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Readings of the Law for the First Day of Passover
Saturday, April 16
Pentateuchal portion—Ex.
12:21-51. Num.
28:16-25.
Prophetical portion—Josh. 3:5-7; 5:2-6:27.
Readings of the Law for Second Day of Passover
Sunday, April 17
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 22:26-23:44. Num.
28 :16-25.
Prophetical portion—II Kings 23:1 (or 4)-
9:21.25.
Chol Hamoed Passover Readings of the Law
Monday, Ex. 13:1-16; Tuesday, Ex. 22:24-23:19;
Wednesday, Ex. 34:1-26; Thursday, Num. 9:1-14;
In addition, Num. 28:19-25 is read on each day.
Readings of the Law for Seventh Day of Passover
Friday, April 22
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 13:17-15:26; Num.
28:19-25.
Prophetical portion—II Sam. 22.
April 15, 1938
Nisan 14, 5698
Let Freedom Ring!
As the first festival of freedom in world
history, Passover stands out this year,
more than ever before in the experience
not only of Jewry but of all mankind as
the symbol of liberation from oppression.
Passover symbolizes the struggle be-
tween oppression and liberty; between
sorrow and joy; between people who
crave for freedom and those who would
submit to tyranny and slavery.
On the occasion of the first Passover
there was a conflict between two genera-
tions, between the young and the old. Too
many among the latter were willing to end
their days without change in their exist-
ing conditions. It required a 40-year stay
in the wilderness to cause them to forget
Egypt's fleshpots and to welcome the of-
fer of national independence.
In the past several decades we have
had numerous transformations in Jewish
life. There were pogroms in several lands,
beginning with the tragic times in Russia
and in Rumania. Then came the hope of
emancipation, and the masses of Jews
clamored for opportunity to enter the na -
tional life of their neighbors. Those within
Jewry who advocated self-emancipation
were rejected and derided. The offer of a
Jewish Palestine to be built by the hands
of Jewish pioneers, through Avodah AU-
mit—through self-labor and self-help
received scant response. The lure of eman-
cipation was much stronger than auto-
liberation.
But the last few years have destroyed
many hopes and have undermined the
very foundation of that structure which
was built on the aspiration for emancipa-
tion. More than ever before Jews are to-
day slaves physically, robbed of their
rights politically, impoverished economi-
cally, crushed spiritually. At this time,
more than ever before in our history, we
search for strength and encouragement in
the lesson of Passover. Because of our un-
dying faith, because of the conviction that
Israel is indestructible, we welcome the
festival once again with the conviction
that what was possible four thousand
years ago is also possible today; that just
as liberation was in store for ancient Is-
rael so will it come for modern Jewry.
As long as there is a remnant that is
free, all of Israel shall some day be freed.
According to an ancient legend only one-
fifth of the Jews left Egypt at the call of
their leader Moses; that the memory of
four-fifths of them perished with Tut-
Ankh-Amen. There is a powerful remnant
of free Jews in the United States, in Great
Britain, in France, in Canada, in the Scan-
dinavian countries. Their will and their
courage can make all Jewry free—pro-
vided we are militantly and proudly Jew-
ish. Only a remnant is in Palestine, but
their indomitable will is already building
a new civilization for our people, and for
the entire world. As long as such Jewish
groups flourish, Israel remains an undy-
ing people.
Because of our historic experiences, be-
cause of our undying will to live and to
survive, we are in position again to pro-
claim on Passover, to Jews and non-Jews
alike:
Let freedom ring!
Meyer Levin's Article
We call the attention of our readers to
the splendid article by Meyer Levin which
we are privileged to publish on the eve of
its appearance in the May issue of Esquire
Magazine. It is a timely description of
conditions in the Jewish National Home.
In spite of the handicaps which our pio-
neers face at the present time, every Jew
will feel encouraged by th facts the emi-
nent author of "Yehuda" and "The Old
Bunch" recites in this unusually fascinat-
ing story of Jewish achievements, of the
progress our pioneers have brought to
Palestine.
This article should serve to hearten
those of our people, especially in Detroit,
who today mourn the death of two heroic
Chalutzim—Ephraim Philip Ticktin of
Detroit and Eliezer Krongold of Toronto.
Their work is not in vain. They have not
only given their lives for Palestine and for
the Jewish people: the record of their ac-
tivities will go down in history as contribu-
tions which have helped lay the founda-
tion for the Jewish homeland.
Meyer Levin's article Is a thrilling ad-
dendum to his book. In itself, it is a song
of praise for Jewish accomplishments and
is a chronicle of Jewish heroism and de-
termination that is making history con-
structively in the midst of an insane and
destructive world.
The Poison Factory of the World Strictly -
JEWISH FESTIVALS
It Happened
On Passover
Confidential
PURELY COMMENTARY
Most unfortunate about Germany's of
forts to spread the Nazi ideas throughou t
JEMIsll FESTIVALS FROM
THY: DES:INNINGS 1)5 Oft (MN
the world is that it reaches too many wh o Tidbits from Everywhere
Py PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
By RABBI MORDECAI L. BRILL
DAY. ° by Him Inn
Tram:
baled
by Satnuel Jaffe. Published by
readily believe the myths that emanat e
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
talon of American Ilelorew Curigre-
(Copyright, If
Se, en Alta Feature iindleate)
gallons, Cincinnati.
from Joseph Goebbels' poison factory. Un
Ephraim Ticktin—Martyr in Palestine
(Con) right. If
B. A. F. EL)
Ephraim Ticktin is dead!
less the apathetic attitude similar to tha t
Jewish law forbids the use or profit from
A Review by Rabbi William
We are dazed by the news. Those of us who
"leaven which has been kept during the Passover."
which was in evidence throughout Europ C REMOVAL FROM VIENNA
Rosenau, Baltimore, Md.
knew him, who loved him for his unselfish ideal-
Hence the custom still observed by numerous
before the advent of Ilitlerism, is aban
Who was the famous leader of
ism,
who admired his courage, who but a short
Jews to sell their leaven property to a non-Jew
British Jewry who was received at
before the holiday and buy it back at a small price
"The Jewish Festivals," written time ago were present at the farewell banquet
doned in this country, we shall be faced the
German embassy in London and
in
his
honor on the eve of his departure for Pal-
the festival. The rabbis insisted that the originally in Yiddish by Hayyim
with serious dangers the causes of which who will soon receive permission after
estine, are deeply moved.
sale must be a valid one so that if the purchaser
to go to Vienna to organize the held the seller to his bargain, the Jew had no legal Schauss and now presented in
For thousands of Detroiters, Ephraim's death
will be directly ascribable to the Hitler evacuating of Austrian Jews prior
English translation, is a most is a personal loss. It is a personal loss for every
claim for the return of the property.
poison machine.
to the launching of a great relief
• • •
valuable addition to literature J ew i n whose cause he gave his life in Eretz Israel.
campaign in Britain? . hun-
Ephraim Ticktin died the death of a martyr for
The fact is that an important literature dreds
At the Seder table the participants sit in a
bearing on the treatment of the
of Jewish young men from
his people. He was but a boy when he left Detroit
has already been built up to refute the con- Germany and Austria are joining leaning position signifying that they are free ceremonial institutions in vogue five years ago. But his idealism
knew no bounds.
men.
This
law
did
not
apply
to
a
Jewess
unless
the French Foreign Legion as
among Jews. It should receive a
Ile always carried with hint the memories of his
tentions about race, religion and the Jews desperate
way out of their dilem- she was a woman of extraordinary ramify. "Nowa- hearty welcome at the hands of infanthood and childhood, when his family was
continually repeated by the Nazis. In ma .. . Mexican Jews are raising days, however," writes a 13th century authority, Jews and Christians alike. As- subjected to horror and persecution in Eastern
fund of 100,000 pesos to help the "all Jewesses are women of surpassing merit."
sisted with suggestions by that Europe, during and after the war. Ile knew but
books and in pamphlets truth is now avail- a government
• • •
pay for the expropri-
coterie of men, who know existing one solution to his own and his people's future:
able, and unless it is widely disseminated ated American and British oil On Passover eve the children of the household religious educational needs among the
establishment of a free life for Jews in a
wells .. . Now that Prince Franz played an important part in the ritual of retelling
us, the production of that form, center they can call their own; where social and
the vast masses will be kept in ignorance of
the Duchy of Liechtenstein has the tale of departure from Egypt. The children
in which the book is presented by
justice shall rule for Jews and their
of reality and will believe the falsehoods been forced to abdicate by his not only drank the four cups of wine together with the Commission on Jewish Educa- economic
neighbors; where our people will be able to walk
Nazi subjects it ought to be re- the grown-ups but also asked numerous questions
tion of the Union of American with head erect, like free men and women.
which come to them rather than the truth called
that his Jewish consort, which the elders rejoiced to hear and to answer.
Hebrew Congregations and the
The Arab bandits who not only murdered him
which remains inaccessible because the Princess Elsa, daughter of the They were also encouraged to act. One custom Central Conference of American and
his comrade, Eliezar Krongold of Toronto,
very valuable books and brochures are not Austrian banker Max von Gutt- was for the child to take a piece of Matzo, bind Rabbis, could not help but be of from ambush, but also defiled his body by stealing
man,
seas
the
Mrs.
Simpson
of
it
in
a
cloth,
put
it
on
his
shoulder
and
strut
the highest order.
widely distributed.
his shoes and his gun; the wild men of the desert
some years ago . . . But she re- proudly about the room, in symbolic allusion to
The book, besides discussing who are moved by an urge to steal and plunder
Gunther's "Inside Europe," Fodor's fused to let Franz renounce his the escape from Egyptian bondage.
the origin and significance of ob- and who are instigated to destroy by enemies not
•• • •
"Plot and Counterplot in Central Europe," rights for her . . • Instead they
servances
of major and minor alone of Jewry but of progress and modernity—
married secretly and met
Another custom often carried out by the young- sacred Jewish occasions, includes these Bedouins could not understand Ephraiin's
Brady's "The Spirit and Structure of Ger- were
clandestinely all over Europe un-
man Fascism," Lichtenberger's "The Third til the Prince became ruler . . sters was for one of them to disappear during the the difference of observances by and Eliezar's idealism. But Jews who continue
and then walk into the room at the exact Jews in various countries. Nor to go to Palestine, the hundreds who will carry
Reich," Roberts' "The House That Hitler Then he married her again pub- ritual
moment when the door was opened to symbolize has Schauss ignored, in the treat- on where these two American boys left off, will
Built" and numerous other books are val- licly . . .
the entrance of Elijah as the harbinger of the ment of his subject, what Reform never forget the sacred aspirations for which our
Messiah.
uable as disseminators of facts and truth LONDON ECHOES
Judaism felt prompted to do in young men and women are risking their lives in
• • •
'Tis said that Sir Arthur Wau-
some instances by way of abro- order that Israel's future security may be assured.
and as refutations of the falsehoods man-
Quite an elaborate custom (which may date back
former High Commissioner
gation, and in other instances by
Solomon Kaplansky was right when he said in
ufactured by the Nazi leaders. These chope,
of Palestine, left $150,000 of his to an early time) has been described as follows: way of reinterpretation of cere- his eulogy to these two martyrs: "These ghastly
books deserve the widest possible circula- own money in the Homeland in A boy, dressed as a pilgrim with a staff in his monies in vogue for many years. murders have created a new blood pact between as
tion in order to fight the propaganda of gifts and donations to various in- hand, and a wallet containing status dough on his
That which is worthy of par- and this soil which we shall. never desert."
shoulders, enters and the master of the house in- ticular favorable comment is,
Ephraim Ticktin and Eliezar Krongold died
Hitlerism in this country as well as in other stitutions Wauchope is heavily quires:
''Whence comest thou, 0 pilgrim?", "From that, because the Ashkenazic ele- while building a pivotal post for the Land of
interested in the famous Ilaig
democratic lands throughout the world.
and Haig whiskey distillery , . . Egypt." "Art thou delivered from bondage?" ment prevails among English- Israel. Therein must lie consolation for their
But it is no longer necessary to resort The British secret service is quiet- "Yes, I ant free." "Whither goest thou?" "To sppeaking Jews, the Ashkenazic families, for their comrades. They gave their
"Nay, tarry with us to read the transliteration of Hebrew words lives in defense of an ideal—and their names will
to lengthy descriptions in book form in ly looking into reports that the Jerusalem."
propaganda ministry has sent recital of the Passover." The story of the Exodus
is employed in the text by prefer- be perpetuated in the history of pioneering Pales-
dealing with the race-hate issue. While a Nazi
number of highly-trained Ger- follows this pretty prelude.
ence to the oft-bewildering S'far- tine, just as their blood, mingled with the soil of
the volumes enumerated are indispensable man girls to London where they
ilk transliteration, which only the the Holy Land, will—MUST—eventually serve as a
The house was diligently searched for leaven fewest among the Ashkenazim can symbol for peace and not for cruelty and for
for students and leaders, there are at pres- obtained jobs as domestics in the
the night preceding Passover. This occasion follow with ease.
murder.
ent available a number of pamphlets which homes of important government on
on whom they are in- also gave the children a chance to play pranks on
Words are inadequate as an expression of sor-
The material is systematically
are excellent for use by the large masses officials
structed to spy .. Although the their elders testing their parents' diligence. Thus
clearly presented, so that no row and as coinage of tribute. But history will
of the American people. In a recent issue new British commission to Pales- they would conceal particles of bread in out-of-the and
one can fail to understand what know how to evaluate the sacrifice, the idealism,
we mentioned the splendid brochure, "Five tine is still in London, it is al- way corners and great was their glee when the the author, with the aid of the the courage of Ephraim Ticktin and Eliezar
overlooked these particles and they
Years of Hitler," published by the Ameri- ready predicted that its report will searchers
translator, desires to impart. Th e Krongold who knew not fear, who, with their
ready in time for Chanukah ... could produce the incriminating pieces.
illustrations scattered throughout comrades, selected a distant spot, far removed
can Council on Public Affairs. A similarly be
• • •
Edmund de Rothschild, 22-year-old
from civilization, there to build a new outpost
valuable pamphlet has just been issued by son of Lionel de Rothschild and In the city of Warsaw 60 per cent of the popu- the book are well done and are for
Jewish national redemption.
helpful in visualizing various cere-
the International Relief Association, of heir to the directorsip of the Lon- lation made application for Passover relief, sup- monial objects. In order to make
Blessed be their memory!
•
which Prof. Charles A. Beard is chairman, don Rothschild bank, is on a world plied by the Jewish community in the year 1935. the book useful for conducting
to become acquainted with the The figure gives an indication of the gradual pau-
tests on its material, questions for
under the title "Youth Betrayed." Those tour
Detroiters as Pioneers
perization of the Jews in Poland.
family's interests.
this purpose are supplied. It is
• •
Ephraim Ticktin was the first pioneer to settle
who still doubt the poisonous effects of HOME NEWS
but natural that -the existing bib- in Palestine in recent years, from Detroit. Ile
Often at the Seder table the servants of the
the Hitler camps and the propaganda con-
liography on the subject could was not the only Detroiter. Many of the boys and
Fritz Kuhn, of the German-
ducted among the youth of Germany will American Bond, has received a household were also present. On such occasions not be omitted and was therefore girls who attended our schools, whom we knew so
servant was not to be put to shame by asking
supplied. The many references to well who are the flower of our youth, left be-
find conclusive proof in this splendid 64- cable from his adjutants to hurry the
her to perform her ordinary duties while at table.
sources and explanatory notes, hind them friends, homes, luxuries, to become chil-
• • •
page booklet to convince them that the home from Berlin because of an
oft more detailed than necessary, dren of Zion. They are truck drivers, dirt farm-
internal battle raging in the Band
For the benefit of the women and children of
minds of the young people in the Reich . . . So many anti-Nazis are said
too are calculated to increase the ers, road builders, watchmen, ghaflirs.
the household, portions of the Seder ritual were
are being attuned to the worst type of
reader's interest in the subject-
(PLIABM TURN TO MIXT PACill
Yirmiyahu Ilaggai, scion of a well known De-
translated into the vernacular and were explained.
matter of the book.
political, economic and social thinking
(PLEASE TURN TO NEXT FAME)
while their bodies are being trained for
slave-devotion to a new state idea under
which the individual is even less impor-
tant than the smallest screw in a machine
Opinions on Movements, Causes and Occurrences in
and within the make-up of which the dic-
Jewish Life
tator is the supreme being.
The molding of the minds of the youth,
Detroiter, Now in Palestine,
Joseph Haggai—"The major re-
David S. Zemon—"The sacred
Eminent Novelist, in Letter to Esquire Magazine s Writes
Describes Eminent Vis-
the manner in which they are trained to sponsibility of the Jews of Amer- cause of 'Gemilath Chasodim,'
a Follow-up Chapter to His Famous Book
hate those who are chosen by Nazism to ica is to the American Jewish
count's Visit
Congress. As the movement that that of extending loans to needy
on Palestine, "Yehuda"
be despised ; the swastika scholarship that strives to safeguard the civil, po-
of all races and creeds, without
By MILTON MARWIL
rules Germany and the influence of teach- litical, economic and religious
them any fees, is one
By MEYER LEVIN
ers in brown shirts; the "swastifixion of rights of the Jewish people charging
of the foundations upon which EDITOR'S NOTE: Milton Moran, s on
Mr. and Moo. Robert % rail of EDITOR'S NOTE: Through Ilie courtesy of Esquire Magarine, se are pleased
Germany" and the persecution of the wherever these rights may be Judaism rests. It is a cause that of
to publish the article by Meyer Levin. "ir e ( nnd Cowman:In,. w bleb
Detroit, le at present In Palestine,
and violated, and as has the support of all groups and
will appear
Esquire'a May
Christian churches; the victims of Nazism threatened
Lesin Is the author of the
here he ban Joined the religioun
the democratic force in American it is sacred in its aspirations and
ham , . nom' on Palmline. '”ieitada. ° and of the more recoil men
lilhuta Aryeh. In the following o r.
in concentration camps and the methods Jewish life, it deserves a place in
work, "The Old hunch."
't
Dale,
he
describes
the
ski(
to
this
the services it renders."
colony
of
Ilscount Herbert Samuel.
used to torture and terrorize those sus- of priority in our planning and
Indy Samuel
their non. lin ,
•
thinking."
n
made
the
Galilee
roar.
Perched
on
the
pected of opposing the Hitler regime—
Eight, nine years ago I lived i
count !Sartori was the find Illfla
of Mx elbow In the Aral: tillage.
Mrs. Maurice Landau—"Young
(' lllll tolssioner of Palestine.
•
a pioneer Jewish farm commune I point
Against the hone of hie wrist l a the
these are some of the revelations incorpor-
Louis S. Cohane — "Detroit Judaea, as the program for the
on the slope of Mount Carmel;
J utish cement factory, pith Itn loon
ated in the informative pamphlet "Youth Jewry has given its answer to young boys and girls in the Zion-
It is Chaya, the youngest, age
wrote a novel about that life, an a sr Jealsh eorkers. And e few kilometres
against the little finger of the
Betrayed," which was prepared by M. B. Nazism through the activities of ist movement, is a cause deserv- 16, who first tells me the news. named the book Yehuda, after on t further,
n
the League for Human Rights. It ing of co-operation and support.
Schnapper.
of its characters. Though no
TI, , alterR law
"Moshe,
Herbert
Samuel
of
the
non
transformn the tin roofs o
of
shall never be said that we gave The adult Zionists will be build-
widely read, Yehuda has alway
collagen Into shining sl o f
It would be a crime to permit these aid and comfort to the enemy by ing _future leadership by encour- comes to Aryeh tomorrow." been the tender favorite among the
mirror. In ti. form. the mirrors
pamphlets to remain on the shelves of the buying his goods. German-made aging this splendid movement."
This is spoken in a Hebrew.
my novels; and it still happens to Ile, atilt the shoe'. open nide to the
road. Find comes the row of
be, so far as I can discover,the 'I eller dem Linden,' the German mint-
International Relief Association and to be products should be boycotted un-
German - English combination
•
til there is an end to Ilitlerism."
only
realistic novel about modern ier Ironically named It, because of the
Dr. Israel Wiener—"The posi-
unused in an hour of crisis when the truth
for
my
special
comprehension.
lane
ocnsgstly wild Penner tree. tlmt
•
life in Palestine. It will be sim front. of the
tion of the Jewish people is grow-
hotowg 'felled,. see. all fsur
must be presented to those who are most
"Lord Herbert Samuel?"
Harry Cohen—"Support for the ing rapidly worse because
plest for me to quote some pas- morn. of each cabin, and linen. each
we do
"Kain, and Aaron (he is the
likely to receive the untrue side of the pic- United Ilebrew Schools through not possess LAND. The Jewish
sages from Yehuda, as counter- of the four cots In emit mint. The com-
rade. coming !slime from work, getting
ture of world conditions as painted by the Allied Jewish Campaign National Fund is the backbone eldest, age 27), says you are images to the changed scene of their change of clothes, going sena.
today.
means strengthening the hands of of the movement for national re-
the yard to the .honer ... Faring the
to remain home from work to
German propagandists. The dissemina- our
scholars who strive to perpet- generation in Palestine because it
It is not only because I am writ- NO, M are the barn, the cow-stable, and
the machinery sheds. And spanning the
tion of factual material regarding Nazism uate our ideals and our traditions redeems the soil of Palestine to speak English with him."
ing under a motion picture heading hack of the horsenhoe la the long cabin
"Lord Ilerbert Samuel
that I would suggest this topic toted se mess-room and general gather-
is an obligation that rests on all liberals and to make learning and schol- become the property of the entire
ing place who is in the kitchen, sans
the ideals of young and Jewish people. We MUST redeem
pictorially; life in Palestine is a
comes to Aryeh. Of all the
throughout the world. It has been right- arship
surely made
old."
dynamic complex of ideas and Potato soap. Ale,,., perched tom ate
the
land
as
speedily
as
possible."
hundred
odd
settlements
in
the
fully stated that democracy must be
is hole meshek, in the bright new chit-
ideals translated into physical pat- siren's
hat., bull( of
concrete:
land he picks Aryeh—a small
fought for, if it is to be retained. The time
terns of action, and all set against hots it ahinen; no though it were
ring
Mizrachi group of the German backgrounds of engulfing natural
the glant's Miner. And then, weltered
is here to be militant in defense of demo-
taw the place like pebble, shaken nut
beauty, of beauty so all-pervasive
Youth of Aliyah. It is more
Ilud great hand, are sheds, the
cratic ideals and institutions. One of the
and penetrating as to be a main fakery, the Ixnndry,
than honor, it is a thrill.
methods of militant democracy should be
rimer Ibe . ,mdl 1::se
"o urIll 'i r ora dleh
" ":
and conscious factor influencing Ins
hecarry •.
Preparations begin early the
to spread the truth about world conditions,
the behavior of even the most un-
When a Jewish King Made Passover
That's how it was in 1929, a
next morning. For three hours
sensitive-seeming dullards. No one place typical of a few dozen com-
and especially about the source of all anti-
who has not been to Palestine truly munes scattered over Palestine —
the buildings and grounds are
democratic propaganda. The weapons
By FRANZ WERFEL
understands this. But this beauty always a collection of shacks
scoured thoroughly as for the
against Nazism and in favor of democracy
is felt as the beauty of woman is
crowded with cots, often not even
Sabbath. There are only a
EMITOR'S.l.OTE: In this brilliant desolation of the seder In the ancient Temple
are at hand. Let them be used!
felt by folk who might prefer
S1. 1111WIK
"Quotation Marks"
HERBERT SAMUEL Happier Picture of Life
AT KIBUTZ ARYEH In Jewish Farm Commune
In
Inn,,. Meyer
1411,1
redo. .0f.
Mn CAMS..
LIC111/0111116 211S Ilan
Seder in Solomon's Temple
Freud Wrote Proudly
The civilized world is shocked over the
treatment accorded Dr. Sigmund Freud.
As Jews we have a right to feel doubly
moved by the indignities showered upon
this great man. We have just received a
book catalogue from London in which is
listed his volume "An Autobiographical
study " Accompanying the notice about
this book is the following brief paragraph:
He is a Jew and writes proudly: "I have
been able to ■ ee why I should feel
ashamed of my descent or of my race."
As a matter of fact, he has always
spoken with pride about his people. His
children are Zionists. His own sentiments
are for a Jewish Palestine.
His people will rejoice when he is a
free man again.
Belated Honors for Salomon
In Jertmalem at which king Jmlah, descendant of Daild, presided, Erang
Werfel, the world-famous Jett
WI novelist, alms m • neser-to-be.fortotlen
picture of the age-lemceremony. This rlbile is •n extract from Me
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This day was a day of honor, a
day when the Lord rejoiced in His
ancient Temple. How excited his
mother had beenl She had herself
cone to awaken him. And her pride
was well founded. Of all the fam-
ilies of the priesthood which dwelt
in the country roundabout but did
not serve in the Temple, he, Jere-
miah, was the only youngest son
who had been chosen for special
distinction. ills father's family,
however, was one of the oldest in
Judah and Benjamin, reaching
hack to the holy epoch as far as
Abiathai, the exile, as far as
Eli, the Priest of Shiloh, as far
as Moses and Aaron themselves.
Jeremiah had today been selected
to fill a post of honor at the eve-
ning Passover sacrifice or perhaps
to serve at the King's table. The
young man's heart beat loudly, for
it was filled with a great joy of
anticipation. With his whole soul
he loved the sacred festivals and
ceremonial, when the fires glowed,
the lamps shone, the harps, trum-
pets, and drams exulted, and the
people came together with rejoicing
as they united in the Covenant of
the Lord .
At last due honors may be accorded
the memory of Haym Salomon, who has
been called the financier of the American
The feast had begun- Rows of
Revolution. An announcement comes from serving Levity, and priests of the
lowest order were hurrying along
Hollywood that Warner Brothers will soon the tablet with dishes and pitchers.
start production on the picture "My Coun- With the most minute attention to
try First," which will deal with the life detail and observance of the laws
of the Polish-Jewish patriot who loaned the banquet had been prepared by
e priests who, pursuing their
his entire fortune of $800,000 to George th
various duties, had slaughtered the
Washington. George Jessel is said to have animals, let the blood drain out,
written the scenario. If the plan material- cut them up, and divided the food
izes, it will serve to atone for an historic intended for the guests from the
portion of the Lord and the quota
slight.
allowed to His servants. Yet this
had not been enough, for in the
comprehensive ordering of those
•things which linked the crown of
heaven with the centre of the earth
there must be nothing overlooked or
forgotten. Even the first-fruits of
the field, the vegetables, fruits,
spices, and savoury ingredients of
the meal had to be inspected and
examined before they could be ac-
cepted. The whole of creation was
based on the distinction between
what was good and what was evil,
what was clean and what was un-
clean, what was permitted and
what was forbidden. By means of
this distinction man in his uncer-
tainty acquired direction and a
sense of proportion. Several Tem-
le offices had been instituted sole-
y for the purpose of watching with
holy scrupulousness over this
separation, which concerned every-
thing in the universe both great
and small. In the favored month of
Nisan growth was more than lux-
uriant, but not every plant, not
every fruit was equal before the
Lord, as by an incomprehensible
predestination not all men were
equal in Ills sight. Fennel, rue, and
coriander, field mustard and what-
ever else grew freely and could be
eaten by man, were different, in
their relation to God, f rom the
cultivated vegetables. No early cu.
cumber, no pumpkin resembled an-
other in its sacrificial value, and
every single olive, tiny as it might
be, had first to be tested to see
that it was worthy. For Adonai
Elohim was the exclusive Lord of
all that lived, the God of all youth
and vitality in the universe. The
least defect, the slightest sign of
decay, the taint of a worm in the
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Of,
dozen to rejoice in this work
as the rest of the 50 members
have scattered to their various
tasks in the neighborhood. (As
the Kitbutz only has a few
acres of National Fund land
they are obliged to work out-
side in the trades and labors
that offer themselves in the re-
gion of Iledera, which is most-
ly strenuous toil in the orange
groves.) Only the few girls in
the kitchen and the laundry;
the gardener, whose perennial
acre of vegetables suffices the
Kibutz all year round; the
ghaffir (supernumerary police-
man), who has remained up af-
ter his night's vigil; the sick,
who hug the window of their
room for a glimpse of the occa-
sion; and the several others
whose work or official position
keep them in the Kibutz.
Everything is in order and
all is as tidy as a Dutch cot-
tage. We are proud of the
appearance of our three build-
ings and seven tents and the
little lawn and flowers in front
of the combination synagogue-
dining hall. We arc thankful
Lord Samuel did not come yes-
terday when we had no water.
The pumping machinery had
been in disrepair for four days
and during that time water for
cooking was carried from our
nearest neighbor a half a mile
away and sanitation had to be
neglected. But today we have
water again and are able to
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PALO)
James Montgomery Flagg to El
Greco; the unlettered watchman in
Sated reacted as intensely to the
view from his post—and he had
picked out the most perfect angle,
the most perfect spot for the com-
position of the view—as the in-
tellectual plowman in the isolated
commune of Afikim, over the Jor-
dan, who cherished albums of Van
Gogh color-reproductions, in a box
under his cot. Ask of a Jew in
Palestine—"But why necessarily
this strip of land, why not Rus-
sia's Biro-Bidjan, or a strip in
South America?" And the answer
is not only in the uncut natal
cord, the argument of historical
ties. The answer is usually in a
motion of the arm, broad over the
land—For that she is so beautiful.
Third then, is how the story
began:
a room to themselves for the mar-
ried couples; mules bumping wag-
ons over the stony yard, endlessly
transporting barrels of water, be-
cause as yet there was no money
for a pumping station.
The novel went on to describe
life there amongst the sixty com-
rodeo, the relations with the
Arabs—a will toward friendliness,
irked by occasional small thefts of
grain off the fields, by memories
of live-stock raids who', tie com-
mune was only a handful of tents.
There is the burning of a harvest,
too—who knows by whom? The in-
crease of watchmen, the Arab's
attempted attack; and still the will
toward friendliness, the knowing
that the trouble comes only front
a few brigands -and bad-hats; that
ntheeighAborarlby. village as a whole is
'In th
There are the complicated prob-
n. call ed Carmel,
in the land of In ail,
mothere fiety • tom- lems of communal life; the wish of
mule named Yehuda. who play. vio-
a
girl
in love for finery, and how
lin. All the day, lehoda works In the
commune's mot 1101111/ arrows the riser does a commune deal with her little
kishon. {then the Dan
n (1. behind the thefts? There is the strong open
mountein, he stand• himself erect, and
bre•Meg and looh• ironed himeelf to song of working together at thresh-
see If the comraden may he mak, to ing time. And there is the prob-
ride the wagon home. Ansi hen he
lem-storyof the violinist. He has
loran to look mom the rnountein. Al
that moment the last rods of sunilsht had some training, before coming
bridge Mount Varrnel's blue-copped hol- as • pioneer to Palestine; he has
loos and shear IdaMVIISII
itg alom the
mountain's ma-fleshed hulks of rock. made enough of a beginning to
At that moment the mountain ahrays know that he has the possibility
OHM% Is 1•110 ■ 1/1
to he • tremendous of a great career as a
ermine., of earth, featly moulded
musician.
down them la the we. of Jordan.
Then why he? why must he be
The mountain seems • retool Ilmt har- the one to sacrifice his musician's
ried Info fife info, his limb. were
hands tearing rocks out of the
smooth, wrenching 11111 MIMI
oat of the
bed of restraining matter, mad gmh- vineyards on Carmel slope? It is
the nett,
the old story of man confronting
fall IV ' cltr- 17:4Z.t"%nit
r the n
imn moped him on his lotilme7I himself, the same story as that of
only one outistrelched hand primped the the
volunteer international in
waters eI g.
se Today, perhaps
, s
(Ms Spain: If not I, then
read
Ilk.
who?" And
symbol of Zionism) •
There
he fey, rnwe
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ninthly homa• sh
ap
e, there is no excuse before • man's
g
the plata, dividing conscience. The world might ex-
Sharon from Arne. 111.1 head was a
mount. sad 114 shoulders and man. cuse him from this task, but he
erre mountaIng his awns were tang law cannot excuse himself,
hills. his bruise. were open wsdhus. and
ham red reek showed where the fall .1.
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had onensenid hi. flesh. His hmi• fey
hi. Addle and hiemade-,.sad,
made-,.sad, and
In Emek limeel, and hl• left Mad
t to sad aher
reached for the
- Me. the heed of 114proWnste 'Awn
Ight
the
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ad of 66 isirsik ni7see in m.th.
to
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men hid bent the My of Media. All
an.
from of emwees of the
alongside Ms din right arm they bare
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