As the Rabbi Said...
AS THE RABBI SAID... People before Ideology Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev was leading his congregation at the Neilah [closing] service on Yom Kippur. The saint was prolonging the prayers,...
...During a lengthy illness, some cal^Xto commiserate and to tell about their own operations...
...The secular education a child gets in most day schools is at least as good as its counterpart in the public school or in the elitist local private school...
...another keeps silent because he knows the times require it" (Ecclesiasticus 20:6...
...sage, author of Ecclesiasticus] understood this when he wrote, "One kind of man remains silent because he has nothing to say...
...Suddenly, he rushed through the prayers at great speed...
...Some talk, not for the sake of those in need but for themselves...
...His disciples asked him to explain what happened...
...We may show the greatest care and concern in ways characterized by silence...
...Their silence does not represent callousness...
...Ben Sira, [second century B.C.E...
...Others offer to do errands, to take the children out for the day, to pick up something at the store...
...At a house of mourning, some friends talk of whatever is on their minds but others move to prepare a meal...
...He told them, "I felt if I persisted I could bring the messiah to our oppressed people...
...Few American parents become ruffled when a child wears torn jeans or outrageous T-shirts, but panic can set in at the sight of lzih.il [fringes on the comers of a prayer shawl...
...others do little talking...
...People's lives can be changed, even saved, through silence...
...If so, encourage your rabbi to send a sampling to Sermons, MOMENT Magazine, 3000 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20008...
...Instead, they act, they respond as people truly concerned with others, to heal the hurt and soften the sorrow...
...I concluded that my duty was to the old man and the messiah would have to wait...
...Joshua Fishman Torah Umesorah New York, New York Do your rabbi's sermons make you sit up and take notice...
...Saul I. Teplitz Congregation Sons of Israel Woodmere, New York When Silence Speaks In a stimulating book, The Silent Language (reprinted by Greenwood, 1980 [1959]), Edward T. Hall points out how attitudes and ideas are conveyed by a smile, a gesture, a handshake and even the position we assume when seated...
...As parents allow their children to grow in this direction unencumbered, their families will acquire much more as well...
...it represents concern and affection...
...Why, when a child inclines to religious interests, does the parent suddenly feel sensitive...
...Is this any less an expression of who the child is...
...The saint was prolonging the prayers, pouring all his being into them...
...A Jewish day school can answer a child's questions and offer him or her a place in the Jewish community...
...To be truly human we must show that we care about others as we care about ourselves...
...Before a wedding, some speak of those not invited while others offer to pick up guests at the airport...
...In many areas we allow children to express their independence...
...Mark Friedman Beth Jacob Synagogue Norwich, Connecticut Countering Tzitzit Panic Virtually every American Jewish child recognizes McDonald's golden arches, but how many can identify the luchot—the symbol for the Ten Commandments...
...Then I noticed in the corner of the synagogue a frail old man who would not dream of leaving to break his fast before the service was over, and I knew he might die...
Vol. 16 • August 1991 • No. 4
