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CINCINNATL—Records of a Ilr
braic community culture in China
during the Ming dynasty hundreds of
I years ago, of which all trace had been
completely lost to civilization, have
I been brought to light by Adolph S.
Oko, librarian of the Hebrew Union
College of Cincinnati, who arrived re-
cently on the Berengaria from a
book scouting expedition in Europe.
Mr. Oko brought back 59 Chinese
Hebrew manuscripts bound in the
original Chinese silk, which, with the
exception of four which were stolen
' several years ago from an exhibition
I in London, constitute all the mono-
I scripts known to have been written
1 by Jews living in China. Several
I books contain translations of hymns
into the Jewish-Persian dialect, there-
, by indicating a relationship between
the Chinese and Persian Hebrew
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Mr. Oko's total purchase on this
Selling and Rabbi Jonah
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A SPLENDID SUGGESTION
Dear Editor of the Children's Corner:
Would it not be a good thing if
readers of the Children's Corner
would sometimes write little articles
that Jewish boys and girls would like
to read? Many Jewish boys and girls
are fond of writing as well as reading
and would be pleased to let other boys
and girls know what they are thinking
about. I wonder it the editor of the
Children's Corner would welcome lit-
tle stories, poems or anecdotes which
would interest young Jewish readers.
A Reader of the Children's Corner.
Dear Reader of the Children's Corner:
You are quite right in saying that
Jewish boys and girls like to write as
well as rend. Your suggestion that
young readers, who have something
of interest to say, should send it in to
the Children's Corner, deserves praise.
I hope that the girls and boys, who
would like to write stories of interest
to young Jewish readers or otherwise
express themselves, will do so in the
near future. It will be gratifying to
see Detroit Jewish boys and girls
make the Children's Corner a column
which they can truly call their own.
Now, boys and girls, let us see what
you can do in the way of writing stor-
ies and poems of Jewish interest.
Girls and boys in other cities have
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their weekly papers, and Detroit lads
and lassies ran do as well.
Editor, Children's Corner.
think that no one wi I allow me to
take shelter for the night; but, after
all, God is just and whatever He dues
must be best."
Seating himself tinder a tree, he
lit his lamp and began to read out
of the the book of law. Be hod only
read a few lines when a gust of wind
blew out the light.
"What!" exclaimed the rabbi, "Am
I not permitted even to read? But
Gal is just and whatever Ile does
must be best."
• Ile stretched himself out on the cold,
bare earth, trying to get a few hours'
sleep. But just as he was dosing off
there was a noise. and he woke to find
a fierce wolf hurrying past with a bird
in its mouth. It was his favorite bird,
the cock that woke him every. morn-
ing.
"Alas!" cried he, "what new mis-
fortune is this that has overtaken me?
The cock who has been my vigilant
companion for so long is gone. Who
now will awaken me to the study of
the law? But, after all God is just
and whatever He does must be best.
him into the next world.
He thought the matter over care-
fully, and finally decided that he
would prepare for the life to come by
giving generous alms for the rest of ,
his lifetime. He swore, however, that!
he would only give to those who had
lost all hope in this world.
One day he met a miserable man
by the roadside. The latter was poor,
and clad in rags, so the rich man de-
cided that here was one who, of course
had lost all hope. Ile therefore pre-
sented the Man with a hundred gold
pieces. Amazed the man asked:
"Why do you give this princely sum
to toe, instead of dividing it among
the needy of the city?"
"Because," said the man of wealth,
"I have sworn of give only to those
who are sunk in the depths of despair
and who have lost faith in this world."
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The poor man thrust his gold back
at him in scorn.
"Do you not know," he cried, "that
the Eternal can deliver me from need
and bestow riches upon me if Ile so
desires? It is you who have lost faith.
As for me, I trust in the goodness of
the Eternal and in His mercy."
"I try to help you," said the rich
man, "and in return you rebuke me."
Steering is like guiding a bicycle.
Gears shift easily. Care of the car
calls for little more than keeping it
lubricated.
A PURIM SONG
Sing a song of Purim,
Jewish girls and boys,
Sing a song of Purim
With its lasting joys.
Scarcely had he lain down again
Haman, wicked fellow,
when a lion sprang upon his ass and
Wished to kill the Jews,
carried it off into the darkness.
But his plan was ruined
"What am I to do now?" cried the
By a clever ruse.
distressed rabbi. "My light, my bird,
and my poor ass are all gone, and I
Mordecai went quickly,
must wander alone. But praise be to
To the Queen he told
God, Ile is just and what He does
All the dreadful story,
must be best."
Begged her to be bold.
After a sleepless night, the rabbi
Esther was a Jewess,
went to the village to see if he could
Loved her people much,
obtain a horse to carry him on his
Planned how she could save them
way. But what was his surprise and
From Ilaman's fearful clutch.
horror to find that all the houses had
been plundered and their inhabitants
King Ahasuerus
killed during the night by a hand of
Heard the clever plan—
robbers.
A famous Jewish rabbi named
Only one did suffer,
"Forgive me, Lord, for complain-
Akiva was driven by persecution from
And Haman was that man!
ing," said he, as he turned his face
his native land and compelled to wan- upward. "Had not the people driven
der over the dreary desert.
Sing a song of Purim,
me from their village I should certain-
His whole possessions consisted of
Thanks to Esther give,
ly have shared their fate; had not the
a lamp, which he used to light at night
Though a queen in Persia
wind blown out my light the robbers
in order to study a book containing
She helped poor Jews to live.
would have been attracted to the spot
the sacred law; a cock which used to
—SIIEILA RAND.
and have killed me also; and hadst
wake him in good time by his crow-
Thou not deprived me of my two com-
ing, and an ass on which he rode.
panions their noise would also have
One evening the rabbi felt almost
brought the robbers. Praise be to
too exhaused to go farther, and won-
Thee forever; Thou art just and what
The hundredth anniversary of the
dered where he could and shelter for
birth of Josef Israel, one of the great-
the night. He saw ahead of him • vil- Thou does is best.
est Dutch painters of the nineteenth
lage and determined to press on and
century, is being observed in art
ask for a lodging.
circles throughout the world. He was
Astonishing to relate, however, not
born in Groningen in Northern Hol-
one of the churlish inhabitants of that
His paintings
village would give the weary traveller One day a man of great wealth was land, Jan. 27, 1824.
shelter, and disappointed and fatigued thinking over the actions of his life- reveal the life of the poor and hum-
ble
folk
in
Holland,
and
shows them
he was compelled to make his way in- time. lie could not see what good was
to come of the gold he had so carefully in their every day work. He died at
to a wood.
' "It Is hard," said the rabbi, "to amassed, as he could not take it with the age of 87.
THE RABBI IN THE DESERT
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Mr. Oko also purchased a unique!
set of the Talmud of the sixteenth
century. It is a first edition and is
known as the Goyish Talmud, because
although it is a Jewish book, it was
never in the hands of Jews. This
book was obtained from the Earl of
Crawford library. This Talmud is in
its original bindings and it contains
inscriptions of its various owners.
This volume evidently was never used
and is bound in vellum and parch-
ment. It was printed by Daniel Rom-
berg, a non-Jew, one of the most dis-
tinguished Italian printers of the fif-
teenth century.
The librarian also secured a large
collection of tracts written by con- 1
verted Jews, from the fifteenth to
the nineteenth centuries, preaching
to their former co-religionists. He
acquired two-thirds of the famous
catalogue Judaica ilebraica, a col-
lection of manuscripts and early
printed books, illustrative of the his-
tory, martyrdom and literature of the
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These manuscripts. Mr. Oko says,
were brought from China to London
by the London Society for Promoting
Christianity among the Jews in
China, an organization which sent
missionaries to that country for the
t first time in 1849. The manuscripts
purchased by Mr. Oko were obtained
by the missionaries of that society in
the village of Kae-fang-fop.
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