Word: yitzhak
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...compromises between the secular and sacred. The rabbinate has even made a few tactical concessions (most recent: rescinding the rule that before marriage all brides must produce a "certificate of purity" given after a visit to the ritual bath). But for the most part, Polish-born Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog and his fellow rabbis have dug in their heels and refused to budge, confident in the prophecy of the great 12th century philosopher, Maimonides, that "in the end Israel will return...
...unmaidenly" Israeli women's army uniforms, and would let them return to their own homes at night. Moreover, they would not be controlled by the Defense Minister, but by the motherly Labor Minister, Mrs. Golda Meyerson. Two Orthodox members of the cabinet, and Israel's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog. approved the bill...