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Friday, October 2, 1952
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Historiette for Sukkoth
iln his book “Jewish Feasts and Fasts,” Rabbi Julius Green
stone relates the following about Sukkoth traditional prayer
for rain:
“When the Germans swooped down upon Poland on Sept. 1,
1939, with their highly mechanized war machinery, the newspa
pers reported that Poland was praying for rain which, it was
hoped, would render the roads impassable for the German armies
and halt their precipitous assaults. This was quite different in
purpose from the fartner’s prayer for rain to enrich the soil and
to fructify the seeds that he placed in it. Prayers for rain, as
well as elaborate ritual ceremonies that usually accompanied them,
were quite common among all peoples of antiquity and even of
more modern times. The dependence of the soil upon rain and the
feeling that all such blessings are the direct gift of God, or of the
gods, caused the tiller of the soil to turn heavenwards in times of
drought and offer up his prayer before the Almighty ... In an
cient Judea the actual prayer for rain was not offered until 60
days after the Sukkoth festival, so as to permit ithe pilgrims, who
spent the holiday in Jerusalem, to return to their homes before
the roads became difficult of passing because of the rains,
“The rabbis declared that Sukkoth was the period when the
world was judged regarding rainfall. It was in connection with
this belief that the elaborate ceremony of the drawing of water
was enacted every day of the festival in the Temple in Jerusalem.”
RABBI KESTENBAUM NOW SERVING
AS HILLEL DIRECTOR AT FLORIDA U.
GAINESVILLE — Rabbi Je
rome Kestenbaum has assumed
his duties as director of the Hil-
lel Foundation on the University
of Florida campus and to serve
as Rabbi of the Congregation
B’nai Israel of Gainesville.
Rabbi Kestenbaum reported
here following three years serv
ice as Rabbi of the Congregation
Ohev Shalom, Orlando. He was
also a member of the Executives
Club and Civilian Chaplain to
Jewish personnel at military in
stallations in central Florida.
The new Hillel Foundation Di
rector has his headquarters at
Room 203, Florida Union on the
campus, while awaiting construc-
ttion of a *$65,000 Hillel House of
B’nai B’rith.
The one-«tory, modern type
structure is expected to be com
pleted by the second semester of
the current school year. Located
on the northern fringe of the
campus, the building will include
a lounge, library, chapel, kitchen,
offices and social room, and will
be maintained by the national
Hillel Foundation of B’nai
B’rith.
Rabbi Kestenbaum is a grad
uate of Yeshiva University and
the University of Illinois. He
was ordained Rabbi by the Jew
ish Theological Seminary of
American in New York in 1947.
While at the University of Flor-
RABBJ KESTENBAUM
ida he will pursue courses lead
ing to a Doctor of Philosophy
degree in sociology.
Past service has seen him as
Rabbi in Lincoln, Nebraska, and
Hillel Counselor at the Univer
sity of Nebraska from 1947-49.
He also occupied the pulpit in
Baldwin, Long Island, New York,
and served as assistant to rab
bis in Galveston, Texas, and/Pe
oria, Illinois.
Rabbi Kestenbaum and his
wife, Roslyn, have two children,
Sherry 6, and Lenny 2.
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