A merican 'elvish Periodical Center CLIPTON AVINUI • CINCINNATI 20, OHIO PAGE SEVEN litcVentorr,kwisn RoxichE ■ famine'. My soul praise the Lord and Thou are appease and remove their l'ou need not be wealthy to be great, charitable. Go through I i fe thought- Oh bird, beauty and majesty are Thy fully, tenderly, considerately And sym- clothes pathetically and you will irradiate an Open my eyes, let nit- understand nspiriting influence and implant an The wonders lit Thy law." Thy loving uncle m • Personal Letter of Rabbi E. S. Sofer, P•Its, Hungary, Author a( SUSMAN EI.IEZER SOEEIL Jolkiel Elieser, Demesck Elieser, Serer H•miksohn and Other Works. ... Ethical Principles and Practical Rites In the Conduct Of a Jewish Rabbinate . ....... .-1 . • ..................... ...... . .................... GREETINGS Morris-McBride Shop in the possession o the trans- The original letter, written in Hebrew, s M. Fischer of Detr oift.) lator (verbatim), his grandson, R. DRESSMAKER MAKER OF FINE GOWNS REPAIRING OUR SPECIALTY EMPIRE 6988 7644 WOODWARD AVE. CHANUKAH GREETINGS TO THE ENTIRE JEWISH COMMUNITY Sincere heartfelt blessings and con-1.1allas. during all this time 1 never -c ratulations at the occasion of thy hook "rechash" emolument from the ' election to be rabbi in I ont,iii,,a . poor, no fee for performing marriages, Nlay thy strength increase in the holy for filing or signing legal documi s, service, may thou rise train height to for any rabbinical office performed height upon the mountain of the bird, unto them. Here I conduit myself thou become an instrument in the along the same lines. Thank the Lord mops of divine Providence to spread for all that I ant not poorer than other in 11 I am once more thankful to .1 and disseminate the knowledge of the rabbis. o the good woman he law. The first and main duty of a the Lord Cr rabbi in our days is to study the blessed me with as a partner of my Torah, to instruct its disciples and to life. In the first yearsof iair mar- . train and guide the young students of ridge she suffered much poverty on • conduct in the matters the law in the fear of the Lord. I am money. itc of m But she was contented to indeed awe ar of the old, wise adage ofeount that we should not censor or correct wear old outworn garments and eat She bore all these t. tzlidik, hut ' frugal meals. this conduct of a rabbi t i regardless of this prudent maxim, my things with dignified silence and self ■ DECORUM In the ancient synagogue at .1i-rusa. lent wits tin offici a l called the "Ruler of the Synagogue." Among his other functions was the duty to maintain clue decorum during the time of wor- ship. Some New York congregations dozen such function- could well use aries. I would like to see them get specially after that fellow clown the center aisle who when the closing benediction is about to lie pronounced stands with leg outside of his pew as. though he couldn't wait to get away. Ile reminds nit. of it domineer- ing president I once had who had the boldness to say to me: "Say doe, cut it a little shorter today. I wish to get to the bank before it closes." I preacheda little longer Im that tits preach enlivening cheer that will lighten gloom, lift burdens, chase sorrows and cultivate smiles that will brighten and bless your own life with the re- flected glow of the gladness of others. —The Supplement. Charles Frederic Morse PIANO ORGAN COACH To Church and Recital Singers. GLENDALE 7781 500 WEST CANFIELD AVE. love of thee compels me to rebuke and !respect. None know about it. She set thee aright in regard to certain did it in order not to cheapen the re- Pt-ople who are in a hurry to get defects and faults in thy character. sped and influence of the rabbinate. away from the house of worship First, I warn thee earnestly not to A rabbi who pursues and is after would save time by not coming at till C. Woolgar, D. S. C., Associate esteem lightly the honor of thy fellow money commits a great "chilul hash- —and would do more good. They Chiropodists — Foot Specialists . rabbis and colleagues; beware thyself em." You know the homiletic explana- would at least help to maintain order tion of the "sheloh," that the shofar and avoid irreverence.—The Supple- from holding up to ridicule and scorn Announce the Opening of Enlarged and I their shortcomings and weaknesses. It emblematic of the rabbi and preacher, ment. is not the characteristic of the true must not be covered with gold. Newly Equipped Offices at • Amdher characteristic virtue of the CHARITY Sl•k,rs of perfection to search and lock for the faults of others, we our- rabbi must be the quality of patience 1209 STROH BUILDING solves are not free of them if we bat and forbearance. If the rabbi faces 28 Adams Avenue West One of the pathetic and even tragic look for them. You certainly know , his traducer and abuser with silence, the homiletic explanation of my lath- the respective person will soon feel the mistakes of our life is our common All Foot Troubles Successfully Treated. confinement of charity to cash and the — to the sentence pangs of remorse And regret it. • If er-in-law of of the Bible, "Bring thy hand unto the rabbi answers abuse and insults things it can buy. And yet are there Prompt, Efficient Attention, from 9 thy bosom—he did it and behold it be- •v ith abuses and insults, he perpetuates not even greater needs than are met A. M. to 6:30 P. M. and fans to high flames the fires o by food, clothes, shelter? Are there !came leprous like snow. The fatal habit to ridicule and make "machlokoh." In regard to such mat- not numerous minds still but!dened slight of others, how hitter and how tors none was a wonderful and ad- with darkness, souls hungering for Dr. Martin has practiced Chiropody in Detroit for fifteen years. as my father-in-law, the great sympathy and other expressions of many enemies did a it e. m mirable ' Gaon, Rabbi Joel Ungar. He was the spirit, hearts craving affection to i walls have ears, therefore, beware thy tongue from evil! Especially lie care- wont to tell me jestingly, "in not !ful not to indulge in the presence of answering by abuser, I prove myself to !thy pupils of making sport and belit- be wise and hint to he a fool; if I tling the sect of Chassidim. This habit answer his reproaches, I prove myself I has become, I understand, a second lust as much the fool as my abuser nature to thee. My great master, the himself." As the result of such noble rabbi of Pressburg, pointed to the fact a policy and such ideal conduct, none ithat only in the regions where ('hays- of the rabbis was so beloved and war- !Korn prevails, Judaism was preserved shipped by his congregation as Rabbi !intact in its full integrity. It dies Joel Ungar of 131. m. Be careful Jo-fore you attach your !good to follow- many customs of the !Chassidim, respectfully to visit from signature as a rabbi to any legal docu- time to time a true tzadik to learn ment—an error on thy part may lead to a "chilul-Ilashem". from him how to serve God! In regard to technicalities of the In regard to thy sermon, 1 advise rabbinical office, I advise thee to re- thee to recite the same previous to its ! serve a room exclusively for thyself delivery in the pulpit—between thy- I and to transact there all rabbinical af- self and sealed walls, in order that = fairs. Thy wife "the Rehetzin," must the righteous wrath and indignation the ser- not, know all about thy official trans- aroused by certain topics Home Made actions even less must she interfere man shall have spent itself before in them. 1 am thankful to providence thou deliverest it to thy congregation. We specialize in Spumona Ice Cream No "drosho" must be delivered with for having blessed me with a true, and make designs and fancy forms to Eshez ('hail, who never knew and the vibration of wrath or anger in it. order in Ices, Ice Cream or Puddings. never desireil to know anything about Further, before thou speakest to thy For Weddings sad Parties. Try our Ice Cream and Sponge Cake these transactions. She wan not even congregation—go thyself, reflect and -- meditate whether thou are worthy to g=- inquisitive in regard to the personal Basket or Virginia Charlotte. censure and exhort a congregation, n whether thou art unstai ed by the ICE CREAM SODAS ( r.gga th rel • blot from which you would clear them. =±-- v orin iniin f iti 's er f; c i l'iY - - a '"1 -i !t‘-g SATISFACTION AND iI I int t '! E l-'h(11 7 t(h l i'8rc h -c.x. ceremonies in the families of the Whatever than finest—do for the sake .r=_ - . .. ALL WHEAT KOFFEE KAKE • • • • . •' SERVICE FIRST _ - - Shoman, n and the L= richest congregants. Much evil and of God, "leshem • • • • • -. - I no good has arisen from the fact that merit and "Zechusz" of thy forbears ff will help thee in the accomplishment -M great rabbis transfer to the re- even . betzin the conduct of congregationa of a worthy end. My great master, Lichtenstein gave nie the affairs. In such matters we must re- Rabbi number the words of the Megiloh, osiruloh" (charms) to attain the = or a "drosho," in the "let each man be the master of his sp i r it ua l en d recitation of the following- verses .-- I household." ----r-- Further, each rabbi must lie dis- thrice before mounting the pulpit: tinguished by the negative quality: "Lord, my God, I exalt thee, I thank -= not to love money in an undue was- Thy name ure and not to pursue after gain. The = Tho ll has performed miracles, rabbi must not insist upon receiving Thou hast fulfilled the co nsel of i I-, even his prescribed fee from the poor. fa u lt time, teste d, time, -e For 30 years 1 officiated as a rabbi in J. FRANCIS MARTIN, D.S.C. W. IRA H. 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CES MAIN PLANT '7231 MACK -.-..- --.-a ■ Established 1871. 9314 WOODWARD AVENUE FAMOUS 1 Louis 7ancy Ice Cream E . 11940 GRAND RIVER AVENUE A year ago, at the Community Fund in a pageant intended to visu- dinner in E---- alize th diversified work of the many _ ..ocial service agencies of Detroit, sap- • =' peered a group of men and women in the native eostunies of various coon- tries, intended to represent the &fire- his cat racial groups u!ho are being served Lv the constituent agencies of t hi great organization. And the 2,300 ' people who were present were thrilled. by the vivid color and variety •of these costumes; they must have realized the tremendous artistic, col- contributions spiritual and al thrall • which the foreign groups have been M' making to the common life of Anwr- ion ; and must have caught something !of the truth that if a universal broth- -!---- • !=- .Q! (-1-hood is ever to be attained it will -- iori tiplise . a brut rhood of individual g men, but a brotherhood of racial `The ommercial State Savings Ba,n of m DETROIT expresses the wish and hope that the coming year may bring a full measure of Happiness and Prosperity to Detroit Jewry . We social workers, above all must recognize the potency of racial group cohesion and organization. In the final analysis it transcends the mast important individual interests, even economic interests. From time im- nwmorial men have died cheerfully fur their group. Carl Marx anticipated a !division of society into economic class- I es whose interests would be pars- !mount--superior to national align- ments. The great war proved this to be a false prediction. Working. men (Commenced Business August 1, 1921.) did not act as the working class—as the proletariat—they acted Is Ger- mans, as Frenchmen, as Englishmen. All the complicated problems confront- OFFICERS ing the governments of the world in their relations with one another, all C. W. J. Linton, Exticutive Vice-President Elbert H. Fowler, Chairman of Board the pother that keeps Geneva the T. Allan Smith. Vice-President anti Cashier sty-thing center of universal interest. C. R. McLaughlin, President are produced primarily out of the ef- Arnold B•ensiger, Vice-President Lewis G. Gorton, Vico.rrnsident forts to reconcile racial groups to one Burt Owen, Assistant Cashier Frank G. Banter, Vice-President another. The most vexatious prob- W. G. Cooper, Assistant Cashier lem, for example, in Poland, is to Charles P. Sieder, Vice-President bring the Germans in the west, the E. A. Robinson. Assistant Cashier Lithuanians in the north, the Calic- DIRECTORS inns in the south, the Ckrainians in - the east, and Jews spread over all the Charles P. Siecter George G. Harvey Alfred E. D. Allan country, into satisfactory and happy William H. Stew Ernest 0. Knight relations with the Polish people. This Frank G. Banter Carl T. Storm is true of other central and south- Albert E. Manning Elbert H. Fowler eastern f'iropcon countries. Czechs- Clyde I. Webster Frederick C. Mathews James H. Garlick Slovakia herself, the lest organized Arthur E. Wood C. R. McLaughlin and the most wisely administered of Lewis G. Gorton Fred L. Woodworth all these countries, has her difficulties George W. Graves ... in trying to harmonize her diversified Eight Conveniently Located Branches ... racal groups and keep the peace with her neighbors with whom these groups Fort St. W. at Waterman Mack •n.1 Eastlawn We, in this Lincoln at Holden are racilly affiliated. Warren West at Wykes Stockyard (Dia near Fern. Forest and Crane country, will In astray and cause end- Cam A•e. •t Putnam dale) less trouble it we should insist that Grand River and Wyoming the different races should abandon their particular characteristics, their traditions and customs. The finest Americanism does not consist in a dead uniformity and monotony, but in a colorful harmony of diversified cultures and racial heritages. , Therefore, in our schemes and pro- ' for social work in our respec- tive communities, let us never ignore , the intensity of racial sympathies and the validity of racial and religious group life. We shall most effectively Attain our purposes by utilizing these groups, as groups, Is instruments in = 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111r.111111111111111111111111E1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 .br the welfare of the whole M111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11 I'01,r,,,Pni:T",:b HOLIDAY GREETINGS WILLIAM G. HAHN — Land Contracts - Investments -- For 1909 - 10 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Woodard Ave. and C•dillac Square. ...... Phone Cadillac 9669. .............. . .... ......... ....................................... 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