By William R. Blinnenthal

(Editor's Note: The author of these
lighter vein items is a former De-
troiter, having directed Keren Hay.-
sod campaigns here. He now devotes
his time to Jewish educational work
and to writing in Los Angeles.)

To avoid hero worship, what
does the HagadTh do? Moses,
the leading figure In the drama
of the Exodus, is -mentioned only
once, and that, only incidentally
in a quotation.
What does salt water at the
Seder symbolize? According to
the Midrash, the tears of the
heavenly angels for the Egyp-
tians who drowned in the Red
Sea!
When and where was there a
prayer preceding the eating of
hometz on Pesach? In 1944 at
the Be:gen-Belsen Concentration
Camp. A prayer was introduced
reading in part: Dear God, we
eat hometz this night of Pesach
to fulfill Thy commandment: "Ye
shall live by them and not die."
What role does the number
"4" play in the Hagadah? Four
cups, four questions, four sons,
four redemptions and four spe-
cial foods.
What may be considered one
of the world's most celebrated
"treasure hunts-? The search by
the children (of Israel) of the
Hidden Afikoman! •
When is the stingiest miser
very generous? When he pours
a full cup of wine for the Prophet
Elijah.
Why may Passover be consid-
ered the "Festival of Identifica-
tion?" Because of the injunction:
In every generation every man
must think of himself as having
gone forth from Egypt."
What are some of the famous
illuminated Hagadahs? The 13th

City Council Rejects 'Conflict of Interests' Charge Against Schmier

Prominent public officials, father and that the property in
and civic leaders, this week op- question neither could be sold
plauded the action of the De- nor rented.
troit City Council in rejecting
The following resolution, in-
attempts to accuse a noted troduced by Councilman Wil-
attorney, Herman A. Schmier, liam Rogell, was unanimously
of having been adopted by the Council:
involved in a
Although pressure groups
conflict of in-
terests as a joined in hurling the accusa-
member of tion against Schmier, many
the Zoning groups came to his defense,
Appeals unsolicited, included among
them being the Archdiocese of
Board.
Detroit, the Grandale Civic As-
The
Council
r
repudiated an sociation, the Plymouth - Tire-
effort to blame man Improvement Association
Schmier of a and many prominent individ-
H. A. Schmier conflict of in- uals.
Former Judge Lederle, for-
terests between his public du-
ties and ownership of proper- mer Corporation Counsel Na-
thaniel
Goldstick, many promi-
ties in blighted areas.
Schmier, who has served on nent leaders of all faiths,
the Zoning Board since 1948 joined in congratulating the!
and who was renamed to' that Council on its just decision and
post by the Council last No- in commending Scknier for his
vember for another three-year unselfish public services.
term, proved that the "dilapi-
Schmier, a native New ,
dated homes" he was accused Yorker, has lived in Detroit
of owning in blighted areas since 1904. He has practiced
were those of his 92-year-old law here since 1919. He was

Rabbi Drazin's 'Marriage Made in
Heaven' Out in a Second Edition

"Marriage Made in Heaven,"
by Rabbi Nathan Drazin, pub-
lished by Bloch, is a guide to
marital relations that deals frank-
ly with matters of love, with
matrimonial problems, with Jew-
ish laws relating to husband-wife
relations.
In his frankness, Rabbi Drazin
probes into psychiatric practices
and psychological reasons for
failures in marriages. He offers

high ideals of love and affection

proach, does not hesitate to dis-
cuss contraceptive methods and
the birth control issue.

Sperka's book already has been
reviewed in these columns.

"One cannot thwart nature
defiantly for long without invit-
ing disaster," he declares. and he
discusses the medical approaches
to birth control and the practices
that succeed or fail in the nu-
merous, examples he quotes to
illustrate his advice.

Sheldon Rott
and
-ORCHESTRA or:

Emphasizing that. in accord-
ance with Jewish tradition, "mar-
rir.ge is made in heaven," Rabbi
Drazin explains that "Jewish law
has made love beautiful, endur-
ing and permanent in the homes
where it is observed," and he
expresses the conviction that it
can be achieved today.

The frankness with which he
resorts to his subject matter
could not have been dreamed of
a hundred years ago, he states,
because such a work then was
unnecessary. but times have
changed and "genuinely happy
Jewish homes are not so com-
mon." The increase• in divorce
makes marriage counseling neces-
Which of the Five Megillot is sary, he indicates, and his book
assigned for reading on Pass- I guides husbands and wives to-
over? The Song of Songs.
, wards goals in accordance with

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sented to Bernard Manischewitz, president of the firm which
bears his name, by Rabbi Eliezer Silver. This traditional cere-
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His resort to Talmudic law and
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the present volume is now out
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Bloch Publishing Co. this week
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"Eternal Life," by Rabbi Joshua
Century Spanish in the Mocatta advice, uses the scientific ap- S. Sperka of Detroit. Rabbi

Library in London. the 14th Cen-
tury Sarajevo. the 14th Century
' Kacfman." the 15th Century
Nuremberg. the 15th Century
Darmstadt. and the 15th Cen-
tury "Cincinnati."
Where and when were the first
printed Hagadahs produced? In
Italy, with woodcuts, in the 16th
Century. and in Holland (Am-
sterdam) with copper plate en-
gravings, in the 17th Century.
How many different editions
of the printed Hagadahs are
there? It is estimated that the
number runs up to 3.000!
What Seder Plates are among
the most valued? Faience (pot-
tery) Pesaro. Italy. 1614; Majo-
lica (pottery) Ancona, Italy,
1673; G. R. Van Gough (pewter)
1718; Schechter of Fuerth (pew-
ter) 1773; Silver plate, Vienna,
1807.
Why only "Half Hallel" after
the first two days of Pesach?
According to a Midrash: The.
Angeles protested: "God's crea-
tures, the Egyptians are drown-
ing in the Sea and you are sing-
ing Hallel!"

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Hagadah Notes
in Lighter Vein