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EI'IBIIIIIBIIIIIBIllUBIllllBIIIIIBlllllBll!liBllil!BlllllBlllllB!llHBlllllBlllSB!!lllBlll Has Judaism Outgrown Ceremonia lism (Continued from Page 36) In Judaism, the symbol and cere mony serve as the mile-stones in its long, eventful and dramatic career. As the rock strata tell the story of the stages of the earth’s unfoldment, so the symbols and ceremonies in Juda ism bear testimony to the growth and development of Jewish life. They mark the path of its upward trend from the crudities of primitive life to the highest aspirations of the hum an spirit. But even the crude, primitive sur vivals have, in the course of the ages, been re-interpreted in harmony with the progressive unfoldment of Juda ism. The leaders in Judaism have ev er been on the alert to make the Jew ish symbol meaningful of Jewish life. Then when the destruction of the second Judean Commonwealth depriv ed the Jew of his land and made it impossible for him to observe his ag ricultural festival of Shabuoth, the rabbis found in the festival a new meaning as the season of the giving of the Torah. Confirmation Added Later in the early part of the 19th century, the idea of confirmation, the consecration of the Jewish youth to Judaism, was added to make this season even more significant in the life of the Jew. This unfoldment is graphically portrayed in the “Cere monies of Judaism.” As we make our way through the pages of this book, we are made to feel as spiritual com panions of the eternal Jew in his journey down the ages. We are with him when he rises in the morning and when he retires at night with the “Shema” on his lips. We are with him at birth and accompany him to his final resting place. From the Birth Milah to the Kever, literally from the cradle to the grave, this book makes us its constant com panion. We rejoice with him at his wedding and mourn with him the loss of his dear ones. When he sits at his Seder table, lord of all he surveys, we are his honored guest and with him w'e bid welcome to the Sabbath Bride. We respond sympathetically to his ecstatic expression of his love for the Torah on Simcath Torah, and we are with him when he pours out his in nermost soul before his God on the Day of Atonement. Hardly an act of his life is left un-attended by our presence; for his every act, however trival is consecrated to God and preg nant with meaning. To those of us who have never had the opportunity to know Judaism as our fathers knew it; to live Judaism as our Fathers lived it, reading through the “Ceremonies of Judaism” is an experience never to be forgot ten. An envisagement of Jewish life such as w’e have never before ex perienced is hero vividly placed be fore us. Not only is the story of the Jew as revealed in his ceremonial life un folded before our eyes, but we are given the opportunity to see him as he lived. The book is profusely illus trated with pictures of the various ceremonial objects used through the centuries and with numerous paint ings of Jewish life from the brush of great masters. The accompanying lustrations give but a hint of the ‘i ritual treasures contained in its Pai T Instill Love of Jewish Life Together with this process 0 f show mg the why and the how of j ewjgh life, the lay leaders have attemnted t, instill a love for that life as expres sed both in the Temple and in the home and to-re-inspirit the Jew with the virus of his tradition. One of their first efforts to set aflame the spark of Jewish loyalty, that had been gli m . mering faintly in the recesses of the Jewish heart, was to make the Jew conscious of the significance of the Sabbath. One of Judaism’s greatest contributions to humanity. In the stress of modern American life the spirit of the day of rest had lost much of its meaning for the Jew. The joyous, royal welcome with which our fathers were wont to greet the Princess Sabbath had become drab and spiritless with their children. In their homes she was treated as a beg gar; in the Temple as a poor relation. The exhortations from the pulpit to observe the Sabbath, echoed through out the length and breadth of the res ponsibility of making the Sabbath ob servance a symbol of their Jewish loyalty. With the characteristic speed and efficiency of their American spir it they began their work of education and stimulation. Thousands of Kiddush cards illus trated with Sabbath symbols, found their way into thousands of Jewish homes. The Sabbath candles, the Kid dush cup, the Sabbath loaves, all made their individual and collective appeal. The meaning and signficance of the Sabbath was thus vividly brought home to the Jew; and at least one step had been taken in the direction of a finer Jewish life in America. Renew Interest in Festivals Besides creating a renewed inter est in the Sabbath, the virility of the lay spirit made itself felt in the cele bration of the festivals. Especially (Continued on Next Page) Season s Greetings To Our Many Jewish Patrons and Friends For A Happy ond Prosperous New J ear MOYLE TRUNK CO. The House of Lasting Luggage TROY T. RIMES. Mr- 10 Broughton, E* rt