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THE SOUTH'S THREE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SHOPPING CENTERS L H. G. HASTINGS CO. i ATLANTA 2350 Cheshire Bridge Road, N.E. AND Cascade at Fairburn Roads, S.W. CHARLOTTE 4500 E. Independence Boulevard THE BEST OF THE NEW YEAR SEASON TO EVERYONE NELSON, FARBER & FRANSON, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTORS COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION — OFFICES STORE FRONTS AND INTERIORS NFF INCORPORATED DIVISION OF NELSON, FARBER & FRANSON, INC. STORE AND BANK FIXTURE MANUFACTURERS 1269 Techwood Dr., N.W. Atlanta, Ga. TRinity 5-8641-2-3 Cordial Greetings of the Season Capitol Fish Company Wholesale Distributors INSTITUTIONAL GROCERIES, FROZEN FOODS AND SEAFOODS 777 W. Whitehall Street, S.W. Atlanta 10, Georgia Telephone PLaxa 5-4511 sight into human nature felt that it was unnatural for a woman to remain in the state of “single blessedness.” Having been happi ly married it was natural that she should wish to marry again. “A woman” they say “is more desir ous of marriage than a man,” for “no one is above temptation.” “A gad-about widow (whose chastity is open to suspicion) is one of the things that brings destruction upon the world.” Our sages extol, elevate and sanctify marriage and never tire of explaining that a woman’s pos ition is enhanced by marriage. “With a husband the size of an ant, her seat is placed among the great” and though “her husband be a carder (flax-bearer) she calls him to the threshold and sits down at his side.” R. Assi declared: “If her husband is only a cabbage head (dull) she requires no len tils for her pot in other words a woman willingly renounces all pleasures for the sake of having a husband. Though one or two disparaging remarks are to be found in rab binic writings on marrying a widow (“Do not cook in the pot in which your neighbor has cook ed”), these are overshadowed by the genuine concern that the rab bis felt lest the widow-bride would in any way be slighted. The Talmud lays down that a maiden is married on the Fourth Day of the week and a widow on the Fifth Day to prevent the husband from going back to work immedi ately. Though a widow-bride was not like a maiden carried in a “curtained litter,” she was never theless entitled to the customary benedictions and festivities. Widows were sought after and were occasionally spirited and in dependent. Rabbi Judah the Prince sent a messenger to propose to the widow of Rabbi Eliezer b. Simeon. She rejected him with the reply: “Shall a utensil in which holy food has been used, be used for profane purposes.” The rabbis frowned on a woman who was twice widowed. “Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi said, “If a woman was married to one husband who died and to a second who also died, she must not be married to a third husband.” But soon on this point opinions differed. Rabbon Simeon b. Gamaliel held that she may marry to a third but may not be married to a fourth. Abbaye, the head of the Academy of Pum- bedita married Honi, the daugh ter of Isi, who was thrice wid owed. Abbaye too predeceased his wife. Maimonides (1135-1204) ruled that if a woman was twice wid owed she should not marry a third husband. If, however, she married she need not be divorced. Whether he married a widow or a maiden, the husband must be mindful of the honor of his wife because “for the wife’s sake, the home is blessed.” SLOAN PAPER COMPANY PAPER MERCHANTS for the PRINTING INDUSTRY Reliable Mill Brands Exclusively 781 Wheeler, N. W. ATLANTA, GA. 1230 Second Avenue, South BIRMINGHAM. ALA 205-207 W. 13th St. CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Our Gracious Greetings for the High Holy Days and the Year Ahead x- McIntosh Paving Company, Inc. 382 Trabert Ave., N.W. Atlanta, Ga. TRinity 6-4838 >2 The Southern Israelite