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From: carey@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 00:02:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  3 00:02:00 1985
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/* Written  5:55 pm  Nov 15, 1985 by buchbind@agrigene.UUCP in uiucdcsb:net.startrek */
>	It's derived from the way a Jewish *priest*, not rabbi, blesses
>the congregation.  Also, the congregation is forbidden to watch the
>priests while the blessing is being done;  they are not required to turn
>their backs to the priests, though many do.
>	The joke is told of a grandfather teaching a child to not watch.
>"If you look once you'll go blind;  if you look a second time you'll die!"
-- 
I have never heard of a Jewish priest.  I thought all Jewish clergy
were called rabbis.  You sound what you know what you are talking about.
What is a Jewish priest?