TREPerRonjousaffiRONICLE HOW RABBI ISRAEL RAISED A GIRL FROM THE DEAD Short Story Chanukah Greetings to All HYMAN JUDAH SCHACHTEL WRITES FIRST H .U, C. ALMA MATER SONG • HAIL By MEYER LEVIN VI liC. iT1 0 pits :s a tale told of one of the beauty was such as to bring sad- 1 . 1I-j ins5r strange deeds dune by Rabbi Israel, tress by its perfection. Her purity non of Eleazer, who was the won- made all who saw her tremble. Ma I n to ro ts. 411 , Chyy At ss sis 4. der-working rabbi of Medzibuz. Ile i The girl grew to be 13 years of it was who p:ssessed the myster- age. aids Souk of all p,.ver, the book I And then, one day, she became I whose knowledge had been revealed i as one very tired, she became weak, to only sewn men since Adam, In 1::d her life went out of her body. that book contained the Holy Word, I In that moment, the aged mother that could accomplish all things.. hrivelled and wrinkled and became !.,•"" At Chanukah time, when Jewish ' .ila.1 with grief. Fur hours she children are told the story of Han-ldid not wove from the bedside 0; '1 r ;I ±10 1 7t -1- rah and her seven sons, some are , shere lay the body of the beautiful kstis 144. s..r 474 ■ “ds vs H u C . .r Psi II, tw, also told the story of Rabbi Israel's' girl, who was no longer of this strange deed. Ilannah lived in the corld. She moaned, "why was she time of the Maccabees. When the .1r:en to me, to be taken away in soldiers of King Antios•hus ordered .he time when life opened to her!" ∎ her to perform worship to heathen When she thought of the grand- idols, she refused. Her seven sons children that might have been born were captured, and led before her. to her, she wept, and could not bear The eldest was put to torture. One the grief. limb was cut from him as she Then the mother found strength watched. Still she refused to do and went to Medzibub. She fell at heathen worship. Another limb the feet of the Rabbi of Israel. sos ii roe tor it rjt es ss r4,..1. .g as .45 nor. 711:y was cut from her son. She saw "Why did you let a daughter be him slaughtered, and would not horn to me, only to take her away =1/1 yield. again!" she cried. Then the heathen king said to Rabbi Israel, the Baal Shem Tov her, "Tell your sons to adopt our saw that the woman was right in ways, and they shall be spared, and her grief. And for the second time you also." But the woman saw her ne consented to give life to her f sons tortured with scalding irons, daughter, whom he had at first WI- 1-g saw them endure, called to them to vithheld for so many years from 17 -7 1 L 717 persevere in their belief, and to bring born. ( Ikwwk S. let ex Ye 11.1 va.14a 14.1e, H.0 ,•• ■ bod C. be strong. Six of her s ms had al- Ile went back with the woman ready been killed. As her young- to her house. The Master of the est was led to torture, the ruler Holy Name stood by the dead girl. said to her, "For the last time, ile looked down into her face. In 1 I. adopt our ways and your son shall death, it seemed even more pure 1466 PENOBSCOT BUILDING ' pretended to con- than in life. It shone with the be spared." She lq t4f isit sent, "Let me whisper to him," she wonder of infinite peace. said. Randolph 6391 As he looked down into her face, Ilyman Judah Ischachtel of But- were in existence which the students But instead of telling the boy to his own face became luminous. A tido, N. Y., a member of this year's I sang at various functions but there worship as did the heathens, she Maze of whiteness surrounded his ;class at the Ilebrew Union College, has never been an Alma Mater encouraged him to be strong, and to ..suntemince. Those who were about has composed the first Hebrew Un- song. bear martydom as his brothers had him were afraid to lok upon him. Ion College Alma Mater Song. It In the Spring of 1929 Mr. Schach- done. The boy died. Hannah, at They knew that he was in another is entitled, "Hail H. U. C." tel, a pianist, introduced a sung, last, also suffered death. vorld. They knew that his soul For many years students of the the words and music of which he This story, remembered at Chan- had gone in search of the soul of college have felt the need for an ukah time, has a weird parallel in the girl, to lead her back to her Alma Mater Song. Many parodies the tale told of Rabbi Israel, who body. lived in the Carpathian mountains r or many moments he remained in the eighteenth century, and motionless over the body of the girl.lyou have done with my sons." And , founded the great sect of Jews Then his mouth moved, and his lips 'she was killed. known as Chassidim. spoke the Word. Those who were After that,, the pogroms ceased. Once a woman came to Rabbi Is- there hear him speak the word and Suddenly, there was peace for the rael's but in the mountains. The yet none could ever repeat that Jews everywhere. Then the old woman was small, and feeble, and sound. They heard it, and yet they men in the synagogues, and the not happy. did not understand its meaning.lchassidim, remembered the story of She said, "Rabbi, all my strong And each of them shivered, as the pure girl, and they knew. "She Wood and Metal Cutting Saws years were passed in loneliness. I though lightning had gone through had the soul of Fianna," they said. begged and prayed that a child his body. "And she came down again to the Paper Cutting and Planer Knives and Shear might be given me, but I had no The face of the girl quickened child. Perhaps if the rabbi will with life. She arose and was well. earth to suffer, and to see her seven Blades sons die once more, in order that pray for me, I may still bear a Soon afterward, the strange, this generation of Jews might be, child." Repair Work Called For and Delivered icautiful maiden was married to a saved. Her death has put an end The rabbi pitied the old woman. young scholar. During her life, Randolph 1665 to the pogroms. Rabbi Israel, the 937 East Larned St. He looked at her, as though he he bore seven sons. Baal Shem Tov, knew that hers was recognized her. Her aged mother had become well the soul of Hannah, and when death "Your prayers would have been and strong once more, it seemed answered long ago," he said. "But that in her daughters, and in her was given her to spare her this sec- ond torture, he brought her bark they were stopped on their way, and grandchildren, she lived again. to life, in order that she might ac- ,prevented from reaching heaven." In the village, and in the coun- complish her destiny, and once more She could not understand the try, the wonder of the girl's birth, win the holiness of martrydom." meaning of the words. and of her having been brought Such was the strange power of 4{. "A protecting hand withheld back from the dead, were nearly Rabbi Israel, the 13aal Shem Tov. them," he said. "But, since it is forgotten. HYMAN J. SCHACHTEL your wish, it may after all he for And then, one year, there came the best that a child be born to pogroms in the land. Everywhere Carl Binhak Dead, Promi - had composed, at a student enter- you." nest Musician. the natives arose and came against tainment held at the Isaac Mayer He told the woman to go home. the Jews, entering their homes, Manufacturer and installer of metal weatherstrip -- Center in Cincinnati , That year, she gave birth to a robbing them, and destroying their NE 1 % YORK.— Carl Binhak, a .Wise and caulking for every type of home, apartment The song was immediately taken little girl. and office building. The sturdy construction of goods, and in the end murdering violinist, teacher, composer and up by the student body and from The woman was overjoyed. She the men, and the women, and even conductor, died Monday at his that time on has been recognized our equipment makes it a lifetime investment for seemed to grow younger and strong the children. home, 610 West 142nd street. He as comfort, health, dust-proof, labor saving and fuel. their Alma Mater Song. It was again in caring for her child. The Estimates on your installation cheerfully given. The pogroms came into that very was born at Prague, Bohemia, in introduced to the public at the Or- girl grew to be very beautiful, so district. Suddenly one day the vii- 1874. Soon after graduating front dination Exercises last May in the without obligation to you. You can have this serv- that all over the countryside the Inge where the old woman lived was the Prague Conservatory he came College Chapel. ice on the monthly time payment plan. Ask us. word was given that the girl was attacked. hike wild beasts the to America and obtained a position "not of this world." Indeed, her peasants rushed into the houses of an a violinist in the Anton Seidi Or- Randolph 5500 The song reads as follows: 439 Penobscot Bldg. the Jews, crushing infants under chasers, remaining with that organ- MajeLtiem, on the hill, our Alma Mater • ♦ their boots, hacking the Jews into ization until the death of the fa- ter fountler's dreams she doth fulfill, bits mous conductor. Later he played In learning she excels. Chanukah Greetings A lustful peasant murdered the under Walter Daturosch and was, ot IL i.s. l'isiw„e "'"¢ the f'''' husband of the young woman. Ile for many years, a niemlsr of the Thy praise and glory' we arelaim 24-Hour Service seized the young woman as a prize Metropolitan Opera House Orehes- For all the world to hear. Thy sons hate spread thy truths far for himself, for he had long desired era. i, wide. her because of her beauty. She 25 years he was the organ- Liss. 1,1,4 d si to honor thee, ∎ ist and choirmaster at the New so fought against him and would not lone a. does this world abide, go with him. Then all of her young York Hebrew Orphan Asylum as Hail, If. U. C. Plumbing and Heating sons were tied. and led before her. well as the conductor of the Glee "Come with' me!" the peasant Club and Orchestra at that institu- JOINT ZIONIST BOARD Repairing cried, "or I will murder your old- Lion. Ile wrote much of the musicl FOR SHEKOLIM DRIVE est son. Let hint become a Gentile, that was used for religious serv- Complete Installations — ices at the synagogue. and he may live!" NEW YORK.— (J. T. A.) —A TINNING and SHEET METAL ∎ The mother refused. One by one joint board representing all Zionist her sons were killed under her very Smooth Operation is Feature Blocked Sewers, Cracked Boilers factions in this country has been eyes. 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