THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
96 Friday, September 12, 1980
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TO ALL OUR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
MR. and MRS. TED WEISS
JERUSALEM — The Is-
rael Ministry of Communi-
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MR. and MRS.
BERNIE BENKOFF and SHERI
would like to wish all our family
and friends a healthy and happy
New Year
MR. and MRS. MORRIS NEMER & FAMILY
Wishes Their Family and Friends
A Happy & Healthy
New Year
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EVELYN and SIMON SCHWARZBERG
cations department of
philatelic services has is-
sued several new stamps.
Sabbath lamps is part of Is-
rael's festival stamp series;
another stamp commemo-
rates Jewish leader Yizhak
Gruenbaum; another hon-
ors Gush Etzion for its part
in the renewal of Jewish
settlement in Palestine.
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Sabbath Lamps
As the sun sets on Friday
night, the Sabbath is
greeted by prayers in the
synagogue and by the kindl-
ing of lights by the women
in their homes (just before
the Sabbath enters).
According to a popular be-
ief, angels hover over the
lights, and this led to the
custom of the Women cover-
ing their faces immediately
after the kindling so as not
to gaze on the faces of the
angels. In the course of
time, there developed a be-
lief that the Sabbath lights
had the power to banish
with a star-shaped con-
tainer and made of brass,
pewter or silver were also
used in Poland, Austria,
Bohemia and Moravia.
Hanging Sabbath lamps
were also found among the
Sephardic communities of
Holland and England in the
17th Century. They gener-
ally consisted of five parts
hanging one under the
other. The oil container was
in the shape of a bowl, with
concave hemispheres form-
ing the cups along the sides.
In North Africa, par-
ticularly in Morocco,
memorial lights also
served as Sabbath lights.
A memorial lamp for a
woman was called "kan-
dil" and was generally
made of a metal con-
tainer with spouts for the
wick. A memorial oil
lamp for a man was
called a "kas" and con-
sisted of a glass bowl
hung from chains.
These lamps were hung in
would like to wish all our family
and friends a healthy and happy
New Year
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MR. and MRS.
LAWRENCE WAYNE & FAMILY
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Wishing all our friends and
relatives a year of health
and happiness
NORMAN and ESTHER
ALLAN
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witches and evil spirits.
There are no fixed laws
concerning the shape of the
lamps and the number of
lights. As a rule, not less
than two, referring to the
commandment "Remember
and Observe," are kindled.
Some families kindle an
additional light for each
member of the family.
Among European Jews,
hanging oil lamps or
candlesticks are customary.
Generally, Jews of Asia and
North Africa use metal oil
lamps with spouts for the
wick, or glass oil lamps
hung on chains.
The Jews of Germany
and Central Europe used
hanging Sabbath metal
lamps consisting of a cen-
tral column to which a
star-shaped oil container
was attached, with a
basin to catch the drip-
pings beneath. This type
of lamp came into general
use in the 12th Century,
but the Jews continued to
use it at a much later
date. Thus, from the 16th
Century, it was known in
German as Judenstern —
the Jews' Star.
As time passed, more
elaborate versions made
their appearance with a
varying number of spouts.
The star-shaped oil con-
tainer, owing to the long
tradition behind its use, re-
tained a kind of sanctity.
During the week, the lamp
was hung high up; it was
lowered from the ceiling fox
the Sabbath by means of
trammel hook. From the
18th Century on,. lamps
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MR. and MRS. HYMAN GREENBAUM, Miami Beach
wish all their friends and relatives
a happy and healthy New Year
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MINDY, SAM & JOSH HERMAN
wish all their friends and relatives
a happy and healthy New Year
MR. and MRS.
IRVING LARKY
Wishes Their Family and Friends
A Happy & Healthy
New Year
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would like to wish all our family
and friends a healthy and happy
New Year
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ANNA and NATHAN PRITZ
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RENEWAL
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A Happy & Healthy
New Year
to all our family and dear friends
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Wishes Their Family and Friends
A very Happy, Healthy
and Prosperous New Year
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BOB and MAUREEN SHAPIRO
Sandra & Michelle
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
the home and were lit prin-
cipally on Sabbath and fes-
tival eves. At the end of the
year of mourning for the de-
ceased they were handed
over to the synagogue.
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Yizhak Gruenbaum
Yizhak Gruenbaum, one
of the outstanding leaders of
Polish Jewry, Zionist leader
and Israel's first Minister of
the Interior — was born in
Warsaw in 1879. His father,
himself a Jewish intellec-
tual, was one of those who
fought for the education of
the Jewish population.
Gruenbaum received his
education in Plonsk where
he attended "cheder" and
high school, going on to the
University of Warsaw
where he studied law.
While at university he
was a member of various
Zionist groups. At the same
time (1901) he began his
journalistic career, writing
and editing for the Hebrew,
Yiddish, Polish and Russian
press.
He was a delegate to all
the Zionist Congresses
from the seventh on. At
the same time he fought
for the recognition of the
non religious Jews and
for the use of Yiddish in
government institutions.
In the year 1918 Yizhak
Gruenbaum returned from
Russia to independent Po-
land and started his Zionist
career. He was elected a
member of the Polish
"Seym" and 1.as a member
of the legal committee
which drew up the constitu-
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A very Happy, Healthy
and Prosperous New Year
. to all our family and dear friends
ROBERT and ROSLYN SCHWARTZ
& Children Joel, Howard & Michel
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Best Wishes to All our
Friends and Patrons
for a
Happy, Healthy and
Prosperous New Year
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