Miss Zeidman to Wed
H. Tischler Aug. 10

Passover Quiz

By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

To Be June Bride

Frohman to Direct
Choirs at Histadrut
Closing Drive Event

Canada Corp. Sends Fourth
Wheat Shipment to Israel

MONTREAL, (JTA)—The Can-
(Copyright, 1954, JTA, Inc.)
ada - Israel Corporation, s p o n-
Why are the matzohs used
for Passover always thin?
At the closing event of the sored by the Canadian Jewish
The Matzoh is supposed to re-
Histadrut campaign, the Third Congress and the Zionist Organ-
semble the "bread of affliction"
Seder on April 20, at which Rab- ization of Canada, arranged for
or the "bread of the poor." A
a further shipment of wheat to
bi Morton Ber-
poor man could not afford a
Israel. This shipment's value
man
will
be
the
thick loaf of bread and it was
was about $302,000. It was con-
guest
speak
er,
characteristic of him that he
signed to the Ministry of Com-
D a n Frohman,
barely could afford a little flour
merce and Industry in Jerusa-
well knoWn lo-
and water to make himself the
lem. The value of the first ship-
cal conductor,
thin matzoh. This is inferred
ment was about $843,000, the
will
direct
the
in the Talmud (Babli, Pesakim,
value of the second shipment of
Farband Halevy
36a).
$820,000 and of the third was
and Workmen's
Actually, it might be said that
$794,000.
Circle Choirs.,
there was a dispute between the
Tickets for the
school of Shammai and that of
event are avail-
Hillel whether thick loaves
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-27
able at' the His-
could be prepared on the Pass-
Friday, April 16, 1954
tadrut campaign
over. The final decision in the
office or from Frohman
Shulchan Aruch is that Matzohs
Histadrut workers.
should be baked only in the thin
form.
• • •
MISS ANNETTE ZEIDMAN
He revealeth the deep and se-
MISS RHEA ANN SCHIFF
BY
Why do some Jews bake
cret things: he knoweth what is
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Zeidman their matzohs in a circular
in the darkness, and the light
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and
Mrs.
Seymour
Schiff,
of Waverly Avenue announce the form?
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of Manderson Rd., announce the dwelleth with him.—Dan. 2: 22.
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engagement
of their daughter,
Annette, to Herbert
Tischler, son The reason is traced to the engagement of their daughter,
For All Occasions
Biblical description of "Ugoth Rhea Ann; to Sheldon Berger,
WEDDING? BAR MITZVAH?
of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tischler, Matzoth" (Exodus 12:39) which son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ber-
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Bill Caplan
of Rademacher Avenue, Detroit. was interpreted by commenta- ger, of Murray Hill Ave. A mid-
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Miss Zeidman is a graduate of tors such as Rashi to mean round June wedding is planned.
and His Orchestra
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implies the eternity of G-d-
Mr. Tischler is a graduate of in the sense that as a circle has
Wayne University. He received no beginning and no end so is
his Master's degree at the Uni- there no beginning and no end
THIS PRECIOUS GIFT
versity of California. At present to G-d.
he is a teaching fellow at the • •
FOR MOTHER'S DAY..
Why is the Haggadah of
Reuben Arfa, an accountant
University of Michigan, depart-
rnent of geology, engaged in Passover recited at night? with offices at 445 Hopkinson
FOR FATHER'S DAY
work toward a Ph.D. Why is the seder held in the Ave., Brooklyn 12, N.Y., has be-
Give baby's portrait, the gift
An-Aug. 10 wedding is planned. evening?
gun .a one-man campaign to
most dearly cherished by parents
The beginning of the redemp-
and grandparents. And baby's
tion of the Israelites from Egypt force Russia to release her Jew-
ish citizens and enable them to
Edna Ferber's Film Triumph
occurred at night with the smit-
portrait by Coville is DOUBLY
leave for Israel.
ing of the first-born of the Egyp-
cherished for its exquisite
He began his drive with an
Edna Ferber continues to rate tians.
artistry. Coville, by reputation,
• • •
article "There' IS a Window into
first place as the motion pic-
is Detroit's outstanding
Why is it customary to as- the Soviet," in the Hebrew
ture industry's most durable
photographer of babies and
sume
a
reclining
position
at
Hadoar.
In
his
article
explain-
novelist, topping such fiction
children. Coville service, too, is
ing the drive, urging all Ameri-
stalwarts as Ernest Hemingway, the seder table?
In
ancient
times
the
upper
can
Jews
to
join
him
in
letter-
outstanding.
Lloyd C. Douglas, John Stein-
Phone for
beck. James Caine, Daphne Du classes would eat in a reclining writing to the Russians, Mr.
Maurier, and even Charles Dick- position. The lower classes, and Arfa states:
Home-
especially the slaves, would not
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"A growing number of indi-
ens.
Sitting
The Ferber list is headed by eat in a reclining position. Thus viduals are making a promising
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Appointment
the classic "So Big," recently , this position of a reclining na- beginning in this direction. They
filmed by Warner Bros., and the ture became a symbol of one's are writing to the Soviet repre-
perennial "Show Boat" by -MGM. station in life. On the night of sentative at the UN asking that
the Passover in the story of the
Other of Edna's screened works I xdus the people of Israel were Jews be permitted to emigrate.
o
IE
have been "Cimarron," "Come
"S h o u 1 d this campaign of
rais ed from the status of slavery
and Get It," "Stage Doot,' "Sar- I to
free men. They were raised friendly mass pressure spread to_
atoga Trunk," "The Royal Fam- to the level of princes. Thus it every country which has Soviet-
Invites You to Their Annual
ily" and "Dinner At Eight."
became customary on the Pass- representation, it may be more
Number nine is Edna Ferber's over eve at the seder table to effective than pointing the ac-
latest best-seller "Giant," sched- eat in a reclining position as a I cusing finger has been so •far.
uled for production soon at . ymbol of our freedom and spir- Jews must be doggedly deter-
Warners, with George ("Shane") s
mined to persist in this action
Stevens directing and Henry it of equality,
until the representatives of the
• • •
Ginsberg producing.
'Why is it customary for the world Jewish organizations will
elder of the household to wear give . assurance that every Jew
SUNDAY, APRIL 25
a white gown at the seder who so desires has been allowed
to emigrate.
table?
8:30 P.M.
According to some authorities,
"It must be hoped that the
this likewise was a symbol of Soviets do not necessarily desire
freedom. There was a time when to murder out of sadism .like the
only the noblest and most ex- Nazis. They may yet find it in.
alted people were allowed to their interest to grant this plea,
Curtis and Santa Rosa
wear white tunics while the low- otherwise these letters will his-
ly and the enslaved did not wear torically fix the blame and bare
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such clothing. Thus the white the subtle design of annihila-
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tunic became the symbol of one's tion. Recent Soviet wooing of
station in life. Since the pres- public opinion offers a chal-
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tige and status of the people of lenge as well as a precious op-
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Israel was restored to them in portunity which may not recur
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Egypt on the Passover eve, white and which dare not be neg-
gowns are worn at the seder to lected.
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this day to show that every head
Tickets May Be Obtained at the Door
"This approach would seem to
of every household could wear
offer
a
hopeful
way
out
of
the
the garment of a freeman and
a prince with no distinction be- despair for Russian Jewry and
tween the freeman and the slave, may even contribute in the long
run toward the lessening of
as was the case in Egypt.
world tensions. It may not cause
the iron curtain to part for an
interchange of opinion but it
Passover Greetings to All Friends . and Patrons
will at least open a window to'
the Soviet leaders directly.
"In the recent film on wild-
life 'Bear Country' the father
bear appears to be the only
Yes, you hear it more and more
enemy of the playful cubs, but
Open the Entire Passover Week — Serving
these days among people who want
the watchful mother bear roars
Traditional Holiday Meals
at him to save her children. If
the BEST for this important
the Russian bear' would devour
If you want the best
.
occasion.
TR. 2-4375 its Jewish subjects, then let the
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in service, the best in merchandise,
roar of pain of mother Jewry
for the lives of her cubs be
join the other discriminating shoppers at ...
heard."

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GRAEME

GRAM FLOWERS

Arfa Starts Drive
To Force Release
Of Rus'sian Jewry

COVI LLE

PIONEER WOMEN

WORLD JEWISH CHILD'S DAY

SPRING BALL

ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE

". • • and his Bar Mitzvah

suit came from WEST'S!" -

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Best Wishes for a Joyous Passover

Neugarten Medical Aid

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COMPANY

Mrs. Sol Ostrow, president of
Neugarten Medical Aid,
announces its annual meeting
for the election gf officers, April
26, at the home of Mrs. Leon
Labowitch, 4011 Pasadena. On
April 12, Neugarten Medical Aid
was host to victims of polio at
Herman Kiefer Hospital.

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