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May 14, 1943

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

HALEVY TO GIVE
FREE CONCERT TO
AID IN WAR EFFORT

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"A LETTER FROM PRINCESS SABBATH TO THE
LEAGUE OF SABBATH-OBSERVING WOMEN"

Intercepted and Transmitted by Rabbi Moses Fischer
My loyal, faithful Sabbath-
Your next great undertaking
observing women:
is, as I am aware of it, to
In place of its regular annua
More than eight hundred years make Sabbath-observance the rul-
concert, the Detroit Halevy Sing
have passed away in the swift ing law and the outstanding mo-
.2. Don't cook or do menial work on the Sabbath.
ing Society has decided to do its
cu•rents of time since I took mentum at least in the thickly
part in aiding the war effort by
my pen the first time in order populated Jewish neighborhoods!
bath. t1, Go with your children to the Synagogue on the Sab-
to transmit thru its medium a We Celestial Beings recall yet
presenting an On-to-Victory con-
burning message to the house- the historic moment when Is-
cert to take place Sunday, Mem-
4. Serve a festive meal to your family on the Sabbath.
hold of Israel, to extend my rael unanimously accepted the
orial Day, May 30 at 8 :30 p.
abiding blessing and greetings Laws of God as the guiding prin-
Read the Bible or stories to your children on the
in the auditorium of Northern
Sabbath.
to my faithful attendants and ciples of its priestly life at the
High School, Woodward at Owen
adherents and at the same time fire-encircled Sinai . . . In our
11. Visit with your family and friends on the Sabbath.
to warn the sinners and trans- regions we feel and hear the re-
Ave. The unusual feature of this
gressors of the Sabbath of the verberatioins and repercussions
concert is that there will be no
7. Learn to know the Sedra and Jewish Literature on
fateful consequences which their of the sacred vow, "Naaske Nish-
the Sabbath.
charge for admission; the public,
misdrected actions must ultimate- ma," We shall do and obey!"
however, will be invited to pur-
8. Come closer to your people on the Sabbath.
ly bring to both; as well be the To us perhaps, no other aspect
spiritual life and integrity of of present-day Jewish life is
chase war savings stamps at the
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Israel as to its dignity, honor more unintelligible and unexplain-
Enrich your soul through the Sabbath.
door in an amount at least equal
arid position among the nations. able than the blasphemous fact,
to the customary cost of tickets.
10. Come closer to your God on the Sabbath.
Eight hundred years ago it that in purely Jewish neighbor-
Since seats cannot be reserved,
was to Abraham Ibn Ezra, to hoods, where the merchant who
everyone should plan to arrive
this prince of learning, knowl- disposes of his goods is a Jew,
early.
edge and true piety in Israel to the customer who buys is also a
Solo artists for the On-to-Vic-
and Mrs. L. R. Miller, in memory whom I addressed my epistle of Jew, where the very language in
tory concert will be Hyman II. Contributions To The
Moe Prince; Mr. and Mrs. E. appreciation and gratitude for which the traffic is going on is
Cohen, well-known baritone sin- Jewish Home for
Aged of
Weil, in memory of Moe Prince; his valiant and vigorous cham- the "Mame Loson" which is sat-
ger and cantor of Detroit and
Frank and Family, in pionship of my holy Cause. In urated with the hope, the agony,
many other cities of the United
The following have made con- Samuel
memory of Morris Prince and his (lays it was of the crown the faith, the tears and martyr-
States and Canada, and Henry
Sam Smitt; Mr. and Mrs. Harry and glory of the Sabbath: of the dom of Israel—that such settle-
Siegl, popular Detroit violin vir- tributions to the Home;
Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Jord- Frank, in memory of Messrs. Sabbath-evenings with its blessed ments the Sabbath shall be pub-
tuoso, member of the Detroit
Symphony orchestra and of the an, in memory of mothers, Etta- Morris Prince and Sam Smitt; family unions, its visible angels licly desecrated and broken. On
staff of Radio Station WJR. The lay Finley and Adeline Jordan Pliskow Family Association, in of peace seated around the ta- the one hand Temples, Syna-
memory of Anna Agree; Rose ble, with the white glamour of gogues, Jeshivoths and Talmud
Halevy chorus will sing a number
of the most popular songs in its and Morris Prince; I. J. Cohen, Miller, donation; Women's Auxi- its light-giving contentment- Toras raise their portals in these
in memory of wife, Kate A. Co- liary of the Jewish Home for the sp•eading Sabbath candles. It is neighborhoods, bearing witness
repertoire under the direction of hen; The Amitians, in memory
Aged, in memory of Mrs. Sarah of this glorious part of my ob- that there is a God, in Israel,
Dan Frohman with piano accom-
of Mrs. Sophie Rosenberg-Taub- Lewis; Mrs. Ethel Horwitch, servance that a misdirected over- in closest proximity to them
paniment by Dorothy O'Koon.
man; Mr. and Mrs. Nate S. Frankfort, Michigan, in memory bearing scholar intended to de- Jewish groceries, business houses
It is suggested that the Jewish Shapero, in memory of Mr. Sam
people of Detroit and vicinity Smitt; Sylvia Dizik, in memory of son, Sholem-Jacob Horwitch; prive Israel by misrepresenting transact their business "as us-
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rothberg, in and wrongly expounding the law ual" on the Sabbath as if there
should plan to attend the Halevy of M. Prince;
Seymour Simons, honor of Jerry Rubiner's Bar- of My observance in the sense would be no Law and Faith in
On-to-Victory concert as a fitting in honor of mother,
Mrs. David
climax to the patriotic spirit of W. Simons, on Mother's Day; A. Mitzvah and in memory of Mr. that it begins not at Friday Israel!
It is the immortal glory of
the Decoration Day holiday, an Shiffman, in memory of Mr. Sam Sam Smitt and Mrs. Etta Jacobs; eve but only at Sabbath-morn-
opportunity to enjoy themselves Smitt; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice W. S. -Kaiser, donation; Joseph ing and therefore : Exit in Is- the Jew that it gave to man-
and to contribute a little more to Aronsson, in memory of Messrs. S. Bing, in memory of grandfath- rael to the beauties, inspira- kind the Sabbath which is recog-
er, Levy Jacobson; Joseph Bark- tions and religious ecstasies of nized even in our days as the
bring us closer to victory.
Sam Smitt, Moe Prince and Mau- man, East Tawas, Michigan, in the Friday-eves! It is against most wholesome and beneficient
rice J. Caplan; Mrs. H. Katz, in memory of father, Abram Bark- this danger confronting the re- law given for the protection and
memory of husband, Henry Katz; inan; Ida Newman, donation; ligious life and the integrity of benefit of Labor and also as the
BUY WAR BONDS Mr.
and Mrs. Herman R. Sable, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Atlas, in Israel that Ibn Ezra has girded very mother of all later laws
in memory of Moe H. Prince; Mr. memory of Mr. Sam Smitt.
his loins, armed himself with sponsored by the benefactors of
the shining weapons of knowl- mankind for the emanicipation
edge and holy zeal, challenged and liberation of labor, shall it
the foe of the traditional Sab- also be said to the disgrace and
bath and saved the unique treas- shame of Israel that it furnishes
ure of the Friday-eves to the and illustrates with its examplar
household of Israel for all times! the abrogation of this Law in
It gives unutterable joy and actual life by its greed, cupidity
satisfaction to me, who is visual- and as Dr. Hirsh put it—by its
ized and conceived by the saints "Money theism?"
and poets of my people in the
Shall it be said of Israel "that
feminine aspects of a Queen. both the tablets of Law and the
a Princess, a Bride—to address breaking of the Laws" must be
this my second epiistle to you ascribed to it?
Sabbath-observing women in Is-
Blessed be Ye Women, Mother
rael, who have championed and of Israel, whi like Deborah, the
fought with courage, zeal and prophetess with the "flaming
noble spiritual heroism My cause heart, ' Eshesz Lapiduth" you
in Israel, who even in the short have lifted up the flag of Sab-
space since the Sabbath-Cause bath, of Faith, of Religion, of
animates you have attained meri- Sanctity i in Israel!
torious and praiseworthy accom-
Like Deborah who inspired
plishments in My Cause, wh o with her deathless song the men
stand at the watch-tower to ac- of Israel, may ye be the inspira-
complish in the days to come tion of Jewry, the inspirer of
even greater things and to per- Your husbands, children and
form more concrete services in neighbors for the consecration of
order to save the very soul of the Sabbath, for the restoration
my people: the Sabbath! of her Glory in Israel.
Indeed, the very first step you Blessed your leaders, mem-
have undertaken in your holy bers, patrons, co-workers and
work deserves already the great- supporters! May the luminous
est appreciation and praise. It hems of the Divine Beauty of
was the closing of the majority My Sabbath Court illuminate your
the Jewish baker shops on lives, your homes, your hearth-
Sabbath. If there exists a set stones, your hearts and souls and
Sabbath.
of things which could have upset sustain you in all the heavy
the absolute calm and peace which struggles of life!
prevails in the regions of my
Your husbands, children re-
celestial court which could have turning from the battlefields, may
disturbed and unruffled the site- they find and be blessed with
ery surface and heavenly har- Sabbath-lit
Sabbaths illuminat-
mony of the white river of rest ed Sabbath-saturated world!
and repose that passes my court
"Those who love the Lord are
—it was certainly the action and like the sun rising in its splen-
attention of the Master-Bakers dor."
Princess Sabbath.
The steadily
up to the date that you,—my
popularity
faithful League have entered the
ARE YOU
arena which could have brought
of Chesterfields is a sure sign that they
about this disturbance of My
sacred regions!
make good their pledge to give you the
SUFFERING FROM
It was the utmost of mockery,
of
cynicism
and
conscienceless-
things that count most in a cigarette.
ness, if unconscious fraud, if the
ARTHRITIS OR
bakers sold bread baked on Sab-
Smokers know they can depend
bath, violating and hurting this
life-artery of Israel and "Jewish
on Chesterfield's
bread" to the host of law- SCIATIC CONDITION
obse•ving Jews who many times
walked miles from the Synagogue Let Nature's Mineral Baths Help You
of the world's best cigarette tobaccos
with their Talith under their
elbows in order to buy "Jewish
them a MILDER, BETTER
bread" from the bakers! "Jew-
ish bread." prepared, kneaded,
TASTE. They're true to their pledge
baked, sold by desecrating the
Sabbath! It is due to your noble
... THEY SATISFY.
enthusiasm and zeal my dear
woman that to a great extent
this reproach, "blasphemy," Ne-
boloh was removed from Israel!
My soul rejoices with true WORLD FAMOUS MINERAL BATHS
spiritual ecstasy, an on invisible
chords the assurance reaches me
Over 50 Years of Service
that you, Faithful Women in Is-
rael, in no sense intend to stop
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at your first success and accom-
plishment, that you are rather
resolved to go on from strength
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to remove other "reproaches"
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from Israel and to reintegrate
and to restore the banished
glory of Israel!

Many Local Noted
Artists on Program

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SABBATH DECALOGUE FOR JEWISH
WOMEN

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The Women's League for Sabbath Observance this week
issued these "10 Commandments"
for Jewish Women:
1. Don't shop on the Sabbath,

TRUE TO THEIR
PLEDGE

Giving you a MILDER
BETTER TASTE

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Right Combination

to give

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