Word: torah
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Down from the Tree. Most Orthodox Jews consider autopsies generally barred by a passage in the Torah, Deuteronomy 21:22-23, in which Moses says: "And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him the same day." In other words, even criminals were to be spared the possibility of mutilation by wild animals after their execution. Orthodox extremists interpret that injunction as meaning that any human must be given prompt...
...Jews of Jerusalem danced last week in the synagogues and in the streets, bearing in their arms the scrolls of the Torah as they celebrated the end of the thanksgiving period of Sukkot.* The dancers were mostly men, but a few congregations allowed women to join in and carry the scrolls-to the bitter disapproval of the Orthodox. Women are forbidden to touch the Torah by an injunction of Halakah, that vast body of law that regulates Jewish life with a sweep ranging from lofty ethical norms to small dietary injunctions. Halakah, which means variously...
...into the oval office one day recently strutted a dapper dandy in brownish-grey toupee, cake makeup, Kings Man cologne, suede-and-'gator shoes, jeweled cuff links in the shape of a Jewish Torah, and a wristwatch with the letters of his name in place of the numerals. The watch spelled GEORGE JESSEL. The old vaudevillian briskly filled the President in on the war, assured him that he would waste no time in telling the world about the great job the boys were doing out there, and perhaps even winked a few funny lines at L.B.J. It was darn...
...entered the country's highest office unable to spell: "demigog" was one of his better guesses in the spelling department. His instincts remained proof against the presidency. When the new state of Israel, grateful for Truman's immediate recognition, ceremonially bestowed on him a copy of the Torah, Truman's response did great credit, not to a chief of state, but to the Anyman he was. Said he: "Thanks a lot. I've always wanted...
...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 his resignation. Cohn intends to keep his post, and Justice Minister Yaakov Shapiro supports him. "The observance of the precepts of the Torah is a private matter between a man and his God," he says, reflecting the state's secular view but merely angering the Orthodox rabbis that much more...