Early Conventions
Meaning of Caucus
The election of 1828 marked the
The word caucus originated in
first time that the nominations Boston early in the 18th Century
were made by state legislatures in- when political parties began nom-
stead of congressional caucuses. inating their candidates by means
The Antimasonic Party held the of a congressional caucus. The
first national nominating conven- most plausible origin of the word
tion in September 1831; the Na- is that it comes from an Algon-
tional Republicans followed with quin Indian word, kaw-kaw-was,
a convention in December.
. meaning "to talk."

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 4, 1964 65

Happy New Year

DINTY MOORE
WEST

Best Wishes for a Happy New
Year to Our Friends and
Patrons

Restaurant - Delicatessen
Tray Catering Our Specialty

MARY GREEN
BEAUTY SALON

15642 W. Seven Mile
272-1525

10521 West Seven Mile Rd.

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UN 40674

Season's Greetings

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EDER
URNITURE CO.

Holiday Greetings

KENWOOD DRUG

Mr. Norman Shapiro, Prop.

F

Louis Eder

1751

FORT
DU 1-1940
Lincoln Park

20600 W. Seven Mile Rd.

Detroit 19, Michigan
KE 3-7847

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HOLIDAY GREETINGS *

Sincere .Best Wishes
On the New Year

LLOYD'S

HARDWARE and PATIO
FURNITURE

15410-30 Fenkell at Greenfield .
VE 6-3070

Edith Eckstat, R.E.

and

Albert Wolgin, R.E.

WO 3 - 0922

1309 David Broderick Tower

MOP'S KITCHEN

Famous Plumbing
C.7 Heating Supply

12717 W. 7 Mile. UN 4-9496

2237-43 Gratiot LO 7-6950

Detroit

Holiday Greetings

O'Brien's Drug Store

Prescription 'Pharmacy
We Deliver

20655 West 7 Mile at Braille .
Call KE 2-2410

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

Season's Greetings

FELDBRO
QUALITY MEATS

Pekin Pavilion
Restaurant

7437 East Jefferson, Detroit
LO 8-9466

Carry outs - Choice Liquor
Beer & Wine

20233 'W. 7 Mile Rd.

Between Kentfield and Heyden

KE 4 - 7522
Open Sun. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Daily 8 a m.-9 p.m.

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Happy New Year from
Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Rosenberg

HAPPY HOLIDAY

Harold Fleak
Jewelers

ROSENBERG'S

KOSHER POULTRY
Strictly Fresh Eg:gs
Free Delivery

13420 W. 7 Mile Rd.
Call UN 4-6963

llevra Kadisha'

BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

Happy New Year

A silver plate, portraying the Shofar ceremony in the synagogue,
by a Persian craftsman of the. 19th Century.

Hair Removed Forever'

WO 3 - 3047

1010

Metropolitan Bldg.
WO 2-7895

Happy Holiday

DELUXE STAMPING CO.

569 E. 10 Mile Rd., Madison Heights
JO 4-6432

Happy New Year

EWALD STEEL & SUPPLY CO.

12995 Hillview
BR 3-5500

(Copyright, 1964, JTA, Inc.)

Blessed Is
the Match

The one with money in his hand
has the stronger hand. --- Baba
Metzia 59.

The term "Hevra Kadisha,"
which means •"Holy Society," is ap-
By Hannah Senesh
plied to the organization in the
P.lessed
the fnatch that is con-
community which takes care of
suined in kindling flame.
purifying and preparing the 'dead
Blessed
is
:the flame that burns
for burial. Some of these organi-
in the secret fastness of the heart.
zations take' up •their positions
when the individual is dying. From Blessed is the heart with strength
to .stop its beating for honor's
that point on he is never left alone.
sake.
IA member or members of the so-
i ciety are alWays with him. saying Blessed is the match that is con-
sumed; in kindling flame.
the final confessional with him be-
. —Translated from, the Hebrew
, fore he dies. standing guard over
him until he is buried, washing
him after death. dreSsing him in codes say (Nahmanides, also
shrouds, etc.... and then digging Shulkhan Arukh). In later periods,
the grave and finally lowering him the famous Rabbi Judah Loew of
into his grave and then filling the prague (Maharil) is said to have
/ I been the first to have organized
grave with earth..
r and regulated the institution of 'a
1 Actually. the expression "Hevra
Kadisha - was originally applied : Hevra Kadisha in his area (16th
Century). Some historians think
to the whole Jewish community.
that the expulsion of the Jews from
Later on it was used as a prefix
Prague in 1561. at which occasion
to whatever Jewish organization or the sick were allowed
. to remain,
group was organized. whether for
led to the organization of the so-
study, prayer or anything else in ciety, since theirs was practically
the Jewish community. Finally a full-time occupation, there being
and currently. it is used only for
so many dick people in the com-
the groups who prepare the dead munity in proportion to the Jew-
for burial.
ish population.

The care and burial of the
dead were always considered
among Jews to be of the most
holy and important of functions.
The Almighty Himself was said
to have attended to the burial of
His beloved servant Moses. The
Midrash tells us that the first
human family was shown the
procedure of burial by observing
one dove burying its beloved
mate. Originally, then, the re-
sponsibility-rested with the next
of kin.

Later on. when the JewiSh peo-
ple developed into communities.
the rabbis made it the responsibil-
ity of the community. Rab Ham-
nuna, a Talmudic sage. arrived in
a certain town, and hearing that
someone in the city had passed
away- , he refused to let the people
of the city go on with their daily
functions and work until he was
assured that there was a society in
the city which attended to the
dead.
When the relatives hand over
the corpse to the society, they are
considered as having discharged
their official responsibility, the

SEASON GREETINGS

SAM'S .
FRUIT MARKET

13510 W. 7 Mile

UN 4 - 9793

HAPPY NEW YEAR

U. T. Garden

7105 W. 'McNichols

UN 3-1454

Season's Greetings

FASHION FLAIR
BEAUTY SALON

Open Sundays , •

24950 Coolidge, Oak Park

in the Dexter-Davison
Shopping Center

Call LI 8-3747.

Holiday Good Cheer

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W. A. LEWIS AGENCY

2617 W. Grand Blvd:
TR 5-7555

Holiday Greetings

GORDON
AND DICK SHELL SERVICE
,

Tune - up

-

Brakes - Mufflers — Pick - up and Delivery

18911. Livernois at Clarita

DI - 1-4555

Holiday Good Cheer

DETROIT ENGRAVING CO,

2600 National
961-1355

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Holiday Good Cheer

HAWTHORNE METAL PRODUCTS CO.

4336 Coolidge, Royal Oak
JO 4-5770

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Happy New Year to All Our
Friends and Patrons

Dick's Ti oytown

18289 Wyoming
UN 2-4924

Happy New Year

HANDELMAN COMPANY

ARC. DISTRIBUTOR --, JAY-KAY DISTRIBUTOR

670 E. Woodbridge Ave.
Detroit, Michigan

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