THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, Sept. 25, 1959 — 1 0
High Holiday Services Set at Veterans Bldg.
Selichot's Midnight Prayers of Penitence
to Mark Opening of High Holiday Season
Traditional Selichot services,
which usher in a week of spe-
cial penitential prayers as a
prelude to the High Holy Day
season, will be observed in all
Orthodox and many Conserva-
tive, synagogues this Saturday
night.
Following is a schedule of
Selichot services and announce-
ments on fina'_ plans regarding
holiday preparations in our con-
gregations:
Cong. Bnai David
FIour-and-a-half long services
beginning at 12 midnight will
be preceded by a sermonette by
Rabbi Hayim Donin. The serv-
ices, open to the community,
will be conducted by Cantor
Hyman J. Adler and a 16-voice
choir.
Young Israel of Oak-Woods
A High Holiday Institute is
planned for 10 p.m., Saturday,
prior to Selichot services at
midnight. Combining religious
theory with practice, the pro-
gram will include a discussion
of holiday customs and their
history.
Participating in the session
will be Rabbi Yaakov I. Horn-
nick, and Cantor David Green-
baum. A tea will follow the
institute.
Beth Aaron Synagogue
"The Summons of the Spirit"
is the topic of a sermonette to
be delivered by Rabbi Benja-
min H. Gorrelick at midnight,
Saturday. Cantor Ihil Gildin and
the choir, directed by Abe
Silver, will chant the prayers.
The public is invited.
In addition to major services
in the main sanctuary, Beth
Aaron will hold a •service for
teen-agers and- five other youth
services during the High Holy
Days.
Cong. Shaarey Shomayim
Cantor Leibele Ritter, of New
York,- will . officiate at Selichot
services at 12 midnight Satur-
day. The public is invited to
participate.
Cong. Bnai Moshe
The. first Selichot services in
the new sanctuary will be held
at midnight Saturday. Rabbi
Moses Lehrman will officiate,
and the service will be chanted
by Cantor Louis Klein.
Cong. Beth Shaloni
Rabbi Mordecai S. Halpern
and Cantor Ruben Erlbaum will
officiate at Selichot services
planned for midnight Saturday.
The public is invited.
Cong. Khal Charedim
Under the spiritual leader-
ship of Rabbi Herman Deutsch,
High Holy Day services will
take place at 12512 Dexter.
Tickets are available daily at
the synagogue, at the residence
of the rabbi, 3045 Fullerton, or
by calling TO 8-8787..
Livonia Jewish Cong.
Services will be conducted at
Botsford Inn by this newly-
organized synagogue, meeting
for the second year to conduct
High Holy Day services.
Tickets are available from
any of the following: Jerome
Friedman, GR 6-1772; Abe Torn-
kiiis, GR 6-0359; Milt Stone, GA
2-7861; or Norm Fellander, KE
7-5192.
Cong. Mishkan Israel
Cantor Shimon Greenfield will
officiate at Selichot services
planned for 12 midnight on Sat-
urday.
Evergreen Jewish Cong.
Selichot services at midnight,
Saturday will be conducted by
Cantor Morris Kaminsky.
Beth Abraham Synagogue
Rabbi Israel I. Halpern will
preach and Cantor Shabtai Ack-
erman will officiate, together
with the synagogue choir,
directed by Israel Fuchs, at
11:45 p.m. Selichot services on
Saturday.
Cong. Ahavas Achim
Special High Holiday services
for young people, 13 to 20, are
being arranged in the audito-
rium of the Esther Berman
Branch of the United Hebrew
Schools on Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur.
Moshe Zirin, instructor in
Talmud and Bible at the Mid-
rasha, will officiate as cantor
and Torah reader. Other par-
ticipants are Andrew Kohen,
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ner, to be held Nov. 15, at the
Latin Quarter, are Dan A.
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David Goldberg is treasurer,
and Joseph Lee is secretary.
Cong. Shomrey Emunah
Announces
High Holy Day Services
To Be Held in the Air-Conditioned
Schauer Auditorium
(L.Z.I.-19161 Schaefer Hwy.)
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Achim Youth Group; and
Louis Weingarden, AZA
leader.
Admission to all young
people in the community is by
ticket, which may be obtained
at the synagogue office, 19190
Schaefer.
Junior congregation service
for boys and girls 7 to 12, and
a children's service for 4 to 6-
year-olds also are planned in
the Berman Bldg.
Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah
Traditional midnight Selichot
services on Saturday will be
conducted by Cantor Ernest
Greenfield.
Young Israel of NW Detroit
Selichot services will be held
at 12 midnight, Saturday.
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Selichot services are planned
at 12 midnight, Saturday, and
will be conducted by Cantor
Eugene Greenfield.
Young Israel of Greenfield
Membership in any Young
Israel branch will be honored
at High Holy Day services, ac-
cording to Louis Harris, presi-
dent. A holiday seating com
mittee will be at the syna-
gogue, 15150 W. 10 Mile, from
11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to accommo-
date all worshippers. For infor-
mation, call TE 4-4145.
Downtown Synagogue, as has butions by worshipers for
been its practice on the High additional funds.
Holy. Days for several years,
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will again hold services in the
Veterans Memorial Bldg., 151
W. Jefferson, on Rosh Hasha-
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Cantor Morris Cooper, who
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conducts the daily services of
Dual Controls
the congregation, will officiate
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during the holidays.
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Selichot Facts
BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright, 1959, JTA, Inc.)
Why are the Selichot
prayers recited in the very
early hours of the morning?
The Selichot prayers are
penitential prayers which seek
to plead for the Almighty's for-
giveness. The Talmud (Abodah
Zarah 3a) relates that the last
three hours of the night (which
are the first three hours of the
morning) find the Almighty
closest to this world, while at
other times he is further re
moved. It is thus, in the wee
hours of the morning, in the
midst of the stillness of the
early dawn, that man finds him-
self closest to his Maker. It is
also stated that when the Pa-
triarch Abraham was c alled
upon for the supreme test, he
arose early in the morning.
When Moses prepared himself
to meet the Almighty at Sinai
he arose early in the morning.
It seemed, therefore, that the
early morning hours were the
periods when man can best
appeal to the Creator.
Why do some insist that
the Cantor who leads the
prayers during the Selichot
period and during the High
Holiday period be a married
man with a family?
This was the feeling of the
German pietists of the Medieval
period. It was felt that a man
who had to bear the cares and
problems of marriage and sup:
porting a family would better
appreciate the needs of the
populace which he led in
prayer than one who never had
faced these problems in life.
Why do some fast during
the week preceding Rosh
Hashanah?
An occasion when people
seek penitence is one which
calls for fasting. Thus, Selichot
period, being one of penitence,
is the occasion for f a s tin g.
Many would fast the first day
of the Selichot. Others would
fast as many as two or three
days in a row. Some make a
special practice of fasting the
day before Rosh Hashanah so
that the last day of the Hebrew
Year be spent in e x t r e m e
penitence to atone for the rest
of the days of the year which
were spent in sin. The general
idea was to use all of the pos-
sible means to humble a man's
soul in order to bring on the
spirit of penitence.
THE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE
1442 Griswold
WO 4-8499 or TO 6-1508
Sponsored by the
Isaac Agree Memorial Society
Announces that High Holiday Services
will be held at the
151. W. Jefferson
Friday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday 8 p.m.
CANTOR MORRIS COOPER
will conduct services
Cantor Cooper
George A. Agree, Pres.
CONG. BETH TEFILO-EMANUEL TIKVAH
Located at WYOMING and MARGARETTA
is informing its members and those who reside. in the Northwest
section that a committee will be present in the synagogue each
day from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
PLEASE come and get your tickets
the High Holidays.
for
The Synagogue building is new and com-
fortably air-conditioned.
CANTOR ERNEST GREENFIELD will con-
duct the services.
The sermons for the High Holidays will be
delivered in both Yiddish and English by
Cantor Greenfield RABBI LEIZER LEVIN, spiritual leader of
the Congregation and his well known scholarly son RABBI
ABRAHAM LEVIN.
Morris Dorn, President.
THE OFFICERS OF THE NEW
MISHKAN ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
14000 W. 9 Mile Road, Oak Park
LI 8-2666
REQUEST THE JEWISH POPULATION OF THIS NEIGHBOR-
HOOD TO ARRANGE FOR THEIR SEATING FOR THE COMING
HIGH HOLIDAYS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE SYNAGOGUE IS AIR CONDITIONED AND HAS ALL
FACILITIES.
SPIRITUAL LEADER — RABBI ISAAC STOLLMAN will
officiate and the Renowned CANTOR, REVEREND SHIMON
GREENFIELD will lead the HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES.
The TICKET COMMITTEE is at the SYNAGOGUE from
5:00 P.M. through 9:00 P.M. daily, except Friday and Saturday;
and from 12:00 Noon on Sunday.
TRADITIONAL SELICHOT SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT
12 MIDNIGHT THIS SATURDAY, SEPT. 26. CANTOR GREEN-
FIELD WILL OFFFICIATE. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO
ATTEND.