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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE, June 27, 1975 - PACE 12
Jewish Quiz Box
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
QUESTION: What is the
“Naturei Karta?”
ANSWER: This is a term
currently applied to the most ex
treme religious faction in the State
of Israel. Many of this sect refuse
to recognize Israel as a State until
the arrival of the Messiah. The
name “Naturei Karta" has an in
teresting origin. It technically
means “keepers of the gates.”
Rabbi Judah once was said to have
sent his students to survey the con
dition of scholarship throughout
the land of Israel. They arrived at
a certain city and found no scribe
or scholar. They asked the city
fathers to bring to them the
watchers of the gates. When they
brought before the students the
gate keepers, who literally were the
watchmen of the physical gates,
the students replied: “These are
not watchmen of the gates. They
arc the destroyers.”
When the townspeople asked
them, "Who are the keepers of the
gates?" they replied, “These are
really the scholars, scribes and
teachers." The indication was, of
course, that the solidification of a
city or a country rests with its
religious leaders and religious
scholars. Thus, in defiance of the
literal government leaders, this
sect set themselves up as an
autonomous body claiming
authority over their own domain
because of their piety and
scholarship. (Talmud Verushalmi,
Chagigah, Chapter I)
QUESTION: What are the
"Misnagdim?”
ANSWER: The term
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Mizrachi Women will hold a
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Wednesday and Thursday, July 2
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‘"Misnagdimf means ''op
ponents.” It W>as applied to those
who opposed the Hasidic move
ment in the early 19th century.
They were Especially prominent in
Lithuania and White Russia. Most
famous among those opponents
was the famous Gaon of Vilna,
Rabbi Elijah. The opposition was
stimulated by a fear that the move
ment would weaken the intellec
tual facet of Judaism and might
lead to superstitions which were
unfounded. Even though that part
of the Jewish population which
does not follow Hasidic tendencies
are no longer “opponents” in the
strict sense of the word, the term is
still used as a distinguishing
feature, making a distinction
between Hasidim and other Jews.
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