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April 11, 1930 - Image 21

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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 1930-04-11

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Ameriam ,fewisk Periodeal Carter

CLIFTON AMUR s CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

PAGE NINE

' l ny )ErRo rrAwi sn t h eo Ni erta

INIMMIL..•••• ■ ••

TRUE REST

/test Is not quitting
The busy career:
Hest is t he fitting
Of self to ti ne'a sphere.

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motion,
Clear s rhidit strife
Fleeting to ...eau,
After this life.

'Tis losing and sertieso.
The highest and best
'Ti onward, tinswerving,
And this is One rest.
_ —Gm, he.

Season's Greetings

Where Are the Seders of Yesterday?

A SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENT NEEDED

BRIDES AND OLD SHOES

scribed as a surrender of legal

The practice of casting a he rights. The ceremony is compars-
of a con-

after a bride is derived front an hie to the modern scaling
ancient
Biblical canton,. In the tract, a once solemn net, which i
By FRED W. GREEN, Governor of Michigan.
trument
with
grea
prints
th
e
ins
-
In Which a Young American Jew Calls His Elders to Ac
day s of the patriarchs the thrinv-
In Scotland, even
o avail myself of sped for the inalienalde preniga- ing of a shoe on property was a inviolability.
t
count and Laments the Passing of Old - Time Fervor
I am happy
cast
the
parents
of
the
bride
conceive
as in day,
the opportunity to extend my cord- live Of t'Vvry man to co ad' of symbol of new ownership,
and Sincerity in the Holiday Cererponials.
ial felicitations to The Jewish Coll o as he chooses and to worship Na ll, IA, 0 . "o ver Edam will I shoes after her on her departure
cast out my shoe." In Ruth IV 7 for her new home, symbolizing the
Chronicle, upon its fine record of Hint as he pleanes•
,
' e ! surrender of the parental dominion
By BERNARD POSTAL
I am optimistic enough to indulge the drawing „tr o f a shut i s d
achievement in the promotion of s
surrender of the parental dominion.
in the ho w that the indomitable
ig
t
ant
lit
at. is
Another Passoter is here and cushions and the envy of the awn' sympathetic
and
Christian.
as
evis
will
for
peace,
which
has
rha
racier-
Jew
younger
children
for
the
Bar
between
with it comes that most pictures-
3litzvah bother who has earned a (Kneed by its present edition (kith- joist the historic struggle of the
que of Jewish ceremonials, the
Jew through the ages, combined
to that high ideal.
Seder. Exotic though the Seder cushion; the opening of the door coed
The world today stands painfully with an enlightened Christianity,
service is an historical and mean- and the setting of a place for the
nerd of spiritual alignment for will set the Corner stone of an ever-
ingful though its numerous conno- perennially expected arrival of the in
the fusion of all peoples of every lasting era of 11110- 0 on earth 11111011g
tations may be, much of its quon- Prophet Elijah; the looking- for-
a spirit which must, how- men of good will.
dam interest is repidly disappear- ward to the coming of relatives Creed, in
3lay the efforts of your worthy
ever, by born of something more
ing into the limbo of forgotten from all parts of the country with than mere tolerance—it must have publication be a potent force in the
and
events in many American Jewish their tales of out rind news
its
very
essence
respect!
Its-
n'alization
of this ideal.
homes. Even in families where the gifts; the hymn singing after the as
Orthodox tradition is deeply in- meal; thefuttive lifting of forbid- CONTRIBUTES $50,000
A man is given a moue at 0 .11111.
bedded and passed on fn an gen- den wine glasses to youthful lips;
t ■ IWO other IIIIIIIIIS due-
TO YESHIVA COLLEGE II ..i. attains
eration to generation, from father such are the real joys of the Seder.
ing his life. One by virtue of his

But where can such a Seder by
to son, the Seder h. very often
f $50.000 t owa rd., conduct, the other liy his snit ks. -
ti„ii
o
ibu
r
A
,.,,,,t
collie to be merely a part of the found today? Certainly not in my
hiva 0,11,,, E n dowmen t The Talmud.
Jewish liturgy, all its beauty, home nor even in the house , . i in i ty I th,. y es
quaintnesn and traditional signi- venerable and hoary grandfather, Fi undation, Inc., has been made by •
Tuchmann,
retired New York
my
friends,
irtion
nor
in
the
homes
of
ficance almost entirely overlooked.
s. merchant, w ' ho ta k is - 011 10 tic 1 • • in-
Ti American Jewish children nor in the homes f
Passover Greetings
Such
a
Seda•
I
recall
at
the
terest
in
Jewish
communal
affairs,
given merely 0 perfunctory train
Ins. in .lewish religion, customs and home of my maternal grandfather according to an announcement is-
som•
fifteen
years
ago.
Members
sued
by
Rabbi
NI.
S.
Margolies,
history. the Seder leaves very lit
ale impression as a religious cent !of the family gathered from every- pr•,dent of the board o f director;
Where. Young and old, I wolile id of the Rabbi Isaac Elehanan Theo-
su n ny.
matzoth, borsht, nuts, the wealth and hard-working trades., Seminary rind Yeshiva Cul-
presence of seemingly unlimited lom', children and graybeards, but , l ege .
Your Lawn Cot Every Week
The Ysiithiva College Endowment
quantities of luscious red wine all mysteriously related and all
the use of silver and dishes kep happy in being together fur the, Foundation, organized several
We go everywhere.
years ago under the presidency of
hidden away for the one jubhan Seder.
Our contract is ideal.
Then began the procession to the Mendel Gottesman, treasurer of
festival, and the most delightfu
Only two payments a season.
and mysteriously concocted cull , kitchen sink. I too washed may the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theolog-
No money in advance.
nary dishes are scone of the mew lands, although my mother might ical Seminary, has fur its purpos•
he
puzzled
as
to
my
unnatond
will-
to
contribute
towards
the
madden-
obvious and less romantic roam
festations that Passover has a' ins- tie:is, my eagerness, to go anie budget of the institution for
5356 BURNS AVENUE
rived. But not even the youthfu through such a process without a higher Jewish learning in the
Whittier 0910
Epicurean, if he has anything 0 scolding. And then the methodical United States which has 110W an
n
i
n
e
di
th
o
g room ent•ollnuint of 600 students from all
an imagination, recalls the Aran tread back t
where all gathered around the
its of the country Europe and
dial characteristics of the Seder.
se
It is rather the eager search
for Seder table. The three matzoth is a i e•ti„ .
the Afikomen and the ensuing re were duly wrapped in a very mys-
ward to the lucky finder by th terious fashion while a dozen the question. The Hebrew ques-
Season's Greetings
head of the house; the leaning am youthful ryes watched to see where tions are no longer in vogue. The
sitting of the male elders on sof the Afikomen might lie secreted.
Haiggadahs used at our Seder are
Sometimes the Haggadah was so
all in English fur my frandfather
Randolph 8945
dull that I almost wished I hadn't
929 Penobscot Bldg.
been so anxious to know its why knows the ritual from memory.
Only he bothers to wash his
and whereabouts—the childish hand
Passover Greetings
groped fur pieces of matzoth or hands and the youngsters now howl
AXTON,
for fowl. Only he sits on a cush-
bitter herbs or something else to
Branch Manager
rase a gnawing hunger. With ex- ion. The Afikomen may may
be
hidden,
unless
it
occurs
to
planation satisfactorily unfolded not
some romantic soul that it should
after the hum-hum of almost a
be hidden. Elijah would have a
score of voices reading the same
lines—and my older cousins racing hard job getting into our Seder
to be finished before their more should he decide to grace our fes-
MKS. F'. FLACIISMAN, Prop.
tive board. No one heeds my
learned elders--a questionable dis-
grandfather's rem a rks to open the
tinction—the actual feast began.
Fort and Tenth Sta.
Watchmaker and
Stuffed to the neck with all sorts dour. The Messiah's scout ',could
Nine Merchandise Warehouses
Cherry 3318
of food stalked as enly a Jewish have to batter down the door or
Jeweler
SAVE YOUR CARTAGE
grandmother knows hop', the rally come in through the window if he
quaint part of the Seller set in. desired to participate in our Seder.
With measured tread I went to The food, now cooked by my
open the Misr for the Prophet mother with the 'lid of my sister,
Melrose 0644
Elijah as the gathering drank his, is almost entirely Americanized.
MAIN OFFICE, 1924 LAFAYETTE BLVD.
health. I often wondered what I I The (dd goodies are gone. fur the
2859 Gratiot Avenue
IIoliday Greetings
would do or say should he actually recipes no longer exist. The wine-
Telephone Lafayette 0008
whether
drinking
is
still
important,
chiefly
itime. I don't recall now,
I askid the heretical question as to because of prohibition. The •hit-
No. 1 Lafayette, Cor. Twelfth Na. 7 Division and Dequindre
I
on G. T. R. R.
St., M. C. and C. P. R.
why yettr after year he &sap- l iken yell they are drunk and drink
pointed us. from everyone's glass with the
No. 2 Alfred and Dequindre
No.9 Foot of Eighth Street,
With Elijah disposed of, came greatest abandon. The praying is
Sts., G. T. R. R.
River, M. C. and C. P.
Passover Greetings
No. 3 Howard and Twelfth
the sing-song hymns sung by voices ' forgotten. Only my grandfather
R. R.
Sts., M. C., G. T. and
none too clea r. The Pascal wine mumbles to himself and try father
9
Junction
Ave.. Penn.
No.
C. P. R.
had already done its work, 01111 the ?nukes half-hearted attempts at
Ry., Wabash and P. M.
No. 4 Clay and Dequindre Ste,
Kedieniteity boomed out [tool the v o cal music. With the table
R.
R.
J. GUSTAVE ANDERSON,
M. C., G. T. and C. P.
husky voices. Soon the neighbors! chided away, then. is 110 time fur
No. 10 Lauderdale Ave. Junc-
Proprietor
Ry.
heard the shrill sounds of Echadme- gossip. The guests are seen too
tion to Campbell, P.
No. S Campbell Avenue and
Yodel, and the rhythmic chant if often for anything new to be
M., Wabash and Union
Union Belt Ry., Wabash
Chad Gadya. That was my delight. learned. The radio is turned on or
M. RASP, Massager
Belt.
and
P.
M.
R.
R.
a
bridge
game
is
started.
Some-
I
and I imagine that of the other
Cherry
3802
1337 Maple St.
children I could sing it over and body may have a date; someone
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over again tirelessly. else has a party.
And SO ends the Seder ....
By this time the bearded guests
right.
19:10,
J.
'I'
A.1
,c°,
were snoring and the others were
Randolph 6958
excha aging news. Just which
pleased me must—to listen to sto-
ries of woe and business successes
David Whitney Building
and family gossip or to play with
the wine-streaked and tobacco-
stained beard of my grandfather,
I have forgotten. It wasn't long
Season's Greetings
before a strange drowsiness began
to steal over sly; the result of too
many furtive sips from the glass of
Elijah which I had zealously

P a s s ove r G r ee t ing s to All

F. J. McGLOSKEY

Manager Footwear Sales

Detroit Branch

U. S. Rubber Co.

6670 Elsa Jefferson Ave.

Joseph E. Bryce

FUNERAL DIRECTOR

Empire 7924

613 Clairmount & Second

JUDGE L. EUGENE

SHARP

TAKES THIS MEANS OF
EXTENDING TILE
SEASON'S WARMEST
GREETINGS TO THE
ENTIRE JEWISH
COMMUNITY

GRAND TRUNK
RAILWAY SYSTEM

C. J. BOWKER

400 East Jefferson

Season's Greetings and Best Wishes

Greenleaf

Incorporated

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3127 East Jefferson Ave.

Fitzroy 4777

The Season's Greetings

Passover Greetings

William D. DuLac

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
REALTOR

CONTINENTAL
CHEMICALCORP.
VICTOR L.

Photo Finishing Co.

Developing—Printing—Enlarging

Detroit's Largest Photo Fiinislows

Lenox 4792

Wishing All Our Jewish Friends and Patrons
a Joyous Holiday

ARAGONIT IMPORTING
& MERCHANDISING CO.

CLEVELAND
MATTRESS AND
BEDDING CO.

Manufacturers of

Mattresses, Box Springs,
Feather Comforts and
Pillows

We renovate and re-cover
your mattress, making it like
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you. No middleman's profit.
Renovating of all kinds of bed-
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Arlington 096G

We Make to Order any Size, Any Shape

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It Makes a Difference
How Your Clothes Look

Season's Greetings

WM. SULLIVAN

A suit cleaned by us gives you that feeling of con-
fidence, pep and style that makes a difference in
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Funeral Directors

Office Phone 7—Res. Phone 51

Dexter Cleaners & Dyers

Main & Third, Royal Oak, Mich.

Sullivan Building

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Passover Greetings

Season's Greetings

Detroit Flag Co.

A. C. Belanger
& Sons, Inc.

CONTRACTORS

1221 Twenty-Second St.

"Tailor Made" Flags
and Banners

iff

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guarded.
And the second Seder was almost
an exact replica. It often hap-
pened that the Afikomen of the
irst Seder was not found until the
and of the second. Then what a
racket ensued! The children all
yowling and their *driers clamoring
for a piece. And the ca idling and
bargaining between the finder and
my grandfather, whose shrewdness
'idol desert hint even at the Seiler.
As I write, I think of the last
'ear's Seder, and I dread this
'ear's. The quondam gathering of
riends and relatives is a thing of
he past. Some of the older gen-
• allinn have died and the younger
either conducts its own perfunc-
tory Seder or dispenses with the
time-honored ceremonial entirely.
My grandfather still sits at the
wad of our Sider table but my
ather now superintends the doings.
y cousin queries the how and what
of the strange goings on with an
weasional snicker and hesitating„
halts as he latioriously makes out

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512 West Jefferson
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Greetings

Barnum Bros.
Fibre Company

5824 West Fort St.

ALLAN
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2539 Woodward A
Randolph 2879

Fumigating and
Exterminating
Cyanide Gas Method Only

MAYNARD S. BARNUM
LESLIE. F. BARNUM

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Holiday Greetings

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Company

Season's Greetings and --M
Best Wishes

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Large selection of Fountain Pen Sets, Ash Trays,
Vases, Clocks, Lamps, Candy and Cigarette Jars.
different Colors.

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Passover Greetings to All

Edgar's Sugar House

CARPATHIAN ONYX, ARTWORK GOODS

207 Metropolitan Bldg.
33 John R. Street

Treatment for All Kinds
of Floors. Car-Na-Var
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ANDERSON
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Authorized Carburetor, Ignition, Battery and Speedometer
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Passover Greetings

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A. D. GEISSLER CO., Distributors

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Plumbing and Heating
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