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singing was not heard within these called to be a rabbi in America, ha,
ha, ha! And what did your father
walls."
Reb Yankel involuntarily looked say •
By BERNARD ISAACS
"My father, blessed be his mem-
up to see the old man's face who
—
ory, has been dead for the last 10
words.
ttered these words
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years."
After Slichoth several of the
'taus" Ile replied in kind, smiling members aproached the ehazon
"If your father is dead, I be-
radiantly. Some of the leaders in to congratulate him, and pressed seech you to return to Vilna. You
.:
the community, among them Reb his hand affectionately.
need her! In the name of your
Itzel and the old Dr. Ginzburg, ac-
.,
The shamosh drew near and, dead father, return! America
companied him. Ile parted from
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needs you even less than she needs
The doctor prised his hand a ffee•- slapping the cantor on the back, me. Go back! Today they wel-
•
ti' nately with a final admonition muttered "The contract is just as
come you with reception commit-
.
otuu rrnpeidicktie, tit"eb y
"First take a glas of water. Not
,,,,
Yankel, tees stall banquets, and tomorrow
milk, just water, cold water." The goVhe"otihnery
you bribe the shamosh to be your
words rang in his ears: "Only wat- and beckoned to him, entirely ig- secret agent.
er, only water." His lips curled noring everyone.
"Ha-h! Ile must be sorry he
"Go back! Look at me! Is i:
in n ghastly grin
Other memories surged up in gave me those five dollars in all Chazon Mintz that stands before
each other's wake. He stoup be- good will," gasped the latter. you? No, Chazon Mintz is lost by
fore the ark. A sea of eager, up- "Can you imagine? Ilis eyes shot the wayside. Today you wouldn't
believe that I am Chazon Mintz
turned faces watched him intently fire!"
Reb Yankel followed the cha- and tomorrow they won't believe
-waiting for him to heave the
that you are a rabbi and a teacher
sigh that weighed heavy on each zons
•
When they reached the street. in Israel. Go back, while there is
heart; to recite with them that
the
young
man
grasped
the
other's
great, national memorial prayer.
Reb Yanked 'roused him from arm, crying feelingly: "Please for- Yet Wtii tnh'er" this he suddenly and
zon Mintz, please for- abruptly parted.
his reveries. The chazon shivered. give me, Cha
"I just wanted to ask a little give me!"
Reb Yankel stood and watched
T
The
chazon,
ignoring this, be- the chazon disappear into the
queStion." Reb Yankel turned
to the chazon with a pale face and gar:
murky blackness of the night.
'Your father, you said, was Reb
with a slight tremor in his voice.
The hour was very late, and the
"It is foolish-nothing to it. But Yoshi Bear. A man of burning, young rabbi went to a hotel. He
nerving eyes like you I remember tried to lie down and sleep, but he
very well. I shall never for- could not. The image of the cha-
The chazon felt that he was be-
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brought to judgment. In a get him. One hour before I left zan being swallowed up in the
inc
little while his verdict would bVilna,
he burst into my room, and night never left his mind's eye. Ile
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in an unearthly voice cried: 'They arose, approached the window,
pronounced.
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All his veins swelled! Ile list- allbegged
you and you would not and looked out. Darkness- a
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ened with a strange nervousness listen-you are going! Now hear murky, turbid darkness. And the
and remember that you need Vilna chazon was buried within it. Old,
as Reb Yankel proceeded.
than she needs you!' And weak, alone, an outcast--an aged
at is to say,
"1 noticed, h
Rosh Hashonah Greetings
noticed,
that
whenever
with this he left the house. his outcast! Rid) Ynnkel's body shook,
everyone not; t
('horn Mintz prepared to recite words stupefied me. Ilad I heard and he turned away from the
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some prayers, he hurriedly took them while there was yet time, I'm window.
our best wishes to our Jewish
s I would have reconsidered my
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out his handkerchief, breathed inure
Fora long time he paced back
friends and patrons for a Happy
it a few times and returned it to journey. I had never known this be- and forth in the room. The last
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Prosperous
New
Year.
his pocket. Why did the chazon fore that I needed V
words of the chazon had aroused
...
knew it right after I landed here. a seething ferment of disquiet in
-why did you do this?"
our father was wrong. Vilna does his brain. "America does not need
The chazon's face was pale with
wesss•---s-eer
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dread, the dread of a school boy not " me.
,
a is not " a ' ' need you! Return to Vilna! Re-
Charon
Mintz
is dead-he
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brought to account for some mis- -the
death
of the
godless!has died turn while there is yet time!-
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You
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the
death
of
the
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of
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didn't remember a thing.
--e less!" The words rankled again
"Chazon, chazon, where are repeated
p
to himself over and over and again in his brain. His head
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you?" called the shamosh from up- again.
was bowed, his eyes stared fixedly
For a long time they walked in at he floor, his brain labored
stairs. "It's time to begin! The
,\'
,
president is raising rain! Quick. silence.
a' , 4 4
.
The chazon began to talk to him- madly,
.
Quick!"
"My aunt is ashamed of me, o f
4
,
As the cantor passed the she- self.
my books, my prayers, my Tallis ,
"No,
no,
I
am
not
at
fault!
I
mash, the latter whispered in his
pray
in their
the Shabbos
candles-Benny,
ear: "Don't worry. You didn't could
I could not
not!
They
come presence!
to shut, son,
never saw
a Siddur in all her
his
throw your money away. I've
-
Customers Count."
days! How shameful! Ho
spoken to the treasurer about sit in their pews. and wait to be born
heart-rending!
served with prayers to rouse their
" The Beth Midrash is empty o f
'41 you."
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When he stood before the Ark, feelings! No, no, I am innocent!" books! The Shul is empty of wor
Protracted silence ensued.
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Reb Yankel's observant eye no-
shippers! The Chazon Mintz, the
"Since
I first
crossed
the thres-
lived his crouching posture, his hold
of this
house
my spirit
has idol of all Vilna, is writhing in the
•
sunken frame; he heard the hoarse throes of disgrace! I will flee
voice, and deep pity smote him for gone from me. Have you seen from here! Why should I stay?
et the miserable creature that passed their faces during the service? I will go! My father would drag me
for Chazon Mintz.
have. Their faces seem to say: out of here in al speed, if he were
When Kolenu,"
the e h a he
z o suddenly
n reached amused
'We've ourselves
eaten and with
drunk,
have
"Shma
all we
sorts
of alive! Ile would take me away himself. Ile listened to the Torah
from here by force! The chazon of the Shamosh, thinking wrongly
A Happy New Year to Everybody
straightened and, taking out a pleasures, and now we'll see what was right-but it is not too late that he must guide his course by
handkerchief from his picket, Ito the chazon can give as for our yet-right after the holidays, I any man's example. And now he
breathed on it hastily, in mechani- money. We must get a thrill. He will go back to Vilna—"
is almost laid level with the dust!
cal fashion, and returned it to its must rouse us. ' And when the
Gradually he calmed down. To- Oh, how sorry I feel for him!
place.
cantor pours forth his pining soul morrow morning he would send a What a cruel, painful tragedy!"
His voice was strong, but a little in prayer, they bubble in pleas- telegram to his congregation, in-
Now his steps were slow and
hoarse and broken. It sounded as ure: 'You've sung well, you've forming them that, on account of measured. The shades of the night
though something stuck in his stirred us up a little. Give us a unforseen circumstances, he must took on the rosy tinge of dawn and
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Reb Yankel peered into his cont. devote his time entirely to the
cracked in his throat and a prayer,
"Yes, I will stay here. I need
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"Tarim." Ile had already spent like this: I will begin with the
walked
on
for
a
while.
They
prayer, Reb Yankel gazed about
more than enough time in the A II C of Judaism! I will go and
"You have brought with you the study of the Talmud. Ile would sow flax, and hurt deer, and tan
him with a far-away, dreamy look
in his eyes. In his mind's eye he refreshing atmosphere of Vilna; 1 set aside only three hours a day their hides, and make parchment
saw the house packed with war- saw in you the image of your for the study of the Talmud. That therefrom for the Torah. I will
shippers from end to end. His father, of the Big Shul, and the would be enough. Ile would study open the bookcase. I will light the
father stood, his head bowed in gates of prayer burst open before at fixed periods together with the Sabbath candles, I will release
his hands, and sighed. The old me-1 prayed differently."
"Masmiti" (a student who pours them from prison. For they seem
Silence.
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= of wonderful concentration.
Gladness and pleasure filled Reb dies openly, without fear. Marra-
=
non, unfortunate Marranos-
Yankel's heart.
E4 Ile approached the window. "I will begin with my congrega-
= Outside darkness reigned-that tion, I woll found Yeshiboth, I will
= heavy, inky darkness that sets in fill the Beth Midrosh—"
"The work must be done, and
- just before dawn.
Et
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"And so I will go back-such it shall be done!
= ado about nothing-•uch a long, • "Vilna will hear about it in as-
:77 long trip for nothing! But why tonishment. Such a change in eon-
did they show so much concern in ditions in such a short time! Who
sending for me? They begged me would have thought it of him?
= to come! They promised me a con- Why he was always so meek and
•-a';'' tract for an indefinite period, and unassuming!
"And the work will not last
sent me much money! I will re-
= turn it with God's help! And they long. In a few years I will finish
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their last letter especially, they Vilna. No, I will not. I had bet-
•
E.: said that if I only would come I ter stay here and finish my com-
= could save the Light of the Torah mentary on the Rambarn—"
Redo Yankel soared on the wings
= from extinction, the younger gen-
His body was
eration from the pitfalls of as- of imagination.
similation, Judaism from annihila- very light, he was all spirit, all
tion!
Such
an
obscure
astonishing
soul.
Es-
"And my father? My father
= statement! What do they mean.
sulppworotuld have his
I can save? How ran I save?
Ile took out their last letter whole-he-
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His face was very pale, but tran-
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tinuce°dmtPf
Suddenly he jumped from his hgeuicl oannd
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seat and began pacing the length the room, and finally began to an.
of the room in great agitation. dress.
•
In a few momets he was in bed,
= His eyes burned, his face glowed,
a' his whole body was keyed to a with his face towards the east-"I
= high, nervous pitch. A hurricane will go and sow flax, and hunt
= arose in the chamber. deer—"
His lips moved as he slept.
"Fool that I am! Here, I am
A bright sunbeam shed its
- beating around the bush, not
grasping the meaning of plain radiance full on his face-the face
-
words, direct and to the point! of an innocent child.
Loud, hoarse voices cleft the
- They write that Judaism is en-
—
= dangered, that their children are morning air. The newsboys were
= straying from the right path, that shouting: "Paper! Paper! Jewish
= the observance of the Sabbath is cantor commits suicide! 'Paper!
well nigh forgotten, that the very Jewish cantor found strangled.
= ground is unsteady beneath their Read all about the suicide! Paper,
= feet, and I-I prepare to flee to paper!"
Reb Yankel stirred in his sleep.
hide, to take refuge in the sanctu-
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•
= come, and why do I flee? unconsciously murmured.
Billows of light broke over his
a They have written plainly in
= black and white that Judaism is countenance. Ile smiled in his
summoned
sleep,
as his slumbering brain
endangered, and I was
= to preserve what yet remains! I wove dream after dream....
have come for this purpose, why
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.7÷.7. do i flee now? Why? shame, in-
*A Talmud maxim attributed to
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= such a condition, to escape, to save Rabbi Chiya, meaning "I will start
myself! To leave the bookcase of from the very rudiments of the
the Torah closed and locked, to Torah, even making the parch.
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= Shame! The chazon did not flee,
and yet I am about to do so! Oh,
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