We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
NORMA & MAURY SUGAR
SOL & CHANNIE ZEILER
VICKI, MOSHE, MY, SHIFRA, FRUMIE & CHAIM
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
L'Shana Tova
ABE, TOBY & JOEL
SATOVSKY
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Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness.
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MR. & MRS. DAVID SILVER
to all
our friends
and relatives.
And
Sweet-
Year
MR. AND MRS.
TEDD & JEAN WEISS
Directions for "signing" the prayer said after dipping apples in
honey are being distributed by Our Way," the program for
Jewish deaf sponsored by the National Conference of
Synagogue Youth.
May the coming
All Jerusalem Heads
To The Jewish Market
with health and
HERB KEINON
he
moods
of
Jerusalem are as var-
ied as the many col-
ours a rising sun paints upon
the Judean Desert. It is
uniquely receptive, this
Jerusalem. Receptive in that
it seems to reflect the emo-
tions of its inhabitants. On
Rosh Hashanah, and for some
weeks preceding the festival,
the city feels joyous, seeming
to take on an almost tangible
festive air. Barber shops are
full; round challot adorn bak-
\ ,
ery windows; beggars collect
more than usual because
donors are trying to end the
year on a meritorious note.
As acquaintances pass in the
street they exchange a cheer-
ful, two-word greeting that
seems to refresh the city:
Ushanah Tova.'
During Elul, the month
leading
up
to
Rosh
Hashanah, the sound of the
shofar is heard each morning
in
Jerusalem's
many
synagogues. Throughout the
month minyanim of men
struggle to work, visibly tired
as a result of rising at dawn
to recite special penitential
prayers (slichot). And a
steady flow of people make
their way to the city's
cemeteries, because Elul —
the month of repentance — is
the most propitious time to
visit the graves of friends and
relatives.
The Jewish market is one
place in particular where the
approaching holiday is
acutely felt. Referred to in
Hebrew as "Machane
Yehudah" the market is a
cross between a typical Mid-
dle Eastern bazaar and Hes-
ter Street of turn of the cen-
tury New York. For Rosh
Hashana, visitors to Machane
Yehudah purchase dates by
- the gram, apples by the kilo,
challot by the dozen. They
year be filled
happiness for
all our family
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May the Neu, Year Bring
To All Our Friends
and Family ---- Health,
Joy Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.
push, they haggle, they
smile. They exchange holiday
greetings. They complain
about the news. From the ci-
ty's suburbs they travel to
buy cheaply everything from
yartzeit candles to honey.
People impatiently wait in
line to buy squalling, kicking
chickens upon which they
hope to transfer their year's
worth of sins (kappora).
In addition, certain fruits
and vegetables are in particu-
larly high demand during
this season. Apples, of course,
go very quickly. So do beets,
leeks, pomegranates and car-
rots. Honey is also sold here,
with store owners making
pyramids out of the plastic
containers.
If you are wondering about
the symbolism of these var-
ious foods, here is the expla-
nation. The apple dipped in
honey, for example, sym-
bolizes divine blessing
(honey), as used in the Torah,
and the apple, our sages have
told us, represents the Jewish
people — the apple of God's
eye.
Many families dip challa
into the honey as well. But
the challa on Rosh Hashanah
is different from the rest of
the year. Bakery shops in the
Jewish market sell three
kinds: a simple round loaf, a
round loaf with a ladder-like
top, and a round loaf topped
by what looks like a ring.
In many Sephardi homes
the main course is not served
until a number of fruits and
vegetables are eaten, after
which an appropriate bene-
diction is said. For instance,
beets are eaten because the
Hebrew word for beet, selek
sounds like salek, the Hebrew
verb which means "to re-
move." After eating the beets
it is customary to say: "May
my enemies be removed."
SEYMOUR KAPLAN AND FAMILY
HOWARD NISKAR AND FAMILY
and friends.
BLANCHE & SHELDON ROTH
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. may the New Year be
one of joy, happiness and
prosperity for all mankind
THE JEWISH NEWS STAFF
And Their Families
Extend heartiest greetings to the entire
Jewish Community of Michigan, with
gratitude for the splendid cooperation
that has enabled us to work together
for good community spirit.
Charles A. Buerger
Arthur M. Horwitz
Philip Slomovitz
Gary Rosenblatt
Carmi M. Slomovitz
Kim Muller-Thym
Alan Hitsky
David Holzel
Heidi Press
Lauri Biafore
Randy Marcuson
Judi Monblatt
Rick Nessel
Danny Raskin
Max Reichstein
Percy Kaplan
Lynn Fields
Pauline Max
Marlene Miller
Dharlene Norris
Sylvia Stafford
Phyllis Tyner
Mary Lou Weiss
Pauline Weiss
Ellen Wolfe
Donald Cheshure
Cathy Ciccone
Curtis DeLoye
Joy Gardin
Ralph Orme
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