I ISRAEL varin 111W. natn larlDn inn 111t13`2 to all our friends and relatives. to all our friends and relatives. MR. & MRS. SAM SELTZER JACK & JANE SWEET 11T1D11 1 iw 111‘13`2 vann Inv? to all our friends and relatives. to all our friends and relatives. HAROLD, MOLLY, SUZY, PHYLLIS & STEVE SCHWARTZ West Palm Beach, FL HELEN, KENNETH, ALLISON & RICKY STONE May the coming May the coming year be filled year be filled with health and with health and happiness for happiness for all our family all our family and friends. and friends. ROSALYN & RALPH STONE SIMON & ESTHER TABACHNIK & FAMILY May the coming May the coming year be filled year be filled with health and with health and happiness for happiness for all my family all our family and friends. and friends. MIRIAM SLAIM HILBERT & JEAN SOSIN To All Our Relatives and Friends, Our wish for a year filled with happiness, health and prosperity. EARL, MYRNA, MIM I KEN, ANNETTE & KELSEY MOGELL N. Miami Beach, FL 104 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year MAURICE & SHIRLEY NEEMAN Holidays Continued from preceding page We wish our friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year CAROLYN & DANIEL T. MURPHY Oakland County Executive We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year MALVERN & HAROLD MORAN Tamarac, FL We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year HELEN & HENRY MALTER West Palm Beach, FL We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year FRAN & GEORGE LIPSHAW Las Vegas, NV A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family. A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family. A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family. A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family. TOBY & ROB KLEINBERG JASON, BELLE & FELICIA the river to purify themselves and, according to renowned anthropologist Shalva Weil, "On the evening of Yom Kip- pur a white sheep, free from imperfections and impurities, was sacrificed, roasted and distributed amongst the peo- ple." "It was traditional to go to a mountain where the kes would make a sacrifice," recalls Kes Hadane. "When we came to Israel it was no longer acceptable to do this. It was very difficult for us to stop observing the command- ment as it is written in the Torah." During the day the kesim read from the books of Abraham, Isaac, Moses and Jacob. Traditional stories, passed down from generation to generation, were told, similar to the "spoken Torah" (Torah B'al Pay), which even- tually developed into the Mishnah and the Talmild. "Nowadays," says Danny, "we celebrate the holidays like the Israelis do." "It is a blessing that we are in Israel," says Kes Hadana, During the day the kesim read from the books of Abraham, Isaac, Moses and Jacob. Traditional stories, passed down from generation to generation, were told. "but many things have changed." No longer, for ex- ample, does the kes head the community, for the Ethiopian comm-unity, as such, no longer exists. Greatly revered in Ethiopia, the kesim were part of a culture in which respect was based on age. And now, it is the children, who have quickly absorbed the Israeli way of life and are teaching their parents and grandparents. "I was very honored in Ethiopia and treated with great respect, not only by the Jews, but by the Ethiopian government," reflects Kes Hadane. "Here, it is dif- ferent?' Celebrating the New Year in Israel, the Ethiopian Jewish community will also be celebrating a new way of life, both religious and social. Time will tell if their ancient forms of Jewish observance, which they so loyally preserv- ed for centuries, will stand the test of modernity and add a unique flavor to Israeli society. ❑ World Zionist Press Service