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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

The Jews' Reveille

Rosh Hashonah —5681

By Rabbi Judah L. Lewis

(Rabbi of the United Jewish Orthodox

Congregations of Detroit)

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The sound of the Shofar or rams
horn, which impress us so profoundly
during the New Year services, seems
to vary in its mood in accordance
with the times. In happy days the
call of the Shofar ratherreminds one
of the free mountain sheep, happy in
its native hills, bounding lightly over
crag and precipice, and yet ever keep-
ing touch with its fellows of the flock,
possessed of a heart which knows
neither fear nor malice. Alasl the
times change and so does the mood
of the Shofar. In its broken "shwar-
im" notes we seem to hear the agon-
iz•d cry of the same mountain ram
suffering under teeth and claws of
wolf or lynx.
Mislina Kanim is quoted a poetic
parable of Rabbi Joshua's. The sage
in speaking of the ram remarks that
during life it possesses but a single
voice,—that issuing front its throat.
But after death the creature expresses
itself in may voices of varying ap-
peal. Its horns sound the strident
call of the trumpet; its guts, vibrat-
ing tinder the bow of the violin, give
rise to piercing melodies; its parch-
ment skin rumble and reverberate in
the muffled sound of the drum; and
its bones chatter as castanets. Like-
wise when the shadow of death has
hovered over men, we hear many
voices, any appeals, many prayers.
It is our duty to respond to the ut-
most. We most alleviate the suffer-
ing of our brethren in the area of
bloodshed, no less than in previous
strenuously to the work of upbuilding
years. We must apply ourselves
the "Promised Land.• We must ex-
ert every effort to repair the damage,
which the recent unhappy years, have
caused to our spiritual life. We must
pray to God for protection against the
outbursts of vicious race hatred and
anti-semitism, which threaten our ex-
istance even here.
The peals of the Shofar sound a
reveille to awaken us Jews and
arouse us to these our duties. To lay
the foundations of Zion, to build the
walls of Jerusalem, to plant the vine-
yards of "Ercz Israel,' in short, to
live up to the commandments and
spirit of our holy Torah. And if we
do all these things, mayhap on the
next New Year, the Shofar will again
sound a happy and free note, as of
yore.
Arise! For thy light lo come, and
the glory of the Lord is risen upon
thee."—Isaiah.
May God bless us, and may He
grant us a "Ksivall and Chsimah
Tovah."

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Rosh-Hashonah, New Year, is
known as "Yahmim Noroim," fearful
days.
Never have the days of the Jews
been so fearful as those of the pass-
ing year, never have tears flown so
freely, never has blood been shed so
pitilessly. Fountains of tears! Oceans
of blood!
We view with a shudder the pass-
ing year, and fear the approach of the
coming New Year.
Who knows what the future has in
store for usl
The Jew views his past, he looks
at the bloody corpses piled sky-high
in Ukrania, he hears the blood of his
brothers calling to hint out of the
earth in Poland, and he stretches out
his hand to heaven and together with
the Psalmist he laments: "M' ayin
yovoh ezri?" "Where shall come my
help? Who will lend me a helping
hand?"
Says the immortal Jeremiah, "Hoy-
soh k'almanoh." She (the city of
Jerusalem) becarrie like a widow, not
an actual widow." The Talmud com-
ments on it as follows: "The phrase,
'like a widow,' implies neither a
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one who is living under the protec-
tion of her husband, but something
in between, i. e., a deserted woman."
The wife of a true and loyal hus-
band is inspiring respect, a widow is
inspiring pity, but a deserted woman
is inspiring neither respect nor pity.
"This," says the Talmud. "is the
actual position of the Jew, like a de-
serted woman. The Jess, is neither
respected nor pitied."
True it is, the Jew is imploring for
mercy. But he is not so naive as to
assume that the barbaric Haidamaki
will pity him. He knows their vic-
iousness is inborn, hereditary. He is
not hoping for mercy at their hands,
but he is turning his eyes to the great
civilized world, to the world who
fought for justice, peace and human-
ity.
On Rosh-Hashonah we blow the
"shofer," the rams horn. We are
this sounding the alarm. \Ve are
waking up our slumbering brethren .
We are telling him a tale of woe, we
are telling him that we are homeless.
Can there be anything sadder than
this?
Let us hope that the decision at
San Remo will soon be carried out in ,
practice, and the New Year will find
the homeless Jew in his own home.

ROSH HASHONAH.

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Rosh Hashana is a day for review.
And review implies revaluation. No
Rosh Hashana within our experience
is so opportune for (bat revaluation
of the things and the aims of life as
this year's. The world-tragedy out of
which we have emerged, and the se-
quel to that tragedy which is full of
ominous foreboding, and the sober,
almost fearful doubt we have as to the
sanity and balance and self-restraint
of men and nations and civilization
must drive us into the synagog, the
only refuge we have for calm detach-
ment and solemn reassurance.
Regulation must be moral or else
it is another self-delusion. We must
see things as they really are and not
as our greed, and our passion and our
sordid speculation falsify them. Re-
ligion, genuine pious and unclouded
religiousness can reconcile us. It alone
can chasten us and make us feel that,
since the turbulent world has failed
us in those finer cravings which we
had and which have not been denied
us, we may find them within ourselves.
Rosh Hashana is a time for self-re-
storation.

LOUIS GROSSMANN.

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On Rosh Hashonah, 5681

to defend ourselves against the ever-
recurring attacks of our traducers and
calumniators. There is great need of
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By Rabbi A. NI. Hershman
identity and to realize the glorious
Of Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
destiny in store for our people. We
need to be deeply penetrated with a
Among the gifts that I trust the to be ro ∎ rate-hued with encourage- consciousness of the unique moral
coming year may have in store for ment. We must close our ranks and and spiritual possibilities of Israel.
us are unity of hearts and dearness present a united front to the common
And never before was the outlook
enemy.
of vision.
We need moreover, clearness of for the fulfillment of our destiny as
At no period in our history was
there greater need for unity of forces vision. One does not look at a star bright as it is today. For the third
and concerted action than at present. through a monacle, but uses a tele- time itt his long and checkered ca-
The anomalous position of the Jew— scope. So we must look at the pres- reer, Israel stands at the threshold
the war of extermination waged ent situation of Israel with the eyes of a new life, a new ministry. The
against him in Poland, the Ukraine of a people, not as members of a Sall Remo decision, conceding the
and Hungary—the wave of anti-Jew- P or self-defense society. claim ofthz Jew to his ancestral soil
ish feeling ever spreading and ever \Ve must envisage the Jewish prob- marks a new epoch in the life of
rising—all these fill us with anxiety. lem in its totality. We have not Israel. It gives !sins a new status, a
The prospect. even for the least merely to save our hapless brethren new hope, a new task. It is our duty,
pessimistic of Jews, cannot be said from bleeding to death, not merely ourprivilege to prove espial to this

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May the coming year bring with it
the wisdom, the vision, the unity and
the strength which will enable us to
'sleet the arduous duties ahead of us.
A. M. HERSHMAN.

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