Star.
London, England, 1807-04-28 00:00:00

THE S !NV; DRIN.

From one of the French papers (the Peen.' S
Commerce), of the t 3th, we have given a part ot the
Decifvms of the jewifh Sanhedrin at Paris, refpeA•
ing the duties which the Jews owe to other people,
and the belt means of making their induOry conducive
to the general advantage. Our ferie of journals not
being perfeet, we have not been able to give the fiat
four articles of thi. document.

DECISIONS OF THE GRAND SANHEDRIN, CONVOKED AT
PARIS, IN VIRTU! OF THE ORDERS OF HIS MA-
'AM' THE .AMPERoR AND RING.
ARTICLE V.—MORAL RRLATIONS.

Tt e Grand Sanhed in withing to determine what are the rels-
tines the 1 aw of Mores prt fcrihes to thc Jews towards the
individuals of the nations among which they live, and which, pro-
felling another religion, acknowledae GOD the Creator of Heaven
and Earth:—.

Declare, That every individual prorefling the religion of Morro,
who dine. not pradlre Janice and Charity toward. admen adoring
the i TES NA L independently of 0-.4 paticular Creed, fins effen
Bally ag dolt the Law of Mores.
.1 hat in the eye of :inflict, every thing prollhited by the Holy
Scripture as bring contrary to it, is alarolute and without refped
of perrons

That the decalogue and the rcreei book.' contained in the com-
mandments of on. n dis refired cftahlilb nn particular relation,
and indirate neither quality, nor condition, nor religion. to which
they t zelufivelv apply; in Mort, that they arc common to the re-
lations of the Ifterlites with all men in genera: ; and that every
lfraclitc who infringes them towards any perfon, he he who he
m ay, 14 equally criminal and reprehenfible iu the eyes of the
1.010.

That this dodrine is alto taught by the Dodtors of the Law,
which never scares to preach the love of Goo and of his creature,
(T►ait; •,'4111,1 chap. eh 1. 6 ) and who formally declares. that the
recotrpenfes of life eterral arc refereed to the virtuous men of all
nation---That we find in the Prophets multiplied proofs which
eitablifh that Wad is not the enemy of thole who profers a dale-
rei t religion ; that, with refpeit to charity. ✓ides, as has been al-
ready related pi, !tribes it. in the came of Goo, as as obligation,
' Love thy neighbour as thyfelf ; for I am the Loan."
"But the Orange, that dwelleth with you thallhe sabot of your-
(elves, and thou (halt love him as thefelf : for ye were ftrangets
in the land of Egypt : lam the Lotto your Gus." (Lev. ch. $9.
v 34.) David fay. " The mercy of Goo extends to all his Works.
(Kahn :43. • 9.) " What does the Lotto require of you " fay.
Micah. •' Nothing more than tube jolt :—.esereife C barity," (ch.
6. v. 8.) Our rodors declare, " that a man who pities the mis-
fortunes of his fellow creature is in our eyes a• if he was an ilfue
of the blood of At r 11gm." (Hirubin, chap. 7 )
That every lfraelite, in their condo& towards the defeendante of
Noah (hall love the to as their brethren, whatever be their religion;
!hall vi6t their lick and bury their dead; •all Alit their poor as
th, fe of lfrael, and that there is no adt of charity, norm/rock of
mercy with which they can ttlfpente towards them.
According to thole motives, grounded upon the fpirit and letter
of the Holy Scripru-r,
The Grand Sanhedrin pr, vibes to all the Ifraclites, at a duty
eiTentially religiuu•, and inherent in their creed, the habitual and
constant pradice towards all men acknowledging GoD the Creator
of Heaven and Earth. what, ver religion they prof, Is, of ads of
Office and charity, the performacce of which is prefcribed the
fatted bo ks.
ART 371...C1T1L AR• POLITICAL RECAIIOMIII

Tile Grand Sanhedrin prnrtrated with the utility whisk (bout('
refult to the Ifrarlites from an authentic declaration. which fizes
and determines their obligations a. members of the Rate to which
'they belong. and within' that no perfon mould be ignorant what
are, in this refped, the principles which the Dutton of the Law-
and the Dd.( men of ifrael, profefs and prctcribe to their fellow,
worthipper-, in the countries where they are not excluded from all
the advantages of Civil Society. particularly in France and the
kingdom of Italy :
IX elates that it is the religious du•y of every Braelite horn and
educated in a Rate, or who flail become a citizen by refidence or
ritherivife, to conform to the lowa which determine the conditions
of citizenfhip. to regard the WA Rare as his country!
That thee duties which fine from the nature of things, which
are eonf.•nwahie to the deftination of men in fociety, agree with
tt•e word uf Goo alto.
Dank) fast to Darius " that he was only fared from the fury
of the lions, becanfe he was equally faithful to his Goo and his
King " f t'hap. vi v. 23.)
Jeremiah recommends to all the Hebrews to regard Babylon as
their country : Concur with all your might to its welfare " ;iv.
chap. S. We read in the fame hunk the oath which Gedaliah ad•
mi, illered to the ifrarlites. 0 Fear not" he tells them '• t. terve
the Chaldean.; live in the country, he faithful to the King of
Babylon and you (►all Ave happily." Ibid. chap. 14. v. at.
" Fear GOD and your Sovereign," fay. Solomon, (Prow. clap.
14. V. at)
'That every thing preferlhes to the Ifraelite to have towards his
Prince and his !Awl', the reined, the attachinent,and the fidelity,
which all his (Ojeda owe to him as a tribute.
flat every thing obliges him not to frparate his own intereft
from that of the public ; nor his deitiny, or that of his family.
from the defliny of the great family of the State: that he ought
to be :Aided at its reverie, of fortune. congratulate with its tri-
umphs. and concur, with all his taco:tics to the welfare of his fel-
low eitizrns.
In cont. quence •f this the Grand Sanhe bin ordains, that every
ifrarlite born and educated in France. and the Kingdom of Italy,
and treated by the laws of the two States as a citizen is obliged
rcligionoy to regard them as his country. to terse them to defend
thc-o, to obey the laws, and to conform blmfelf in all his teethe-
tions to the difpofitions of the civil code.
And moreover, the Grand Sanhedrin declares, that every Um-
lite . ailed to the Military ferviee. is freed by the law; during the
terns of his fervicc, from all religious obfervances irreconcilable

with Ma own tenets.
ART- Vll.—.Ustrus. Piterasstont.

The Grand Sinliedrin witting to inform the Weenies, and
particularly thole of France and Italy, of the necelfity under
which they are. and the adv.ntages which will refult from their
eh-voting theatre-Ives to agriculture. of polielling landed eitates. of
exercifing arts and callings of cultivating the (denten which admit
of their embracing the liberal profellions ; and confidering that for
a lone time the ifraelites of the two countries have been under the
neceffity of renouncing in a pent meafurcusechanieal labour. and
chiefly the cul'ure of the ground, which was in ancient times their
favourite occupation, this difadvantageous renunciation mutt be
attributed to the viciffitinl. s of their *etc....to the uncertainty in
which they sv. re, as well with refped to their petfonal fecurity,
as with regard to their property. as alto to the obftacles of all kinds
which the regulations and the laws of nations oppofe to the free
developement of their induftry and activity ;
That this renunciation is not merely therefult of the principles
of their religion, or of the internretation which their Maori,
both ancient sad modern, give of them, bat rathrr•an tit;hatipy
effeet of the habits which the privation of the free exercife of their
ind lindens (acerbics has made them coot rat:
'that it refill's, on the contrary. from the letter and fpirit of the
Mdaie legit:lacings, that manual labour was held in honour among
the Children of Iliad, and that there is no mechanical art which
is interdicted to them by name, *nee the Holy Scripture invites
them and recommends to tf.em to occupy thenifelves in this
manner;
'That this truth is demonftrated by the eolledtion of the laws of
Mores and leveret particular teats, fetch as the following among
others:
Kelm t 27.—." When thou link enjoy the labour of thy hands,
thou halt he fortunate and have abundance."
Erne. ch. and i1ia...," He who cultivates his lands hall
have abundance ; but he who lives in idlene Co is in famine "
!bid ch. zeiv and azoii--“ Cultivate thy fields diligently, and
thou Ask afterwards build thy manor."
Mikes, Tr site d'Abot. ch. Love labour. and him idlenefs."
That it follows evidently from there teats, nut only that no ho-
neft calling is interdieted to the Ifraeliter: but that religion attaches
merit to the termite of their callings ; and that it is agreeable to
the eyes of the MUST Hum that every one thoald follow Lome
calling, and make it, as tar as depends upon Ininfelf, the °Ned of
his occupatio,s;
That this doctrine is confirmed by the Talmud, which. regent •
log idletsets as the (mace of vice. politivrly declares that the father
who does not teach a pronehoe to bat child educat. a him tor the
life est a h.bber.—firiffe Kidiirchlin, chap 1.)
Thereseree the (Snead aaoliedrin, in virtue of the power* with
with which it to clothed.
Urels:ts all Itraelites.as.4 partkuLirtfkbole of Francs and Italy,