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Friday, March 24, 1MI
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Holiday (Greetings
Atlanta Builders Supply Co.
1700 Monroe Dr., N.E.
TR. 5-7575
Passover Greetings
DAVIS PHARMACY
542 Boulevard, S. E.
MA. 7 2444
JOYOUS PASSOVER GREETINGS
TO ONE AND
ALL
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Atlanta Cabinet
Shop
591 Edgewood Ave., S. E.
JA. 4-6241
Best Wishes for the
Passover Season
MARVEL Cleaners
2231 Cheshire Bridge Road, N. E.
MElrose 6-1681
aMaaMaHaaqg
Compliments
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A FRIEND
T. Ralph Grimes
Sheriff,
Fulton County
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Extends
Cordial
Passover
Greetings
What Is Freedom?
By RABBI SAMUEL UMEN
There are more references' in
the Torah to the Jews going
forth from Egypt than to any
other previous event or incident
in their history. Why? Because
the Jews going forth from
Egypt is a reminder of the value,
the preciousness of freedom.
Goethe, in the remarks in his
autobiography, stated that, “the
word freedom has so fair a sound,
that we cannot do without it,
even though it designate an er
ror.” Certainly it is a work in
separable from our higher senti
ments, and if, in its popular use
at the present day, it has no pre
cise meaning, there is so much
more reason why we should try
to give it one, and to continue
its use as a symbol of something
that mankind cherishes and
strives for.
What is freedom? It is man’s
basic, innate right for self-devel
opment, for development in ac
cordance with the progressive
ideal of life that we have in
conscience.
Without freedom, individuals
as well as nations remain in an
arrested state — in a state of
potentiality.
Man can only be his full self
when he is free to think, to en
vision, to act in consonance with
his highest thoughts.
The possibilities of develop
ment are infinitely various. De
velopment cannot be defined,
either for the race or for indivi
duals, but it is and must remain
an ideal, of which we can get
only partial and shifting glimp
ses.
In fact, we should cease to
think of freedom as something
definite and final, that can be
grasped and held fast once for
all, and learn to regard it as a
line of advance, something pro
gressively appearing out of the
invisibile and defining itself.
This vagueness and incomplete
ness are only what we meet in
every direction when we attempt
to define our ideals.
What is progress? What is
right? What is beauty? What is
truth? The endeavor to produce
final definitions of these things
must be given up. However, we
must recognise that the good in
all its forms is evolved rather
than achieved, is a process rather
than a state.
The more one becomes con
scious of his abilities, his funda
mental rights as a human being,
his concept of freedom changes,
expands and assumes new mean
ing.
Freedom and education are
practically synonymous as are
ignorance and slavery. Where
there is enlightment, there is
also freedom and by the same
token where one finds ignorance,
slavery is its concomitant
Freedom does not represent
lawlessness, or anarchy. On the
contrary, to be free is to live a
life that is disciplined, governed
by rules and principles which
check a person’s primitive, ele
mental passions, desires and
tendencies.
Are not all men born with sub
stantial freedom, it is asked.
Can not everyone do as he
pleases, or at least will and
choose as he pleases? The con
trary is true. The closer one lives
to the life of an animal, the
closer he is to all sorts of con
straint and bondage.
Freedom means not the ab
sence of discipline, but the use
of higher and more rational
forms as contrasted with those
that are lower or less rational.
A free discipline controls the in
dividual by appealing to his
reason and conscience, and there
fore to his self respect; while an
unfree control works upon some
lower phase of the mind, and so
tends to degrade hip.
Besides being a right, symbol
izing opportunity, representing
man in the proce
Freedom is also a
power. He who is free has the
power to extend it to others,
share it, or, use it as an instru-
ment to dominate and OF press
When freedom is shared, it un
ties hearts and hands to translate
the dreams into reality, to strive
for self fulfillment.
In celebrating the holiday of
freedom, we are called upon to
give thought to the basic right
of man. It is from this right that
all blessings flow. Upon this
right, all progress depends.
Peace, justice, and truth, depend
upon freedom. Men and nations
cannot live without it. In striv
ing, winning and protecting
freedom, God and man are re
deemed.
Passover
Greetings
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Amos’ Drug
Store
“The Biggest Little Drug Store in Town”
Ashby Street at Hunter
JA. 2-9533
Say It With Flowers:
A Joyous Passover
MARGARET'S FLORISTS
153 Ponce de Leon Ave., N. E.
(Formerly at 626 Glen Iris Dr. Market Place)
TR. 4-9184
Flowers for All Occasions
Bar Mitzvahs and Bas Mitzvahs
Given Special Attention
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MAY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
BE JOYOUS AND HAPPY
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