Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-04 | Page 6 | Passover April 14

PASSOVER. Ill 14 ; Observance of the fi-at of the rass-ovsr rass-ovsr will begin nu Monday night. April 14) and will b observed b all the Jewish people throughout the! world. Arrangement". It is said, have, been mad by the Jewish population of Ogden for its observance. In a pub-! Ilclty statement sent to all p-ipers, I Passover is described as the seven day I festival observed by the Jew in the, esrly sprlns: in commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt In ancient Jew j Ish life. It waa the first of the three I'll grim festivals, upon which every male Jew was required to present, himself In person at th.- central sane-, tuary in Jerusalem Although the PeaO over has certain feature in common with th universal spring festival. It is It historical significance which' give It lasting vitality. It la the great Independence day of tbe Jew; the first event in his national na-tional history, an etcnt which became fundamental in all bis thinking. Ms as evidenced by the frequent reference refer-ence the the great dellversn" The festival Is ushered in by a family fam-ily service. cild the Seder st which Certain s)mbolic ceremonials are observed. ob-served. Each participant and th lowliest is privileged to lit at the table that night Ih required to drink four cups of wine, in memory of the four promises made by ihe eternal to redeem re-deem Israel from bondage. On Ihe table are th unleavened cakes (Matzos). the shin bone of a lamb (roasted on the coals), commemorative com-memorative of the Paschal sacrifice, a roasted egg. a mixture of apples and nuts, (Charoseth), to symbolize the mortar with which the "Egyptians made bitter the lives" of the fathers, and bitter herbs (Maror) reminiscent of the unhappy days in BftTpt, In lotlg nnd sfory, the tale of the oppression and the deliverance l re hearsed. Psalms of thankschlng (Hallel). strlko the key note of the happy occasion. The services, Interrupted Inter-rupted for the family dinner, closes with a number of merry folk-sonks. J expressive of the character of thei festival, unleavened bread Is eaten Instead of tho usual leaven. In orthev! dox homes, great cnr' Is taken that! all traces of leaven be removed be-i fore the beginning of the festival. Sets' of dishes, otherwise unused, are pro-1 ridedL Services are held In the synagogues' and sermons preached In keeping With the thoughts of the festival. Excerpts from, or, In some cases, the whole of the book of Tho Song of Songs are read.