Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-01
happy and contepted.

A~bpy nhu coutcutoQ.
The week preceding Easter . gen.
eral house cleaning is INDUCED in.
Carpets are lifted. window curtains
taken down. rooms papered, cupboards
secured inside and out and furniture
vanished. Everything old is discard
ed and new bought. Dishes that are
cracked or nicked. old kettles and
everything about the kitchen Is re-
placed with new. Old clothes are
cast aside and new ones bought, and
In the ancient times the old ones were
buried. During Pasach week the table
Is pread with new expensive linen and
cut glass and silver dishes are brought
out and used. The table Is decorated
with plates of choice fruit Two silver
candle sticks are on one end OF the Ia
BILE and II candle goes out after being
lit gentle Is called in to HIGHT It.
During dinner on the frat day speech
es are made in German or Hebrew
language.
They do not cook with flour during
Easter week. and NO bread is kept in
the house or anything made with flour.
No pie is used and but very little
cake. A few deny themselves cream
In coffee or any special thing they
are fond of.
| A large box Of motzos with some
small sacks of motzos meal IL gent
prepared from the large cities. The
most delicious things are made with
motzos meal Spice cake, macaroons,
hot cakes and dumplings A great
many fresh eggs are used In cooking
Geese and duck are nicely roasted,
choice potatoes are baked and much
preserved fruit and Jelly is used.
| A beef sausage called kosher is pre-
pared In large cities and used, which
Is supposed to bo blessed No bought.
en- drinks are used during Pasach
week. They make pure raisin wine
and Easter beer. The beer does not
have the bitter taste OF the boughten
| beer and is sweet. One can not get
intoxicated on 1t. They also make
something from beet juice and vinegar
called bosh. 1t is served hot.
No women can beat the Jewish
women cooking meats. soups. noodles
or coffee cake Their cooking is rich
and well seasoned In place Of using
lard they use butter. goose grease
and suet. One who is a lover of pork
does not miss It In the Jewish homes
where all kinds OF fowl, beef, lamb
and mutton are well cooked.
There Is great difference between
the orthodox and tho reformed Jews.
The younger class do not pretend to
keep up with the many customs and
rules OF the orthodox. although some
of them are very pretty. One of the
ancient customs was to leave light
burn twenty-four hours on each ami
versary Of the death OF a near rela.
tive.
Jews dressed the corpse in the finest
OF linen. The hands were opened to
show that they could take nothing
from this world with them and they
were buried In a plain coffin. No
flowers were accepted and all debts
were paid over the grave.
In ancient times the Jewish woman
used to dress in loose robes and with
hair falling around their shoulders
they would bathe in a sacred stream
Of water and bless themselves. pray
ing that many children would be born
| to them.
| The ancient Jews would not eat
| beef or fowl with out It had been
killed by a rabbi who stood with .
large knife that had been blessed and
examined every vein. II It was not
found In a perfectly healthy condi
tion they would not eat It, Some Of
the orthodox Jews were 10 religious
they paid gentle to start their
fires on their Sabbath. which IL Sat.
urday to Us. Their church II On
Friday night.
| The Jewish religion IL not great
deal different than Gentiles. They DO
not believe the Messiah has come yet
and In ancient times the door was left
open each night Of Easter week that
he might enter.
Most Jewish people are well posted
on the Bible and can talke interest
Ingly on ancient history.
The Jewish people are fond OF dane
ing. The rabbi and his wife often tax.
ing part In dances. But they do not
dance during Easter week. They are
also fond OF society and card playing
aad like to dress well and wear good
jewelry.
One day of Easter week Is called
Atonement day. And they fast and
pray all day. ALI old enemies are for.
given and they start out on life anew.
The motzos crackers they use during
Easter are to represent the mama or
bread that was promised from heaven
when Moses led the Jews through the
Red sea whose waters had been d.
! vided that they might cross over.
Even the children look upon the bread