"That is why. A _Cohen_ cannot marry a divorced
woman."
The
chanel handbags fit of
trembling passed from the old Reb to the young man. His heart pulsed as with the
stroke of a mighty piston. Without comprehending, Hannah's prior misadventure
gave him a horrible foreboding of critical complications.
"Do you mean
to say I can't marry Hannah?" he asked almost in a whisper.
"Such is the
law. A woman who has had _Gett_ may not marry a _Cohen_."
"But you
surely wouldn't
chanel bags call Hannah a
divorced woman?" he cried hoarsely.
"How shall I not? I gave her the
divorce myself."
"Great God!" exclaimed David. "Then Sam has ruined our
lives." He stood a moment in dazed horror, striving to grasp the terrible
tangle. Then he burst forth. "This is some of your cursed Rabbinical laws, it is
not Judaism, it is not true Judaism. God never made any such law."
"Hush!" said
ugg boots clearance Reb
Shemuel sternly. "It is the holy Torah. It is not even the Rabbis, of whom you
speak like an Epicurean. It is in Leviticus, chapter 21, verse 7: '_Neither
shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
Thou shalt sanctify him, therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God; he
shall be holy unto thee, for
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outlet I the Lord which sanctify you am holy._'"
For an
instant David was overwhelmed by the quotation, for the Bible was still a sacred
book to him. Then he cried indignantly:
"But God never meant it to apply
to a case like this!"
"We must obey God's law," said Reb
Shemuel.
"Then it is the devil's law!" shouted David, losing all control
of himself.
The Reb's face grew dark as night. There
louis vuitton handbags
clearance was a moment of dread silence.
"Here you are,
father," said Hannah, returning with the wine and some glasses which she had
carefully dusted. Then she paused and gave a little cry, nearly losing her hold
of the tray.
"What's the matter? What has happened?" she asked
anxiously.
"Take away the wine--we shall drink nobody's health
to-night," cried David brutally.