New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-29


eSssd "a Oh III Dst wkeroou ssahs< w. f.vs Of 1r
''And y- .s.l cay ~. I. On. ..o-do- q .as P,.,,,rs
Previous 20 tie coming ~ the Ps.scver every lev.
l-L fanny thoroughly clean aoe pu'fy tbsit Lsu..
from attic 20 Js-euent. TIE word ned BE-
originally sIgr ned pr7e. uDco,r-Iped and the rs-
l;ayened bread e typical II purity. Accordingly.
every pos BIZ edort is made % iavs .Le house AID
al i contains perfectly fees f1on even tue s1ssicos
Of uhclesnness Every domestic ueusl that has bssD
used in the preparation servpg Of food Il put away
and it place supplied By another one snd the thing,
laid aside may not be used again I'll tho next year
festival. Mot exactly and -crupuou,iy ' this law
observed with reference TO oil the articles both Of the
kitchen and the dining tnat N contact with
food.
The mOs extraordinary csFe ia sxerclSed concerning
the preparation Ct the unsavened bread lest any sub
stance other than the lawful element should esg1edy
or accidentally be introduced. The cnly permitted
ingredients are wheaton -four ard water particle Of
salt or other favoriDg matter being used. Should
there by any careessne,so negligence be any portion
of Gentle bread any dust greasy matter so IN
corporated with the of dough that it cannot be
at once wholly removed the whole quantity is laid
aside for other uses In order to the grain and
bread from adueratioD and consequent defIenent, it
the harvest field to the bakers oven.
The growing wheat, when ready for the reaper 10
visited by this Committee while it is yet standing Ill
the field: they watch il while il s cut and thrashed on
a Glenn tbrashpe floor with 1sis or with machlne
which ia used for no other grain; they gather up the
wheat in new bags that is ground in mill with
new or exclusive machinery and then gather the Hour
inf, new sacks for removal TO the bakeries.
II is not absolutely Necessary that the hands that
prepare the dough should be those OF the faithful for
the touch of Gentle does not defe the sacred bread
and in this and other large cities where many thousand
pounds are required, the Christian bakers generally
prepare and bake it. This is DONE however, only
under the experimenting vigilance Of an attendant
Israe.e, whose duty it is to that the -four he pro-
vides s all accounted for and to guard sns the pos
sbls intrusion of improper substances To this end he
is constantly in attendance He weighs the aour sat-
isles himself of the purity Of the water and sees that
the amount of bread rendered corresponds to the qu,n
tity Of -four provided
In oil the large bakeries of the cities the sboriOus
duty of kueadng and thoroughly mixing and incorpo-
rating the various ingredients is all performed by ma
chnery. The Jewish bread is prepared in the same
manner, and with the same machines; but every part
of the mechanism that comes into actual contact with
the dough- and which has been previously used IN pre-
pairing the leaven OF the Pharisees is removed, and
corresponding portions substituted; so that the
feeding rollers cutters, kncadng apparatus &c.
Of every machine belongs to the lsraeltes; but the
same steam engine may drive the machine, aud the
same running gear will suffice for the holy bread, that
are used for the everyday work of the notsopatcu-
lar Gentiles.
The bread is not made into loaves, but into large
thin cakes resembling, than ything else, eIag-
gerated sea.biscus. Esch cake is about the size Of
ordinary breakfast plate and is about an eighth Of
inch thick. This is the ordinary unleavened bread
for common at any time during the week OF the
Passover. The same dough is also made into other
cakes of the same diameter but of double the thick
ness which are baked much browner, and are marked
with knife before being baked, some with one, some
with two and some with three ssshes about an inch
or two long These considered more holy than the
rest and are to be eeten the fret secOnd and thTd
days of the Passover, respectively.
So necessary ia deemed that every one OF the jewish
faith should be supplied with abundance of the bread
during the holy season. that private individuals and
tome OF the benevolent societies contribute large sums
Of money to purchase quantities Of for gratuitous dis
triLuton among those who not able to pay for it.
Coporteurs missionaries go about among the poor
Hebrews furnishing the needy with unesvened bread
in like manner similar persons Of the Christian faith
90 about seeking and supplying those who have not
the Bible About 5000 barrels of -four are made into
Passo bread in the City Of New York; it generally
cold for eight cents per pound but this year the price
is blu. six cents, when considerable quantity is re-
CURED.
On the first two days and the last two days Of the
Passover work DONE but the rest OF the week the
Israetes attend to their affairs usual.
The ceremonies observed in every Jewish household
on the first day of the Feast Of UneaveIed Bread are
interesting and impressive. As far az possible all the
members Of family assemble in house; the table
is laid with the uneavened bread the bitter herbs &c.
and when be households gathered anda seated abb
the table the head of the family rises, AVID, touching
the dish Of bread, says:
the land Of Egypt bet all those who are hungry enter and 80.
thereof and all who nce..op come sad ce!eb.,. the
hope TO celebrate the land of Israel This we are ser
here but next hopoto be eemen IN toe sd OF
Blessed he he who strictly pr'erch hi. promise guO
Israel blessed be the most Ill" who petnediNed rue ehu
the captivity that might perform what he had promised to our
he Abraham. between the part. As said: And he SAID uuo
nd that is not theirs. them and they shI ac.
them -four hundred And that nation whom they h
.iss ~ Judge ana they 'N' 80
cupof wine is then lifted by tue oldest Of the Assem-
blage, who repeats long discourse commemorative
Of the deliy ersnce from Egypt.
cake from the dish is then shown to the company,
and the following explanation is given:
"There uuesvened cake. wherefore do eat them Be
there not sufficient time for the dough
before the Holy Supreme King Of hngs-bs.ed he
appeared them and redeeud them said And they
cakes 81 the dough which they forth
out Of Egypt 70. "a. no, esvened bee taey tru't
Egypt and could not ary neither had they made any
provision f,r tbenselves."
The bitter herb is then exhibited by the same psr
son. who explains its significance thus:
"This bitter herb wherefore do it Becausr the
Egyptians enbered the ves Of ancestor, In Egypt;
said And they embiteed their lives with orel bondage in
tar brick and in all Of labor the field: 81 their Ia