THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Talmud Scholar Rabbi Teitz
to Address Rabbis' Parley

Rabbi Pinchas M. Teitz, a
noted talmudic scholar, will
be the guest of an assembly
sponsored by the Council of
Orthodox Rabbis 8 p.m.
Sept. 25 at Young Israel of
Greenfield, announces
Rabbi Leizer Levin,
president of the council.
Rabbi Teitz has served
pulpits in Elizabeth, N.J.,
since 1935 and founded a
yeshiva there in 1940. He is
a member of the honorary
presidium of Agudas
Horabonim in the U.S. and
Canada, the highest rabbin-
ical tribunal in the world.
He is the founder of the
Mesivta of New Jersey, the
only Jewish high school
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High School for Girls.
Rabbi Teitz also
founded the Daf
Hashovna Talmudic
Seminar of the Air, a
weekly braodcast in
Talmud, which is heard
in New York, Miami,
Chicago, Montreal, Bos-
ton and throughout
Europe and Israel.
He also has been active in
efforts on behalf of Russian
Jews.

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The affiliates of Adat
Shalom Synagogue will
hold a theater party to see
the film, "Starting Over," 8
p.m. Oct. 4 at the Northland
Theater.
The event is sponsored by
the men's club sisterhood
and married couples club.
An afterglow will follow at
the synagogue. •
For ticket information,
call the synagogue 851-
5100; Inez Silverstein,
661-1046,, or Sharon
Cornfield, 661-1940.

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Friday, September 14, 1919 29

Holiday Traditions Explained

By RABBI SAMUEL FOX

(Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.)

The cantor wears a white
gown (kittel) when he of-
ficiates at the services on
Rosh Hashana. This prac-
tice applies to Yom Kippur
as well. It should be noted
that many religiously ob-
servant Jews wear white
gowns on both Rosh
Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Furthermore, the ark cover
and the alter cover are
white on those days.
There are at least three
reasons offered for this
practice. One reason is that
the white gown resembles
the shrouds with which the
dead are dressed for burial.
The idea is that on these
days of judgment a person
should be as serious as
possible in face of the de-
stiny which is being
planned for him.
Reminding one's self of
the fact of death as the even-
tual end of life is one thing
that can bring a person back
to moral behavior and con-
scious responsiblity. A sec-
ond reason is that the white
cloak indicates a victory of
being declared innocent at
the bar of Divine judgment.
The source of this idea
is traced back to the pro-
phet Isaiah who spoke of
Divine forgiveness as an
appearance of white
clothes (Isaiah 1:18). The
white, therefore, prom-
otes a sense of security
and confidence in the
Almighty's merciful for-
giveness.
A third reason connects
this practice with the an-
cient celebration at Yom
Kippur when the "daugh-
ters of Israel" would appear
on the street wearing white
clothes. This was done so
that they would all look
alike and would not embar-
rass the poor ones who could
not afford to dress them-
selves in assorted colors.

The white robe on Rosh
Hashana and Yom Kippur
would thus stress the equal-
ity of all the people indicat-
ipg that all are equal in the
sight of the Almighty
(Ta'anit 4:8)
The shofar is blown in the
late service (Musaf) rather
than in the earlier service
(Shaharit).
Technically, the tradi-
tion calls for the mitzva of
shofar to be observed as
early as possible in the
day. Apparently (see
Yerushalmi Rosh
Hashana 4:8), this was
changed because of an
historic incident.
It seems that at one time
the enemies of the Jewish
people thouiht that blowing
the shofar was a call to war
against them when it was
sounded early in the morn-
ing. When the change oc-
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Michigan attorneys were
among a list of 28 nominees
for the federal bench ap-
proved by the Senate
Judiciary Committee this
week.
Avern Cohn of Detroit
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Flint were approved with-
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. —
This summer about 11,000
children were served kosher
lunches and snacks at al-
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York. It also was reported
that several non-Jewish
groups such as the YMCA
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