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Fhe EWISH SIXTY FIVE CENTS TISHREI 5734 I OCTOBER 1973 VOLUME IX, NUMBER 6 fHE EWISH SIXTY FIVE CENTS !otrrnR R' tl,! lVD' il11n n ,211.:i n~IJ1n nNn ilN,1 i2 w~;::. :tn ;i.t:~D 7·~ :,:;)~.:::. t"K'1CJ P"i1K:. ?Kit!'" !i': ?~ i.'.l'nK ,C"C'i"1';:ii jt:.i \ltl? t"J"1Jnn:.'i i17"£lJi:: ?Ki~., ''~ 1i0!):1 ,C'iiPi1 CJ":"ii ioK7 11.iiii~' Il'i:. in· t7·i~'l p"iiK ?y 7£lJlii17 .:r1;; Jli:\iK 11nKni1 .ii';: ?Kit!'" t·'C' i"n i:Jr K'ii "i~O Ci'ii.'JJi i:J? iJMJKi i10M?o? iK'1" iJ"iiKi1 : i1K'iPi1 .i1';iP"1.: 't!'!:lJi1 ;?OiVOi iJoo ?::iJi,, V~D!:li1 7:; Kn'i\::o::. 'i"Tii "1iOK K?n ·? t"1JJ"1 iK~ ::e•J "For the Sake of Zion ll~'' ~"iiiJ C'iiiii CK . "C·.'J'ii..'J~ •?~ K~.il "iii t:JO it'iN "1'i"~K --- ::i I wjll Not K~!H;J_§jleritJ'' .7KiC''i t'P7K'i iJKtlii~ i"ii ii;; "1JK;)0"1 .iiKT: iii" CJiK ?iv:: KC'iJ .1ii"ii?i ,?Ki~·· 'it!! CJii:i:~ ~rint:Jii? "1J'?Y O'c·in j•?nii? 1'i1'i 1'i1' ?.: nNc i1:i'10J iiW''11: 'iJJi1i ,1Jn1.: .,:::::. An urgent call .1"0: tn'i~ni oniry? 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'Jl\ l\"1'11 'il\ i"'itvn 'itvn J"' ,n"YJ ~"i!iK~ 5Kiil.l~ l'liiJK 5il.l i!iil'lii ~5iiJ l'lS~i~ (:1rn5:r.i 1"1r.i1~;i) Ki'll~' \.Nit1r (-) "v~:r.v :v::" <-) i"t:TU'"ll :"ITU~ (-) lr.'"liii .,,,M J'M~" !)('~" (-) (DDJ•r.ll:\Jr.l 1"lr.l1~C) !ll\lill ''"lir.l t:n;i' (-) itm:in v:i:.:• (-) THE JEWISH OBSERVER in this issue ... THE BEN-TORAH'S DILEMMA: THE PROBLEM OF THE DIVJDED SELFS, Moshe Yechiel f'riecbnan 3 Quo VADIS, CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM? Nissan Wolpin 8 MY YEARS WITH REB ELCHONON, Chaim Shapiro 12 REPORT FROM ARGENTINA: WHERE THERE'S TORAH THERE'S HoPE, Shmuel Arye Levene, as told 10 Nisson Wolpin 18 FooTsTEPs OF A GADoL; HoRAV YosEIF ELJYAHu HENKIN ;i:ii:i' v'"l~ i:i1, from a hespid by Rabbi Naftoli Zvi Y ehuda Riff, translated by Y onah Blumenfrucht 22 HoRAV B1NYOMIN ZE'Ev JACOBSON i1::i::i.1? P'il i::r. an appreciation ........................................................ 24 THE JEWISH OBSERVER is published Two EssAYs BY HoRAV JACOBSON: monthly, except July and August, SHABBOS, AN IDEAL IN PRAYER AND TtIOUGHT 25 by the Agudath Israel of Amercia, 5 Beekman St., New York, N. Y. SHABBOS, AN EXPERIENCE IN SWEDEN ............... 25 10038. Second class postage :paid at New York, N. Y. Subscripllon: $6.50 per year; Two years, $11.00; BooK REvmw: Three years $15.00; outside of the United States $7.50 per year. Single V'sHEE-NON-TOM, AND THOU SHALT TEACH THEM...... 27 copy sixty-five cents. Printed in the U.S.A. SECOND LOOKS AT THE JEWISH SCENE: THE MISSING YARMULKE AT YAD VESHEM 29 RABBI NISSON WoLPIN Editor ANOTHER MIRACLE, Dorothy Weinberger .. 30 Editorial Board DR. ERNST L. BODENHEIMER LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .............. 31 Chairman RABBI NATHAN BULMAN RABBI JOSEPH ELIAS JOSEPH FRIEDENSON RABBI YAAKOV JACOBS RABBI MOSHE SHERER THE JEWISH OBSERVER does not assume responsibility for the Kashrus of any product or service advertised in its pages. As we go to press, war has broken out in Israel. Our hearts OCT. 1973 Vo1.. IX, No. 6 ...,@! are filled with concern and prayer. More in our next issue i1"'N . Moshe Yechiel Friedman The Ben-Torah's Dilemma: The Problem of the Divided Selfs The American yeshiva system has succeeded in producing a highly developed personality. After the hen-Torah leaves the confines of the yeshiva, however, he may face serious stress: while his "private self" may still seem to have secure footing, he often finds his "public self" without anchorage. MAN MAY BE VIEWED as possessing two selfs: one that acts, communicates, deals with the thoughts and feelings is private and another that is social In nature. The of others. Only when a person is a part of something private self exists in a secluded world of its own. In larger than itself, the social self perceives, is it possible this personal enclave man is alone with his secret to be truly whole. dreains, his secret fears, with his very own image of When the group setting is benign, the private self himself. The language of this world is man's inner and the social self live in happy accord. The dreams of speech, and with this condensed, abbreviated form of the private self move toward realization by virtue of self-communication his mind engages in a reflexive the group experiences. The group is supportive: the dialogue. In this small kingdom each man is a sovereign individual belongs; he feels secure; his fears and ten­ for no other mortal can enter these precincts without sions are allayed. Participation in the group is not at his acquiescence. And each of these worlds is unique; the expense of his private esteem; on the contrary, no two are identical. It is this quality of uniqueness his feelings of worth are enhanced and ennobled which impels each man to strive for his individual self­ through his sharing with others. fulfillment. Group identification is the term that is used to The social self is public; it is a collective sort of indicate this sense of kinship with others. In childhood, thing. It functions only as a member of a joint enter­ the individual identifies first with the members of his prise, chiefly in the company of others. The social self immediate family. His identification widens as he learns thrives on closeness, togetherness if you will. .lt fulfills to socialize with other children. Subsequently, his iden­ itself through those experiences which enable a person tification proceeds to embrace ever-broadening groups, to transcend his private self and achieve new levels of like the concentric ripples in a pond which spread from consciousness through subordination to the group a central point. He becomes civic-minded, patriotic, interest. In the group experience, the social self inter- even intcrnationalistic. In all of these dimensions, group identification signifies a progressive heightening RABBI FRIEDIV[AN is Progran1 Supervisor of Torah Un1esorah's of self-fulfillment through growth in social develop­ Counterforce prograrn and Associate Editor of th(' Jewish Pttrent 111agaz.ine. ment. The Jewish Obsr'tver / October,. 1973 3 Those Who Do Not Join when the entire country assembled in Jerusalem, group THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS who cannot or will not fit into identification was not only understood as a spiritual the accepted pattern of social growth. They do not fact; it was also experienced on all levels as a physical make the identifications which help in the development reality. In the context of this dualistic thought, it is of a healthy personality. The social self finds the en­ natural to conceive of the relationship between Jewish vironment hostile rather than supportive. The private society and the metaphysical Kial Yisroel as being self is unable to find realization through group member­ analogous to the relationship that exists between ship.
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