The sun., 1895-04-08
READY FOR THE PASSOVER.
THE JEWISH HOLT WEEK THAT
BEGINS TO-NIGHT.
Grent Preparations Yesterday Among the
Orthodox tho East Stde-Housewives
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| Grent Preparations Yesterday Among the
Orthodox tho East Stdc-HOuse w ive q
in n Tremendous hustle Passover nresd
Mr.. Polsky. being shrewd and discreet, spent
yesterday at the lodge. He did not even go
home TO dinner but satisfied his hunger at the
| free lunch counter of the saloon underneath the
| lodge room. A great many OF Mr.. Polsky's
! neighbors did likewise, and Mr.. Abrahams, the
| saloon keeper, had to send around to the
| dclicatessen shop for extra supplies. However,
| 30 long as the customers patronized tho bar, he
did not mind the onslaught on the free lunch.
Throughout the Ghetto the rrorrietors of tho
wine rooms" were similarly busy, although
behind drawn curtains, OF course. and tho lodge
rooms were oil jammcd.
At the Polsky home, and the goings on thoro
were typical OF the happenings in all the ortho-
dox households, Mrs. Polsky and the Polsky
girls wero busy cleaning in frantic fashion.
While the girls were scrubbing foors and wip-
ing off walls and furniture with damp cloths.
the mother was putting n lot of pans and kettles
Into the oven, which was extra hot, and scour-
Ing others with hot ashes. Everybody seemed
to be in everybody's way. and Mrs. Polsky did .
great amount OF scolding.
Two of the Polsky boys were on the sidewalk
mnding the baby. and as the children OF all
tho tenements were similarly banished. the
streets wero crowded with them. The air was
filled with the waling Of neglected infants. and
every now and then an angry mother darted
out Of a hallway to clout some playful youngster
who was paying more attention to his own
amusement than to the baby in his care.
Whenever any Of the children felt it neces-
sary to enter their houses. they first had to
satisfy their mothers that they had emptied
their pockets. that no crumbs Of bread were
sticking to their clothes and that the dirt had
all been removed from their shoes
were overrun with visitors. nearly all Of them
women. Most of the women carried bundle,
missions may be gained from the experience of
Mrs; Polsky, who arrived at Rabbi Aaron's
residence a, O'Clock in the afternoon. She was
In tears. and carried a large copper kettle under
her shawl. IT was her .,,yontiiticha fish ket-
tie. she explained, and the only one sho had.
and now it was trephs, and she had no money
to buy another, and what was she to doY How
was no kettle to boil the fish inland then she
broke down and wept aloud RABBI Aaron look
Mishna and other authorities and finally found
that one of the ancient rabbis of Spai in had lnid
he III se sr W.re
filled with live Goals. and all impurities were
thus ,aM;Gnn th9rG1nghiy burned a out: ,n ,u,, ,,u
thority., that the youth who was guilty OF the
cesontaminating was barmitzyah at the time, for
responsible for his acts and could not benefit by
their own misconduct"
y, III,
Mrs. Polsky FASTENED away with glaldcned
spirit. OF course, the rabbi did not guarantee
that the kettle would survive the prescribed
operation.
The busiest scene of all yesterday was at tho
shops where the matzoths or Passover breads
were sold. These shops were crowded with pur-
chasers and the dealers were at their wits ends
taking the late orders and filling the earlier
ones. Those customers who could afford to left
orders for supplies Of matzoths and matzoth flour
Passover festival. The unfortunates bought
enough to tide them over the first day or two
For those who had no money at all. orders for
supplies we're made out at the offices of the He
left contributions for the purpose. No jew will
ing to accept charity will have to go without
natZoths this year.
To-day the housecleaning will come to a close
the beginning OF Passover. BY that time all
clothes will have been carefully cleaned, all
the dishes and utensils of ordinary use will have
been consigned to the remotest shelves of the
pantry. the holiday dishes will be in use. and
tho best cloth win be spread for the seder or
opening meal.
Tonight the Polskys will bring out their
Haggadahs and read and sing from them the
story Of the saving OF Israel from the cruel
Pharaoh. The youngest male child will slyly
abstract the hidden matzoth from between two
pillows while the other Poskys will pretend not
to see it. The leaves of celery dipped in the
mixture of apple and cinnamon. commemora-
tive Of the bricks and mortarof Egypt. the horse
ships OF Egyptian slavery. the lambs bone. re-
minder of the oneness of Adonai. and the other
symbolic dishes will be present Tho four
glasses of raisn wine will bs drunk by each
the Prophet Elijah. who may drink them during
tho night. For the next eight days no orthodox
Jow will touch bread or any food not prepared
under the careful supervision of a p!ous cook.