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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and toe Legal CAronrcle
May 24, IVO
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Similarity of Ethical Teachings of
Confucius with Ethics of Fathers
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Tzu-Kung said: "The Master
Upon reading the Sayings of
—Furnished. Electricity. Confucius one is struck with learns by study, by politeness,
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send 5-9674.
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ings before noon. Townsend
6-7310.
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in home of small family. Em-
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Webb Ave. near Dexter. Davi-
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son 8516.
Large attractive room in pleas-
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Davison 4313.
room for a gentleman in home
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Tyler 6-2068.
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cleaners, mattresses, hardware,
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leather goods, filing cabinets,
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SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY for
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room for one or two ladies,
Cherry 3717, night, Te. 1-7890.
gentlemen or couple. Privileges
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room in home of small family.
Wildemere.
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Pasadena Ave. between LaSalle
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and Linwood. Townsend 7-7107.
room for a young lady or
couple in home of small fam- BUSINESS GIRL WILL SHARE
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two room completely furnished
Grand Ave. Townsend 7-7635.
apartment with refined girl.
Tyler 7-1232.
FOR RENT — Nicely furnished
large room for one or two la- FOR RENT—Attractive furnished
dies or gentlemen, in home
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of small family. Garage if de-
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sired. Bassin, 2685 Monterey
Townsend 5-6446.
Ave. Near car and bus line.
JR. TUROVER AID SOCIETY
On Wednesday, May 29, at
8:30 p. m., at Jericho Temple,
the Junior Turover Aid Society
will have a card party.
For further information call
Lillyan Zeifman, Ty. 7-4391.
LITTMAN'S
People's Then ter
modesty and yielding to men."
their poignant similarity to the
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Consort with those who keep
Ethics of the Fathers (Pirke the way and be guided by them.
Aboth). One's imagination feasts
At fifteen, I had the will to
upon the possibility of the Jew- learn; at eighteen I espoused a
o•igin of Confucius. The early wife; at thirty I could stand; at
missionaries who came to Cathay forty I had no doubts; and at
has e corrupted the real pronoun- fifty I understood the laws of
elation of Confucius. In Chinese Heaven.
The Master said: "Learning
it means the Master Kung or
Kung-Fu-Tze, which was finally without thought is vain; thought
colloquially adopted as Confu- without learning is dangerous."
See much, shun pitfalls, and
cius. As I remarked before, Con-
fucius might have been of Jew- walk discrestly in other ways;
ish descent and perhaps a disciple thou wilt have little to rue.
He was quick and fond of
of the early Scribes. He was born
551 B. C., which corresponds to learning, not ashamed to ask
the reign of the Babylonian and those beneath him. That is why
the Persian kings- Nebuchadnez- he was called cultured.
To be true to friends and have
zar, Evil-Merodach, Neriglisser,
Belshazzer (Babylonian), a n d a heart for everyone.
Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius I Hys-
tatspes (Persian) 586-516 B, C.; ETHICS OF THE FATHERS
at the latter date Confucius was
If a man would give all the
35 years old. According to biog-
raphers and historians he died substance of his house for love
479 B. C., when he was 72 years he would utterly be content.
(Song of Songs.)
old, which corresponds with the
era of Ezra, Nehemiah, and the
This is the way that is becom-
Scribes. How did Confucius come ing for the study of the Torah:
to China? If one remembers that a morsel of bread with salt thou
the first deportation of Jews to must eat, and water by measure
Babylonia under Nebuchadnezzar thou must drink, thou must sleep
took place in 696, about 45 years u1;on the ground and live a life
before Confucius was born, and of trouble the while thou toilest
the second deportation by the in the Torah.
same king in 586 B. C., about
Abtalyon said, "Ye sages, be
35 years before the birth of headful of your words, lest ye
Kung-Fu-Tze, the loose ends incur the penalty of exile.
Friday Eve.. Sunday Matinee and
seem to fit well together. The
Eve., Tuesday and Wednesday eves.
Shammai
said,
"Fix
a
period
theory I wish to advance is
The laugh-riot of the Yiddish stage
for
thy
study
of
the
Torah,
say
highly speculative and yet it em-
bodies a kernal of truth if viewed little and do much; and receive
historically. Upon reading the all men with a cheerful coun-
tenance.
subsequent quotations one will
Jushua, the son of Perachys,
and his entire New York cast in
probably find that this theory
said : "Provide thyself a teacher
Rumshinsky's musicale, with 20
harbors a sound historical foun- and get thee a companion."
numbers of music
dation.
At fifteen for the study of
While the bulk of the captives
taken to Babylonia, Assyria, and the Talmud; at eighteen for mar-
riage; at twenty for seeking a
Persia settled in these countries
TI( I.et r4, Mc to $1, plum tax ; Sunday
e., only 50c to $1.50, plum tux.
of exile, others of these two con- livelihood; at thirty for entering
into one's full strength; at forty Beginning Thursday, May_30, Fri-
tingents might have wandered off for understanding; at fifty for
day. May '31: Sirrilly madness an-d
and migrated across Asia ovtr counsel.
Eve., June 2
the Plateau of Tibet, and who
Ile
whose
works
exceed
his
knows but Confucius might have
MENASHE
SKULNIK and his
wisdom shall endure; but he
been among those, or perhaps of
company will conclude their De-
whose
wisdom
exceeds
his
works,
the second generation, w h o
troit visit with-
brought with him the ethical his wisdom still not endure.
Whosoever has these three at-
teachings of the Scribes and then
LEIZER ELYE
promulgated them throughout his tributes is of the disciples: A
good eye, a humble mind and a
COMES to AMERICA
FOR RENT—Nice large furnished FOR
RENT
— for
Comfortable
fur- peregrinations over the vast do- lowly spirit.
nished
room
a young man
Hear SI idnik's I aviation of "l401'7'11
main of China. It is noteworthy
room in good home, for gentle-
Ben
Zoma
said:
"Who
is
wise?
OF THE BORDER" In Yiddiali.
or lady, in desirable home of to stress the fact that Confucius
man. Desk in room. Board op-
three adults. Garage if de- married at the age of 18, which He who learns from all men, as
tional. Good transportation.
sired. 2226 Taylor Ave. Tyler is consistent with the counsel ad- it is said: from all my teachers
F i n e neighborhood. T y l e r
I have gotten understanding."
4-5915.
vanced by the ."Ethics of the
4-5900.
He sail to 'them, "Go forth
Fathers"—"Ben
Shemonah
Esrei
FOR RENT—Nite room for gen-
and see which is the good way
l'Hupah."
The
reader
will
find
FOR RENT — Nicely' furnished
tlemen or couple. Use of entire
to \which a good man should
large room
for employed
home. Telephone privileges. that adequately illustrated in the cleave."
•couple, in home of two adults.
2250 W. Philadelphia. Tyler accompanying quotations.
R. Eleazar said, "A good
Garage if desired; 2680 Mon-
It is also interesting to note heart."
6-3285.
terey Ave.
that these teachings were assem-
near Linwood.
Kubek.
FOR RENT—Cheerful airy room bled by Confucius' disciples—ac-
The parallel similarities in the
with small adult family. 3293 cording to various authorities— text are much more than co-
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
Richton near Dexter, upper. about the year 400 B. C., which incidental. It may bg argued that
corresponds
with
the
beginning
Townsend 6-2709.
all ethical teachings, no matter
of the Great Assembly.
Monuments of character
from what source they emanate,
En
passant,
it
is
a
known
fact
•
possess the same fundamentals,
7 ,S7 s,"r
that the Jew will absorb from an assertion which is quite co-
AN INSULTING TITLE
SATURDAY FIRST RACE
h . is environment all its character-
ON A CONFUSING BOOK istics, and in the course of a few gent; but the similarities are so
2:30 P. M.
striking that I am tempted to
generations he will be undistin-
ult.BACH
Morris Hyman writes poetry. guishable from the rest of the attribute them to the afore-
He has written a book of most native of the country in which mentioned historical theories. As
ADMISSION 1.25
. edt, tirand
confusing verse—on 151 packed he sojourns. Small wonder that I remarked before, the latter
Inclutlint!taTioen
may
be
highly
specillative,
yet
pages. And most confusing of the Chinese Jews actually resent=
e e
all is the title—"A Dirty Jew ble typical Chinese, a remnant who knows but that there may
LADIES
Conies Clean." The publisher is of whom still remains even to he a direct connection between
ADMVVT D Am.
and FRIDAYS
Bruce Humpluies, Inc., 30 Win- this day in the Province of Kung the sayings of Confucius and
the Ethics of the Fathers.
TUESDAY
chester St., Bdston, Mass.
Granite and Marble Monuments
Fu. It must be added, however,
Ladies' Dar
Perhaps the author tried to that intermarriage has undoubt-
7729 TWELFTH ST.
get something off his chest; or edly played an important role in
Tyler 6-7192
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Missionary circles will be in-
he may have tried to cleanse his giving the Chinese Jews their terested to learn that the anti-
soul, for reasons best known to typical Mongolian stamp.
Semitic Roman newspaper Regime
him. But that does not excuse
I append here a few of the Fascisto interprets the anti-war
the title. Also—his best inten- Parallel quotations to illustrate attitude of the Osservatore Ro-
Rev. Cantor
tions do not justify the book the similarity between the say- mano, the Vatican's newspaper,
Jacob
altogether. Even the publishers' ings of Confucius and the "Eth- as indicating that this ultra-
Silverman
Woodward Buses to the Race Track. 10c
note on the flap of the jacket ics of the Fathers" (Pirke Ab- Catholic organ is being directed
Si liGICAL
states as much, thus: "These oth). One quotation, however, is by Jews.
■ 1011E1.
poems are published essentially of Biblical origin and should be
2 5 Years'
Practice
out of weakness, as much because compared separately, as in the
Ileco m mended by
the author can not yet make a following verse: (According to
Pioririnn m and
certain spiritual level Without higher criticism the Song of
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aspiring to it, and can not per- Songs was written during the
'Wildemere
haps further aspire to it i without time of the Scribes by some un-
TY. 4-0062
outside recognition of, even par- known author, but attributed to
Marriage*
ticipation in, that prolusory a Solomon.)
Performed
Oration, as because he cannot
vet dissociate in his mind--not
CONFUCIUS
the intention from the action—
but the action from the person,
Were a man to give his
even to himself." The poetry is i strength to love for one day, I
SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 26
Rev. Cantor just
as muddled.
have seen no one whose strength
DAVID
would fail him. Such men may
AT TEMPLE BETH EL
GOLDEN
be, but I have not seen one.
Woodward and Gladstone
Detrolt's Favorite
The Master said: "A scholar in
Max Band's famous picture en-
M 0 iI E I.
titled "Nazi Civilization," which search of truth who is ashamed
Dave Diamond will present MEI LOWE and his Orchestra. featuring
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the French Galleries at New York of bad clothes and bad food, • it
MARY JANE FUNK
1Veildina
refused to let him exhibit togeth- is idle talking to."
Perfoluied at
Men of old were loth to speak
Home and ty Ap- er with his other pictures, will be
Proceeds for relief purposes
Admission 50 Cents
pointment.
on show at the Palestine Pavilion lest a word that they could not
make good should shame them.
at the New York World's Fair.
Menashe Skulnik
"Mazel Toy, Rabbi"
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