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What will he do if a war breaks out on the Sabbath? the comedians asked. The answer is simple: he will break every ritual prohibition he needs to. Jewish law, the comedians and others are learning, not only permits it. Jewish law requires...
...devout household in Stamford, Conn., where his father owned a liquor store. In high school, he was so observant that although his classmates voted him king of the prom, he wasn't there to take his throne beside the queen that night--the prom was held on the Jewish Sabbath...
...Lieberman is elected, his observance of the Sabbath would not have to interfere with government duties. Jewish law permits exceptions in some cases. He is prohibited from riding in cars on that day, and there are many stories of his walking long distances in Washington to cast important Senate votes on a Saturday. (He and Hadassah once walked miles in the rain to attend the wedding of his driver.) "If you have an opportunity to help people on the Sabbath, that overrides the normal prohibitions," he told TIME. "When I was [Connecticut] attorney general, they always knew on a holy...
...there's no dispensation for purely political events, so Sabbath campaign appearances are out. Lieberman was not present when Connecticut's state Democratic Party met on a Saturday in 1982 to nominate him for attorney general. His observance of the Sabbath may have cost him four years earlier, when he failed to attend the party convention, then lost in a contest to be nominated as lieutenant governor, a loss some say was due in part to his absence from the hall. The prize went to William O'Neill, who went on not only to be elected but also to assume...
...other great myth awaiting demystification is that traditional Judaism eschews spirituality in favor of petty, highly detailed ritual. Hence the sport that commentators have had trying to figure out what Vice President Lieberman would do on the Sabbath. Well, he rests on the Sabbath. The rabbis define rest in very specific ways: no traveling, no carrying, no writing, no telephones, no use of electricity...