CROSSWORD 881

ACROSS

1 Nahshon’s father (Num. 1:7) (9)

6 Difficulties, unsolvable problems (Yiddish slang) (5)

9 Claire, head over heels, is sweet (6)

10 Some hate filling boxes with religious texts (Hebrew) (8)

13 One of the Jewish rebel warriors who founded the Hasmonean dynasty (167 BCE to 37 BCE) (8) 14 Don’t move! Can’t, anyway, if you do! (6)

15 Depression left in oil-well (5)

17 Barrier separating the sexes in an orthodox synagogue (Hebrew) (9)

19 (with 21 Down) Notorious spiller of Israeli nuclear secrets (9)

20 “.... darkness over the land of ***** ..... ” (Ex. 10:21) (5)

22 Argentinian cowboy develops a cough (6)

23 Attack woman’s daughter, one looking after kids (8)

25 Jewish liturgical hymn “Sovereign of the Universe” (Hebrew) (4,4)

26 Centre of Hull bypass drawn up last month (6) 27 Kosher nibbles Isaac sometimes had for starters? (5)

28 Obscure number finds nirvana (higher than ‘Seventh Heaven?) (5,4)

DOWN

2 Jewish one-time leader of the Conservative Party who had miracle recovery (7,6)

3 Account added to tax-free plan for patriarch (5) 4 West Bank arab city whose symbol is an onion, a water melon and a canteloupe (6) 5 Piece of advice, especially when unwanted (Yiddish) (5)

7 Midday (Yiddish) (6,3)

8 The word “yes” in Hebrew (3)

11 Fellow played this to lure in female in musical intervals (6)

12 World-famous Israeli-American violinist and conductor (b. 1945 in Tel Aviv-Yafo) (6,7)

16 Physics, taken by those wishing to better themselves (9)

18 Move up or down - a Sefer Torah for example (6)

21 See 19 Across (6)

23 Bet’s successor set about that fellow from the East End (Hebrew) (5)

24 Well-informed about part of photonovel (3-2) 25 Flighty thing, topless, displaying The Torah’s home in a synagogue! (3)