THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Why Kashruth?
Most Jews are ready to offer
an explanation of the- Jewish Die-
tary Laws. Even those who dis-
regard them will offer a reason
for them, though
j
ihey may brush
that reason . aside as•being in their
view inadequate or unnecessary.
There are those who assert that
these are fundamentally health
laws. While there is much evidence
to support this contention, this is
not the reason Chat the Bible gives;
There are some . who look upon
these laws as expression of JeWish
folk custom. A' loyal Jew, desirous
of preserving the richness of the
historic national sanctities and
mores of his people. will adhere
to these observances as an essen-
tial part of his traditional Jewish
character,
A third explanation offered is
that observance of ;the Dietary
Laws is enjoined not only for their
positive enrichment of Jewish
ing, but also for their values in
preserving Jewish 'identity in a
non-Jewish environment. Shakes-
peare knew this when he made
Shylock say to Bassanio: "I will
buy with you, sell with you, talk
with you, walk with you, and so
following: but I will not eat with
you. drink with you nor pray
with you." The Dietary Laws set
up a needed line of demarcation
beyond which lies that more inti
mate social mixing that so readily
leads to mixed marriages 'and loss
of religious identity.
The. Bible gives one and only
one reason for them. That reason
is not one of physical or national
health but one of spiritual health.
It is contained in the: summing up
of the chapter in which these laws
are set forth: "I am the Lord
your G-d; therefore you shall make
yourselves holy, and be holy; for
I am holy . . . . For I am the Lord
who brought you up out of the
Land of Egypt to be your G-d ; ye
shall therefore be holy, fora I am
holy." (Leviticus (11:44, 45). This
motivation is repeated later (Levi-
ticus 20:25. 26): "You shall there-
fore separate between unclean
birds and the clean . . and ye
shall be holy unto Me, for I the
Lord am holy." In the repetition
of the Dietary Laws the' same sole
reason is given for their 'observ-
ance: "because thou are a holy
people unto the Lord thy G-d."
(Deuteronomy ;1,4:21).
The control exercised by ihe
Dietary Laws has taught the Jew
to make into a sacrament what ,
otherwise may readily degenerate,
into a wild party. He recognizes'
it as one of the functions of reli-
gious to take the crude material
of life and master it by .a religious
disciplining of physical appetites.
It is characteristic of Jewish Life
and teaching that one can catch
glimpses of p-d the kitchen
as well as in the synagogue, and
at the dining.table in the home as
well as at the altar in the House
of G-d.
This is why 'a spiritual ctiScipline
in holiness such as theibietarY
Laws, repeated several 'times a
day every day in the yeiir, is so
invaluable as a medium for bring-
ing G-d into our daily lives, for
stirring our conscience as Jews
and for •bringing us into the pre-
sence of G-d. We do not have to
wait for death to strike or for the
Day of Atonement or some other
great day in the' religious calen-
dar. All life becomes transfigured
by the consciousness 'of religion
for the Jews who disciplines his
living by the Dietary Laws.
The Jew draws no hard anta-
'gonizing ' lines between physical
and spiritual, between body and
soul, between earth and heaven.
Through the regulation of living
given by his discipline of diet,
physical- appetites become for him
a means of serving G-d, and the
family table becomes an altar.
Through • the Dietary Laws, the
Jew has learned how to suffuse
physical living with spiritual up-
lifting and to brix" ig the vision of
heaven to the dailypaths of earth.
Friday,' August 28, 11964
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A REPORT TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
By the 'Council of Orthodox Rabbis (Vaad Harabbonim)
..
Relating to Just One of Its Major Activities -- That of Maintaining
Proper Kosher Food Facilities -. for Detroit Jewry
:
Listing of kosher food„establishments approved and under the supervision of the Council..
CATERING
Al Rosenberg.Kosher Catering Co.
•
Fred Baum-Kosher Caterer
Imperial Kosher Catering Co.
Mayfair Kosher Caterers, Inc.
Oak Manor Kosher Catering Co.
Rainbow Kosher Catering Co.
Rosenberg Kosher. Catering Co.
15325 W. 8 Mile Rd.
27375 Bell Rd., Southfield
•
•18451 Wyoming.
- 19161 Schaefer
8900 W. 7 Mile Rd.
14-241 Wales, Oak Park
23029 Coolidge HWy., Oak Park
, .
864-5323,
357-5544
864-4757
DI 1-1397'
863-2446.
543-334.1
548-4279 .
RESTAURANT
15325 W. 8 Mille Rd.
Al Rosenberg's Holiday Manor, Inc.
864-5323
BAKERIES
t2O28 Dexter
10038 W: 7 Mile Rd.'
Rd.
12945 W. 7
Mayer's Bakery
Weisman's Bakery
Zeman's NeW York Bakery
0. 9-9826
4-6077
N 2-7980
SAUSAGE FACTORY
1745 Pingree
Gunsberg's Star Kosher Sausage Co.
MISCELLANEOUS
TR 2-2940
i
The Kosher Kitchen at Sinai Hospital
Jewish Community Ceriter
f-
DI_ 1-4200
1--8100 Meyers
Snack Bar, ONLY loweil level
In•addition, supervise eight (8) Racking houses, local dairy companies and milk farms during
. i . .
Passover Season.
KOSHER RETAIL BUTCHERS
The following:Iited shops are the only retail establishments approved for the sale of kosher
MEATS and POULTRY ;n the greater Detroit area.
MEMBERS OF DETROIT AREA 'RETAIL KOSHER. MEAT DEALERS ASSOCIATION
UN . 4-9054
13515 W. 7' Mile Rd.
Boxrnan Bros., B. & H.
VE. 6-91451
15341"W. 7 Mile Rd.
Boxman Bros., F, & 0.
BR 3-83851
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Mile
Rd
•
15740
W.
7
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L. Castleman
DI 1-1607
7 Mile Rd
12939
Louis Cohen & Son
LI 7=4121
26035 Coolidge, - Oak Park
M. Cohen & Son
LI 8-6800
24760 Coolidge,' Oak Park
Cohen, Zager & Reznick
TO '6-3449
12212 Dexter
D. Cohen
TE 4-2641
17725 Dexter
I. Dubin
KE 4-5181
20346 W. 7 Mile Rd
A. Goldin & Son
L 17-3900
Park
23057
'Coolidge,
Oak
M. Goldin
LI 7-4122 .
22153 -Coolidge, Oak Park
Goldstein & Eizelman
UN
2-5996
18434 Wyoming -
Gonik's Meat Market
UN
1-4770
18229
Wyoming
Kaplan Bros.
DI 1-9381
7718 W. McNichols
E. Klein
UN
4-8080
7736
•W.
McNichols
Kotin & Smith
AiN 48327
18417 Wyoming
M. Kraus
1!)I 1-8893
20449; Schaefer
O. Klaper
KE 5-8888
20434. W. 7 Mile Rd
H. Lopatin
DI 1-2840.
13430 W: 7 Mile Rd
Margolis & Skore
UN
4-9583
7641
W.
McNichols
Mirvis & Levy .
DI 1-8604
7134 W. 7 Mile Rd.
Morris Meat Market
UN 1-7237
18275 Wyoming
•Nathan & Irving
•TO . 8-8118
11738 Dexter
N. Reznick
UN 2,-8224
7575 W. McNichols
M. Roth
. LI 8-4887
25254 Greenfield, Oa k Park
Rubinstein & Eizelman
UN 3-4305
18264 Wyoming
Schechter Bros.
UN
1-8090
10036
Curtis
B. Shaffer
LI , 3-8460
24721' Coolidge, Oak Park
B. Shapiro & J. Felstein
LI 7-8111-
13721. W. 9 Mile Rd ., Oak Park
Singer's Meat Market
UN 4-74.76
7336.W. 7 Mile Rd.
'Vikser & Landau
BR 3-4227J
14837 W. 7 Mile Rd •
S. Weingart
UN 3-51=34
•
1 0036 W. 7 Mile
WeinStein & Auster
OTHER KOSHER MEAT DE A LERS:
LI 3-1126
13831
✓ .. "9' MileRd., Oak Park
Bristowski
D l 1,2345
13500 W. 7 Mile 'Rd.
J. Braverman
•-31i66
pi
13140
W.
7
Mile
Rd.!
Carl & Mike
TO 8-5897
3353 W. Davison •
Finkel & Herzkowitz
LI 6-2441
•13925- W. 9 Mile Rd., Oak Park
Schwartzberg Meat Market
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A- WORD TO TH1EWISE • . .
Kashrut supervision must be constant and thorough to be effective and reliable, and consumer ivigilance against mislltd-
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2. Kashrut certification for sealed kosher food. pakages bedomes invalid when sealed packages are sold broken.
3. Prepared foods, such as delicatessen trays and cooked, roasted or barbecued poultry or meats, are guaranteed kosher
only when .prepared under the sup&vision of an authorized kashrut supervisor (Mashgiach),
4. A fowl is kosher only when it bears the PLOMBE of the Vaad Harabbonim.
We Wish The Entire Community A Happy, Healthy and.Prosperous New Year
ing advertiing, must remain alert.