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CONGREGATION
BETH SHALOM
CULTURAL COMMISSION

Special Eye Care For

THE GREAT WEEKEND

keyn nashers," or "we're not
snackers." Litvaks muttered
the malediction "brech hent
un fis," or "break arms and
legs."
Bread was called by the
Hebrew "lechem" or
Aramaic "lachmo," which
the Litvaks in Riga
transformed into the
anagram "chelm." Thus, a
bread dealer was a "chelmer
chochem," or a wise man of
Chelm. An entire loaf of
bread was called
"mametshke," or mommy,
while Krakow Jews called
the hard, rectangular loaf a
"tsigl," or brick. Elsewhere
in Poland, bread was simply
"chometz," the leavened
grain forbidden during
Passover.
Meat was an extreme rari-
ty for Jews under German
rule. When they got it, it was
frequently horsemeat.
Among Vilna Jews, horse-
meat was onomatopoetically
"i-hi-hi," while a delicacy in
the Kovno ghetto workshops
was "hirzhendik zup," or
whinnying soup. If a Jew in
the Lodz ghetto saw someone
running, he might comment
that "er est vishtshinove
ferd," or "he eats race
horses."
The thin, watery soup in
all camps was simply
"mayim," or water in Heb-
rew, while in Lithuania it
was called "yushnik," from
the Slavic word for pig-feed.
Potatoes were "pomerantsn,"
or oranges, while the large
yellowish tuber "kileribn," or
kohlrabi, was also often part
of the meager ghetto and
camp diet. In the Lodz
ghetto, where the most
varied dishes were made
from them, kohlrabi were
also called "dzhokern," or
jokers.
Among the best trade
items were diamonds,
known as "kluge sh-
teyndelekh," or smart
stones, or "farfelekh."
Money was "meyes" or
"kesef," while gold was
"harte [hard] meyes." Gold
coins were "kneplekh," or
buttons, although Russian
10 ruble pieces were
"khazerimelekh," or piglets.
Polish Jews called the Ger-
man paper marks
"reshoyim," or villains.

To smuggle goods into th6
ghetto or camp was called
"araynvasheven" in Vilna.
There was always a danger
of "opbrenen zikh," meaning
getting burned or caught at
one of the numerous check-
points. Warsaw Jews warn-
ed of particularly tight con-
trols with a cry of "fayer," or
fire, or "blur chometz," the

presents

RADDI
JULES HARLOW

EDITOR OF

"SIM SHALOM" PRAYERBOOK
and
HIGH HOLIDAY MAHZOR

PRAYERDOOKS OF THE NEW GENERATION?
ASK THE EDITOR!
TWO GREAT EVENTS — ONE GREAT WEEKEND

WHEN: FRIDAY APRIL 19TH
WHAT: ONEG SHABBAT
TIME: 8:00 PM
FEE: LOTS OF QUESTIONS

SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH
LUNCH AND LEARN
FOLLOWING MORNING SERVICES
MORE QUESTIONS PLUS COST OF MEAL

QUESTION & ANSWER PERIODS

For reservations please call
Congregation Beth Shalom 547-7970

With the passing of

time your eyes require
special care. Drs.
Gottesman and
Weishaus provide that
care through
comprehensive eye
examinations
including
complete eye
health evaluation
and refraction.
They also provide
early testing for
glaucoma and
cataracts, two
blinding conditions of
the eye associated with
aging.

We accept Medicare and
most other insurances
and we handle the paper
work for you!

As always, we provide:

• Eye examinations.
• An experienced, caring
staff.
• Filling of eyeglass
prescriptions.
• Custom Contact
Lenses.
• Ultimate eye wear.
• 4000 frames on display.

U.V. protective coating
to filter out harmful light rays
that may cause cataracts.

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call Beth Hayeled: 357-5544

No Charge

Public Invited
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Sponsored by: Suzanne and Joseph H. Orley
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Optometrists

(313) 358-2920
Applegate Square
29959 Northwestern Highway
Between 12 & 13 Mile

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