A merica ffewish Periodical Carter DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle September II, 1942 9 42 .4 TEL AVIV (Palcor) — Many cases have occurred, according to a report of the Central Jewish Soldiers' Welfare Committee, in which families which have sent gift arcels to Jewish troops on active service in the Middle East have been able to establish more personal ties with the recipients. A Jewish soldier in the British Army who came up on leave told how he had received a parcel while in the hospital, in fact, it was the first thing given him after he had recovered conscious- ness and was able to sit up after a serious wound. Inside the par- eel was a note from a family in Jerusalem, and when in Pales- tine he visited them in order to thank them and to say how de- lighted he had been to get this souvenir from Eretz Israel. Ile was particularly pleased with a letter from a little girl, the age of his own little son, and he had brought her a present. 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NATHAN Of BNA I MOSHE SYNAGOGUE A world conflagration rages; the foundations of the earth shake; bloodshed and agony fill the universe. A New Year dawns, and with it hope springs eternal in the human breast—a hope which carries light for those who walk in darkness; a hope pregnant with undying faith, that out of the fiery furnace of affiction there shall arise a new world, free from enmity, in which men and nations, may live in peace. By what means shall this hope be realized? By what alchemy of the soul shall this faith be transformed in social reality? The answer to these questions can be given if one comprehends the central theme of the holy days- TESHUVA-REPENTANCE. Repentance has forever been the means of spiritual regeneration. A recognition of sin is the prerequisite of conquering sin. A forthrightness of character which enables the individual, by self-introspection, to detect and eradicate those flaws of the soul, is the sine qua non of spiritual progress. "For the sins which we have com- mitted before thee" is the refrain which predominates in the liturgy of the High Holidays. Not merely a verbal expression of our moral und ethical shortcomings, but nothing less than an inner spiritual revolution, a crisis of conscience, must take place before repentance is achieved. Repentance is self-criticism. It is easy to find fault with man and God; it is difficult to censor oneself. This is true, not only of the individual, but of society as well. Looking for external causes as reasons for our social maladies, is a hopless method of solving our problems. What we must be able to learn is to search our hearts in order to find the cause of the moral decay of our age; to grapple not with symptoms, but to destroy the roots of evil by probing the depths of conscience. We must be able to admit that the violent upheavals of contemporary history are the reactions of our own doings. The times cry out for Teshuva, repentance; a return to the fundamental condition .upon which a progressive humanity can be built. What is that condition? The recognition of the sanctity of the human being, through faith in God! Only when men have faith in God shall they be able to have faith in men. Only when men shall recognize a Law, a Torah, which is not man-made, can we expect men to live as brothers. Sociological, technological and scientific progress when not coupled with faith in God, become agencies of destruction. We, of this generation, have by our cynicism, by our worship of false idols—be they of power or wealth; by our emphasis upon the material comforts of an "olam haze," rather than sacrificing in order to lay the founda- tions of a better and saner "olam habah" have descended to the valley of death in which we now find ourselves. We have been busy with self-preservation but we have lost the Self in the struggle. Our faithlessness has bred hypocricy. We spoke of democracy, yet we did not possess the will or courage to carry through that philosophy to its logical conclusions. We prattled of freedom of speech and press only to mis- use these precious gifts to give voice to ego and not to conscience. Our fathers fought and bled for freedom of religion, which we have distorted into freedom from religion. They fought for the separation of religion from the state, and rightly so, but we interpreted it to mean that our statesman could be divorced from religious and moral discipline. We fashioned our gods in our own image an commanded them to fulfill our own selfish be- hests. Our synagogues and churches have become dying monuments of where once were heard the strains of a living faith. The satisfaction of our physical appetites was paramount even to answering the call of our soul; forgetting that men do not live by bread alone. The simple faith of our forefathers, the concepts of Mitzvah and religious obligation, became outmoded in the com- plex, artificial pattern of life in which we live. We thought that God and Satan could be appeased simul- taneously and that a halfway faith would suffice, for- getting that our God was a Jealous God, demanding full allegiance—without compromise, or not exacting retribution. Repentance means returning to a modus vivendi previously experienced—a state of existence which is nobler than the one in which the individual finds him- self at present. Teshuva means, given alternatives the individual chooses right from wrong; good from evil; holy from profane. What repentance can there be, how- ever, for those who have no alternatives from which to choose? What shall thousands of Jewish Youth choose from, if devoid of tradition or the discipline of faith they have become estranged from the ideals of their God and people; if having been raised in a spiritual vacuum, and not privileged to experience the warmth of a religious environment, they now reap the whirlwind? From what source shall they draw inspiration and spiritual forti- tude in this period of blood, sweat and tears? How can they fear no evil if He is not with them. Before one can return, let him be given something to which he can re- turn. - This is the challenge of the New Year! Will human- ity continue to follow the road that leads to destruction or will it, with God's help, repent and live. Let Israel lead the way. Our sages have said: Repentance, Prayer and Charity will remove the evil verdict. Lc Show Toy() Tikosev u—A Happy New Year! SCHIFF 8 MOSS KOSHER CATERING CO. 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