The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27


r.. not unclean, 1t Is at least unnt 70 pe 9
aaten. IT is not 'fkosher" according 70
Talrnudic law The carcass must pe 8
thrown away or it may be sofa 10 pei
sons who are not Jews. !.
Other unfamiliar customs OF the or'no
dox Jews from Russia and Hu1laiiiA a.
observed in Minneapolis
Yet many Of these practices nave peen
discarded by all but small minorlly y.
the brethren since they became Ia arar'.t
with American life. Owe Peop,e %
On religious over here explains Meyer =
RANK Of SIT Fifth street N, who was Tor
Tnerly a rabbi at Wilma, Russia. $. but .
fav Of us are still careful to follow the
Mosaic law. and the laws Of the Nllsillla
and the Talmud. The laWs5Fl. m . -
chiefly In Deuteronomy. The Mtsnl,a' ~, -
course, Is the traditional law, aAu VIC
Talnaud is a commentary on the edls 81 ne
Rnt properly the Mishna Is the textEoI the
Talnnud and the commentary on tne sMish-
ma should be called the Gen1ara.S Most VI
our customs agree with laws tnat every
one has read in the Bible, puts sotne ~
our rules come from the Mishna or inc
Tal,nod. tho they are based an commands
of Moses A good many OF our regu VA
ara more or less familiar: but th1nK we
a. sonne things that might seem strange
to Christians
Blood Eating Prohibited.
aNow the reason we take all the blood
f,,r, tho meat we eat: is given In Deutei
| ononnv "rhou .mayest kill and eat llesii'
in all thy gates, only we SHAH not en- LIZ
blood This law like q gooo many 49,, ,.a,,
wasn't explained by Moses. bul M ,s n%Ie
learned that he had q wonder1u, hIom. Nv
edge Of hygiene for his day. In TINS case,
FOE Instance. we know that meat 1reeo
1 from blood will Keep fresh r1ucn i4n -
| than if the blood was not removed. .Taa
give another reason from the Blpie .+ l nnt
blood is the :life and thou n1ases1 nv
1 eat the life with the flesh: .,ood
..ro snake sure that all :; the s olooo
10 removed from the animals we eat anu
L that the animals are properly -siuasl w.
I've have our own slaughterers, OF
.sochets,' who know the rules. 1,s.,
y, an are not the as the IeWlsI, NEE
dealers. Long ago the Christian dealel
That sold meat here to our people use ~. "
anon1oy A. ;sochet for our accomrnona tiol.
ant there are ten Jewish butcher -snop E
now in Minneapolis on 1he :,noA ~
4 side and three on the south stde.t
i I = s.rThe :soohet must kill cattle or.Esheep
nv cntting their throats He must Guy
i +br,, the il,gular vein and the Wlnoplpe,
He mnst examine his knife before ana
after the killing. If he finds the Kn1te ; mas
I the least bit dull, or that botn the VIII
pipe and jugular vein are no. "a az 80 there
Is any sign of tuberculosis or any o ''.,,
disease in the carcass, the meat ism
kosher that is fit to eat.
1 "A butcher is. forbidden to SCI !: 1ne Cd
that he has kept three DAYS. nu. 1t - w, W.
buy meat and bring it home we must p p.
i II into water at once, and Keep ~ .ai. -.
half an hour-to let the water soak II,
Then we have to-. salt: the meat on DOL
sides and lay It on an inclined ooaro .
the blood may run off that tnes SAT- az afa Nv
out. After the meat has iald N1ei "
Il hour 1t is ready to COOK. ="
= lid y Blood specks in Eggs. -
. .And il there's a single speck Of oio9
in. the yolk OF an ess, We MS, .I,s ,aoryi n
:. the egg. At my own house TINS HoIH H
we threw away three eggs out OF a qoze
| hecause of little specks of BLOOD S.Bioo
J is life;' we shouldn't eat It
I "And when we're eating meat we ma
( not eat milk, butter, cheese or ahyiln III
We nav not even have cake at the san
neal with meat. If we drink milk mrs
we have to wait half an hour before ca
ing meat. If we take meat first, we can
touch milk In any form Tor SIX nov y
+ sytarwards. I believe the rules abol
Ct ~ eating milk and meat together con
:, | from the law in Deuteronomy, Thou. sna
not aeethe a kid in his mothers nilk!,
Y Gwen the dishes, cups or spoons u
n have contained milk must not come
ii contact with any meat dishes" II, "" ~
81 dishes are being washed, a spoon tn
- has been in milk should drop on me
: dish the dish must be: heated In
danes. If it's an iron vessel. But II 1t
a china dish, 1t must thrown away.
oysters Are Wholly Forbidden.
,t"And then we are forbidden to eat o.
ters In fact an orthodox. Jew ne
touches any sort of shell ,hsn-oys 81.
lobsters clans. crabs or snrlMps' " ~,
sad- did not allow shell fish to be eaten: II II
inc. have not fms and scales Orthodox Je
avoid in that way the danger OF contra
ing typhoid fever from oysters just
pain our people by not eating pork nave ne
~, NJ suffered from tr;sh'q no;,.ufe Is COINS
h.Le bread she cuts off a bit Of do
been and throws it into the fire. she IS .
- - serving, in g. way, the OLD Law ina ina
Mp . a Jew bakes bread, he must give 2 te
part to the poor.
,,,,a "Now, to speak OF other Things aas :, !,
"a -, we must sprinkle water on the ieIt
! the with the right hand, and On the :, r
hand with the left hand, and so on.
."Three times interrupted the raj
little son Jacob, who was standlng Dy
fathers knee.
Respect for the Head.
eyes, i. three times, continued
a father. ii And when we hathe1 we !
N Wet the head first. That issa matte
hygiene. But It's also the law. Inc ?
- saws we must pay respect to lnet Z
N which is the king Of the body. we
81 respect the right hand and the r1gnt
III because they are on the stronger
~ We have to put on the r1gnI glove 8
It's all to show respect s,
.'That's the reason why an ortn
Jew should keep his head covered e
where and all the time, tho I'm s sol
saw that very few Of us observe TINS
81 in America as we did in Russia "a
~ the Jews of the olden time II was 9
LOT respect to keep your nat on
God is always present, and out q re
IalI 70 Him we should never uncover
lsnes: heads. At the synagogue. OF course,
in America, we are careful 70 Keel
Nv fo hats on. But over in Russia q Jew
], and his hat at the synagogue or IN the me. ?
on. an q skull cap in the house and n1sh
$. 20. DoS In his bed. -. :. =,
taineo make him bald? Well, keeping
hat on may be cause OF badness
~ No I don't think there's one bald man
nea w thousand among the Russian Jews.
woman,s Sign Of Marriage.
;ents "It is also a rule with our people
oene1t are strictly orthodox, for every VI 2
cut her own hair short and pQt
wig lust as soon as she is n1arrie
r:oas matter if she isn't more than n1teen
AA of age She does this TO snow 70 70
men that she is a wife, that she :,
univ to her husband. In Russia an
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