BORENSTEIN'S
SUPER PASSOVER SPECIALS
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RASHI
Red Concord
Grape
Juice
24.5 oz.
$115 Ca.
Natural
Spring Water
IMPORTED FROM
ISRAEL
503/4 fl. oz.
99c
while supplies last
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ea.
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while supplies last
LARGEST SELECTION OF PASSOVER
WINES IN THE STATE
We Will Match Any Local Advertised Price On Wine or Grape Juice
Buy Your Seder Wine From A Shomer Shabbos
We carry a COMPLETE SELECTION OF PASSOVER ITEMS. Hagadot, Seder Plates, Wine Cups, Wine
Decanters, Matzo Baskets, Seder Candles, Matzo Covers, Salt Water Dishes, Greeting Cards, Passover
Cosmetics, Toothpaste, etc. WE CARRY SE-IMURAH MATZO. Hand Made & Machine Made.
BORENSTEIN'S
Headquarters For All Your Passover Needs
25242 Greenfield Road
N. of 10 Mile • Oak Park
WE CARRY
SHMURAH MATZO
Exit Greenfield, S. Off 1 696
967-3920
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LAmargilis Catering
A PASSOVER MENU
Amaryllis Catering is preparing fresh and
delicious foods for your Seder table.
DINNERS WILL INCLUDE:
Entree, chicken liver pate, chicken soup with matzoh balls, mashed potato
kugel or herb roasted new potatoes and glazed baby carrots
ENTREES
Traditional chicken redolent of herbs and spices
Chicken Marbella, a favorite, prepared with garlic, herbs,
dried fruit and olives
Tender brisket of beef
A LA CARTE SELECTIONS
Gefilte fish
Chicken liver pate — we like to serve this with chilled
Granny Smith apple slices
Chicken soup
Matzoh balls
Gertie Stuart's Matzoh kugel — each serves 12-14
Potato kugel — each serves 1214
Roasted new potatoes
Glazed baby carrots
Compote of fresh and dried fruits
SWEETS
Chocolate orange marmalade torte
Banana chiffon with rum glaze cake
Sins Are Committed
By Idle Talk
RABBI RICHARD C. HERTZ SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
limit 12
limit 12
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MEYEDEN
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12.75
3 75/ea.
6.50/lb.
4 25/qt.
85
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18.00
6.75/1b.
4 75/qt.
6 75/qt.
22.00
20.00
Kindly place your Passover order by April 7 for pickup on April 14 or April 15.
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FAX: (810) 645-2068
275 E. Frank • Birmingham, MI 48009
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f all the diseases known to
the human family, the
most dreaded disease in
the Middle East is that of
leprosy.
Leprosy is a strange disease.
Ancient medicine classified many
diseases recognized by the mod-
ern dermatologists as leprosy.
But leprosy is well-known today
and is just as feared as it ever
was. Leprosy is thought to be in-
fectious and contagious.
Scripture tells us that the lep-
er was segregated from the an-
cient camp of the Israelites and
kept outside in an isolation unit.
The leper was unclean; men
might not come near him; he was
defiled and impure. He was un-
fit for society.
In those days, leprosy was re-
garded as a punishment for a
moral crime, and that moral
crime was slander. The rabbis
taught that the slanderer is a
moral leper and should find no
place within the camp of Israel.
Like leprosy, slander com-
mences almost imperceptibly. It
starts with gossip, prattle, idle
talk. Such gossip is not intended
with any malignant purpose but
merely for the purpose of con-
versation. But the disease grows
and the fine dust of calumny
gathers more and more. Words
become bitter, more caustic, like
arrows dipped in venom. Words
of slander become like poisoned
darts which not only inflict a
wound but make it incurable.
Like leprosy, slander is conta-
gious. Scandal spreads like wild-
fire. It spreads from lip to lip,
from house to house, with no re-
gard for a person's name or rep-
utation. Like the proverbial
rolling ball of snow, it gathers mo-
mentum as each person repeats
in exaggerated style what he
heard from the last person.
The story is told of a person
who slandered a friend only to
find out later that what he said
was not true. Troubled by his con-
science, he went to his rabbi for
advice. "If you want to make
peace with your conscience, you
must fill a bag with feathers and
go to every doorway in the village
and drop at each one of them a
feather."
The man did as he was told
and returning to the rabbi an-
nounced he had done penance for
his sin. "Not yet," replied the rab-
bi. "Now take up your bag, go the
Dr. Richard C. Hertz is the
distinguished professor of
Judaism at the University of
Detroit-Mercy.
same rounds again and gather
every feather you have dropped."
"But," exclaimed the man, "the
wind has blown them all away by
this time." "Exactly," said the rab-
bi. "And so it is with gossip and
slander. Words are easily
dropped, but no matter how hard
you try you can never get them
back again."
Slander hurts three people. It
ruins the slanderer; it weakens
his moral character; it robs him
or her of the fine qualities of man-
hood or womanhood. Secondly, it
ruins the listener; it weakens his
moral character because he is
willing to be a party to the
spreading of malicious gossip.
Thirdly, it obviously ruins the one
who is maligned. For whether
there be any truth or not, the per-
son maligned is done an injustice.
He is not even present to defend
himself or to speak the truth.
The disease of slander is so
great that it often takes years to
cauterize and cure it. Sometimes
it strikes even when seemingly
dead.
Shabbat Tazria:
Leviticus 12:1 - 13:59
Numbers 28:9 -15
Exodus 12:1 - 20
Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18.
Once, a cobra somehow got
into a church in India while peo-
ple were gathered for worship.
Someone saw it and quietly cut
off the snake's head with his
knife. After the service, the peo-
ple found the reptile. A native
touched the dead head with his
bare foot; in an hour he was dead.
The poison in the fangs had the
power to kill even though the
snake was dead.
Similarly, the slanderer's sus-
picions continue to exert their evil
influence long after those who
contributed to spreading the slan-
der have ceased to exist.
Our world is reaping the har-
vest of seeds of hate, distrust and
suspicion sown only a few years
ago. Slander is wrong whether it
is slander of another nation, slan-
der of a fellow citizen or slander
of a neighbor.
In these times of heightened
tension, the temptation to be a
party to slander is almost over-
whelming. Equally important,
therefore, is the challenge to mas-
ter ourselves and get, in the
words of Ezekiel, "a new heart."
Pray God that the whole world