Menorah · 1923-01-01 · Heft 6 · p. Seite 10

10 MENORAH THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH LAW IN PALESTINE / DIE ENTWICKLUNG DES JÜD. RECHTES IN PALÄSTINA By Morris de S a x c I or ihe last twcnty to ihirty years, Jevvs have beeil slriving to gain political rights in Palestine, and have been devoting their energies to the rebuilding of a Jewish State. Concerning the nature and purpose of this State therc have been many idcas. Zionists in general have endeavoured to obtain the material resources for creating a foundation and for securing the immigration of as many Jcws as possiblc. This school of Zionists has not worried about the nature of the Settlements; as long as they were to bc composed of Jcws, the main objects would be achieved. Another school of Zionists has attempted to create a Hebrew culture, to revive the Hebrew language as a spoken tongue and to intensify the Jewish consciousness in all spheres of lifc. Still another group. the Mizrachi, has endeavoured to see that all activities should bc carried out in strict compliance with the requirements of the Jewish religion and of Jewish Law. I'ollowing the usual practicc of British administration in a conquered country, the inhabitants retain their own code of law, in so far as it is not repugnant to British usages. This, in Palestine, will bc the Ottoman code, which Mr. Harry Sacher, an English Jewish barrister, practising in Jerusalem, thinks will be tempered by English Equity This does not leave much room for Jewish Law, but provisions are now made for the cxclusive Jurisdiction, in certain matters, of religious courts Jewish and Mohammedan. The Jewish ecclesiastical courts will try all matters concerning marriage and divorce, and deal partly with succession Thus we see what a very small basis exists for the foundation of a state where Jewish Law shall be paramount. This is a difficulty which has always to bc faced in the East, where, as a rule, there is no onc code of law for all the inhabitants, but every Citizen has his own personal code of law prescribed by his religion. In whatever way these various problems are solved, we should expeet, from a Jewish State, a model for the rest of the worlcl, and a manner of living in rightcousness. In many countries of the world we now find a great proportion of the Citizens attempting to apply the direct teachings of the Bible in the form of Socialism. There is an attempt to limit the power of the individual to work solely on his own bchalf with no thought of the needs of others, and to make him consider the needs of the rest of the Community. In other words Socialists are really attempting to introducc a statc sanetion for religion, in which breaches of the moral law will be punishable. Will it be the tendency of the new Jewish Palestine to produce such conditions and embody in reality the teachings of our Prophcts? h 3 "I 8 "i 1 ~ _±±r\ 1 n st. :.d 1 a y bv iTapn nins &zv ♦rtnns 'jvyj"» \3»i ^etttr loa 'ce? ♦'rorfe *2? "tr'a nobtr nx Vj ♦»^?tt,n üb nbttjjin ss$b »ab Tjbn s3 •■fe *b - i?.^ tfb ß# ---3^:e hy &vy;b^F\ nninr c]w nb»b Tjn» ^2 ♦i«;n bs: T,n!pb -na" nsbx nr« nnria ♦D"1K?tf VfflÖK 3?3"!«2 'Olpe" <ninryi-ßk nns is ,•«»»»♦♦-. i^w,j n ---zbtyr\ b:)i pt* -prpn om- CyT D ^T; niT,;p 1^5?i tv!ö 2?S§3 n=inB iab *k /mnnn yz-pb "Bis:] ..« mnnn >'c>s'b ta^pei niKC* mpin-; mn» crx br iTiIön >'r>\*b mri-p ntt^ ni"?r. ---c?be u^fnini ■pbjnb cojsa ct?"! iniitt^ cbnsö erbe* ctf$: abirrt ♦ .♦n^epni-iip bs -,£cb -Tib cflö c exc * ♦. -t&sö cnf?n dct? cbdnj rubra," bc - - - "To prT na^ bs ^Tv'1 ai-|,-5e '211|2Ö rusq^ri bs n?;T. *£C —--rras-nr Scheket Jisrael ChazJ Haschekel Silbermünzen, geprägt unterTder''Regierung Simeon des Makkabäcrs, 148—143 v. Chr. ♦BlpJÖ3 ♦nj^rt yrti11 "»ri« Wien I., Tuchlauben 7 a, Tuchlaubenhof III., Landstraßer Hauptstraße 88 VI., Ammerlingstraße 8 XVII., Ottakringer Straße 48 XX., Wallensteinstraße 35 Telephone: 29-5-95, 29-5-96, 29-5-97. 65-0-15, 5(5-78, 75-4G, 84-4-58, 49-0-50 RcttfcdernreiniKunRsanstalt: XVII., Bcrgsteigg.2 II!