Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-28
Will Be Observed By the
 Jewish People in Pine Bluff Next Week.
SPECIAL SERVICES
Children's Service And Eating of Un- Ieayened Bread Important
 Customs.

Beginning this year on Monday at sundown, April list, and lasting for one week, Pesach the annual Feast of Passover or of Unleavened Bread will be celebrated i'll Jewish Home and Synagogues. This, the oldest feast of the Jewish Calendar, car riec us back well nigh thirty-three hundred years. The awakening of Spring has it's normal appeals and it's practical symbolism to every pr mitive people. The agricultural aspect of this holiday is seen in the phrase That it is to be kept in Che season of the Month of Ripenings," when the barley sown in winter has become ripe and when an offering consisting of an omer (one-half gal lon) of barley was brought in grat- itude to the Giver of all good.
 The historical significance of the festival bas overshadowed it's agri- cultural aspect As The Feast of Freedom it commemorates the eman- cipation of Israel from Egyptian bondage and his entrance into the dignity and destiny of national life. r. thus marks the birth of the He brew people and the first Commen- wealth.. Here two million people walked forth as free citizens with out drop of blood having been split or sword unsheathed. The main characteristic of it's celebration has always been domestic; in the homes If families and the invited friends gather on the first and second eve nings to recount in song and story ] amid appropriate symbolism the de- 1 liverance of Israel The main sym bals of this Seller Service aud the Roa sted Lamb Bone reminding them of the lamb each Israelite slaugh- t7red as a sacrif ce of the Covenant: i: second, the Mazzah or Unleavened Bread to be eaten during the whole week, reca..;ng not only the nasty l
 preparation with which they hur ried out of Egypt but also their ab- solu"e reliance upon God and read mess to trust in His leadersh D of them; and the bitter herbs suggest ing wildly the bitter lfe Of their forefa,hers in Egypt which, even to- day, have not lost their poignant ap- plies tion. Two other symbols of he table decorations ought to be noted ,; ramely, for the four cups of Wine al lewod to each one ara strong re- n nders of the four-fold phrase in which God couched che first "Eec- laration of Independenca," and the Elijah who, always persent in spirit, brought ever anew the message of undying hope of the Messianic reign of universal justice, freedom and peace. The Feast of the Passover has not lost it's thrilling significance to the modern Jew. To those still pining in slavery in Russia and Rous man a, it sings the song of ultimate redemption, while to those living und:r the blessed flag of freedom it teaches the ceaseless lesson of grat- itude together with an appreciat ol of the higher civic duties and re- responsibilities of constitut onal lib erty.
 Among the Jewish people of Pine Bluff the festival will be observed in the various homes by the eating of the unleavened bread and in at least a few of the households by the Ssder service, which is symbolical -upper with ritual background go- ing over the story of the exodus from Egypt. In Temple Anshe Emsth special service will be held Monday night at 7:30 and Tuesday moi ming at 10 o'clock. Spec al at tention is given to the music in these services. After the general service on Monday night Seder service will be given for the children eff the Sabbath school and their par