United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston Newsletter, April 1991 Page: 1 of 25
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APRIL 1991
FROM THE RABBI'S DESK
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How is it that two so-called experts can look at exactly the same facts
and come out with such opposite conclusions? This happened often during
the Gulf War. Two knowledgeable experts with the highest academic credentials
got on CNN and on the other networks and made ail sorts of statements
about how the war would go or not go. In most instances their statements
were diametrically opposed. Even ex-president Carter, based on his wide
experience in foreign affairs, made all sorts of dire predictions which
diametrically opposed the predictions of President Bush. Thank goodness,
President Carter was proved wrong. All these experts knew the facts.
The facts, for the most part, were not in dispute. Iraq had so many soldiers
and tanks and the United States had so many soldiers and tanks, but it
was in the interpretation of the facts that they differed. Some of them
had real insight into the situations they addressed while others did not.
Those who did not were either blinded by their prejudices or prejudgements
or failed to take into account intangible factors: morale, motivation, etc.
When we are confronted with making decisions facts are not enough. You
also have to know how to interpret the facts. The Torah tells us that
the high priest wore a breastplate and on this breastplate were four rows
of three stones each. Upon them were written the names of the children ■’
of Israel. The high priest also wore a stone on each of his shoulders.
The rabbis differ as to whether these stones were the Ureem and Tumeem
or whether the Ureem and Tumeem was the name of G-d which was inscribed
in the folds of the breastplate, but, be that as it may, when issues of
national importance to Israel needed to be decided the high priest could
ask the Ureem and Tumeem questions and the stones on his shoulders or
on his breastplate would answer. Some rabbis say that the stones on his
shoulders would flash one shoulder for yes and the other shoulder for
no. Others say that the answer came only from the stone of the breastplate.
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