40-A—EMPLOYMENT
WANTED
50—BUSINESS CARDS
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FURNITURE refinished and re-
CONVALESCENT CARE. Elderly, paired. Free estimates. 474-8953.
children. 542-3067.
CARPENTRY work, inside & out.
YOUNG BARTENDER with hotel side. I. Schwartz. 545-7712.
experience for private parties.
interior and exterior
Eves. & weekends. Call after 6 CUSTOM
painting. Wood finishing and
p.m. 352.4021.
Reasonable. Refer-
antiquing.
ences. 547-1438.
50-:--BUSINESS CARDS
TV-REPAIR
Reasonable rates for TV repair.
Prompt service. Evening hours.
CALL GARY
353-8091 eves.
1-334-4966 days
Violations Corrected.
861-0834
COMPLETE remodeling, altera- WALL WASHING, gutter clean-
tions, repair, kitchen, den, ing, window washing, painting.
basement, fam. rm., reasonable. Work myself. 547-6762. Call after
538-6894 after 4.
4 p.m.
LICENSED electrician, 557-8981 or
557-5775.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
WILL ADDRESS invitations of
all kinds. Call Judy, 399-3412.
WOOD FURNITURE, carpet, vinyl
upholstery repair. Free estimates.
Al Sunshine. 532-7302.
THE FURNITURE MAN
Electrical Repairs.
CUSTOM draperies — beautiful
had work at competitive prices.
Fabric samples available. 647-6017.
We are fully equipped to move
your furniture & appliances ex-
pertly at economy rates. I piece
or von load.
588-8891 588-7520
PAINT up and Wall paper up for
Fine quality craftsmanship for
your fine quality furniture. Strip- EXPERIENCED paper hanger, the summer. 544-1646.
ping touch-ups including, burns, painter, free estimates, reason-
Plumbing repairs. Prompt &
cracks, scratches. All defects per- ably priced. 557-5945 or 559-5549.
manently removed and the beauty
courteous service by a licensed
of expert refinishing. Call us for PAINTING. Exterior, interior, master plumber.
free estimates, reasonable. 968-
advice about your furniture.
5639.
A. & J. PLUMBING
838-5687
Experienced paper hanging.
Free estimates. Very reason-
able.
Call Days 1-5
851-5114
Eves. after• 6 p.m.
342-7149
PROFESSIONAL painting, inter-
ior, exterior, decorating, wall-
papering, patching & plaster-
ing, window puttying, caulking.
Free estimates. Call STEVE
PAINTING anytime.
Local & Long Distance. Please
call after 2 p.m. Recommended
by Julius Ross Moving Co.
255-2881
PANELING, partitions, floors,
ceilings, tiled, also small jobs,
reasonable. Ron. 9684576.
EXPERIENCED handyman —
Plumbing, electrical, carpentry,
Built-in dishwashers, wall air-con-
ditioners, complete installation.
Reasonable, dependable. 474-2243.
Local and Long Distance
CALL US LAST!
Aluminum siding trim, gutters,
roofing, roof repairs, and all
general repairs. Guaranteed
material and workmanship.
546-0050
PAINTING
PAPERHANGING
Very neat and reasonable. I
decorate your home, like it was
my own.
547-7569
WALLPAPER SALE
Under New Management
We carry the very finest in
quality wollcoverings at dis-
count prices. Over 50,000 pat-
terns to choose from. Hours
10-5, evenings by appt.
NATIONAL WALLCOVERINGS
3950 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Berkley, Mich.
546-6800
Also Storage
Patios - sidewalks - driveways.
Free estimates.
697-4108
PROFESSIONAL
PAINTING
543-6842
399-0652
To: The Jewish News,
17515 W. 9 Mile Rd.
Suite 865
Southfield, Mich. 48075
Afraid of the High Cost of
TV Repairs?
Ron Schultz
543-0314
College students—We are fully
equipped to move your furni-
ture and appliances expertly at
economy rates.
588-7520 588-8891
For experienced, reliable service
at reasonable prices. No charge
for in home estimates.
I HAVE openings for prime days
Thurs-Sat. Lawn maintenance,
bed work. Call Mike Vachon
Landscaping. 356-5263 or 1-229-
3993.
CHRIS
BI RCHALL'S
PIANO entertainment for parties.
Portable organ also available.
Adele Miller. 353-9566.
53-A—ENTERTAINMENT
With O golden touch. CUSTOM
WALLPAPERING. Free esti-
mates, fully insured. CALL
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50—BUSINESS CARDS
331-3011
PLUMBING repairs, including Al Benkoff
disposals and sump pumps, no Dave Benkoff
service charge. 398-1754.
Mir-tom
363-2345
Household and Office
Furniture
366-6085
CONCRETE
CARL HARDING MOVING CO.
476-0732
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Rabbi Explores Origins
Hebrew No Stranger to English
points out that there is more
of that language in English
than we may think.
Take the words in the para-
graph above:
T u r k e y, that delectable
American bird, may have
come from the Hebrew word
for neacock — tookee —
says Silver. He recounts the
anecdote that when one of
Columbus' crew (a Jew?)
saw a turkey for the first
time, he dubbed it tookee,
peacock. The name stuck.
Scallion, a member of the
onion family, apparently
abounded near the ancient
Judean port city of Ashkelon,
which also is the source of a
verbal neighbor, the shallot.
Canoe is one of many Eng-
lish words derived from ka-
neh, the Hebrew word for
reed. Others include candy
(sugar cane), canal, cannon
and canyon (all thin, like
reed).
Chess, as well as the word
checkmate, are corruptions of
Hebrew words which reached
English through Arabic and
Persian. Writes Silver:
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX "Check stems from shach, re-
(Copyright 1974, JTA, Inc.)
lated to both shah and sheik,
From as early a period as which means 'king.' Mate
biblical times Jewish tradi- means 'is dead.' In Hebrew,
tion was against destroying met is 'a corpse.' So check-
natural resources. The Bible mate means, 'the king is
expressly forbids the destruc- dead.' The name of the game,
tion of fruit-bearing trees chess, is also a corruption of
(Deut. 20:19). This is taken shach, as the game was first
by the rabbis to include known. Shach became eschec
a prohibition against destroy- in French, shass in German,
ing anything that can be use- and ultimately chess in Eng-
ful and beneficial to man. The lish. So chess and check in
Midrash (Exodus Rabbah 34) checkmate have the same
notes that even the wood of verbal ancestor."
the holy tabernacle built in
Cider comes from the He-
the time of Moses was or- brew shekar, a fermented
dered to come from trees drink. From the same source
that bore no fruit. Another is the English word sugar.
Midrash (Ecclesiastes Rab- Sukar, or sweet, also is the -
bah) claims that the Al- source for saccharine.
mighty warned Adam not to
Jubilant, or jubilation.. is
destroy the world.
from the Hebrew, yovel, a
The Talmud (Baba Kama male goat. The blast on a
30a) tells us that righteous horn from such a goat was
men would be careful in dis- used to assemble the Israel-
posing of their waste, e.g. ites on solemn and state oc-
broken glassware was buried. casions. The yovel, or horn,
General rubbish was allowed was also sounded "after a
on public lands only during 50-year span to highlight the
the winter season. Such odor- remission of debts and mora-
bearing industries as tanner- toria for various obligations.
"So the word, yovel, came
ies could only be allowed at a
safe distance from settled to mean a 50-year period.
communities.
From yovel, we get 'jubilee,'
The rabbis in the Talmud a golden anniversary."
(Tebamot 63b) comment that
Bedlam, writes• Silver,
nudity in general is one of the came into English via the
most objectionable modes of name Bethlehem.
behavior to the Almighty.
"There was a home for the
Clothes were considered by emotionally disturbed in Lon-
the rabbis as bringing honor don in a section called Beth-
and dignity to man (Baba lehem. The noises and the
Kama 91b). To traditional Ju- clamor emanating from that
daism, not only the soul of place, in days when the un-
man is holy. His body is re- stable were regarded as be-
garded as something holy as witched, were so raucous that
well. In Judaism, that which people began to equate Beth-
was holy was not to be cheap- lehem with noisiness.
"Gradually, Bethlehem was
ened and vulgarized by being
constantly exposed. Whatever corrupted into bedlam.
is holy should be covered
"The origins of Bethlehem
are two Hebrew words; beth
with reverence.
Thus the human body is means 'house of,' and lehem
likewise entitled to be re- means 'bread.' "
Silver includes many other
vered and thus covered.
Vashti was actually punished interesting facets of etymol-
by God in the kingdom of ogy, including the origins of
Persia because she forced popular names among Amer-
Jewish maidens to expose ica's pioneers.
The Puritan Richard Ma-
their nude bodies when she
made them work for her, ther took his son's name from
claim the rabbis (Megilclah the Bible, but rather than
12b). The recitation of pray- calling him Joseph, he pre-
ers or holy scriptures were ferred Increase (Yosayf: he
forbidden in a nude state. will add). Increase Mather,
Therefore, such activities as in turn, wanted to name his
streaking would be frowned son Junior, but in Hebrew.
upon by Jewish tradition be- So he named him Cotton,
cause it robs man of his dig- from the Hebrew word katan,
meaning small.
nity and respect.
If you prepare turkey with
scallions, if you prefer canoe-
ing to chess, and if cider
makes your parties jubilant
(short of bedlam, of course),
your personality isn't show-
ing, your Hebrew is.
"When You Speak English,
You're Often Talking He-
brew" is the title of a small
paperback written by Rabbi
Samuel M. Silver of Temple
Sinai, Stamford, Conn., and
published by Fellowship in
Prayer (200 E. 36th, New
York 10016).
Rabbi Silver prepared this
booklet as he has done others:
in honor of his youngest son's
Bar Mitzva. The fellowship
which published it is an inter-
faith prayer group in which
the rabbi has been active.
In a brief introduction,
Rabbi Silver tells about the
uniqueness of Hebrew and
Jewish View
of Ecology