New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

At sunset tonight long holiday OF the inhao-
itants of the Ghetto will end. For eight days
there has been cessation of activity THROUGHOUT
the Ghetto and celebration of the sacred rites OF
the Feast of the Passover.
The various phases Of the Passover celepId'ion
"Pesa as IL is called on the East Side. are numer-
GUS To the Gentle it is best known as the feast
of the Unleavened Bread For the eignt Gays OF
the holiday Jew will eat yeast ptedu' 'ii0
'chometz' of his language. When his ancestors
fed ous of Pharaoh's- kingdom they went hurriedly
at night; they tarrfed only brief hours at the
stages of the journey. and there was no
for allowing the bread to stand and RISE nour was
hastily mixed with water and allowed TO BAKE IN
the SUM- In commemoration of this the heore"
tho World over eats the unleavened bread
'matzos" during the holiday There is a proVero.
preserved through countless generations and retold
to-day on the East Side. which runs; Tnere IS no
Jew without matzos."
This arose out of the custom still prevailing ac-
cording to which the more prosperous Hebrews
went through the Ghetto distributing matzos 10
their poorer brethren From this proverD there
comes a story still told with appreciation on the
East Side the tale OF improvident ana lazy
Hebrew This owner Of the patriarchai name OF
Moses so the story goes. had an altercatlon WIN
his wife six days before Pesa-
Moses" she complained. lin six days Pesa VIII
be here and we have matzos- What are you
going to do about it|
Never fear" he replied with inimitable race
out matzos."
Three days passed and Pesa drew near, and his
wife again assailed him.
Moses three days and it will be Pesa, and all
the neighbors have matzos; what are we gong
to do?''
Again came the confident reply: There is no Jew
without matzoS."
Pesa Day arrived. and the wife realized that
with the setting of the the holiday would De
unon them and they had matzos. For a thlrd
time she tearfuIly besought her husband as he
started 10 the "Schul" for prayers For a third
time she received the proverbial answer.
When Moses returned from the synagogue, ne
found his wife in Mysteries, wildly bewailing their
condition Thereupon. so the legend runs, he smote
her two sounding whacks. and as she fled from his
blows she shouted out the window, and the neigh
bors rushed in
He is beating me because we nave no n1atzos'
shrieked the woman
NO matzos you brute?' chorused the neighbors
"stop beating your wife and will give you
matzos."
Then from all sides matzos were showered upon
the family of the resourceful Moses. and. as the
sun went down and the festival began, Moses
turned to his wife and said calmly:
There, you see wife. 1t is as L told you-there
is no Jew without matzos.'
But while matzos is of the distinctive feat
ures OF the Passover feast, there are many others
equally interesting. In a Hebrew household
the preparation for the holidays begins several
days before sunset the fourteenth day Of the
Jewish month of Nisan. The dishes and eating
utensils for the holidays taken down from their
resting place for OF the rules Of the religion
,s that no dishes used on the other days Of the
year can be eaten from during Passover. In some