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THE JEWISH NEWS

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Friday, September 20, 1946

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THIS THAT WALKS
IN THE FIELD
TO MEET US?

PART 4I. THE STORY OF

VEILED HER FA(II
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VEILED!-My
FUTURE HUSBAND
MUST NOT 3ER
ME UNVEILED!

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WELCOME, MY DAUG
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THIS TENT
NOW ISAAC WILL NOT
WAS MY MOIRE
SARAH'S --Now IT
SE LONELY ANY
MORE!
SHALL BE

MOW THAT ISAAC WAS
MARRIED, ABRAHAM WAS
LONELY WITHOUT HIS WIFE SARAH.
SO HE MET AND MARRIED KETURAN
WHO BORE HIM A LARGE FAMILY.
Bor OF ALL HIS 5004s, HE STILL
LOVED ISAAC. 0EsT. —

YOURS!

1Jt4k) ABRAHAM GREW OLD, AND KNEW THAT

HIS LIFE WAS NEARLY OVER —I-IE GAVE
GIFTS TO HIS OTHER SONS AND SENT THEM
AWAY TO MAKE NEW HOMES FOR THEMSELVES
In THE EAST COUNTRY, AND THEN HE CALLED

ISAAC TO HiM"•

I AM ISHMAEL, THE.

I

HUNTER-
HAVE COME
BACK FROM THE
WILDERNESS TO VISIT
MY FATHER!

NOVI 1 WAVE
SEEM YOU AGAIN
ISHMAEL, I CAN

T MUST 60 BACK 10 MY FORESTS A6Aiti
BUT I AM GLAD I HAVE COME TO KHOV/
AND LOVE YOU, BROTHER ISAAC, AND MY
FATHER ABRAHAM- T SHALL ALWAYS
REMEMBER HIM!

DIE CONTENT!

r MY SON I LEAVE TO YOU EVERYTHING

THAT I HAVE-IF ONLY i COULD
SEE MY OTHER SON ISHMAEL,
I WOULD BE HAPPY IN MY
LAST DAYS!'

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Facts About
The Holy Dcos

For Our Young People

ROSH HASHANAH

Dear Bo,. and Girl,:
Vr a Fe about to usher in the most imp°, tant period

By Jessie E. Sampler
Our year begins with burnished leaves

on the Jewish calendar
It is a solemn and serious period - but by no means
sad one
While the Holy Days commence with Ro..1.1 Has
hanah. it ends with Simhat Torah. the day of the
rr forcing in the To:ah.
Actually. however. it begins with Sehhot this Satur-
day night.

That flame in frost and rime,
With purple grapes and golden sheaves
In harvest time.

Our year begins with biting cold,

With winds and storms and rain;
The new year of the Jew grows old
In strife and pain.

Selihot are prayers of repentance and forgiveness.
They are re•ticd_in the synagogues during the.entire
period becinnint with First Selihot at night Saturday
and continuing through Yam Kippur, which occurs on
Sat I'dil . Oct. 5.

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In « , nne•tion

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When others say the year has died,
We say the year is new,
And we arise with power and pride
To prove it true.

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with Selihot. it is valuable to point

to thi , quotation from Mishna Yoma 8.9:
If a man said. "I will sin and repent, and sin
again and repent," he will be given no chance to
repent. Iif he said). "I will sin and the Day of Atone-
ment will effect atonement." then the Day of Atone-
ment effects no atonement. . . . This did R. Eleasar
B. Azariah expound: "From all your sins shall ye be
clean before the Lord." (Lev. 16, 30) For transgres-
sions that are between man and God the Day of
Atonement effects atonement; but for transgressions
that are between a man and his fellow the Day of
Atonement effects atonement only if he has appeased

his fellow.

This Talmudic quotation is an interesting reference

to the importance of sincere repentance and a serious

approach to our responsibilities as Jews.
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Rosh Hashanah. the Beginning or the First of the
Yea,. al , o has three other names:

1. Yom Hazikaron. the Day of Remembrance:

2. Tom Truale the Day of Mowing the Horn.
3. Yom Haflin. the Day of Judgment.

New Year messages sent on the occasion of Rosh
Hashanah are traditionally worded: May you be in-

scribed for a good year. -

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Unlike the hilarious celebrations on the occasion of
ushering in the civil New Year days. Rosh Hashanah
is marked by solemnity and by self-examination.
According to tradition. Adam was formed on Rosh
Hashanah and the day therefore was chosen as an occa-
sion of judgment for the human race. Therefore the
liturgical prayer states: "This day is the commencement

For

we

begin where others end,

And fight where others yield;
And all the year we work and tend
Our harvest field.
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MEDITATION OF THE SHOFAR

By Moses Maimonides
Awake. ye sleepers from your slumber, and rouse
you from your lethargy. Scrutinize your deeds and re-
turn in repentance. Remember your Creator, ye--who
forget eternal truth in the trifles of the hour, who go
astray all your years, after vain illusions which can
neither profit nor deliver. Look well into your souls and
mend your ways and your actions; let each one of you
forsake his evil path and his unworthy purpose, and
return to God so that He may have mercy upon you."
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THE BOOK OF LIFE

By Israel Baal Shem Toy (1760) -
"Inscribe us in the Book of Life." This must be
understood in a spiritual sense. When a man clings to
the love of God, and puts his trust in His infinite mercy,
he takes upon himself the yoke of the Kingdom of
Heaven and therewith inscribes himself in the Book of
Life. Whereas the man, a slave to his passions, who
so loses his belief in the all-embracing love of God that
he fails to repent and return to his Father in Heaven,
his despair of the love of God is equivalent to his being
inscribed—God forbid—in the Book of Death.

Food for a Survivor

of Thy work. a memorial of the first day of creation."
The uni‘ersality of our prayers and our outlook on
life is reflected in the Holy Day prayers which deal

with matters of a nnixersal and general nature.
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Rosh Hashanah. therefore. is significant for all man-
kind as an important day on which we express our
innermost feelings and our 'lope, that decency will
prevail on earth and that tyranny will be defeated

everywhere.
For Jews everywhere Ro-h Hashanah 5707 is an
Occasion for hope and prayer that there will be an end
to Jewish -ufferings, that the oppressed in Europe will
be liberated. that Palestine's doors will be opened for
those who have no other place to go to and refuse to
go where there will be persecution.
Let us all strive to achieve this goal.
With this message I wish you all a Shanah TOvah.

UNCLE DANIEL.

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The

Jewish Quiz Box

By Rabbi Samuel J.

Fox

What is the "Unesaneh Tokef"? (recited on Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur).

"Unesaneh Tokef" is an expression that has col-
loquially become the name of a prayer recited in the
synagogue just before the "Kedushah" on the lifgh Holi-
days. Its contents present a stirring description of the
awe and realism of the Divine Day of Judgment. In
addition. beautiful melodic notes have been affixed to
it, making it perhaps the most outstanding moment of
the High Holiday service.
What is the origin of the prayer?
Tradition ascribes its origin to "Rab Amnon of May-
ence," who is claimed to have uttered it in response to
the stirring tragedy that befell him when an Archbishop
attempted to compel him to change his faith. After
repeated requests. the aged gentleman asked for three
days in which to think the matter over, after which he
defiantly asserted his steadfastness to his own faith—
Judaism. When the waiting period was over and the
Archbishop's emissaries brought him to ask by force,
it was ordered that the feet of him "who goeth not to
the call of the great one and the hands of him ''who
stretcheth not forth to accept the new faith" be cruelly
amputated. After this terrifying ordeal the mutilated
remains of the staunch believer were allowed to be
brought home.
Soon the New Year's holiday approached and feeling
his days; numbered, he asked his disciples to bring him
to the synagogue where he may offer his prayers to the
Almighty and "sanctify his name." His disciples brought
him to the synagogue in his litter and, as per his request.
asked permission to open the ark for his prayer. It was
at the moment before the "Kedushah" that the dying
martyr offered his last words which are now contained in
the "Unesaneh Tokef" prayer. and expired in a pool of
blood.
It is said that he appeared in the dream of the
famous "Rabeinu Meshulem Ben Kloynomos" who or-
dered the prayer to be incorporated in the High Holiday
Services. The event is said to have occurred in the
eleventh century.
What is the nature of the prayer "Elah Ezkeroh?"
The prayer "Elah Ezkeroh" is a memorial descrip-
tion of the death of 10 martyrs which is recited in the
afternoon service of Yom Kippur — at the end of the
Musaf service. It refers to the 10 'martyrs who were
murdered during the Hadrianic persecutions which be-
gan in the year 135 A.D.
Some time after the destruction of the Temple by
the Romans, after having subdued the bold revolution
of Bar Kochba, the enemy determined to annihilate
Jewish life by prohibiting Jewish education. The scholars
refused to adhere to the decree and openly defied it.,
bringing upon themselves death at the hands of the
Romans. The 10 martyrs were: Rabbi Ishmael, the High
Priest; Rabbi Simeon Ben Gamliel, the Prince; Rabbi
Aliba; Rabbi Hananye, son of Tradyon; Eliezer, son of
Shamua; Hanina, son of Hakinai; Yeshebab, the scribe;
Judah, son of Dama; Judah, son of Baba; Huzpit, the
Interpreter.
Why is the prayer said particularly on the Day of

Atonement?

On this holy and awesome day, recalling the memory
of the departed is known to be a prominent feature,
because even the departed need atonement. On this day.
- Jewish tradition calls forth the heroic annals of those
of the past as an example, as well as a symbol, of
hope and salvation. Furthermore, the blood of the 10
Matryrs was considered as the price for the shameful

At the Joint Distribution Committee office in Vienna
this three-year-old girl received a food package. The
funds which we gave to the JDC through the Detroit
Allied Jewish Campaign made this relief job possible.

deed by which the 10 sons of Jacob sold their brother,
Joseph, said to have occurred on the Tenth day of
Tishrai (Day of Atonement) thus making the Yom Kip-
pur holiday a fitting anniversary to recall the blood that
was spilt because of this deed.

