Israel Doubles Cement Exports DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-43 Friday, April 1, 1955 Holiday Greetings to All Our Patrons and Friends Passover Quiz The House of Sterling Reaveley- , Saloh of Beauty By RABBI SAMUEL L. FOX Why is it a custom among some Jews to make the Matzos round in shape? ss. An Israeli worker checks the watering system for the huge concrete mixer at the Nesher cement plant at Ramleh. Spurred by Israel Development Bond capital, Israel's production of cement is in a . sharp upward spiral. For some time, Israel has been manu- facturing more cement than is required for local construction, widespread as that construction continues to be. Recent emphasis has been on the production of cement for export, thus earning- new dollars for the young republic. During the first five months of 1953, Israel exported 18,500 tons of cement valued at $383,566, while in the corresponding period this year Israel exported 36,554 tons of cement valued at $665,612. Israel Development Bond funds are serving to expand Israel's key industries, agriculture and irrigation projects, power supplies, transportation and communi- cation, and to speed up the exploitation of the country's already discovered mineral resources. Passover Greetings to All Our Friends and Customers STROMBOLI PIZZERIA Take-Out Orders — Catering to Parties LU. 4-0260 Best Wishes for a Happy Passover To Our Frinds and Patrons TOWN HOUSE RESTAURANT UN. 3-4957 UN. 4-3603 VE. 7-6120 7136 W. McNichols 19700 Livernois 15250 W. 7 Mile Road Holiday Greetings UNION LINEN SUPPLY, INC. Complete Linen Service Towels - Coats - Aprons -■ TY. 4 2102 5386 Lovett - Holiday Greetings Phil's Radio & Television Service Member of T.V.S. Association TY. 8-4705 6087 Linwood Holiday Good Cheer REFRIGERATION SERVICE, INC. Only Factory Authorized Dealer to Service All Frigidaire Products in Greater Detroit Member Refrigeration Contractors Association 11111 Grand River TE. 4 5540 - A Joyous Passover to All WEISSIVIAN EXCAVATING CO. EXCAVATING Commercial — Residential Fuel Oil and Gas Tanks Installed Sewers — Bulldozing — Fill Sand — Fill Dirt 15496 TELEGRAPH RD., Redford The text of the Raggadah be- gins by pointing to the Matzo and saying "Behold, the bread of the poor." A poor man never consumed all of his bread at one time. He -would always break off a piece to hold over until the next meal lest there be no bread for his next meal. Thus, before the recitation of this por- tion, the Matzo is actually broken and one part put aside in imitation of the poor man. There are also the Kabbalists who claim that breaking the Matzo is a symbol of the need for man to break the power of the spirit of evil which lurks over him and lures him to evil acts. Breaking the Matzo shows man he has the power to break the course of evil in his hands and that it becomes a brittle substance when the egocentric sense of pride is left out of life like the leavening of the Matzo. As the Matzo without leavening becomes brittle in the hands of man, so does the evil temp- tation without pride become powerless over the mind of man. KE. 3-2660 Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish (don't overdo it).—Lao-Tze. .• Gifts JOrdan 4-5946 JEWEL RATHSKELLER Lunches - Dinners - Choice Liquors Free Parking Across Street TR. 1-1665 6551 JOHN R Sincerest Holiday Greetings SIMPSON'S FISH 8 CHIPS also featuring SHRIMP and CHICKEN * ORDERS TO TAKE OUT * UN. 3-2620 10108 W. 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Clawson, Michigan. 908 Phillips North Africa Jewish Population Figures ALGIERS, (WJA)—More than half a million Jews are now liv- ing in North Africa according to a recent population survey computed by the World Jewish Congress North African office. French Morocco heads the list with 250,000 Jews organized in some sixty communities, of which Casablanca with a Jew- ish population of 80,000 is the largest, followed by Marrakesh (18,000), Fez (17,000), Meknes (15,000) and Rabat (12,000). The number of Jews in Al- geria is put at 135,000, with over sixty sizeable communities, of which twenty-two are placed in the Department of Algiers (with 30,000 Jews in Algiers itself), twenty-five in the Department of Oran (with 30,000 Jews in Oran), and sixteen in the De- partment of Constantine (with Constantine itself showing some 14,000 Jewish inhabitants). Of the 100,000 Jews in Tunisia, organized in twenty-five Jewish communities, 70,000 live in Tunis, 6,000 in Sousse, 5,600 in Sfax, 3,400 in Gabes and 2,800 on the Island of Djerba. Jews in th e International Zone of Tangiers now number 12,000. An equal number of Jews is living in the Spanish Zone of Morocco (Tetuan). • Customized Perrnanent • Hair Care Holiday Greetings Why are Matzos baked in thin forms instead of thick ones? A thick loaf is not indicative of the bread of the poor. Furth- _ ermore, it is claimed on a tech- nical basis that a thin Matzo is in less danger of fermenting than a thick one. The important characteristic of the Matzo from the technical standpoint is that all precautions be taken lest the dough reach a state of fermen- tation which would interfere with its use for Passover. 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