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Wise Man Finds Easy Way
to Shed Sins for New Year
Burden to Share
By D. SCIIOCIIER
ANNY SAW THE WRY look on uncle Ben's face. "What
is that I hear?" said uncle Ben. "Did you say you are
going fishing? Don't you know today is Rosh Hashana, and
that it is forbidden to catch fish.
never catch fish," said Danny.'
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Thursday, September 7, 1950
what the rabbi said in his sermon
thi's morning. He said that, ac-
cording to Judaism, there were
two kinds of sins; the sins of
omission as well as of commis-
sion.
"He said the sages Of the Tal-
mud held that on Judgment Day
God will hold us accountable for
the joys that we should have
availed ourselves of, and did not
as well as for the positive evil
we have committed."
Uncle Ben looked deeply into
the liquid eyes of Matilda and
then, placing his arm around her,
kissed her.
"Say," said Danny, looking up,
"you know that's a sin."
"On the contrary," said uncle
Ben, "that's one sin less that I
will have to account for and, if
Matilda is willing, this is just a
beginning of the lightening of the
load of my sins of omission."
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"I just fish. Even papa doesn't along. It was a beautiful autumn
catch any. Last time I went fish- day and many Rosh Hashana
ing with papa, you know what, worshipers were traversing the
circuitous river banks hemmed
uncle Ben?"
with thick woods, resplendent in
"What?"
"Well, I don't know if I should the autumn foilage. Uncle Ben
tell you but papa bought the fish somehow felt like autumn.
he took home and told mama he
He was a bachleor, getting on
caught them."
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"That's a sin," said uncle Ben, season seemed to have a special
"and if he did that, he ought to message to him. It seemed to
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go to the lake today for tashlich." him he too was leaving spring
"What's tashlich?" asked Dan- and summer behind and, with the
Fall already on, the winter of life A Jewish immigrant from Iraq,
ny.
"Tashlich is a symbolic rite we could not be far away.
one of 60,000 whose transfer to
observe on Rosh Hashana. Jews
As he was musing thus, he Israel is being carried out by
NEW YEAR'S
go to a lake or river and throw spied Matilda aproaching, walk- the United Jewish Appeal, ar-
GREETINGS
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at
an
immigrant
reception
their sins in."
ing alone. Spring was leaving her
"I bet it's a lot of fun," said too, yet he thought he still camp with all his worldly be-
longings on his shoulders.
Danny. "Can I go and throw my saw in her much beauty. Who
sins in the river?"
shall say, he said to himself, that
"Alright, if you want to you she is not even more beautiful there. I really don't have to ask
much forgiveness. I haven't rob-
can go along with me to tash- than in her youth.
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lich," uncle Ben replied, and
Who shall say that spring is for murders, I don't remember
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am
just
a
quiet
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"But," objected Matilda, "I am
And am he caught a gleam of sur- away.
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prise in Danney's eyes uncle Ben
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murmured whisperingly, "you
"I SUPPOSE," said Matilda as
know, you've got to throw them
they met, "that you are bound
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into the river."
whither I am bound—nowhere.
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Just enjoying the beautiful
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"SHALL I WRAP them up?" walk."
asked Danny.
"On the contrary," replied Ben,
"Yes," said uncle Ben "and "I am taking this young man to
make a neat package."
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"Can't you send it by freight?" sins than my uncle. He is a stodgy
asked Danny. "I bet the railroad old fellow. He doesn't sin. When
would give you a special rate. he comes home, he just gets his
My teacher said that the rail- pipe and reads the newspaper. He
roads often give rebates for large doesn't sin no more than a cat."
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shipments."
Uncle Ben smiled. "You know
"Is that the way to talk to an I think Danny has something
uncle?" asked Ben, "don't you
know that is a sin?"
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"No, it isn't," said Danny, "I
saw you smile and when you
• With hopeful prayers on our lips
make a person smile that's no
sin."
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o the officers and members of
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"Sure, just a second till I get hood, and to the entire Jewish
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