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resident Eisenhower Greets
U.S. Jewry on Rosh Hashanah

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Friday, September 24, 1954

Sherwin-Williams Co.

Says Bar Mitzvah
On Saturdays
Violates Sabbath

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—President Eisenhower issued this Rosh
Hashanah message to the Jews of the United States, through the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which reads:
"On the occasion of the Jewish.New Year, my warm greet-
ings go to all Americans of Jewish faith.
"For the tens of centuries spanned by the history of the
Jewish people, members of your race have given to mankind
almost unbelievable examples of courageous devotion to noble
principles—to justice, to liberty, to the right of men to wor-
ship according to the inner voice of conscience. Such are
the principles which can now give the only sure guide to all
men as they seek to establish true peace in the world, the
peace which common people everywhere long for in their
hearts.
"From this New Year's Day forward, may the inspiration
of your devotion to these ideals give an ever more brilliant
the path leading
harmony among nations."

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New Year's Best Wishes

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Bar Mitzvahs on Sundays or
Holiday Good Cheer
week days?
Such is the reform advocated
by Dr. Melech Schachter, cousin
of Abraham. Schachter, of the
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A rabbi in New York City, Dr.
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Schachter declares that his "or-
thodox scruples are deeply
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plagued every time I have a Bar
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Mitzvah in my shul. Invariably
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the Sabbath is desecrated . . .1
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gogue and begin to smoke . .
As a rule the caterer, even when
under strict rabbinic supervision,
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tions."
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Dr.
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tion has become the greatest
farce in Jewish life today. "We
all know to our great dismay
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"A lot of bar—drinks galore—
and no mitzvah. No tefillin, no
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tsitsis, no Shabbos—nothing at
all! To appease my conscience
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I invariably instruct the Bar
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Mitzvah boys to adhere to the
mitzvah of tefillin, and I know
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that every word I say to them is
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. . . wasted. It is meaningless
and futile."
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Best . Wishes on the New Year
Shifting of the Bar Mitzvah
celebration would, Dr. Schachter
explains, avoid the gross viola-
tion of the Holy Sabbath. The
Bar Mitzvah boys would wear
tefillin and so would his father,
grandfathers and uncles on that
day.
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The change would have defi-
nite advantages for the rabbi as
well. For example, Dr. Schach-
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ter says that he could use a loud-
speaker in his shul, "but I do
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not use it on Shabbos." But,
the rabbi declares, he would use
such an instrument on other
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"I am extremely restrained in
my social relationship on Shab-
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bos for fear that someone may
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violate the Sabbath in my pres-
ence. A shift . . . would enable
the rabbi to mingle more freely
with the members of the family
and make loyal friends of them."
What would the nature of the
ceremony be? Rabbi Schachter
advocates a change of emphasis
from the Haftorah and its bless-
ings to Kriath Shema and possi-
bly Shemonoh Esrei. Arguing
that the Bar Mitzvah boy would
not waste valuable effort and
energy that he puts into months
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of preparation, Rabbi Schachter
asks:
"Isn't it pathetic? So much
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energy, so much effort — for
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what? For one appearance after
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which he has no use for it ever!
Kriath Shema on the other hand
• ABC Washers and I roners
he could use everyday—twice a
day . . Every time he would
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come into the synagogue he
could join the congregation with
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that little which he knows.
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"That little bit of the liturgy
would preserve his knowledge of
a little Hebrew. He wouldn't be-
come a total ignoramus of the
Hebrew alphabet in a • year or
Sincerest Holiday Greetings 'from
two as is the case with the aver-
a ye u
age Bar Mitzvah."

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For. a Very Happy New Year

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"We will return to Zion as we
went forth, bringing back the
faith we carried away with us."
—Mordecai M. Noah.

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Greetings on
the New Year

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149 E. Lamed St.

Detroit 26, Mich.

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