Purim Miracle
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twin brother. The cattle
dealer quickly put away his
account book and opened a
Talmud volume when he saw
his visitor. He made believe
he was so deep in study that
the matchmaker had to cough
and cough before he looked
up. "Alas, that we Sebiryakov
Jews have no respect for
learning" said Velvele. "Have
you gotten from us the rever-
ence a scholar deserves?"
"It takes a scholar to honor
a scholar," said Reb Gedaliah,
much flattered. "Have you
heard perhaps of some new
evil talk about me?"
"We need new evil talk
yet!" exclaimed Velvele. "But
it happens that I have heard
something new."
"So tell me," prodded Reb
Gedaliah.
"I heard that Reb Hirsch
the innkeeper is plotting to
have his wife, Tzippe, chosen
as Queen Esther," said
Velvele.
"Such chutzpah!" cried Reb
Gedaliah.
"Not to worry. You can
make him look like a fool."
"How?"
"Let this be whispered all
over the shtetl: 'Anyone who
wants to do business with me
must be for Zlotye, the
ba'alogole's wife, as Queen
Esther this Purim."
"Zlotye? Nebbich such a
sad-looking creature!"
"Exactly. The community
will be saying, 'We prefer poor
homely Zlotye to Shprintze.'
Will Reb Hirsch boil!"
"You have the head of a
minister of the Czar, conced-
ed the cattle dealer. "Why
didn't I think of it?"
"And to carry out the mitz-
vah of providing the poor with
their needs for Passover,
make Zlotye a handsome
Purim gift. It will take care of
both holidays."
"How much?"
"Twenty five rubles would
be proper."
"It's a large amount," Geda-
liah grumbled.
"But you are, after all, the
incomparably charitable Reb
Gedaliah," murmured
Velvele. "Give charity, live
long."
Suddently the world turned
upside down. This year we
were to vote for Zlotye as
Queen Esther. The word had
gone out separately from Reb
Hirsch's bartender and Reb
Gedaliah's driver. And will
you believe this? When we got
together in the synagogue be-
fore Purim and chose Zlotye
for our Queen Esther, we did
it willingly, even happily. In
lifting up Zlotye, we felt that
all of us were uplifted, too.
Velvele ran to tell Zlotye the
news. Zlotye cried in joy and
agreed to be the best Queen
Esther she could.
I have told you that Zlotye
was a plain-looking woman.
On Purim night Zlotye be-
came beautiful. She smiled,
and people said later that her
waxen cheeks turned rosy
red. As they pulled her about
in the cart, it was said that
she sat with such dignity
that, with the light from our
torches on her gold-paper
crown, a miracle happened:
Zlotye turned into Queen
Esther.
It's time for you to go home,
young woman? All right, let
me end the story. Right after
Passover, Zlotye and Berel
took a ship to America.
Riches they didn't find, but
they had a sweet life. When
Berel died a few years ago,
they had been married for 67
years.
Come again, young woman,
any time. And next time,
please, tell me a story. You
want to know my name? It's
Zelda. In the old country, they
called me . . . Zlotye. ❑
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JDC To Supply Air Raid
Alarms To Israeli Deaf
New York (JTA) — Con-
cern for the safety of deaf
and hearing-impaired
Israelis has prompted the
American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee to
supply them with wrist
beepers that vibrate when
an air raid siren sounds.
Pressing a button on the
beeper displays a code
signaling either an alarm or
all-clear message.
The beepers connect the
deaf population centers to
communication centers
which have been established
in several emergency center
locations throughout Israel.
Without these newly de-
veloped beepers, the vast
number of hearing-impaired
people in Israel are com-
pletely dependent on people
with hearing to alert them.
The Israeli deaf and hear-
ing-impaired population is
composed of 5,000 adults,
4,000 children and 50,000
elderly, according to a JDC
survey conducted last year.
The JDC is supplying
beepers free of charge to 50
of the most needy Israeli
citizens. Others can rent or
buy them through the JDC.
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