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Friday, March 27, 1 964 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S -
Bnai Brith Leader Visits Pope
Beth Aaron Sets Rare Antiquities to Be on Display
Spring Musicale in Israel Pavilion at World's Fair
Beth Aaron Synagogue will
hold its Spring Musicale 7:30
p.m. April 12 at the synagogue,
featuring Cantor David Bagley,
his cantorial choir and a 60-
voice children's chorus.
Members of the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra will perform,
and a youth
trio, "The
Rose Sisters
and Lewis,"
also is on tne
program. Se-
lections will
include tradi-
tional and
spiritual music
i n Hebrew,
• Yiddish and
English. Mrs.
' Bella Gold-
berg will be
' accompanist.
Maynard
Feldman is
chairman of
the musicale.
Bagley
ROME—Bnai Brith President Label A. Katz is shown with Pope
For tickets, call the synagogue
Paul VI, with whom he had a private audience at the Vatican
office, UN 1-5222, or Mrs. Jerry
City last week. In a statement to the Pontiff, Mr. Katz said the Silberman, DI 1-0436.
"affirmations of interreligious friendship" in the Ecumenical
Council declarations on anti-Semitism and Catholic-Jewish re-
Mrs. Sosnick Heads
lations "have found wide acceptance." Pope Paul said he was
pleased with the growing "constructive cooperation" between
Women's Unit for Youth
Catholics and Jews and hoped it would continue to advance
Fund at Young Israel
"both in spiritual and temporal matters."
Mrs. Robert Sosnick has been
Arival in New York of price-
less antiquities from Israel, dat-
ing back to Biblical times, marks
the final stages of completion
of the American-Israel Pavilion
at the World's Fair.
Reproductions of ancient
Judean city walls, arches, col-
umns and gates — made in Phil-
adelphia — are being installed
in the 10.000 square-foot circu-
lar building that rises spiral-
like to a height of 45 feet at
House of Shelter
to Serve Local
Needy on Pesach
the crossroads of the Avenues
of Asia and Africa.
Blue-green ore from King
Solomon's mines near the Red
Sea, together with original work
tools actually used there in
copper production nearly 3,000
years ago, will be shown. Deli-
cate glass vases and perfume
flasks from the first and second
centuries B.C., pottery, oil lamps
and dishes from the days of the
First Temple around 950 B.C.,
intricately decorated building
stones, and finely carved lime-
stone ossuaries (burial vessels)
are just a few of the many
genuine "props" being displayed
in the recreation of the Biblical
scenes.
The American-Israel exhibit
offers "A Journey Through
4,000 Years of Jewish History"
in three-dimensional life-like
displays of family living, street
scenes and panoramic views that
Jewish House of Shelter-
Hachnosas Orchim — President
Morris Dorn, announces that
Passover meals will be served
to all transients and patients of
Lapeer, Northville, Wayne take the visitor from a recon-
County General and Ypsilanti structed Biblical city through
state hospitals, as well as in- the countries of the Diaspora
mates of Wayne County Jail (dispersal) to modern Israel.
and Detroit House of Correc-
tion. Local needy men also will
be served throughout the entire
Passover.
The program is under the su-
pervision of Mrs. Morris Dorn,
Wishes its Customers
president of the Women's Aux-
A Happy Passover
iliary, and her corps of volun-
teers.
22101 Coolidge 544-9698
appointed women's committee
The Jewish House of Shelter
Specializing in: scalp treat-
chairman of the Youth Founda- is an agency supported by the
ments, razor hair cutting,
tion Fund of Young Israel, an- Jewish Welfare Federation. Di-
facials
and shaving.
a needless destruction of useful nounces " Mor-
rector is Samuel Lerner.
ris Karbal.
food.
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general chair-
Why do the traditional Hag- man of t h e
gadahs contain a set of words in forthcom-
the beginning, each of which ing 40th an-
Wishing all our friends a
refers to another part of the niversary ban-
quet of the
Seder?
Happy & Cheerful Passover
Actually, this is similar to a Young Israel
table of contents. However, that Council.
alone was not its purpose since
On May 14,
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many communities traditionally Young Israel Mrs. Sosnick
sing this collection of words in- will celebrate 40 years of youth
dicating that there is some con- programming in Detroit. The
nection between them. Basically. group began with religious ser-
these words were put at the vices in the basement of the
beginning of the Seder to indi- old Magen Abraham synagogue
cate and remind the observer on Farnsworth in 1924. Today,
that the Seder must have a spe- the Young Israel movement has
cial order. It is claimed that four branches in the Detroit,
Rabbi Solomon Bar Isaac, the area.
famous Rashi, originated these
The youth group program is
words as we use them. Most open to all boys and girls of
As we commemorate the Festival of Freedom,
Jews today announce each of the community. Membership in
we rejoice in our liberties, with gratitude for
these words before the respec- Young Israel is not required.
tive part of the Seder takes
the blessings inherent in our Americanism and
place. The Sephardic Jews sing
these words together musically Bnai David Raises
in our Jewish heritage that stems from Pass-
before the Seder begins - and
over . . . On this Feast of Pesach, we rededi-
then repeat each word before $2,000 for the Poor
and after the respective part
cate ourselves anew to the ideals of justice
With a family-style "cholent"
of the Seder. Rabbi Moses Al- dinner, the annual Mo'os Hitim
and liberty for all humanity.
shich saw in these words a Kab- Drive at Bnai David Synagogue
balistic message of ethics which exceeded its goal, reaching al-
taught the individual the proper most. $2,000 for Passover provi-
way of life.
sions to needy families. ("Cho-
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lent" is the Saturday evening
Why does the housewife meal kept in an oven over the
spread out ten pieces of bread Sabbath.)
through the different rooms of
Funds have been allocated to
the house before the master of the Detroit Mo'os Hitim Commit-
the house searches for the leav- tee; Joint Distribution Commit-
en on the night before Pass- tee for Jews in North Africa,
over?
Western Europe and other
Putting the crumbs out in areas; Mizrachi Care package
general is a practical matter drive for needy families in Is-
since a blessing is pronounced rael; and the overseas Passover
before the search for the leaven campaign of Agudath Israel,
in spite of the fact that by that which shipped 25,000 pounds of
time the house has already been matzo into the Soviet Union.
completely cleansed of leaven.
The Bnai David Matzo Fund
The housewife, therefore, puts
committee is under the cochair-
these crumbs out so that the
manship of Charles N. Shere
benediction and search shall not and Jacob Winokur. Vice chair-
be in vain; and morally speak-
men are Simon Shapiro, Max
ing the rabbis say that as pure
Simon, Samuel S. Scharg and
as a man might be, he can al-
Morris Soverinsky. The commit-
ways find some blemish in his
from
tee also includes Rabbi Hayim
own character if he looks hard
Donin,
Cantor
Hyman
J.
Adler,
enough. The particular number
Sexton Mordechai Adler, Morris
of ten is said to be an allegori-
J. Brandwine, Joseph Gorman,
cal reference, either to the ten
sons of Hamon, who plotted to Milton Herman, Jack J. Kraiz-
annihilate the Jews on the thir- man and Max Ostrow.
teenth day of Nisan (the day
preceding the night on which Beth Yehudah Reunion
The annual Simchat Yom Toy
we search for the leaven) or to
the ten spheres of holiness and reunion of Beth Yehudah
AND THEIR FAMILIES
which the Kabbalists speak of; Alumni will be held 8:30 p.m.
perhaps also to the ten com- Tuesday at the Dexter Center.
mandments whose violation may Awards will be presented to 96
appear to be as leavening to our alumni studying in Eastern
Torah schools.
character.
MAX FRIEDMAN
BARBER SHOP
Passover Quiz
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
Why do we pour drops of wine
from the cup when mentioning
the plagues during the Seder?
A number of reasons are giv-
en for this practice. Some con-
tend that the pouring out of
drops makes the contents of the
cup diminish and symbolizes the
fact that after every plague the
number of Egyptians decreased
in the land. Others contend that
the spilling of wine indicates
that we recall the plagues with
regret, since one should always
be sad at afflictions that hap-
pen to human beings, no matter
who they are. The medieval
German Kabbalists explain that
altogether there are sixteen
drops that are poured from the
cup and that these drops rep-
resent the sixteen sides of the
Almight's sword which he
wields when he brings affliction
upon the sinners.
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What is the proper way to
pour these drops, from the cup
directly or with one's finger?
Some authorities claim that
the drops should be directly
emitted from the cup. It was
once even customary to pour
the drops directly on the
ground. Rabbi Isaac Luria, the
Kabbalist, ordained that the
drops be poured directly from
the cup into a broken vessel.
Some claim that the drops
should be spilt with the fore-
finger because it would be sym-
bolic of "the finger of God"
(Exodus 8:15) which was evident
during the plagues in Egypt.
Some contend that the drops
should he spilt with the little
finger. Others claim it should
be done with the fourth finger
because this is the finger in
which the Almighty smote the
Egyptians. (Pirke D'Rabbi Elie-
zer). Among the Yemenite Jews
only the head of the household
spilt the drops while the rest
offered responses. They were
spilt into an old vessel which
was then thrown out with its
contents far away from the
house, as if to demonstrate that
such plagues should never hap-
pen to this house. In Italy it
was the custom to spill the
wine into a dishfull of water.
In Kurdisten it was customary
to spill the drops into an empty
egg-shell which was later filled
with tobacco, bitters, etc. and
then throw away. It is interest-
ing to note that some communi-
ties would use water instead of
wine, and that some refuse to
spill wine because it would be
On Our Way to Israel.
Frances & Irving Hermelin
A- gloppy gassover
to
All
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Xasle
and gamily
Our Sincerest Best Wishes
to Everyone
for a Happy Passover
HERMAN J. AGINS
EUGENE N. AGINS