The Denver Jewish news., 1920-09-29
BY JOS. L. MALAMuTH.
written for the Jewish News.)


inquired.
He laughed aad shook his heao
ironically. whats wrong: You'd
better tell me what's right And
without giving ME u chance to reply,
he continued:
| .'Some Simchas Torah in your
America Did you go to SHOOT today
of course not. Do you know we hard-
Iy had minyan. And how long did
they stay In Shoot? About half
an hour. Jake said the junk. yard Is
all alone. and he must go back. and
Chain said there Is only one clerk III
his. store and he cant trust him, ana
David did not come at all. In the
minya.i there were three that did nor
even open the slider. and SimchaS
Torah looked more like a funeral than
anything else. Yes. some SmchaS
Torah. tell you"
had to admit. that it was too bad
| if this was the case, and after Rch
| Moishc had won my sympathy. he be
gan telling me of Simchas T"rah ~
he remembered it at home. in the OH
country.
..Do you know what IL chasid is:
am chasid. and do you know what
II rabbi Is. II chasidic rabbi:
".Iust listen. | will tell you of u
Simcllas Torah | remember.
| 1.-The town came from is Snitkoff
! only n hundred Jews there. but all
chasidim, real chasidim, with an in
spring love for the rabbi. with fear
If God and admiration for tlir
Torah!
.srhc rabbi does not ike in Snitkofi
hut in Kurilowitz, nearby town
That does mt worry chasidim. They
pack their talcisiin. and machsorim,
and on cllol Hamocd Succoth off they
Inurch from Snitkoff to kuriloMitz to
celebrate Sinplias Torah at tina rabbi =
palace. to davcn at the rnbbi's "klois.
and to eat and drink at his table.
Did you ever hear chasitfz4 sihc
while ma rching to the rabbi on the eve
Of Yom-tov? y group Of fifteen or
twenty Jews. Ill dressed in tbeir best.
long, black sntin or velvet kapotcs.
with sillen "gartles,' and faceS full
Of joy and optimistic spirit, they
march. and sing in II chorus:
WAS mir zenen. zenen mir.
/ Ober Iitlen zenen mir
Was mir tuhrn tilhcn mir.
Ol,cr Colt loibcn mir,
And rain or storm we do not mind.
Chasidim are Chasidim
And when fifteen Snitkoffcr Chas!-
dim come to Kurilowitz. where do you
think they first go? To II hotel? No.
sir no hotels in Kurilowitz. The
rabbits palace is the hotel
First we 90 to the Milivah ana
then to Synagog and the rabbi is al
ready there. Did you ever see Hnrub
Yechlekcl Kurliowitz:
"A tall. straight. magnificent figure.
with white silvery beard, and a beau
tiful face shining with modcstE and
pety. and eyes of fire that burr. when
they look at you. and when you come
near the rabbi you actually begin to
shivcr. Just as you would if stand
ing before II king. Yes, n king.
but whcnlyous laven' at his minyan,
while he is the "chazan." then you
feel that in the "davnen" there is life,
joy, aspiration, and you wish you
could only live to 'laven' Ill your life
there is 'zmiros.' there is happiness III
every "tcfiloh" in every "hrocE"l.
.'.lnd Simchas Torah: DO you know
what Simchas Torah in kurilowitz
was? ...
Every Jewish human being came to
the. KIois. There is room for fiv"
hundred. but women, even children
and infants packed the 'Kluis.
"Simclas Tornh. do you understand:
the rejoicing with the Tordh? /
".Hakofos' with the Torah. The
rabbits hakOfos: 4 march with
Torahs. and every Toruh with silver
and golden crown. and the rabbi dress
ed in his majestic velvet Kopot". ami
fur shtramcl First the rabbi leads ia"
Hakofo march with Il T"rah, and all
The chasidim join him also. with /
Torahs in arms, and Il new song at
every hakofo and II new dance. y
chnsidiSh "rikudel'' follows every
"Zcmer." and all the school children
Join the dance. and how they sing
How they cheer how merrily they clap .
their hands. and while they dance you
feel that the Torah. the Mcnorah on .
the 'Omid,' the candles. the walls
everything i'll the 'klOis' dances ana .
sings. and the rabbi himself orders