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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
The
QUIZ BOX
By Rabbi Samuel J Fox
QUESTION: Why is it custom
ary to dip bread into honey on
Rosh Haahanah, as well as on
other of the High Holidays?
ANSWER: It seems to be re-
garded as one of our oldest cus
toms. Many books refer to this
custom asjseing found as far back
as one can remember. We find
in the Bible that Ezra and Nehe-
miaii told the people to “eat Rood
things and eat sweets” on that
day. Different people eat many
different sweet fruits and foods
on the High Holidays. The under
lying motive lies in the prayer
that is uttered while consuming
ijicse sweet delicacies: “May it be
thy will, O’ Lord, to grant us a
happy and sweet, year.” Eating
sweets was thus considered an
omen for a "happy and sweet year.”
It is to be noticed that some peo
ple will take an apple and dip it in
honey. Some writers associate this
custom with the blessing which our
dying Patriarch Isaac gave unto
ids son Jacob. "Sec. the smell of
my son is as the stnell of the field
which the Lord has blessed” (Gen
esis 27:27). The Rabbis interpret
the “smell of the field” to mean
the sweet smell of an apple orch
ard (Sdai Tapuchim). Dipping the
apple in honey is thus regarded
as an omen of this blessing.
QUESTION: Why do some peo
ple ceremoniously eat "the head
of a fish” on Rosh Hashanah?
ANSWER: Most writers claim
that this custom stems from an
earlier custom which colled for
the eating of the head of a ram on
Rosh Hashanah*which was sup
posed to recall the fact that a ram
was substituted for the body of
Isaac on the Altar to be offered
as a sacrifice. It later became
customary to eat the head of a
fish, fowl or animal to signify that
we may be at the head and not at
the tail in the struggle for life.
QUESTION: Why is it custom
ary to refrain from sleeping during
the day of Rosh Hashanah?
ANSWER: Rosh Hashanah.
being the day of judgement, is
said to find every human being at
(he bar of Justice. It was there
fore ill-fitting to find one sleep
ing at the Bar of Justice. Many
claim that the angel who seeks to
find some good in an individual is
■ inactive while he sleeps. Others
claim that one may thus “sleep
away his luck." Perhaps the most
fascinating reason is a play on lo
gistics. Man is Judged in heaven.
Willie he is awake both Ills body
and his soul are on the earth. While
he sleeps his soul is in heaven. It
is an old dictum in Hebrew Law
that a man cannot be legally fined
or charged unless he himself is
present. Man thus keeps ids soul
away from the presence of the
tribunal by remaining awake on
earth thus making it impossible
for the tribunal of heaven to “fine”
him. Many families enforce this
custom quite rigidly, not allowing
the children to sleep on the day
of Rosh Hashanah.
VAN RAALTE-FEIDELSON
CEDARHURST, L. I —The mar
riage of Miss Kathry Van Raalte,
to Charles N. Peidelson, Jr., of
Birmingham, was solmenized here
September 3 at the home of the
bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. By
ron E. Van Raalte. Dr. David Se-
ligion performed the ceremony.
Mrs. Canford B. Ellias of Sha
ron, Pa., was matron of honor
for her sister. The bridegroom's
father was best man.
The bride, an alumna of Wood-
mere Academy, was graduated in
June from Vassar College, where
she was elected to Phi Beta Kapa
Society. She is a granddaughter i
of the late Emanuel Van Raalte of j
New York, who founded the Van i
Raalte Company, and the late Mrs. j
Van Raalte and of the iate Mr. !
Ooluston of Boston.
Mr. Peidelson was graduated
from Yale in 1938, studied at Cam
bridge University in England as a
Henry fellow and received an M. A
degree from Yale, During the war
he served in the army in Europe.
His parents, formerly of Savannah,
reside in Birmingham.
After a wedding trip to Mar
tha's Vineyard, Mass., the couple
will make their home in New Hav
en, Conn., where the bridegroom
is studying for a doctorate and is
an instructor in English at. Yale.
JOLLES MILLER
Miss Natalie Jolles, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jolles of
Augusta became the bride of Rob
ert Miller, of Winston Salem, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller at
the Temple Congregation Children
of Israel. Sunday, August 31, with
the Rabbi Buchler officiating.
Ushers wore Buddy Jolles, Irv
ing Levy, Sanford Pomerance and
Marvin Estroff.
Oroomsmen were How ard Jolles,
brother of the bride. Julius Miller,
brother of the groom and Morris
Cohen of Savannah. Marvin Mil
ler, brother of the groom, was best
man.
The maid of honor was Miss
Sara Steinberg. Mrs. Marvin
Sylvia Cohen was matron of hon
or.
The bridesmaids were Mrs. Al
bert Love of Miami and Miss Ce-
cile Ginsberg of Hattiesburg, Miss.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs.
Samue lBlum, Charleston, W. Va.;
Mrs. Louise Jacobs. Glenn Cove,
N. Y.; Mrs. Michael Ginsberg, Miss
Cecile Ginsber, Hattiesburg: Mr.
and Mrs. H. Miller, Winston Sa
lem: Mrs. Reba Miller and son,
Charlotte, N. C.; Ben Levy, Mrs.
Esther Goldwasser, Mrs. Charles
Buchwald, Mrs. Albert Buchwald,
Mrs. Jesse Berk. Atlanta; Mr. and
I Mrs Albert Low. Miami; Mr. and
j Mrs. Morris Cohen, Mr. and Mrs.
| Paul Cohen. Mr. and Mrs. Moe S.
! Harris, Leonard Harris, Miss Jan
ice Cohen, Savannah; Mrs. Ellis
Katz, Marvin Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Goldberg, Miss Alice Goldberg,
Joe Reznick. Mrs. T. Kalet, Ed
ward Katzin, Bernard Mon ton,
Winston Salem, N. C.; Mrs. Max
Sideman. Mr. and Mrs. Sicie Mil
ler. Charlotte. N. C.: Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Ginsberg and son, Hatties
burg, Miss.
CAMERA RECORDS INTERESTING EVENTS
IN LIFE OF HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
\
These photos record interesting figures and events in
the life of the Hebrew Union College, American Reform
seminary that has served Jewry more than 70 years.
Panel No. 1 shows Hillel Fine, HUC student from
Birmingham, England, leading academic procession on
way to recent HUC graduation exercises. No. 2: Front
row (left to right): Alton M. Winters, Baltimore, Md„
the 500th student to be ordained as a rabbi at HUC;
Dr. David Philipson, dean of American Reform rab
binate and only living member of first HUC graduating
class; Alfred M. Cohen, honorary chairman of HUC
Board of Governors. Rear row: Dr. Nelson Glueck, new
president of HUC; Dr. Hiram B. Weiss, chairman of
HUC Board of Governors.
No. 3 (left to right): Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath
(HUC ’26), president of Union of American Hebrew
Congregations; Dr. Hiram B. Weiss; Dr. Julian Mor-
genstern, who was granted his request for retirement
as HUC President after having served in that office
1921-47, No. 4: Leonard I. Beerman. HUC student from
State College, Pa„ and wife, the former Miss Martha
Fechheimer. They will spend the coming year at the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem. No. 5: HUC’s newly-
ordained rabbis, class of '47: (left to right) front row:
Ernst J. Conrad, Walter H. Plaut, Joseph Buchler,
Moshay P. Mann Middle row; Randall M. Falk, Irving
A. Mandel, Lester W. Roubey, Sidney Akselrad. Rear
row: Melvin Weinman Alton M. Winters, Harold B.
Waintrup, Sanford E. Rosen
No. 6: A scene at dinner tendered by HUC faculty
to their retiring president. Dr. Morgenstern. Nos. 7, 8
and 9 (left to right), at speakers’ table at dinner
tendered by HUC Board of Governors to Dr. Morgen
stern: Mrs. Julian Morgenstern; Dr. Morgenstern;
Lester A. Jaffe, Cincinnati, vice-chairman of HUC
Board of Governors and toastmaster at dinner; Dr.
Hiram B. Weiss; Jacob Aronson, New York City,
UAHC Executive Board chairman; Dr. Nelson Glueck;
9 Louis Rosett, president, National Federation of
Temple Sisterhoods; Dr. Abraham Feldman, Hartford,
Conn., past president of HUC alumni and new president
of Central Conference of American Rabbis; Jesse Cohen,
Brooklyn, president, National Federation of Temple
Brotherhoods; Carl E. Pritz, Cincinnati, honorary mem
ber of HUC Board of Governors; Alfred M. Cohen;
Dr. Harry Stem, HUC alumnus, Montreal; Mrs. Edward
Heinsheimer, Cincinnati; Dr. David Philipson; Mrs. J.
Walter Freiberg, Cincinnati; Dr. Eisendrath; Dr. Julian
Feibelman, New Orleans; Mrs. Morgenstern.
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