there are cases recorded in the old testament of times
that the priest had to be called back to service by
certain kings, becouse the country under the prior
king had neglected the support of the levis and they
had had to go to farming, hearding etc to feed
themselves and their families. it was considered
shameful.

--- Kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mag's great-grandfather probably *was* a rabbi; I'm
> wondering if his last name was Cohen or a variation
> thereof.  The Cohen line is a traditional line of
> rabbis in the Jewish tradition, and they are assumed
> to have been descendants of the priestly tribe of
> Levi.
>
> Of course rabbis weren't ordained as such as there
> were no divinity schools for them.  I believe they
> were designated as such by virtue of coming from a
> line of rabbis (as the Cohens) or by their wisdom
> and study of Torah.  Thus there were no salaries
> paid for their services per se, and they were
> supported by goods and services provided by the
> local communities.  But I still can't understand how
> a community would let a learned man such as Mag's
> ancestor and his family want for food, etc., unless
> he wasn't really a rabbi.
>
> Kat
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: "Cleveland, Kyle E."
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 08/01/03 09:08 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Old Orthodox Traditions; was RE: Did I
> delete something important              ? Genia
>
> >
> > That makes sense if he was a rabbi, as the tribe
> of Levi was to be given a
> share of the others' sustenance so they could attend
> to their priestly
> duties, right?  So the tradition must have shifted
> over the centuries to
> include those in the community who daven as a
> "vocation".  Is that a
> reasonable inference?
>
> Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 5:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Did I delete something important? Genia
>
>
> As Meir said, Kyle, Praying in Shul was an accepted
> lifestyle in those
> days,
> some were supported by their wives' families,
> others by the community,
> but
> if
> you lived in a poor one, you went hungry. What year
> was this... Well,  it
> had
> to be between 1890, and 1910 as my dad was born in
> 1923 and his oldest
> sister
> was 14 years ahead of him. (grandma thought dad was
> just a tumor!)  anyway
> my
> dad was born in the States.
>
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