...
...hoteliers. The key aspect of Sabbath observance, so far as he is concerned, is the proscription on the holy day of "creative work." Among other things, creative work can include writing (even signing a hotel bill), turning on a light, and using a telephone. Basing his interpretation of the halakah on Leviticus 19:14 ("Thou shalt not curse the deaf nor put a stumbling block before the blind"), Zolty declared that "a Jew shouldn't sleep a sweet sleep in his hotel room while he is causing Jewish clerks to work on the Sabbath and make up his bill...
...basis for keeping a kosher household is the Halakah, Judaism's Scripture-based code of 613 religious laws that regulate every facet of life. Among the most detailed provisions of Halakah are its dietary laws. Jews, for example, are forbidden to eat meat and dairy food at the same meal, or from the same dishes. By tradition, an observant housewife must have four sets of dishes, silverware and kitchen accessories: one for meat, one for dairy products, and two sets used only during the season of Passover. To avoid the danger of contamination, meat and dairy dishes must...
...People. Increasing concern over Israel among Reform Jews represents a change in their tradition. Born in Germany during the Enlightenment, Reform Judaism rejected many restrictions imposed by Halakah, the rigid code of Jewish religious law. Whereas Orthodoxy maintained that Halakah is divinely inspired and cannot be altered, Reform contended that Jews have the right to adapt their religious laws to changing conditions...
...Final Authority. Goren insists that he is an "innovator" rather than a "reformer." Among his innovations, though, are decisions that to many other Orthodox rabbis seem to be in open contravention of Halakah. As chief military chaplain, he allowed his troops to work and fight on the Sabbath, and even drive trucks if it was necessary for the security of the state. Although suicide is a sin for Jews, Goren also ruled that captured soldiers could kill themselves rather than risk revealing military secrets under torture. He also believes that Israel's Independence Day should be regarded...