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Shabbat and the Jewish Holidays |
On the appointed day, the town awoke to the sound of a gay march. Everyone assembled, and at five o'clock the chief rabbi, dressed in his festive clothing, with his shtraml, his fur-trimmed hat, appeared together with other rabbis and the Jewish community's executive board. The klezmurim played the Polish national anthem, Jescze Polska nie zginela, which means "Poland will not disappear as long as we live," and the Jewish national anthem, Hatikvah, which means "Hope." The crowd formed a procession and walked to the accompaniment of happy music across Broad Street, along a back street, di alte valove, onto a meadow near the premises of the ritual slaughterer. The rabbi raised his arm to the east. The first rays appeared. then, little by little, the sun began to rise. The rabbi made a sign with his hand to start the prayers. The musicians prepared their sheets of music, Urish picked up his fiddle, and the ensemble played. I envision the rabbi standing on a table, and that is how I painted the scene. |
Kirshenblatt, Mayer
(1916-2009) |
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