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...truth are nothing new; they have arisen from its earliest days. The Bible's first five books, the Pentateuch or Torah ("teachings"), had probably been canonized by Jews as the core of their sacred writings by the 5th century B.C. But even before that, there was growing up along with the Scriptures a body of oral interpretation eventually codified in the Talmud. It includes legal judgments known as halakhah and pious elaborations of biblical stories known as aggadah. Even in matters of law, however, the rabbis were not literalists. An "eye for an eye," for example, was not construed strictly...
...Levinger, made their way into a 500-ft. gorge beside an old Turkish aqueduct to squat there until the army or hunger forced them out. "It is our right as Jews to live here," said Rabbi Levinger. "No secular govern ment has the right to give away what the Torah has said is ours...
...Unity. Two of the commandments encompass the Law itself: a duty to study the Torah-Jewish teaching -and to keep Torah books (the Pentateuch, the Psalms and the Jewish prayer book) in the home. A third commands Jews to give charity, and as a reminder the Lubavitchers pass out charity boxes to be kept and filled in the home. A fourth commandment requires a householder to keep on each doorpost (except that of the bathroom) a mezuzah -a small container holding a handwritten parchment with a scriptural passage on the unity...
...resolution passed earlier this year, Reform rabbis strengthened their opposition to marriages with non-Jews. Still another phase of Reform's reformation is Havurot, or small fellowship groups, meeting in synagogues or private houses across the country. As many as 200 such groups now discuss everything from the Torah to Jewish humor...
...were offered a soft drink as the soldiers took time off from the push forward to celebrate the joyful feast of Simhath Torah. Soldiers-dressed in sweaty fatigues and sporting twelve days' growth of beard-linked hands and danced around one trooper holding miniature Torah scrolls, singing the traditional happy songs of the holiday. Near by, a first-aid station received wounded-a reminder that the war was far from over...