El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-12
PASSOVER WEEK
OBEGIN MONDAY
Will be Celebrated at Tenn
pie Mt. Sinai for 7 Days;
Story of the Feast.

Passover week will begin Monday
evening. April II, and will continue un-
fl Sunday evening, April ss Services
win he held at temple Mt Sinai Monday
evening at p. m, and again on Tues
dav morning at 10 a. m. These will be
i'm charge Of rabbi Martin Zielonka.
rho services in connection with This
feast will close on April "a at 10 a. m.
story OF Feast.
OF the feast OF the Passover. rabbi
Zielonka has the following to saw:
1T is the first festival of emancipa-
ton in the history of civilization. Its
conmemoratiOn is based on the bibli-
cal narrative which tells how the peo-
nile of Israel enslaved in Egypt were
led from bondage to freedom bv the
great leader Moses.
seThe Passover festival speaks for
sanctity of the home as well as for self
resnect and liberty. The Jews accord
ingIv assemble in their homes on this
festival. and signalize 1t by a solemn
service in which the story of the an
Gent struggle for emancipation is re-
counted with pious fervor This Seder.
AS it is called. is unique in spirit and
FORM. It is earnest and vet happy, and
its ritual, though archaic, symbolizes
the facts OF human experience in all
conditions Of life. The roasted bone
reminiscent Of the paschal lamb of the
first Passover: the bitter herbs calling
to mind the hard labor of the Israelit-
ish slaves: the unleavened bread,
known as the bread Of affliction' sym
bolizing the hasty departure from
Egypt; the roasted egg, recalling the
individual sacrifice which was offered
in the temple: the mixture of grated
apple, nuts and wine, suggesting the
CLAW from wnich bricks were made by
the cnslaved people, and the parsley
and salt water, symbolic of growth and
the fertilizing freshness OF spring, in
vest the domestic ceremony with a real
and forceful meaning.
The Open Door.
a beautiful and most suggestive
part of the service is the open door,
through which the messianic prophet
Elijah enters every home that night,
a splendid expression of the great ideal
which the prophets Of Israel announced
will become real some day when men
will cease to hate and begin to do jus
tice.
1T is customary to remove all Ieaven
out of the household in preparation for
the feast. Leaven is the symbol of the
sordid. and refers to those who are
unemancipated from the commonplace
things During the feast, only matzoth
and not bread. are eaten. The distinct
i've spirit Of the feast finds expression
even in the specific food.
story Of Exodus.
THE Haggadah. the order OF the do
nestle service. read on the night when
the family gathers about the common
table. comprises the narrative Of the
exodus from Egypt the account OF the
oppression which the ancient lsraelites
endured. and is not without It's covert
illusions to the pathetic story OF Israel
in more recent times in the midst OF the
lInI1ind nations. The Haggadah also IN
cIudes a special group Of psalms (CAllI-
CXVTTD and a number of medieval
poems.
Ancient Feast.
The Passover is the most ancient OF
the Jewish holidays and perhaps the
most ancient Of all holidays in the his
tory of religion, and no holiday is so
near to the truth Of human life as
s.The favorite book for reading dur
ing the Passover week is the Song or
songs 1t is the most classical song
of love in canonized literature and IS
read on this festival because. according
TO the traditional view. ii bespeaks
the love between God and Israel