MN NP2 EN IN NI I Mr. & Mrs. Isadore Kolodney & Family I of 20161 Carol Ave Iwish all their relatives andi friends a healthy, happy , New' Year. Sincere Best Wishes On the New Year LLOYD'S PATIO FURNITURE AND HARDWARE Fenkell at Greenfield VE 6-3070 • ci B Holiday Best Wishes FRESHFIELD FARM NURSERY 25520 Goddard Rd. Taylor Center LO 2-4021 B Best Wishes for A Happy New Year FREDA'S BEAUTY SHOPPE All Types of Beauty Culture Specializing in Hair Styling and Pernaments For Appointment, Call UN 2-3375 7714 W. McNICHOLS Rosh Hashanah Qua,z Box By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX ROSE GREGORY BEAUTY SALON We Specialize In . . . • Tinting • Finest Permanents 18950 Greenfield BR 3-9261 Greetings HELENS GIFT SHOP The Store of Beautiful Gifts Greeting Cards Authentic Milk China 20443 W. 7 MILE RD. KE 3-0408 Best Wishes For A Happy New Year the blouse that has everything! prize for over-all excellence of programs in an annual govern- mental evaluation of community centers throughout Israel. (Copyright, 1357, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) New Year Greetings to Our Jewish Friends Why is it customary to refrain from sleeping on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah? . • Several reasons are offered for this tradition. Some quote a Rabbinic saying that "he who sleeps on Rosh Hashanah sleeps away his fortune." Some claim that sleeping on Rosh Hashanah afternoon is a sign of disinterest and apathy in the process of judgment. It is not fitting to sleep in the courtroom when the judge is presiding. Rosh Hashanah is the day of judgment and demands the courtesies due the process of justice. Others claim that when a person is asleep his soul is en- trusted to the powers on high. Having his / soul in their Power they are in a position to make a decision as to whether or not the individual is entitled to receive it back again. Staying awake causes a man to retain his soul and prevent the judgment from being passed- upon it since one cannot pass judgment without the defendant being present. a - MOORMAN'S TRAVEL SERVICE, Inc. In Business over 30 Years Lobby General Motors Bldg. — TR 2-4150 Foreign and Domestic Airlines — Steamship Lines Tours, Cruises and Resorts DON'T BE IIISAPPOINTED—RESERVE NOW Ernst Kern Co. (6th Floor) W0,1-6721 Best Wishes For A Happy New Year There is a difference of opinion among the early authorities as to whether the blessing of "Shehecheyanu" should be made when lighting the candles and making the Kiddush on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. In order to avoid the possibility B of doing the wrong thing it became customary for the housewife to wear something new for the first time when lighting the candles on the second night • of Rosh Hashanah. The male who makes Kiddush on the second night either wears something new B or saves a new fruit, which he has not eaten this season yet, for this occasion, so that the new _garment or new fruit . would call for the blessing regardless of whether the second night of the festival does or does not. Why is the shofar blown from the place where the Torah is read? Two reasons are generally advanced for this requirement. First, this place is one upon which the concentration of the congregation is focused and centralized. Its original central location made it a point from which all could hear the Shofar. Secondly, sounding the Shofar from that point reminds us that the Shofar was sounded when the Torah was given at Sinai. The Shofar notes thuS remind us of our responsibility to uphold the commandments and study the Torah. * Why is it that only one person blows the Shofar while the rest listen, instead of having everybody blow a shofar of his own? Some of the later commentaries ask this question on the grounds that there are some holiday commandments winch each one is required to carry out, such as the Lulav on Succoth, etc. A number of explanations are offered. Some explain that blowing the shofar is a talented performance which not everyone is capable of. So as not to embarrass those who do not know how, one man is appointed in the synagogue to blow the shofar while the rest listen. Some explain that this is also done to avoid con- fusion and promote decorum. If everyone blew his own shofar, one might be blowing one of the notes while another could already be blowing another. This would present a bewildering situation. Thus only one man blows the Shofar. Some point out that having only one shofar blown in the synagogue is a symbol of unity. The Biblical texts are referred to as mentioning only one shofar as a means of unity and cooperation amongst the people of Israel. A.A.A. BIRD STORES Your Complete Pet Stores Quality Parakeets — Guaranteed Talkers Largest Display of Cages in the City, Including the New "Exotic" Cages. BIRDS BOARDED (at Grand River Why does the Rabbi of the synagogue announce the name of each shofar note before it is blown by the ap- pointed person? This is done so as to make sure that the person who blows the notes blows the proper ones each time without any mistakes. The requirements for the notes and their order are involved with technicalities. It becomes the responsibility of the Rabbi to watch for these things and to help prevent mistakes from occurring and also to prescribe the proper procedure in case one is made. nznzri rizIm rote, May You Be Blessed With a Year of HEalth and Happiness FISHIVIAN AGENCY Benjamin Fishman - Mitchel Fishman 8418 W. McNichols UN 2-1335 2 Torah Readings on the Sabbath The Torah is read in the syna- gogue on Saturday afternoon besides being read in the morn- ing. This is one of the special ordi- nances decreed by Ezra the Scribe, according to the Talmud (Baba Kama, 82a). The Talmud explains that this was done for the sake of the merchants who were occupied with their stores during the week and did not have the chance to listen to the reading of the Torah during the week on Monday and Thursday mornings. Reading the Torah on the afternoon of the Sabbath at least gave them an oppor- tunity for one additional read- ing besides that of the regular Saturday morning reading. Store Only) 2 Great Stores to Serve You 15028 Grand River VE. 6-3474 Northland—F33—Lot C EL. 6-0616 Holiday Greetings MacINNIS BROS. DETROIT CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORP. ASPHALT PAVING Paving Lots, Pavement, _Roadways, Ploy Areas, Factory Floors, Acid Decks, Bituminous Waterproofing and Damp-Proofing. Adhesophalt Tennis Courts or Resilient Play Areas Finished in Green, Red or Block 19209 VE 5-8507 W. Davison . The Lord hath comforted Zion; He hath comforted all her waste places, And hath mode her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness shall be found therein, , Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Why do some Jews customarily refrain from eating nuts on Rosh Hashanah? Two reasons are given for this practice. One is based on the contention that eating nuts is a reminder of sin, since the Hebrew letters that spell the word for nut (Egoz) and the Hebrew letters that are audible in the spelling for sin (Chet) are of the same numerical value. On the holiday of judgment all references to sin are avoided, hence nuts are eliminated too. The other reason is a practical consideration. Eating nuts bring more irritation to the throat including coughing and spitting instincts. This tends to serve as a distracting influence during the congregation services. Since the services on Rosh Hashanah are traditionally longer and they require great concentration, every precaution was taken so that the worshippers -feel as comfortable as possible. Lafayette Bldg. WO 2-9744 Lon F. Lorentz, Manager Why is it customary to especially wear something new on the second night of Rosh Hashanah? * Happy New Year The Bakkia Settlement Houses in Jerusalem, a project of the Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, recently won first —Isaiah 51:3. 1. 0 Ushering in the New Year 5718, we greet our relatives and friends with hearty wishes for a Shanah Tovah. We pray that the New Year should bring joy to all Israel and that peace, prosperity and com- fort be decreed for all mankind. We especially greet our friends in Mizrachi, the Bar-Ilan University Committee, the Israel Bond Organization, the Allied Jewish Cam- paign and the Jewish Wefare Federation and all our Fellow-Zionists. A Happy New Year to All B1LTMORE BUILDING CO. and the STOLLMAN FAMILY '53—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, September 27,19M al