Hcinukoh Pointers: Playing Cards of Hanukah- Split Rabbis of Yore; Early Jews Read Story from a Purim-Like Scroll An American Jewish Press Feature The "Shulhan Aruch" — codi- One mode of celebration of fication of Jewish religious law Hanukah in olden times, which —gives the following instruction however was not approved by about the observance of Hanu- all, was the playing cards. While kah, the feast of dedication and some of the rabbis frowned on gift-giving. it, the great Hassidic rabbi, 1 1 Leib Itzchok, of Berditchef, gave his approval to it. He liked to encourage things which made people happy and besides, he once said, "Jews sitting up to play cards late at night would get accustomed to staying up late at night to study the Torah." - • "Eat and be merry, linger over the viands and punc- tuate your meals with jest and song and relate miracles." * * * In early times, a Scroll of the story of the Maccabaeans, simi- lar to that of the Purim story, was read in the synagogues. * * * Branch 4, LZOA, to Hold Hanukah Oneg Shabbat Dec. 28 . Branch. Four, LZOA, will hold a Hanukah oneg shabbat Dec. 28, at the LZOA Institute, 13722 Linwood. Hanukah skit will be presented, and there will be community singing and tradi- tional refreshments. In Place of Their Greetings, This Message Is Sponsored By the Undersigned: Since the formation of the March of Dimes nearly a quarter of a million adults and children have been stricken by the dread polio. Of these 4 out of five have been aided by funds given by the public. In Wayne County alone there have been 2,200 polio victims in the last three years and many of these were assisted by the Wayne County Chapter of the March of Dimes at a cost of $1,328,437 of which $780,035 came from the National Fund. Bills paid by the March of Dimes are not loans and no family is ever asked to repay the monies if they are not in a position to do so. The March of Dimes Is a Public Trust... The March of Dimes Is Y - 0 - U Immigrants to Israel to Be Processed Through Istanbul ISTANBUL, (JTA)—Plans for channeling Jewish emigration from Turkey to Israel through Iskende have been abandoned, and the expected migration will be handled through Istanbul where Israeli transports will em- bark immigrants. The fullest original account of the Maccabaean story is con- tained in the Book of the Mac- cabees, one of the Apocrypha writings. The word "Apocrypha" is Greek for "hidden." The He- 24 THE JEWISH NEWS brew original of the book has Friday, December 21, 1951 been lost. The work, while of Hebrew authorship, was trans- lated into Greek and all sub- Greetings sequent translatiOns are from the Greek tongue. * The deriviation of _ the term "Maccabaean" is s u r r ounded with some questioning. One theory traces it to the banner which the Jews raised in their battle against Antiochus, which 15744 Prest was said to have carried the He- brew words, - "Mi Camocha Ba- Elim Adonai" and the word "Maccabee" is supposed to be a combination of the initial let- Hanukah Greetings ters, M-C-B-I. * * Another theory has it that the word stems from the Hebrew word, "Makab," meaning ham- mer. Judas Maccabeus struck hammer blows in behalf of Is- Veal and Lamb rael. * * * The commonly accepted origin 1531 WINDER of the Hanukah lights is that the Maccabaeans on entering the Temple after the heathens had profaned in it, found only a cruse of oil sufficient for one Holiday Greetings night but by a miracle it lasted through eight days. * However, .the Midrash gives another e-xplanation. It says • that when the sons of the Has- moneans entered the Temple, they found their eight iron 19500 W. McNichols spears. They stuck candles in the spears and kindled them. — NORTHWEST TREE SERVICE K. Shapiro, Inc. PUBLIX • CLEANERS * * January 2 - January 31, 1952 KE. 2-3430 * * Almost every holiday has its special kind of food. Latkes is the special delight of Hanukah, and cheese is also a favorite. * * The term Maccabaean is a favorite among Jews for any form of activity associated with physical prowess. 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