Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-04-21
PESACH PASSOvE R
To BEGIN THIS
EVENING
Week Of Observance Of Event
In Jewish Calendar lnaugu-
rated with Feast Commemo-
rating Exodus from Egypt

Hrg.uuing this evening and e0ntlnu.
ing throughout the week. the posact
I Passover. commem0ratlng the cxodul
from Egypt will hc ushered u
with special services az Temple
! Albert and services in Jewish
homes. The home service. ehien +
called the soder. is featured by ths
spcltaiiou ~ prayers. tho singing ol
songs and the recountlng OF tine story
81 the exodus th, latter being don,
h1 The head of tho family The Feast
u the Enleafcned Bread also bcrlns
For the wock only unlcavencd bread is
eaton THE services this evening ~
Temple Albert wili begin a. 6f3d and
on Friday night special service Wiil
take place boz observance 0f the
Passover with special music and q
sermon on Law and iihefty hs the
rabbi. Dr Mendol silhcr
The history of the pesach Passover
i~ intcresting IL commemorate thp
spafng of the lsraclitc first-burn and
the escape out Of Egypt n falls on
the first fun moon of the spring. from
the fourteenth 10 the twenty-hrst Of
the munth Of Nizn. Al this festival
the israelites while they remained ln
possession Of Palestine. assembled In
the tabernacle. and from solomons
time ln the temple. During the eight
days of the feast they were command
cd to eat only unleavencd bread bee
causo their husty departure from
Egypt obliged them to take their
dough with them unlravcncd hence
the name 0f the Feast ~ t'nloayeucd
ilfcud Every family ate. ON the eyc-
ming OF the first day, amb served
up without breaking the bones offer
lngs of firsilings of the flOcks and
herds, nnd first fruits were presented
iu the temple The Passover was and
indeed with the orthodox Jews ~ the
principal jewish annual festival The
Seder Is the great Jewish annual fam
ily reunion of the year Wherever the
Traveller may be the rest 81 the year.
his mind rests not IA the spring un-
til he IL safely home again SO he may
take part Ia the seder around the
family table.
The master af the house occupies
the scut Of honor At thu head OF the
table lie is clothed boz his best. over
which be- wears his white linen death
-hfpud the kluel a skull-oap Of SILK
90 velvet covers his patriarchal head
and he rests his arms on SOFT pillows
enclosed in shams of immaculate
whlteness 81 hls right sits his wife
"a hts loft his eldest SON. guests. sons
daughters ano scrtants il there be
tny ocoupl the remaining soats at the +
liable aud symbolic The equality of
ii. before man and God and com
Hematate the onc-tmo slavery of ali
'efael ON the table directly In front
If pafcr-famlias IL plate ON which
hfoc flat cakes known as mazoth.
ift placed. each covered with spot
ess white cloth on napkin close at
lard b dish which contains por-
ION Of the shoulder of the shank Of
fowl With small Mt Of meat at
aehed roaslcd 900 the Goals almost
q The point Of ehnfflne Ia this dish
ne may observe an egg. peeled Of no
he'll. that has bocu roasted hard Ia
got ash a third dish containing
oodla portion of hurscradish or 9TH
r bitter hdrb. and fourth holds the
'harosctli--a cement-likc paste. made
4 nuts apples ana spices at various
ind-
Each of these DISHES has its peculiar
The muizoth represents
rr unlcaAone doueh which the Is
ANlltrs Carried with them un their
.ighl oul oi bondage the shank bone
+ shoulder -hmde represent the pnsch-
lamb which was hy ftr the most
feature of the Passover In
hr days of tho temple. HE bitter
eths stand as reminder of the bu-
~ daNe 81 slavery IA the Kingdom of
hp rhauohs
The Passover celebration of TODAY
llfcrs of course. from lhat Of two
housand years ago. yct ID differs only,
asufar us the ghangpd eivu and eco-
onde conditions have had tholr cr-
.ct an Jewish lie