2 6 December 30, 1977 fae DE1 ROIT AWN NEWS Mecca Pilgrims Face Horrible Conditions 2 Saturday Torah Readings By RABBI SAMUEL FOX (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) The Torah scroll is read in the synagogue on 'Saturday afternoon after it had already been read on Saturday morning. This is considered to be one of the 10 decrees or- dained by Ezra the Scribe (Talmud, Baba Kama 82a). Originally it was not required; but Ezra or- dained that it be done for the 'sake of the many people who were unable to -attend the synagogue . daily, and especially on Monday and Thursday mornings when the scroll is customarily read. The extra reading on Saturday afternoon gave these people at least one more reading session to make up for the two weekly readings that they missed. It also made them cognizant of the fact that the involvement of the Jew and the Torah was not a "once-a-week" affair, but rather a con- stant ongoing relation- ship. 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This time $108 was demanded for the same room. They had no other choice and she declared their readiness to pay this price. In the morning the hotel looked like a battlefield. People slept in every free corner. Pe-ople_ lay in all corridors and washrooms. There was no waiter in the hotel to bring a cup of water, which cost as much - `Light Up the Sky" Opens in Trenton MON. THRU FRI. 2.aremogrAlblia By MOSHE RON The Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent 357-3280/ • Moss Hart's comedy "Light Up the Sky" will be presented by The Company today and Saturday and Jan. 6 and 7 at the TrentOn Theatre, 2447 W. Jefferson, Trenton. Evelyn Orbach is director. For information or tick- ets, call the theater, 675- 7303. Special 10 o'clock Festivities Just $70 Per Couple, Includes: Dinner. Cocktails. A bottle of your favorite beverage. Party favors. Entertainment by "Plain Brown Wrapper". Don't miss the fun. Call 358-1860 for reservations NOW! 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A Moslem is ready to forfeit the most necessary need in order to fulfill the holy duty and go for a pilgrimmage to Mecca. If such horrible conditions existed for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the whole world would criticize Israel. Meanwhile, the Arabs, with their immense oil riches, cannot •organize the pilgrimmage to Mecca and maintain humane conditions for the pilgrims. The pilgrimmage to Mecca can take place only within two months and 10 days during the year. Once Moslems walked for days and nights from other countries to Mecca or rode on mules. Many died in the Dayan Expected to Visit Vatican on Italy Trip NEW YORK — NBC news and Vatican sources in Rome expect that Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan will meet with Pope Paul VI in January when Dayan visits Italy. Vatican sources are hoping to become a party to an international accord defining the status of the holy places in Jerusalem with Israel's cooperation. The New York Times said that a proposed meeting between Dayan and the Pope is a signal of improving Israeli-Vatican relations. The Vatican sources say that Pope Paul has retreated from the stance of Pope Pius XII demanding full internationalization of Holy Land shrines. Meanwhile, there was continuing speculation in Israel over the unexplained disappearance of Dayan following the Ismailiya summit meeting on Sunday and Monday. Dayan missed Tuesday's meeting of the Israeli Cabinet. Various rumors said that Dayan and Prime Minister Menahem Begin were at odds over Begin's peace plan, that Dayan was meeting with King Hussein of Jordan or with other Arab leaders, possibly in Morocco. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Dayan was -busy." In spite of the terrible conditions. more than a million pilgrims journeyed to Mecca during the last two years. desert. Now they can come in ships and planes. 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