wmm um J mm® mi mm mmnwm,-y

w- c , . • «* \ ^5*

H*o naoglai of tfeo btating ©f t l * m&fwt m$ long ago •» lAinad l r t i »

Nrtaoiitdoa in tba f«aoji» poJMft&o begienlag vgu yeohsnltt a l -

«al**f*#

g tfc* truU? in

not *H l# y$li « 1 ^ u«# t l » t we

I.a lino wilfo tb© bavlei h&~gamn, with %to» p«ttliM«i and vaoltioa

of

that ilvMra 5« (K«Hlilag *m1«* ul th mar i©«Ui^r «i*d our tjtewif caa be

in sftfgf way*, tam will m&, nt$m mni%%mn of the

or **tl» mmtimm #f #«r U H M . * I t ma th* foimdeir of r»yeho-

hed «taeb * ?rof©uad eff»ct oa t)w oo^rai of wocicm thdKu-h

Ms XiHt*t "stcapk ul th UMH pMttatrtlft yMOlgfttlon that

nitte n*»iirotlc in^irt^Mla «• jmich »« mtth * worbid, sick

»ot too Xoag «^i# ono proiidbatH

of «@rloa» l«po»# of j u ^ e i a t — pmbllsfeed m

ro«Il«iaf i%» •» eon i t feo irit^ a *»h^U society of mtlturo or

o t ^ n , t^ot i s nbot Shofar »»««• in 1960i Mli up,

w r Cvootor, r ^ ^ ^ forgot ^Ni tfsHs in the

of o^r tl^oo* tfe@ mix of t t» a^for la tho o»Jl to

And do we really need proof for this clinical diagnosis of the western

world as sick, disturbed, even mad. In the last one hundred years we have

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t a p CALL TO amiff.p

had on

eaUo4 ttor.

to

1000

m

in

the

l t f «tsg *^oat l t f

ago.

ooiiolor ootiaiftto** Up* f lm

Vmm

a

It

vocabulary• H write

tot

roduotd M* *©rki^ h^trs ona-half sf wfet tl»y were « century

to felll tfe« t l m M mm* m bmmm restLsaa

u« tl» b^at 1» past f

^ith th? ehompoot tr«#» ano sadistic fantaaiea whl^ any

on «m nfcwm Blaguidoei lib@ralo haw

«i»*i€«i to protect a Xaaatie called ioek»ell — llbsroio

th»t milf two oliort d«co<tea m i »iMlor voTine poporhongor wao al l^od to

got o»oy wlti* It undtr tfeo IJKIMI of «ftpoo gpMJP m^ n«*rl,y 4#«troy«a the

m$ mm oaod a e l b i i we i i lo ir io t to %m*ml»te

00

no regard It 00 o coll to asnity.

ramx urn mom m mm mrnkwrn 1960*5721

«THE CALL TO shunt*

And i f we accept the call of the %ofer sa a ©all to sanity and a

reminder that our times are lacking In that quality, then I £$&r that a

great number of our fallen American Jews will be nadly disappointed people.

For so many of us have staked our lives cm the premise that this Wertern

Christian society i s superior and admirable and worthy •» otherwise why have

me gone so far in the process of assimilating to i t? He have re-shaped our

very religions, produced a nhole series of different kinds of ^Judaisms'1 to

conform to the tastes and standards of this Christian society* We have

allowed the spirit of this cultttr® to enter our hewes, to m-shapa our

services m& affect our very temoles* In the conflict between Jewish vays

and the so-called modem l i f e , i t i s Judaism which has been made to surrender.

© speak wamly «rf wintegration11 and "adjustnsiit" smd 'acculturationM — whan

al l ne really mean i s assimilation. And after having relinquished our Jewish

heritage in order to gain acceptance into this Western society, after having

struggled ulth such nervous anxiety to be recognized as part of this

civilisation f to be told that we have given up a sieanlngfui and life-saving

Torah nay of l i fe for nhat i s essentially madness and insanity *» what a

tragedyl And i f we African Jens have indeed, by and large, been caught In

this nab ©f the ha vie i ha~zeK*nt then the Shofar calls to us today and tails

us to remember our Creator and not to forget the truth, to disentangle

ourselves from the veb of Biadness, to disencumber ourselves of this insanity,

and baeetse sane once again*

On® of the five or six most important verses In the whole Torah i s

tamlm t tihysh im ha-Shcm 31okokhaJ which m usually translate as Hthou shalt

be wholehearted with the JL-rd, they G-d»w To be tamim ©sans to be sane,

%0 keep away from the ways of madness. For tamtm, according to the Aramaic

um m®m m mm mmmm

translator Gnkalos, mm* sh Xim tsfftt — be parffcst «r whole, be fealaaead

and hAmonioua «• to ettar «N»r4«t saissl Aad this equality of tsfify* th i i

lucidity and clarity, can con* only las .r i*S^gt. gSUafcfJtfoiu only when * mas

i s wttii the W 4 f his &-d. ls»Uf ehsrtfas fre» sanctity, £*3rltasl healthi« a ur»requisite for »ent*l health* io wonder the i»g« 8a«t^» ibo

tkl* v^S« at tokho

i t miM»a» tb«t last-18 eb»mat«r shaul i n#% IM ipli i* tlatt * Mm «nit sty

h# najftus, ih«t fct**r® b« no pr«*ch In hit life* Junt »« mental Hints*

s s-^llt betv4Mm # i«ft»fs mind sf^ rsftlil^r, a© sr-iHtiMli l lntss i s <• split b#tw*«n « pan And His ssaX, fe«tw««n * «w sit4 his CKd»

>i«nt»l giss*** usamlly jp»f«rs to ft split pers&itsltty; »piritttml dlaeeso *•

to « split eh«raet«p, B tb derive from ha vie i to>tNjf»» ?,»d tf«ts> rasiinda

a« t© b« wfeoia, to retain Ijoth «wrii r mi4 sssetity, mad th»t this sanity can

«wOy la hfi*: @a -aokakha, only by rati^aiag te o r 4s«isls origias

l i M s j i his f rafe* m »n<J»r that a® 3i«in«nt Swiss

said titsA tjf %\m Vamwmdm «f pttUsJiti h* has t i m t * ^

has m% b*m mm m\mm basie difficulty ^BO4 ^it b« tracsd t© th« l a ^ ©f^ i m ^irit i ial ity# m mmkm* »»i«««Eiidss *v£ arcted tamijw tlhyeh la

^otokha as to© i» ort snt « statSKiat to eoaat es so indivi^ial

1% i s , ta» sai<l# f«rada8«atal to tiie ¥fo©la of T®r»H, Thia ihta

i s t!» efeaU«iig« to as Ansrlean 4s%iss Xsatns the havlei h& zamanof mr t lass t and ta»l»in tffiyyh. ..Jjwt ty*^pt,,..ttglwjft|^ beco ® saae cmcs again

tter©«# M sad torah*»

Of oouras, X do not ©dan to say that saeh aad twiy sggmet ©f our

l i f t and s@#£#ty i^ iBaaasf etrtaialy •*&• Tfe» p^itiir» »nd creative

«f ««i«Btifis and mdieal pmgm*® m* UM ia t i s j | , Cin&aing ^ slum aad

buildiag hatuftag atwlefantnts — tliat is sanity, iolpisg the

ai^ng tl» si«k md *gs4 aad «i<§©ns# — that ^® a aasi^d kind ©f

" S £*VkBJ£S£££L

mm* um

Thaae art the posttit** ssni* Xnald aapaeta

©naa us muat try to develop and anhanea sad

Mi mm mmmmm

Ufa, at*d ®m? art tha

Hit© fmtelm. M%

b« M a

fMmr m& mm

centuries ai« Is«i«fc a«a fell into a C^MI# uhlUt hi*

sad

wmmmtt*mmar*&9 *I mm

AM % 9? Imk lib*?* And fe» r»pXl«4i o t o hafukh r»lU

l#» a lafa r*%l¥mim I*'m$$h — I mm a tqwr tisnpy «erX49 a world

claar and

It la tiiia world If diahomjtfty and

thst i s tJ t GISK hafukhp %lw

that, ia parvtrtad, and inwrted and inaane.

Tkftt la nfeat ^a aM»far sails oat to as? Oat out @f tha ^s-T i

aad turn this taaa&a mrld

vorMI Tha

siatarialiatie

down so that jwa will aat It aright a*m ^ f > f g y » * &m* aad san« «orl«

us Is a«t %h® v®rl4 aright, m& s#ti t s

m atili of ttst

feaek *Y

• m mm, TO

Be ysa roMtabtr t&a ^©r!4 condition thaa? Bo yoa itoalX that ia this

i f imelaar phyalsa and Set pXaaaa wad olat^troii nim&*&m*$ owt civilisation

bittoharsd and tortesd oa*~%hird ©f ©ar paaplft? It m% tfea t&ood aoafetd soil

of that ace ira»d ft»epM» eo&iineiit not saffietau*rrs «?• «ix «lHi#» p « of

^vie 1 ha-E»Mm, ©r th« «t%«r ts««tlty of W N l

has

K f W i y»ar« «r %*aty ^«r» f l©t M tlwu inii year

mm of

item tim&vmttm «f ®ur petite during tfc* ^ropeaa heloe«u0t« Sen

mho h<»4

thought %& tlM ttit^r diagrae* an4 bXot «pon our entire

that w* allow«4 tb i K u i mwtti»mv* %m find a»rla© i s South fcMtrloa -

^»s« mwf mm peoplm prot«»t#4 s© l^^Xr and 'bitterly against Xs

i t f inal ly did catoh th* mouater wh&ae ni»9 ne ahall not wnt lon .

H i T ordarer rscsi^a sayltam, w« ar@ a Hast, hsn h» la nppr@hendad, nadon the vletlit* What madnssa — ha vie 1 ba-gamanl

knowing that this ia Uia t«arld la which *§ %§m§ W frieada, lot

ma aafc our«elwst ia i t raally right f#r tis to confom blijadl^ t© thia

sociaty. mat Judaiam ehaaga to f i t thia ki»d of mwl4 mm or mwb w®

iaalat timt the world Chang* ntwi ksep op with Torali* fttU w® ai»8e«^ t#

**"* ^^®^ ha*a*«aii md b*ccm iaaataa along with a l l th* others i s a

^aRie c<m|fuaion whar« unim?raal medaaas la th® nom? •» Or ahall w«

ba#@na the haaUrs of ttea w&rte mm t*i« #14 Jawiah nitaicsj — and tswsh i t

tha- elwaents of sanctity m that i t f iml ly l®mrm aanity. Hi haw the

ahoiaa of set tint th© world bright by adharing la) tha ccssaasd of Uwim tlliyah

©r of loaJbag ottraali** i« i&m havlti ba i man. n» way

«T worthiaaaa and dignity asd »aU r«apeet ia ala© tha way of aanity and

aaaetity* Aad t^it ia th* a»miag of the defter — a eaU to sanity thiw*f&

aaaotity,

wmwm um mom mi mm mmmm

'••• who hsrws come to th® Synagogue t h i s day* thirsty f«r tha word of

•>-d, anstous t© hoar tfee t r i l l of the Shaffer, dsairoas of a touch of

ansl itekiBg the w&ratli of tomh — w» hsr® east fear® 1»WMU» w*

what kind of i»ni^r do««3 forah pr^ac^i1 3m & world wbere savagery

war Is netMl f I^rah t«achse tis«tt afeglm —• peac« — Is ttoo hlghtst

fasetie® «f t>rl©sthood, %l»t tirsa SP4 Htmw&f i n P#ae«»».lBftr, aad that

—> that tht Sabtath i s • l ining m©s«weiit to p«a^i* t1»t i t

a world of w»lrd $&mmic idftelogy wb«r» mrpl&s speXU dis&ster,

M la»« ef le^i , t ghiJ^chali ^^f^# that n# ar® t©

part of #ar pr«dte«* »lon« a^cSli^all^r for

U

la

ali^ ©f £§«»tut, of wod»#^rf and UlU m that a hoi^ t«

baa i t 1® ln%f that whar thrnm i s t r ^ lev© ai^ cterotioa ^ a ^17 table

m altar to Q-d. fliat i t amity,

a society whiofe *»dly aavas U M ts orfer to Mil i t t *fadai«

it»tjd..a that «mf Mai is in G«d«* ban^ *n$ hene© in not

that nvary «^r« mmm% afimild b© t a ^ t «p nitfe

good d**4a, n l ^ eliari^, ^Itfe f H ^ nith tmlp for the

hat i s saniV. Tto • ^©rld whar® lUlilM a l l i t s * ^a l l td progf«9s,

^ t tot al l sen art tht efeil«twm ©f o»# f*thtrf that m

dea««ndad fren Ada*, and net eoler Imt t^urast^r i s nhat eomt». That i s

r. Ttet i« M i makes of ih@ a^i«fe «orX4 a ia&e world. H i t i i *

mmm urn

m*%& foftiilttXy •uperior to th»

lunaci#» of mr auktom &v:licgtien, MUff i t a t e l l to thSs ktisd of sanity*

& «$t*Ht!jg» t^ &mr mm\*&f and eivlliwtf&cm ®n«i eoltisi* to tffciiafom l t w l f

on ill*

la « i m a i tevn In tuw>t«» Alt |s# h»<l In

*V«EI «h»n the 41<w«5rdhBit *ounds «wr» ctL»turblja^, r;o ®gg ntdmXd « ^ a word.

Sat lit «« • MI wrphmi «n< f

la 9

i t ^ t ^ m from the Mg eltjr, 5a^«sly f » t %h»

«uir«te ttia l i t tXs orphan $ii»i ^i4 «tart«4 ta fld&« «»&y oa hin

ran

ie strilit thi t^r* A« ba wa« »boqt ! • hit hist,

nnw»l* m#t*r&\i tog#t^«r «a «n ©rt^ia^rm w d Xo «nd behold,

Mi MMMi ^rh«»,

«f th» a dfiBP bus oftMi %^» r#tiirt«4 MI « dUoord«Rt note la

a t t l a u u ^M Om«lc« cattfti IMP l0^ri*^4»f tlm ®t»#i

9 111 i«orXdl Xayif.he4 i l us In ansi^at di^n backus© n» ^NMfttf I t

%& k i l l o*r eht ldno ,HR4 b*cau»e w» b«Xiav«4 1m only ©^ CM*

MJM IT

to u#, ftaictef Hi to s t i l l tfe*

if t!** Shoter and to Jola in

»• »• ««** febij^t to r i s e

i# ill timt #

mmkm

to

orphawi

to ke#p in f me with

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prom to

Ionic d«#©ly Into our mn *m3M$ m& mmd mxt

truttk In tfe»

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