Flying rabbis fight swine flu with prayer, trumpetsDozens of Israeli rabbis versed Versed® Midazolam Pharmacology A preoperative sedative in the esoteric secrets of the Kabbalah kabbalah or cabala (both: kăb`ələ) [Heb.,=reception], esoteric system of interpretation of the Scriptures based upon a tradition claimed to have been handed down orally from Abraham. have taken to the skies to pray for an end to the swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. epidemic. The rabbis prayed and blew seven times into ceremonial ram's horns known as shofars as they flew over Israel on Monday, the Yediot Aharonot newspaper reported. "The aim of this operation is to stop this epidemic so that people don't die any more. Following our prayers, we are certain the danger is now over," Rabbi Yitzhak Batzri told the paper. Israel has recorded five deaths from swine flu, while about 2,000 people are infected by the (A)H1N1 virus. The name 'swine flu' sounds unclean to observant ob·ser·vant adj. 1. Quick to perceive or apprehend; alert: an observant traveler. See Synonyms at careful. 2. Jews. Deputy health minister Yakov Litzman, a member of the ultra-religious United Torah Judaism Not to be confused with Union for Traditional Judaism. United Torah Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות התורה המאוחדת, party, said earlier this year the name "swine flu" should not be used because of its reference to pigs, an animal whose meat is considered unclean in Judaism. But he failed in his attempt to get authorities to switch the name to "Mexican flu." 
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