DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chroirkle 14 September I1, 19-12 New Year's Greetings to all From Michigan Communities When God gave the Torah to tions. In examining the physiol- Larger Demand the Jews on Mount Sinai, they ogy of men it was further dis- for Banking became so ecstatic with spiritual covered that man has 248 limbs By Dr. Nathan Drazin joy and holiness that their souls and 365 sinews. The rabbis hence Credit Noted Rabbi. Shaarei Mob Congregation, Baltimore, Md. immediately separated from the concluded that the precepts of flesh and flew upward into ether- JERUSALEM (Patcor) - bur- the Torah were not only meant themselves and that, hence, there Angels." eal space. For a while the heav- as vitamins of the soul, but also ing March, 1842, deposits in Pal- cannot be even a divine law un- This interesting little Midrash ens and all their wonders were as life-producing elements for the estine banks showed a drop after limited by time and space. A laid open before them, but then ,omes to mind as we stand on body without which man loses the having risen almost uninterrup. two-fold evil is the result of these the Lord caused a celestial dew the threshold of a New Year and essential character of man formed tedly since the previous June. In rationalizations. They not only are about to take inventory of to fall upon their forsaken bodies the eight months from July, 1941 extirpate all possible pen a n c e in the image of God. and simultaneously commanded our spiritual gains and losses of Throughout the long, sorrow- to February, 1942, deposits had for sins committed, but also ren- the past year. Since such an in- the souls: 'Return, ye souls, to risen by £24,000,000 at February der future improvement most un- ful history of the Jewish people, your bodies! My Torah was given ventory can only be made in rela- 29th this year; but at the end likely. Should one free himself, this fact had a dominating influ- tion to the Torah, the Jewish for human beings and not for ence. Heroically, indeed, did many of March they had dropped to standard of ethics and morality, however, from the opiate of these Jews bear martyrdom, knowing £22,100,000. we must first accept the principle rationalizations, he would readily that life is barren without the inherent in the above Midrash, comprehend the true significance Torah. of the Torah and understand the that the Torah was intended to A tale told nie recently depicts vital importance of observing all be God's guide for human beings. the same truth. A very religious of its commandments. A careful study of the Torah woman who suffered great mis- Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu Man, of all animals, can freely will also reveal this fact. Is the fortune in her family was re- rise to a high pedestal of spirit- Torah not the divine code of proached and mocked by her uality. Man can overcome his lust Rosh Hashonah Greetio„. laws for the Jewish people, that neighbors who said that her relig- for power and can control his demands a strict, virtuous life? ion was of no avail. The wise But virtue is unthinkable without animal passions. Man can even woman, however, ably retorted, the possibility of vice, for virtue improve himself to such an extent "You know not what you say. is the free choice of the good and so as to make his physical body Without Judaism life would now the free rejection of the evil. serve also lofty ideals and noble be meaningless for me. True, Temptation is similarly indispens- enterprises. The Torah was in- everything seems hopeless for me, able in a life of virtue. There tended as an aid and guide to everything is stark black. Juda- Ladies Rudy-to-Wear. Sports can be no courage if there is no man in a life so dedicated. Wear, Dry Goods, Novelties. ism, however, comforts ow, gives danger; no self-control if there An examination of the various me solace to bear my misfortune, Notions. Shoes, Furnishings are no temptations. Surely the functions and traits of the body knowing that it comes from an Millinery 104 MICHIGAN AVE. practice of righteousness in the would also reveal certain features all-wise and merciful God, Who total absence of temptation is no which are not unparallelled in alone knows what is best for me." PHONE 3921 PHONE 22 accomplishment. spiritual life. We know, for in- Unfortunately we find false These fairly familiar truisms stance, that the body needs not prophets now arising in Israel Frankiort, Mich. cannot be overemphasized. Do not only energy producing foods to reconstructing Judaism—as a civ- Charlevoix, Midi. many people who fail in their duti- give it strength, but also minerals ilization—devoid of divine content ful observances absolve themselves and vitamins to give it substance. and tradtional sanctity. They re- consolingly, saying that the Torah Similarly the soul needs a body duce all holy precepts to mundane was intended for angels? Some to give it a home n whch to live, folk-ways and customs. Instead New Year's Greetings to MI even invoke a pseudo theory of but it also requires vitamins of of re-establishing the old truth relativity, claiming that the Torah character to give it substance and that the precepts are really vita- , Season's Greetings and Best Wishes was intended for only a certain beauty. mins, live throbbing cells, nour- Vitarrin, from the Latin "vita," ishing both body and soul, their time or place, insinuating that their Creator is no wiser than meaning life, is something which paragon makes of the command- everyone must have. Vitamins ments of the Torah dead tissues are present in certain foods and which may easily be discarded at vegetables, and till very recently every discomfiture and buried at scientists did not know what they will. For Quality and Service looked like, whether they were Despite these, Torah-true Juda- (Continued from Page 13) Fish—Sizzling Steaks—Chops crystalline or amorphous sub- ism will continue. It will survive Turkey—Ala Carte Service of a special plot of land by the stances, whether or not they had long after these teachings sink and Full Course Jewish National Fund in the so- color or taste. The effect • they into oblivion. There shall always Dinners Served had on the body, however, were be men and women who will not 224 ANTRIM STRRET called Farm-City area. Finally, the reforestation pro- fully known for quite a long time he misled by fleeting temptations PHONE 104 PHONE 3211 gram, which is an urgent neces- because in their absence—by with- and who will continue to cling 325 MAIN ST. sity for Palestine, has not been holding foods containing these to the Torah, God's eternal guide Frankfort. Mich . Charlevoix. Midi. neglected. Over 3,100,000 trees vitamins from animals—scientists for human beings, and to its pre- are now planted on Jewish Na- found very startling consequences cepts, the vitamins of the soul. tional Fund soil. Of these nearly in an amazingly short time. The 170,000 trees were planted last animal became blind, appetite was lost, the bones decayed, growth year alone. New N'ear's Greetings ceased, mental and sexual devel- To meet the tragic need of opment receded, and hemorrhages Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu Jewish homelessness, the Jewish occurred over various parts of Sincere New Year's Greetings National Fund is planning a the body with ensuing death. So, large scale program for land ac- although we were unable to see quisition in strategically located these vitamins, we knew how es- areas. It will add economic sential they were to health. Sim- Mr. ES Mrs. E. C. McFarland, Props. strength to Palestine. It will also ilarly with the vitamins of the "NEW and USED LUMBER" provide that large scale coloniza- soul. Though they are not tang- CHARLEVOIX'S tion program which Dr. Weiz- ible, though they cannot be seen, oLosmoBILE 1630 LAKE ST. 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