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Friday, April 14, 1918
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Rabbi Issues Warning on Use
of Coffee Products for Pesach
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Rabbi Jack Goldman,
kosher food consultant in
the Detroit area, has issued
a warning on coffee pro-
ducts and their use for Pas-
sover:
In the past, all coffees
were accepted as kosher for
Passover, without special
markings. Due to the rise in
the price of coffee world-
wide, some companies have
produced a coffee which is a
mixture of coffee with bran
and various other grains,
the use of which is forbidden
on Passover.
Consequently, many cof-
fees formerly kosher for
Passover without any spe-
cial markings are unfit for
Passover' use this year.
There are several coffees
that are still uneffected by
these changes and are
kosher for Passover without
any special markings, and
at the regular price. These
are Chock Full 0' Nuts,
Folgers, A & P, Hills
Brothers and Melita. All of
these are available in De-
troit area supermarkets.
Other products that are
kosher for Passover
without any special Pas-
sover markings are the
following: silver polish,
aluminum foil and plastic
wraps, most detergents
(including dishwasher
detergents), frozen fish,
meats, and unseasoned
poultry, tea and oven
cleaners.
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The kosher consumer
should note that while most
sugars are kosher for Pas-
sover without special mark-
ings and at regular prices,
confectioner's sugar is not
fit for Passover use because
it contains corn starch. Salt
is kosher for Passover with-
out special markings, ex-
cept those verities that are
made with dextrose, a sugar
derived from corn. When in
doubt, consult a rabbi.
Products that will be
made locally kosher for Pas-
sover are the following:
Farm Maid cottage cheese
(large and small curd), sour
cream, orange juice and
grapefruit juice; and New
Era Potato Chips. Rabbi
Goldman said that a com-
pany will not be authorized
to produce kosher-for-
Passover products unless it
is under rabbinical supervi-
sion all year.
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The 11th annual Jewish
National Fund Pilgrimage
and Study Mission to Israel,
will give Detroiters an op-
portunity to join with Is-
raelis in celebrating the
Jewish state's 30th an-
niversary, according to
Mark E. Sehlussel, presi-
dent of Greater Detroit
JNF.
The 14-day study tour
will leave on July 18. The
members of the study tour
will visit JNE.settlements
and operations and will par-
ticipate in ceremonies dedi-
cating several JNF projects.
Participants will also get a
chance to plant trees with
their own hands.
Percy Kaplan, JNF
executive director for Grea-
ter Detroit and Michigan,
will lead the tour, which
will travel via El Al, with
accommodations in deluxe
hotels, including two full
meals a day. Reservations
are limited and may be
made by calling JNF, 968-
0820.
Who pleases his teachers
is destined for the world to
come.
—The Talmud
Great Sabbath Before Passover
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 197g, JTA, Inc.)
The Sabbath before Pas-
sover is referred to as
"Shabat ha-Gadol" (the
Great Sabbath).
The oldest source for this
custom seems to be the
Sidur (order of prayer)attri-
buted to Rashi. There the
custom is explained on the
basis that the day on which
the Jews in Egypt set aside
the lamb for the Passover of-
fering was the Sabbath be-
fore their exodus. This was a
"great" event because it was
a revolutionary step since
the Egyptians would never
allow the sacrifice of ani-
mals they worshipped.
It was therefore their first
step towards their indepen-
dence and freedom.
Others claim that it was
on this day that the Jor-
day River split to allow
the Hebrews to cross
over into the Promised
Land. Some claim that
the term "Great Sab-
bath" came about be-
cause the special prophe-
tic portion which is re-
cited on this Sabbath
speaks of the "great awe-
some day" to come on
which the Messiah would
appear.
A fourth explanation is
that on this day a "great"
crowd of Jews would attend
the synagogue to hear the
sage expound the laws of the
Passover. In this sense some
claim that the day was re-
ferred to as the "great Sab-
bath" because the "great" baths, one being the regular
figure of the synagogue (i.e. Sabbath, the "Great Sab-
the rabbi) would speak to bath" and other being the
the people. This infers that holiday.
rabbis did not usually speak
Another interpretation
every Sabbath in the claims that the term "Great
synagogue. Sabbath" refers to the fact
Some refer to this Sab- that on this day when the
bath as the occasion on Israelites set aside the Pas-
which the Jews in Egypt sover lamb, they recited the
performed their first mitzva "Great" Hallett Psalms in
(religious obligation — set- thanks for their first step
ting aside the Passover towards freedom.
Some claim that the term
lamb). It is thus considered
to be like their 'Bar "Great Sabbath" indicated
that the Jews had been able
Mitzva", a great Sabbath.
Others see a great histor- to rest on the Sabbath be-
ical issue involved in this fore this because Moses ad-
term. The Bible (Leviticus vised the Pharaohs that if
23) referred to the day on they didn't they would suc-
which the barley offering cumb from pressure and he
was brought as "the day would lose his slaves. He
therefore granted them the
after the Sabbath."
Deviant sects insisted weekly day off for practical
the "Sabbath" referred to purposes.
However, on the Sab-
in this text was the regu-
lar Sabbath. Traditional- bath before the exodus
ists insisted that the
"Sabbath" referred to the
Bible day of the Passover
holiday, since a holiday is
also referred to as the
"Sabbath." The differ-
ence between the two in-
terpretations determines
the date of the Shavuot
holiday.
According to the heretics
it would always be on Sun-
day. According to the tradi-
tional rabbinic interpreta-
tion it could be on other
days. It was, therefore, that
the rabbis labeled the Sab-
bath before the Passover as
the "Great Sabbath" to indi-
cate that there are two Sab-
the Jews were able to ob-
serve the Sabbath for its
basic principle of holi-
ness making it a "Great
Sabbath."
Finally, it is maintained
by some scholars that every
Sabbath that occurs before a
festival is named a "Great
Sabbath" because it is the
Sabbath before the com-
memoration of a "great"
event. Passover would thus
be no exception. There are
so many laws to be reviewed
before the Passover that the
rabbis wanted to encourage
their study of these laws of
the Sabbath before Pas-
sover.
Life Tenure for Groner Barkin
Will Retire in One Year at SZ
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Cong. Shaarey Zedek re-
elected its current officers
at its annual meeting this
week, awarded life tenure to
Rabbi Irwin Groner and ap-
proved the hiring of an as-
sistant rabbi.
It was also announced by
Cantor Jacob Barkin that
he would retire at the age of
65 after one more year.
Officers re-elected were:
William Davidson, presi-
dent; Leonard Baron and
Harvey Weisberg, vice pres-
idents; David Hermelin,
treasurer; and Myron Mil-
Banned in Boston:
Rabbi Hits Hustle
BOSTON —The "Hustle"
and similar dances at wed-
dings has been attackedby
the "Bostoner Rebbe" as
contrary to all Jewish stan-
dards of modesty.
Rabbi Levi I. Horowitz
said that concentric circles
of males and females, while
not actually defined as so-
cial dancing or participa-
tion in physical contact,
goes against the spirit of
what Jewish laws of
"tznius" (modesty) are try-
ing to achieve.
The Rebbe decried such
customs as women dancing
the Hustle in full view of
men. He also complained
about weddings where the
traditional practice of lift-
ing the bride up on a chair is
executed by men, instead of
women.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON
grom, secretary.
Elected to three-year
terms on the congregation's
board are: Bill Carroll, Mrs.
Ida .Joyrich, Michael Kar-
bal, Yale Levin, Irving
Laker, Arthur Rubiner,
Henry Dorfman and Walter
Field.
RABBI GRONER
Rabbi Groner has been
with Shaarey Zedek for 19
years, including seven
years as assistant rabbi. He
succeeded the late Rabbi
Morris Adler, the only other
Shaarey Zedek rabbi
granted life tenure.
Alan Lukas, a 26-year-old
seminary student who will
graduate in May, was hired
as assistant rabbi. He will
begin his duties Aug. 1.
Shabat HaGadol
Lecture Slated
CANTOR BARKIN
Rabbi James I. Gordon
will deliver a Shabat
HaGadol lecture 6 p.m.
Saturday at Young Israel of
Oak-Woods.
The lecture theme will
focus on halakhic insights
into the performance of the
mitzva of matza. An Ag-
gadic interpretation will
follow. The public is invited.