46-Friday, November 7, 1969

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Weekly Quiz

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Why is it customary to wash
one's hands after a funeral?
SOUTHFIELD
A
number of reasons arc ad-
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ing in contact with the dead is
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rendered impure and requires
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some means of purification. For
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this reason, the Bible prescribes
the requirement of being sprinkled
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with the watery solution made
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(Numbers 19:1-22). Basically, it
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clean. Small carpentry work. 544-4104,
wished
to have it understood that
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the realm of the dead and the
realm of the living are to be con-
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sidered as two independent realms.
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The use of the water somehow
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symbolizes spiritual rebirth or re-
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Some contend that washing the
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hands after a funeral is represent-
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ative of the assertion that those
ment. Possibilities for rezoning to
ELECTRIC repairs, all types. Residen-
multiple dwellings. $125,000. Land
who came in contact with the dead
tial. commercial. EL 6-7228
cont. terms.
were not responsible for his death.
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They. thus, wash their hands. just
ree estimates. UN 4-3547
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as the elders of the city near
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whose borders a corpse was found,
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speaking, washing the hands is
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Why is it forbidden for a Jew
to take interest upon loaning
money to his fellow Jew?
Basically, of course, this is a
typical prohibition, mentioned in
the
book of Exodus. One source in
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one who take interest to a serpent
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that bites the man at his heel. The
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victim doesn't feel it at first, but
then his heel swells up and over-
comes him. Likewise, the interest
on a loan seems painless at first,
but devastating in time. (Midrash
Rabba.)
Another source labels one who
takes interest as one who denies the
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existence of God. This is because
one who does not take interest
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demonstrates that the money he
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rather
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to pass on to those who need it
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when he can do so. It is, of course,
guaranteed. References. TY 7-2501.
to the Almighty himself to Whom
all wealth belongs. One who takes
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interest demonstrates that he de-
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nies that everything is owned by
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the Almighty.
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Why are the chapters of the
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Ethics of the Fathers read after
Sabbath afternoon during the
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spring and summer months?
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Some claim this is done because
Also storage.
the
spring months precede the
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festival of Shavuot, and the sum-
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(both of which recall the revelation
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at Sinai where the tablets were
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given to Moses on two occasions),
one must attempt to correct is
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and might easily be misled into
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Why is it that the meat most

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be soaked and salted before
cooking?
The meat is salted because the
salt will draw out the blood. The

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"THE ANTIQUE-BOUTIQUE"

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Antique Show & Sale. Nov.
13, 14. 15, 16. 9 A.M. to 9
P.M. HARVARD ROW MALL.
11 Mile & Lahser Rd., South-
field. - Free demonstrations on
r u g hooking. Decoupage,
stained glassed art, Terrari-
um arranging and hand-made
candles. Also available por-
traits in charcoal or pastels.

By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright 1969. JTA, lac.)

Solomon Kerstein, VP
of Bloch Publishing Co.

NEW YORK - Solomon Ker-
stein, vice president of Bloch Pub-
lishing Co. until his retirement in
July. died Sunday at age 68. He
had edited Bloch's book bulletin
and headed its
Judaica and He-
braica depar t-
ment.
Mr. Kerstein
was a founder
and former vice
president of the
Jewish Book
Council of Torah
Education of the
Mizrachi Hapoel
liamizrachi. He
was a director
of the Jewish Na
Kerstein
nal Fund.
Mr. Kerstein authored mono-
graphs on "Jewish Libraries and
Book Collections in American and
By DAVID SCIIWARTZ
Jewish Institutions and Universi-
(Copyright, 1969. JTA, Inc.)
ties
in the U.S." and "The Literary
Senator Muskie asked Golda
Meir how she managed to control and Spiritual Heritage of Rabbi
her party. She said she did it by Judah L. Maimon."
patience, tact and hutzpa.
Senator Muskie wasn't sure he
knew what hutzpa was and asked
Louis Leebove, a retired metal
Senator Javits.
dealer, died last Friday at age 93.
"Well," said Javits, "when Gov- Mr. Leebove lived at 22140 Dante,
ernor Rockefeller said the always Oak Park.
late Long Island Railroad was the
He was a member of Cong.
best in the country, I think that Beth Achim, Young Israel of Oak-
was hutzpa."
' Woods and River Rouge Lodge of
We think a better illustration the Masons.
Surviving are his wife, Mollie:
would be the old Jewish story
about the fellow who killed his three sons, Lawrence. Arth"r and
father and mother and then plead- William; a daughter. Mrs. Morton
ed for mercy on the ground that he (Ann) Barnett; one sister, 18
grandchildren and 10 great-grand-
was an orphan.
The English word "gall" has the children.
meaning of hutzpa, but somehow
seems to have more kick and ap- Dr. Ervin Moss, 66,
pears to be getting into the Eng-
lish language. It no doubt will he Retired Physician
in Webs t e is dictionary. The
Dr. Ervin Moss. a retired physi-
Founding Fathers of America, of cian, who had offices for many
course, would not understand the years on 12th and Pingree, died
term. A little bit of hutzpa is a Wednesday at age 66.
good thing. When the Founding
Dr. Moss, 23295 Kipling, Oak
Fathers in 1776 undertook to throw Park, was a graduate of Wayne
the British off, the British no doubt University's medical school in
thought it was hutzpa. When Wash- 1933. He retired in 1962.
ington attacked the British at
A native of Detroit, Dr. Moss
Trenton, it was hutzpa. Alexander leaves his wife, Sara: a son, Burl
Hamilton, I think, had the most of New York; and a daughter,
hutzpa of the Founding Fathers. Miriam of San Francisco.
Golda Meir has, as she said, a
good bit of it. Someone has said Rabbi Gordon of JWB
Golda Meir is so self-confident, she
NEW YORK (JTA' - Rabbi
does crossword puzzles with a pen. Samuel H. Gordon, rabbi of the
According to Sam Steinglass of Jewish Center of the Hamptons,
Israel Bonds. Israel is a "golda Long Island and a member of the
medineh."
staff of the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board, died last week at age
Dover Presents Original 69. Rabbi Gordon was general sec-
Handbook for Conjurers retary of the World Federation of
YMHAs and Jewish Community
Henning Nelms is a magician.
Centers from 1947 to 1951.
He is also an actor, an illusionist,
During his five years of service
a trickster, a master of `misdiree- with the JWB, he was a JWB-USO
lion.' but most of all he is a representative in California and
showman. In his new "Handbook the Panama Canal Zone and di-
for conjurers," "Magic and Show- rector of the JWB's service in
manship" (paperback), he applies
Europe.
the lessons he has learned in the
theatre to the conditions under
which the conjurer works. The re- Bert Kline, Age 78
sult is a superb instruction man-
Bert Kline, a life member of
ual for the novice conjurer, and Perfection Lodge of the Masons,
also a lasting source of advice and died Oct. 29 at age 78. Mr. Kline,
a native of Buffalo, lived in De-
inspiration for the expert.
The book is a guide, a source troit 50 years.
A sales representative for Opti-
of advice for laymen and experts
alike, and a source of amusement cal Imports, Mr. Kline was a mem-
and wonder for anyone interested ber of Temple Israel and its
in magic. Nearly two hundred men's club and of Sgt. Morton Sil-
drawings by the author complete vermanDetroit Post of the Jewish
War Veterans. He resided at 17655
the work.
Manderson.
A son, Frederick, survives.

soaking which is done before salt-
ing is done for at least three rea-
sons One of these reasons con-
tends that the reason for soaking
is that the meat will soften and the
blood will come out easier (Rabbi
Nissim). A second reason offers
the explanation which contends
that the soaking is done because
the salting will only remove the
blood from within the flesh but not
that which has dried on the sur-
face. A third reason amplifies the
second by claiming that if the sur-
face blood is not removed by wash-
ing and soaking, it will be absorbed
by the flesh, making it almost im-
possible to remove it.

Defining Hutzpa

Louis Leebove, 93

Lucille Clifton's
Auto Accidents Take
Lives Than Clashes
Good Time Poems More
TEL AVIV (ZINS)-The civilian

Lucille Clifton, who expresses
the anguish of her people, the
colored folk, sings a positive and
a deeply moving song in her col-
lection of poems, "Good Times."

casualty toll on Israel's roads is
considerably greater than that on
the front lines, according to figures
made public by the Israeli police.
Of the 1,645 persons involved in

Published by Random House, auto accidents during August,
"Good Times" strikes a new note, there were 38 deaths and 248 seri-
echoes the deepest feelings of a ously wounded. The July count
sensitive person and inspires lov- was 49 dead and 286 critically
ers of the poetry of the new times. wounded out of 1,565 involved in

road mishaps. In the administered
territories there were a total of

It is never possible for a meta- 82 incidents in August (70 in July),
physycian to state his idea in plain where 10 were killed and 20 seri-
ously wounded.
English.-H. L. Mencken.

