An odd light on the anti-religious campaign now being conducted by the Jewish section of the Communist party in Soviet Russia in connection with the Passover festival was thrown by the commercial offer made by the Soviet cooperative representatives here to Jewish merchants and consumers’ cooperatives of Warsaw.
Kosher goose fat especially prepared for Passover, is greatly in demand in this city on the eve of the festival, for use by Jewish families to be eaten with the matzoth and for preparation of the special dishes during the holiday.
The representative of the Gostorg, the Soviet commercial agency here, has offered for sale goose fat especially prepared for the Passover in accordance with the strict rules of the Orthodox code. The jars of fat, prepared by the Soviet cooperatives of Charkoff, Kiev and Berditcheff, bear the labels “Kosher L’Pessach” (approved for Passover). The seal of Rabbi Levi Halevi Grossman, City of Kiev, is attached to each jar. Certificates of supervising rabbis attesting to the kosher preparation of the fats are also furnished. To make assurance doubly sure, the certificates of approval contain a (Continued on Page 4)
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