The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-18
DURING PASSOVER.
Qseer Little Books OF distractions FOR q,
East Side Hebrewa.

East side Hebrews.
Ever since the beginning OF the jewish Pass
over season on Monday evening last there has
been an immense sale Of candles. Passover
bread. Passover wine. and queer little books
containing minute instructions for the Pass
over services. The odd little service books
may be bought on any one OF hundred street
stands on tho east side. They are in Hebrew
and German. Hebrew and Russian. He
brew and English. Those in Russian
are not so numerous as one might expect. be-
cause many OF the Hebrews from Russia do
not speak the Russian tongue. Passover
book in Hebrew and English published at
Vienna is bound in cheap red cloth. pebbled in
Imitation Of leather. and ornamented with
much gliding Coarse wood cuts Illustrate the
text. The first shows thirteen views OF the
feast II opens with the sanctif!cation cere-
nony Then follow the washing Of hands, tho
eating Of parsley. the breaking the middle
cake Of unleavened bread. tho saying OF
the service. the second washing II hands.
the breaking OF the uppermost cake. the
eating Of bitter herbs. the eating OF horse
the eating Of the middle cake the grace before
mat. the finishing of the ha llelujah.
The little book closes with curiously told
story that Is familiar. In somewhat different
form. to the children Of many lands. II is the
story, OF the old womahs rig which refused to
",
OF circumstances set IN motion to overcome its
stubbornness. In tho Hebrew story n kid Is
1st THU fer the rs and the the
some Wild creature Of the eat kind. The story
opens thus In Oriental fashion:
eat
dog dog; Tns beaten bya stick the stick was burnt
S was Are rnt Sy nI BY
s!aus htered Sy butcher: and tie butcher was Was
slan by the angel Of death The story closes
And the oy one blessed be lie came and killed
s re- sS,eh S S sI1S,
Soussi s
The story is annotated with a. ,yicw to show
ing it's symbolical character. Tho kid is in
by ss Ssep Mho sold
The eat is by some taken to mean the lshmael-
ties who bought Joseph: by others the Baby
dog is Persia. that destroyed Babylon the
stick is Alexander who conquered Persia; the
Asia; the water is tn. Turks. who seized the
Eastern empire. and the rest Of the story Is
The little hook is called the Agada." and is
simple guide TO the Jewish people at this
PLANTATION Of all the Passover ceromonials. but
the rabbs sit at home during these eight days
Of the In he
gogue. a bare apartment. one may find young
mon and old eagerly pouring over the Talmud
and other books. The older men Groom out
tile passages with a monotonous rhythm. In
any one OF u dozen high bare apartments one
may find u rabbi. clad in his best. wel!-pre
served silk hat resting on his curls. bending
over n book that rests on curious pulpit
whose WILL may come and ask questions
touching the law. and especially touching
otscrvances OF the festival season.
In even the poorest Hebrew homes the beau
hrn a in Anna
these people are buInished Tor t tho Passover y
season. and the bare apartments are carefully
cleaned. Every household utensil that cannot
be destroyed or disposed Of in such fashion
that it shall not again come into the house.
time suspend business during the whole OF
the Passover season. Those who cannot afford
it observe the first two days and the last two.
but work on the four intermediate days Tho
Passover closes with the appearance Of the
first star on the evening Of April 10.