OUR KIDDIES' •\\ R DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-47 Friday, April 16, 1954 Best Wishes for a Happy Passover Whys and Wherefores of Ceremonies and Symbols of Passover Service NORTHLAND LANDSCAPING CO. You Are Invited to Come In and See Our Passover Passover commemorates the deliverance of Israel from Egyp- tian bondage. It became the Jewish national birthday and is first in order and rank of the three principal Jewish festivals. Chag Ha-Pesach. Chag Ha-Pesach means the By Uncle David Feast of Passover because the Dear Boys and Girls: And the dishes are all shining, Angel-Destroyer while killing The great Festival of Free- And the cloth is *lean and the first-born of the Egyptian dom, the joyous Passover, has passed over the houses of the white. arrived at last. Israelite. On Saturday night, as we And my brothers and big sister, Holiday of Unleavened Bread. Who's moved to some other gather at our Sedorim, the The Egyptians forced the He- place, youngest member of our family brews to leave Egypt hurriedly, will ask the Four Questions and All are gathered 'round the table so that the Hebrews could not When my papa says the grace. wait until their dough was leav- all of us will reply—to explain the meaning of the great holi- ened and they had to bake it day which gave the world a sig- Then I ask him why that eve- while it was yet unleavened. ning 4 nal for liberty and to fight The Time of Our Redemption. Isn't like another night; against oppression. On the night of the fifteenth To help you understand Pass- And my mama smiles at grand- of Nissan the Hebrews were re- ma I deemed from the bondage of over and appreciate it, I have `Cause I read the Hebrew Egypt and became a free and selected holiday explanations, right. stories and poems for today's independent people ready to re- chat with yog. Afterwards I find the • matzoh— ceive the Torah and enter the I wish all of you and your promised land. Sister says it isn't fair. families a very Happy Passover. 'Cause I know that papa hid it The Festival of Spring. Passover is ushered in on the In the cushions of leis chair. Why Meyer Likes fifteenth of Nissan. (It coincides 'Bout that time I'm kinds sleepy with the month of April). It is Passover But I just hold up my head; at the time when nature is set A Poem by S. E. Levinger How could they say the Chad free from the chains of winter My, I'm glad the winter's over Gadya, and comes back to life. And that Pesach is so near, If I had to go to bed? Seder. 'Cause I think the night of Seder Seder, mean order, and is the When I wake up it is morning Is the best time of the year. And the sun is shining bright; term applied to the order of I can stay up long that evening; And I wish that it was next year, service and ceremony arranged for the first two nights of Pass- All the silver's polished bright; And another Seder night! over. i 1[1111111m 1111111 111111111111i imin nin win mum ',li nt!! innun until Inin intE Reclining. The master of the house is provided with special cushion on Holiday - Greetings which he reclines comfortably when he drinks his wine. Tis a symbol of liberty and independ- ence. Complete Line of Children's Wear Three Matzos. Infants, Toddlers, Also Back to School Sizes Three Matzos placed before Girls . to 6 and 7 to 14 and Boys 3 to 7 the master of the house repre- sent the three ranks of Jews; 19110 Livernois, at 7 Mile Rd. priests, Levites and Israelites. UN. 2-8346 The middle matzoh is broken in two parts, one part of which is reserved for the Afikomen. Four Cups. Each member of the family is Holiday Greetings required to drink four cups of wine on the Seder night. The number four is due to the fact that God while sending Moses to deliver the Hebrews used four Hyman Green - Irving Green different verbs all of which sig- nify redemption. "Builders of Outstanding Homes" Cup of Elijah. In addition to the cup of wine with which every member of the 19436 Jas. Couzens Hwy. VE. 8-1763 house is provided, a special gob- let of wine is placed on the table in honor of Elijah, the prophet, I who visits every house in which = I the Seder is performed and for Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday whose invisible appearance we open the door after the Seder meal. Elijah has been desig- nated as the messenger of the final Messiance redemption. It is, therefore natural that the story of the first redemption Office Equipment and Supplies (from Egypt) should be thus linked with the final redemption and a cup of wine prepared Cadillac Square WO. 1-9330 to welcome this eagerly awaited prophet, Parsley. Parsley or celery is dipped in salt-water. This is to represent the hissop dipped in blood men- tioned in Exodus 12. Bitter Herbs. The bitter herbs, horse radish or any other bitter vegetable, is eaten as a symbol of the suffer- ing of the Hebrews at the hands of the Egyptians who made their life bitter with hard labor. Shank. A roasted bone symbolizing the Paschal lamb which was eaten in the Temple period. A roasted egg is placed with it to commemorate the special sacri- fice, the "Hagigah," offered in addition to the Paschal lamb. Haroseth. A compound of nuts, apples and cinnamon minced into a paste with wine. It resembles the color of clay and is symbolic of the day of which the Hebrews made the bricks while in Egypt. 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