Council of Orthodox Rabbis
Lists Customs of Passover
The Council of Orthodox
Rabbis of Greater Detroit
has issued a set of
guidelines for observance of
the holiday of Passover.
Passover begins on the
15th day of the Jewish
month of Nisan (at sunset
March 31, 1980, and con-
tinues until April 8, 1980 at
7:50 p.m.). Throughout the
eight days of the festival ob-
servant Jews abstain from
eating any "hametz" or
leaven.
Hametz is a fermented
mixture of one of the five
types of grain (wheat, rye,
spelt, barley and oats). Food
or drinks about which there
is even a suspicion of
hametz should not be used.
All articles made of flour
require reliable endorse-
ment. Endorsement is also
required for candy, soft
drinks, wines, liquors, can-
ned food and dried fruits.
All fresh vegetables may be
Music Month
Program Set
Cong. Bnai Moshe Sister-
hood and Men's Club will
conduct a program in cele-
bration of Jewish Music
Month 8 p.m. Thursday in
the synagogue.
The program includes
songs by Cantor Louis
Klein, violin solos by Daniel
Braude and a performance
by vocalist Andrew Lippa.
Chairmen for the day are
Ronna Rosenbaum and
Louis Redmond. Refresh-
ments will be served. The
program was arranged by
Cantor Klein. Admission is
free.
If a man does not make
new acquaintances as he
advances through life, he
will soon find himself left
alone.
used except rice, millet,
peas and beans.
The entire house
should be thoroughly
cleaned during the weeks
before Passover. Dishes
and utensils not used for
Passover should be
thoroughly scoured and
cleansed, then hidden in
a separate room or closet
and fastened with twine.
The evening before the
actual beginning of the fes-
tival the search for bread
crumbs is conducted with a
lighted candle. The crumbs
are gathered and burned
with any other remaining
"hametz the following
morning.
Any hametz owned by a
Jew during and beyond the
week of Passover is forbid-
den for actual use and
should be burned or symbol-
ically sold.
The last time for eating
hametz is 9:45 a.m. March
31. Final time for selling
and burning hametz is
10:30 a.m.
It is a duty of observant
Jews to contribute to the
Mo'os Hitim campaign
before Passover, to help
provide for Passover for
the needy.
On Erev Passover, March
31, the firstborn of each
family is required to fast in
remembrance of the Al-
mighty's sparing the
firstborn of Israel when all
the firstborn of Egypt were
slain (the last of the 10
plagues which afflicted
Egypt).
As an alternative, per-
formance of a religious duty
(seudas mitzva) absolves
one from fasting. At morn-
ing services March 31, rab-
bis will conduct a siyum —
completion of a talmudic
tractate — for this purpose.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 1, 1980 29
Lubavitch Aid Hametz Sale, Shmura Matza Is Offered
Homeowners may dele-
gate the power of attorney
to Rabbi Betzalel Gottlieb of
Cong. Mishkan Israel
Nusach H'Ari to perform
the mitzva of selling the
hametz, according to a legal
contract drawn up for the
rabbi.
The document, which is
duplicated in this issue, con-
forms with the precept that
a Jew must sell all bread
and leavened products that
remain in his home or on his
property for Passover. The
homeowner locks away the
hametz that he wishes to
sell in a specified place in
his house; then the rabbi
acts as intermediary to
transact a sale of these
hametz products to a non-
Jew.
For the duration of the
Passover festival this sale is
absolutely legal and bind-
ing according to Torah law
as well as according to state
law; the hametz simply does
not belong to the
homeowner, although it is
in his house. After
Passover the transaction is
reversed and the hametz
again becomes the property
of the homeowner.
There is no cost for this
service, but forms mailed
in must be mailed to the
Lubavitcher Center no
later than March 28 or
hand delivered no later
than March 30. Respon-
sibility cannot be ac-
cepted for forms re-
turned later.
Send or bring forms to:
Lubavitch Center, 14000 W.
Nine Mile, Oak Park 48237.
The Lubavitcher Center
also is offering one free
Shmura matza to Jewish
families for use at their
Sedorim.
Free Shmura matza can
be obtained at the
Lubavitcher Center. Pre-
Passover office hours are
daily and Sunday from 9
a.m. to 11 p.m. For informa-
tion, call the Lubavitcher
Center, 548-2666.
HILLEL DAY SCHOOL
presents
the
Hilarious
DICK
SHAWN
and the
Fabulous
BROTHERS
ZIM
Sunday, March 23, 1980
8:00 P.M. Ford Auditorium
Leap Year
Bar Mitzva
NEW YORK — Gilbert
Schrier was Bar Mitzva last
Saturday, a day after celeb-
rating his 13th birthday.
Schrier,. a Texas insur-
ance salesman, is really 52
years old. But because he
was born Feb. 29, 1928 he
felt that he never techni-
cally had a 13th birthday.
For Ticket Information
call Hillel Day School at
851-2394 or 851-2398
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9:15 p.m.
Is the Jewish
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Danger?
(Rabbi Loss)
9:20 p.m.
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10:10 p.m.
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Introduction
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102 *
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Room 206
Room 207
Room 208
Room 209
Room 210
Medieval
Jewish
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103 **
World of the
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102 **
(Cantor Asher)
-
(Rabbi Steinger)
Elementary
Yiddish
102 #
Modern Jewish
Philosophers
Beginners'
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When a Jew
Celebrates
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(Rabbi Schwartz)
(Cantor Rose)
(Rabbi Weiss)
The Many Faces
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Orthodox,
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Jewish Roots:
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to America
(Rabbi Schwartz)
Introduction
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102 *
Literature of
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Another View
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