A day of supplication and charity has been proclaimed to-day by the Warsaw Rabbinate for the 7th. of Adar, corresponding to Sunday, the 14th. inst., “for the purpose of raising help for those innumerable Jewish families in Warsaw among whom there is utter destitution.
In thousands of Jewish homes, the appeal says, there is actual starvation. On this day we hope that all Polish Jews who can still spare anything will contribute to the fund to save those who without this help will fall victims of hunger and cold.
The same day, Adar 7th., which occurs on Sunday, the 14th. inst., has been proclaimed by the German Federation of Orthodox Rabbis as a day of fasting and supplication (rep##ted in the J.T.A. Bulletin of the 5th. inst.), “because of the gravity of the present situation, and for a return to Torah and Mitzvoth”.
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