Word: torah
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Frimmer had always been active in the Jewish community, but his illness renewed his focus on his faith. He attended a weekly Torah-study class and began collecting research on Jewish healing services and intercessionary prayer. He said he wanted to become a resource for others, but clearly he was also on a personal quest to examine the frontiers of his own mortality. Companions joined him on his exploration. His daughter Dara, a theology student at Harvard with plans to become a rabbi, embarked on a chaplaincy internship at a Boston hospital. The confluence of her father's terminal illness...
...somewhat dreamy father Saul, the cantor at Beth Simcha synagogue, sees Eliza's skills with the alphabet as a sign that she is a "mystical prodigy" and begins training her for spelling competitions and for greater, more spiritual challenges ahead. "What do you and a Torah scribe have in common?" he asks her, and then answers when she falters: "Both spelling bees and Torah scribes share the idea that a word should be constructed perfectly...
...Beauty Oscar winner 24. Phi Beta Kappa concern: Abbr. 26. Reform Party chairman Choate 27. Actuary's concern 28. It may be floated 29. NBC has pulled the plug on __, the Devil, and Bob 30. A newspaper here ended a 20-year taboo by printing the U.S. flag 31. Torah holder 32. Reagan was its pres. 33. Nixon, for two yrs. 34. Scientists have found a gene that regulates this 36. Azores' loc. 38. Source of high-protein flour 39. Split apart 42. Reply to the Little Red Hen 44. Bruce Babbitt wants to restore it 46. Pal of Kukla...
...short-term impact of the decision may be to widen the gap between the Reform movement and other Jewish denominations and between Jews and other religions. Orthodox and Conservative rabbis, as well as some Christian groups, were quick to criticize the decision, saying it violates the teachings of the Torah and the Old Testament...