Word: leviticus
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...tells of a "God of nature" as well as the more frequently emphasized "God of history." This God abhors pagan nature worship, but he decrees that all creation is good and holds his servant, man, accountable for what happens to it. Scripture even urges the practice of soil conservation (Leviticus 25: 2-5), kindness to animals (Exodus 23: 12) and preservation of trees (Deuteronomy...
...Protestants and still fewer Jews practice rhythm. In addition, Orthodox Jews abide by Niddah, the Mosaic law which prescribes abstention while a woman is "unclean" (Leviticus 15:19-24). Some rabbinical teachers have extended this time to a total of seven days after the end of menstruation...
...counterpoint to the passage in Leviticus appears in I Corinthians XI: 14, 15: "Doth not even nature itself teach you that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering." I do not mention this in condemnation of long hair. I myself have a moustache of four-weeks' growth...
...human animal grows more slowly than crab grass-about ½ in. to 1 in. a month. But it never stops growing this side of the grave. Were it not for the tyranny of fashion, which insistently summons men to the barber, they might all conform to the Book of Leviticus, which commands that "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." In these shaggy times, which can produce a Van Cliburn, an Allan Ginsberg and a Joe Namath, not to mention the Beatles, the Monkees, the Rolling Stones...
...obligation that allegedly applies to Justice Cohn is God's commandment to Moses in Leviticus 21:7, which prohibits kohanim from marrying divorcees, harlots, or women who have been violated. Orthodox rabbis refuse to marry any known kohanim to divorcees, and they charge that Justice Cohn circumvented the ban by getting married in Manhattan. Since Israel recognizes marriages validly contracted in other countries, his marriage is legal as far as the state is concerned; but the rabbis claim that Cohn is living in sin, and are putting pressure on Israel's powerful National Religious Party to force...