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 3? 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 - Mile Rd • 15740 W. 7 = 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 . - A- WORD TO TH1EWISE • . . Kashrut supervision must be constant and thorough to be effective and reliable, and consumer ivigilance against mislltd- . ' . 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.