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Due to the occurence of
Sukkot Monday and Tuesday,
The Jewish News has set
early deadlines for its issue
of Oct. 15.
Deadline on copy, photo-
graphs and display ads will
be noon today. Classified ads
should be placed as early as
possible to avoid the last-
minute rush Wednesday.
The concluding days of the
holiday, Shemini Atzereth
and Simhat Torah, Monday
and Tuesday, Oct. 18.19, also
will make early deadlines
necessary.
Deadline on copy, photo-
graphs and display ads for
the issue of Oct. 22 will be
noon Friday, Oct. 15. As
stated above, classified ads
should be placed early to
avoid the rush.
By RABBI SAMUEL' J. FOX
(Copyright, 1965, XTA., Inc.)
Maurice Samuel
to Inaugurate
Emanu-El Series
Temple Emanu-El will begin its
Institute of Jewish Learning 8:15
p.m. Tuesday, with a lecture by
author Maurice Samuel.
Samuel, scholar, traveler, lec-
turer, novelist and translator, will
speak on "Judaism and Christi-
anity." The series is open to the
I public.
I On Oct. 26, Dr.
S. Joseph F a u -
m a n , professor
o f sociology a t
Eastern Michigan
University, w i 11
discuss "Where
-.1Have Today's
Jews Gone — In-
termarriage and
Assimilation?"
Phillip Nus-
,holtz, Detroit at-
torney, will
speak on "The
C4-emarah-
iFoundation of To-
'day's Common
Samuel
Law" Nov. 9.
The president of the Central
Conference of American Rabbis,
Rabbi Jacob Weinstein of Chicago,
will be at Temple Emanu-El Nov.
23 to discuss "Changing Ethical
Standards in Changing Times."
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Synagogue in Aden
Razed by Rioters
LONDON (JTA)—A synagogue
was burned down Sunday in the.
British Protectorate of Aden, the
Red Sea port of southwestern Ma-
bia, according to authentic reports
reaching here.
The dispatches stated that riot-
ing Arabs, protesting against the
British government's plans to es-
tablish a new constitution for the
protectorate, ran wild in one of
the city's quarters.
A Jewish school also was set
afire in the rioting.
The rioters threw flaming wood-
en torches at the synagogues, aim-
ing some of the torches at stacks
of Jewish holy books piled in one
corner of the house of worship.
Several Jewish bakeries were also
attacked.
What is the reason for requir-
ing Jews to dwell in the sukkah
during the Sukkot Festival?
The Bible is the primary source
for the reason for this practice
when it writes "because in Suk-
kot Have I Placed the People of
Israel When I took Them Out of
the Land of Egypt" (Leviticus
23:42, 43). However, the Talmudic
scholars are in disagreement as to
the meanings of the word "Sukkot"
in the above Biblical phrase. One
.Tanna claims that it refers to
actual booths such as we use for
the Sukkot. The inference would
be then, that the practice of dwel-
ling in a sukkah reminds us of the
booths in which our ancestors
dwelt on their way out of Egypt.
Another Tanna claims that the
word "Sukkot" in the Biblical
passage refers to "The Clouds of
Glory" which hovered over the
heads of the wandering Israelites
on their way out of Egypt and thus
the sukkot would be reminiscent
of the protection which the Al-
mighty afforded His people dur-
ing their exodus. Maimonides
(Guide to the Perplexed 3:43)
claims that the practice of dwell-
ing in the sukkot is to remind us
of the miracles that occurred to us
during our trek through the wilder-
ness. We thus leave the security
of our permanent home and dwell
in booths to remind ourselves how
we were at the mercy of the Al-
mighty's grace . our shelter
against the forces of nature being
as flimsy as the thatched roof of
the sukkot over our heads. An-
other medieval source claims that
we dwell in the sukkot to show
how much confidence we have
after Yom Kippur since we feel
certain that the Almighty has re-
turned a good judgment for us.
We are, therefore, even confident
of living in a makeshift dwelling.
Same authorities claim that the
sukkah is a symbol of humility.
At the time of the fall harvest,
when a man feels proud of his
accomplishments and the harvest
which he has reaped, the Almighty
asks him not to proceed to the
rich surroundings of his perma-
nent home, but to dwell in a
humble booth so as to understand
that the gifts of the harvest are
only by the grace of the Almighty.
Then, when he returns to his
home, he will appreciate the
luxuries of his domicile so much
more.
Nobody
UNDERSELLS
GREAT LAKES
Why is it that a blessing is
not made when we make the
sukkah? (The blessing is made
only when we dwell in it.
Actually, this question was a
point of disagreement between the
Babylonian Talmud (Menachoth
42-a) which explicitly states that
a blessing is not to be pronounced
when the Sukkah is made, and the
Palestinian Talmud (Berakoth 9:3,
Succah 1:2) when describes the
blessing which is made when the
sukkah is built. Maimonides ex-
plains the reason for our tradition
which does not allow a blessing to
be made when the sukkah is being
built. He claims that since the
essential deed in the performance
of this Holy commandment is to
dwell in the sukkah, then the
building of the sukkah is only an
act which is done so as to later
allow us to perform the command-
ment of dwelling in the sukkah.
Therefore, the blessing is made
only when we actually dwell in the
sukkah.
DON'T EVER
FORGET IT!!
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Yeshivah Announces
Supervisory Positions
Faculty appointments at Yeshi-
vath Beth Yehudah were announced
as the school opened its 51st sea-
son recently. Rabbi Sholom Gold-
stein will be principal of the Beth
Jacob School for Girls, with Rabbi
Samuel E. Cohen supervisor of the
General Studies Department.
Rabbi Avrohom A. Freedman
will serve as principal in the boys
division, with Rabbi Israel Flam
supervisor of the general studies
department.
Hillel Abrams, president of the
Yeshivah, said the Southfield build-
ing will be completed in six weeks
The "New Building Festival" will
commence with the Yeshivah's an-
nual dinner Nov. 14.
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It was reported this week that
Rabbi Aedoen Singer of the Buda-
pest Jewish community; has been
named rabbi of the East Berlin
and East German communities.
There are said to be less than
800 Jews left in the latter com-
munities.
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 8, 1965-13
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