were willing to settle in Rhode- sia it had commercial prospects. The history of Rhodesian Jewry Jews come, my country is Rhodesia has received little pub- inal occupation column of 1890,1 the is one of peace and harmony licity and acknowledgement. The and many Jews fought and died alright." Rhodes thought that if Jews with co-settlers. sons and daughters of Israel have in the 1893 battle against Loben- gula. Daniel M. Kisch became played a worthy part in the his- adviser to Lobengula in 1869 and Best Wishes for a Joyous Passover tory of this country." made the first Jewish donation Jewish traders crossed malar- to the London Missionary Soc- To Our Many Friends and Customers ial swamps to be the first white iety. people to penetrate into the very In 1894 the first organized depths of Barotseland. There Jewish congregation was estab- were Jewish names in the orig- lished at Bulawayo. 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JO. 4-6785 Member of Detroit Air Conditioning Institute ,• Pa'ssover-Easter Link Described by Catholic Writer "The Easter Book" by Francis X. Weiser, S.J., published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 383 Madi- son, N. Y. 17, is, of course, strict- ly a Christian book. But it con- tains several references to Jew- ish origins which will draw the attention of all who are inter- ested in Hebraic backgrounds of worship. Fr. Weiser delineates the origin of the sacred festival's name as follows: "This feast is called Pasch by most nations: Greeks and Ro- manians (P a s c la -a), Italians (Pasqua), Spaniards and Portu- guese (Paaske), Gaels (case). This word is taken from the Greek (and Latin) 'Pa.scha' which comes from the Hebrew word Pesach (Passover). The Passover was celebrated by the Jews on the fourteenth day of Nisan, which began about a week before the full moon of spring. It was instituted to comme- morate the deliverance of the people of Israel the night before their departure from Egypt. It was the command of God, an- nounced by Moses, that each Hebrew family should slay a young lamb without blemish, and sprinkle its blood on the frame of the door. In the eve- ning the lamb was to be roasted, no bones were to be broken, and it was to be eaten with un- leavened bread and bitter herbs by all members of the family. According to Divine ordination, this rite was to be repeated every year in a solemn ceremony on the eve of the feast, and is still celebrated- by Jewish people everywhere today. Jesus ob- served it for the last time on the night before He died. "There is a significant link be- tween the Jewish Passover and the Christian Easter, because Christ died on Passover Day. It is also symbolic, because the iamb that had to be sacrificed for the deliverance of Israel is considered by the Church as prophetic of Him who Is the `Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world' (John 1, 29). Thus the name and mean- ing of the Hebrew Pesach was devoutly accepted into t h e Christian Liturgy." Thus an eminent Christian views the significance of the link between Passover and his Easter. Fr. Weiser speaks of "the use of ashes as a"token of penance and sorrow ... often mentioned in the Scripture of the Old Tes- tament and adds : "The Church accepted it from Jewish tradi- tion and preserved its original meaning." He also writes about the spring cleaning custom and states: "This traditional spring cleaning, of course, is to make the home as neat as possible for the greatest holidays of the year, a custom taken. from the ancient Jewish practice of a ritual cleansing and sweeping of the whole house as prescribed in preparation for the Feast of Passover." 46—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, April 16, 1954 CENTRAL OVERALL SUPPLY CO. WA. 1-8180 7043 E. 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