Biblical legislation providing care of needy was wise and humane, the New York Board of Jewish Ministers, comprising the rabbis of leading orthodox, conservative and reform synagogues, have declared.
But a lottery, encouraging gambling and greed, would be opposed to the Biblical spirit, they added.
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