THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, April 17, 1959-30

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By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright, 1959, JT.A , Inc.)

PROMINENT ORTHODOX RABBIS AT CEREMONY AT GOODMAN'S

A gathering of religious lead-
ers and prominent personalities
attended the interesting cere-
mony of baking Matio Shmure,
at the A. Goodman & Sons, Inc.,
plant in Long Island City, N.Y.
The guests were led through
the religious ritual by Rabbi
Mendel Chodrow who has super-
vised and authorized kashrut
at the Goodman organization for
many years.
All participated in the age-old

service and in the various steps
of the function. Prayer and song
were offered at the pouring of
the specially prepared water
into the selected flour accord-
ing to the specific Passover re-
quirements. The rabbis observed
and inspected carefully each
step throughout the processes
of production.
Rabbi Chodrow explained in
detail the vast mechanical
equipment and the endless chain

liataki,' Broadway Play, Written
by 'Yeshiva Bocher' Wencelberg

By DAVID HOROWITZ
NEW YORK (AJP)—A for-
mer Yeshiva Bocher, who is still
active in a West Coast Talmudic
Seminary and who has remained
altogether faithful to traditional
Judaism, has conquered Broad-
way with a unique play hailed
by New York theater critics.
The play, a two-character
melodrama called "Kataki,"
meaning "The Enemy," opened
at the Ambassador Theater here
April 9. The playwright is
Shimon Wincelberg who has
spent the past 10 years on the
West Coast as a writer for the
movies and TV.
This writer fully agrees with
New York critics who found the
production 'a powerful suspense
play" and, as Charles McHarry
of the Daily News reported,
"a play scented strongly with
the sweet smell of success."
"Kataki" is a most unsual
story involving a Japanese sol-
dier, played brilliantly by Ses-
sue Hayakawa, and a light-
hearted young American GI,
excellently performed as such
by Ben Piazza, who were fated
to find themselves alone in an
isolated South Pacifiic island
at the close of World War II.
As the play develops, the
Japanese soldier emerges the
greater hero. He chose "death
before dishonor."
This reviewer would have
been happier with a different
ending—an indictment by the
two "simple human beings"
against the society which. hon-
ors bloodshed and murder in
times of war.
As it is, both the American
and the Japanese resign them-
selves to the old-world order
of things. The play is nonethe-

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Rabbis Enact Traditional Matzo Shmure Ceremony

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operation. He showed his guests
how exactingly every-thing was
planned and carried out so that
the matzo was completely and
properly baked in the time and
manner- prescribed by Hebraic
law.
Erich Cohn, president of A.
Goodman & Sons, Inc., acted as
host and guided all present
through other areas of the tre-
mendous plant where the wide
variety of Kosher Passover
products were also seen and
observed.

There are some who claim
that the title came about be-
cause the special prophetic
portion read on this Sabbath
speaks of the "great" day of
deliverance (Malachi 3:23). It
is also claimed that, originally,
every Sabbath that preceded
the major festivals was called
the "Great Sabbath," in the
sense that it was the Sabbath
before a "great" day on the
Jewish calendar.
Most interesting perhaps is
the contention of those sources
who claim that the name was'
really an innocent corruption
of another word. This Sabbath
was originally called "Shabbat
Haggadah" (the Sabbath of
the Haggadah) because it is on
this Sabbath that a portion of
the Passover Haggadah is re-
cited. By some strange acci-
dent, the term "Haggadah" was
corrupted, and converted into
the term "Hagodol."

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less unique and certainly worth
while seeing.
One thing is certain, with
this play—his first on Broadway
—Shimon Wincelberg emerges
in greatness and his name
henceforth will assuredly be
among the great.
Shimon, like Herman Wouk,
observes the sabbath and kash-
rut strictly. In fact, it was -re-
vealed to this writer that before
the opening on April 9, Shimon
visited a great Hassidic rabbi
who gave him his blessings. It
also become known to your re-
viewer that the great producer
Darryl Zanuck was once turned
down by Shimon for a writing
assignment on the sabbath. For
this, it was learned, Zanuck
exhibited greater respect for
the young Jewish writer.
"Kataki" was presented by
Jay Garon and Bob Sokoler and
directed by Alan Schneider. The
fine island scenery was by Peter
Dohanos and the music was
composed by David Amram.
Shimon Wincelberg has brok-
en .a precedent in Jewish life.
The saying goes that one who
fails the practical life becomes
a melamed. In this case, a mela-
med became a success in the
practical world.

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Canadian Schools
Avoid Giving
Exam on Shavuot

MONTREAL, (WJA)—Cana-
dian Jewish Congress has re-
ceived assurances from the di-
rector of Protestant education
of the Province of Quebec that
June 12, which is the first day
of Shavuot, will be avoided as
an examination date for Jew-
ish students in the Protestant
High Schools of Montreal.
Similar assurances regarding
the Ontario High Schools were
received by the Canadian Jewish
Congress from the Ontario De-
partment of Education.
The CJC recently expressed
interest in the retention of the
question of ethic origin in cen-
sus questionnaires.
According to a statement to
Commons by the Canadian Min-
ister for Trade, the 1961 cen-
sus will continue to contain
such a question. Participants
in the census will be asked
"What is your origin?", mean-
ing ethnic descent.

Traditionally, the Sabbath be-
fore the Passover is called
"Shabbat Hagodol," (the great
Sabbath). The reasons for this
are both numerous and varied.
One reason given is that a
"great" miracle happened on
that Sabbath in Egypt. The
tenth of the month of Nisan
was the date upon which the
people of Israel were ordered
to take a lamb for each family
to set aside for a sacrifice. By
a miracle of the Almighty, the
Egyptian overlords were turned
powerless to object to this dar-
ing action on the part of the
Hebrew slaves. Others claim
that it is because of this act
that they performed the first
"great" step to freedom, • or
that they were worthy enough
to be classified into the stage
of maturity (sometimes refer-
red - t..4) by the term "Godol").
Some claim this title came
about because this was a "big"
day in the sense that it was
traditional to spend the big-
gest part of the days in the
synagogue, listening to the
annual lecture on the laws of
the PasSover from the rabbi
on this day. Others claim that
the title comes from the fact
that the "great" leader of the
community (i.e., the rabbi)
lectured on that day.
Still others claim it is be-

cause the festival of the Pass-
over is referred to by the title
"Sabbath," and the Sabbath of
The seventh day coming before
it is referred to as the "great"
Sabbath, so that it be under.:
stood that the term Sabbath is
used to describe the Passover
only as a descriptive term. A
misunderstanding of this phe-
nomenon is said to have caused
the Karaites to insist that the
next festival (i.e., Pentecost)
should always fall on Sunday.

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