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The Bi ble

By RABBI
MORTIMER J. COHEN
Unfortunately, the Bible is
most often dressed in gloomy
black. This mislea0 us into be-
lieving that the le is a sad,
dismal book. Nothing could be
further from the'ttuth. On the
contrary, its pages shine with
the valiant • and 'ofiimes thrill-
ing deeds of daring. men and
brave women. It leaches wis-
dom for daily living: It sings of
love and adventure.. It records
great sacrifices and :noble faith.
It is filled with beautiful and
tender poetry. it is rich with
stirring drama. It contains ma-
jestic and eloquent oratory. It
describes battles and campaigns
of swift-moving, shrewd military
leaders: It recounts how the
Jews conquered a land for them-
selves, built a glorious kingdom
there,_ and played their role in
the international world of that
age. Across its pages those in-
spired men—the Hebrew proph-
ets — whose words still ring
through the centuries, proclaim-
ing that God wants men to live
righteously and act justly. -
The Bible also exposes all the
evil deeds men do that make
life dark and sad with pain and
sorrow. It does not hide the sins
of the great. It does not excuse
the mistakes of IsraeL It re-
cords everything. The Bible is
the story of a living, exciting
world, teeming with life and
struggle; good and evil, defeat
and triumph. This story. the
Bible tells with all its varied
lights and shadows. Truly, it
should be bound in the golden
colors of the sun.

Talmudic Tractate

A tractate of the Talmud is
called a "Masseket" or "Mas-
sekta."
It is believed that this terra
comes from a root meaning "to
weave" and that the expression
originally referred to the web
or the woof of the loom. From
this source the expression came
to signify a structure and then
a composite literary construc-
tion such as a tractate of the
Talmud. Some commentaries
draw a moral inference from
this expression, by claiming that
just as the passage back and
forth of the loom makes the
fabric ever stronger and better
constructed, so does our going,
back and forth over the Tal-
mudic tractate make our knowl-
edge and our faith ever stronger
and surer. It is interesting to
note that the English word
"text," coming from the Latin
"textus" also had this same
original meaning which stem-
med from a weaving operation.

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Y. I. -of Greenfield
Will Install Officers

Young Israel of Greenfield
will install ,officers 6 p.m. Sun-
day at the synagogue, 15150 W.
Ten Mile, Oak Park.
Three past presidents, Louis
Harris, Alex Kuhn, and Rev.
Aaron Grosshard, will be honor-
ed. Rabbi Joshua Sperka will
present them citations in recog-
nition of their service.
Rabbi Samuel Prero of Young
Israel of Northwest Detroit will
be installing officer. David
Greenbaum will present a pro-
gram of vocal selections.
Those to 'be installed are
Charles Gellman, president; Irv-
ing Hershman, vice - president;
Meyer Ensenberg, vice-president
and gabbai; Solomon B. Cohen,
rteasurer; and Alex Kuhn, sec-
retary. Dinner will be served.
A youth program for children
three-years-old and up is con-
du c . ted . by Barry Eisenberg on
Saturday afternoons at the
Young Israel of. Greenfield.
Leaders are Judy Berris, Sorrel
Berris and Beverly Mutchnick.

Israel Blind Students
Get I.B.M. Training

Israel will soon have a new
supply of office technicians —
blind men and women able to
operate I.B.M. machines.
In a report to Keren-Or, Inc.,
1133 Broadway, New York, Jacob
Igra, director-general c. the Jew-
ish Institute for the Blind in
Jerusalem, states that a class of
nine men and women has just
been formed to take the I.B.M.
course.
Seven of the participants are
high school graduates, and one
of them is a blind woman whose
husband is also sightless.
Cooperating fully with the Jer-
tisalem Institute for the Blind
in this new training project are
the Israel Ministry of Social Wel-
fare and the Ministry of Labor.
Keren-Or, Inc. is the support
wing of the Institute in the
United States.

Rabbi Hollander Will Address Chabad Lubavich

Rabbi David B. Hollander, master of the Detroit Symphony Chabad schools which train and
former president of Rabbinical Orchestra, will give a program educate over 30,000 boys and
Council of America and first of Chasidic melodies.
girls, and also the camps. For
rabbi since the 1917 revolution
The dinner will benefit the reservations, call UN 3-2900.
to visit Russian Jewry by offi-
cial authorization of the Rus-
sian Embassy, will be the guest
speaker at the
fifth annual
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dinner of Mer-
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kos L'Inyone i
'Chinuch (Cha-
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block
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of
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Judge Ira G.
Kaufman, pre-
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Wayne Coun--
.ty. William
Rabbi Hollander Hordes is the
chairman of the dinner com-
mittee.
Judge Kaufman will be hon-
ored for his "dedicated devo-
tion to the education and prac-
tical training of Jewish youth".
Rabbi Hollander was ordained
at Yeshivah University and is
a graduate of the Brooklyn Law
Excellent opportunity for an
School and Dropsie College. He
was a delegate to the World
Optometrist at NU - VISION
Zionist Congress in Jerusalem
and represented American Or-
OPTICAL'S new office in Ann
thodox Jewry at the chief Rab-
bis Conference in London. He
Arbor. . . . Qualified applicants
is the president of the New
York Metropolitan Board of
should contact Eli Shapiro at
Orthodox Rabbis and is the
spiritual leader of Mount Eden
Center in the Bronx, N.Y.
118 W. Kearsley in Flint or
He will endeavor to answer
such questions as: "What is the
call Flint—CEdar 8-7691.
truth about anti-Semitism and
the survival of Judaism in Rus-
sia and the satellites?"
Mischa Mischakoff, concert-

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Chesed Shel Ernes Will
Hold Services Daily

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ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE AND ITS AFFILIATES

The Chesed shel Emes (He-
brew Benevolent Society) on
Dec. 20 will begin holding ser-
vices '7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
daily with Sabbath services at
9 a.m. Saturday at its chapel,
2995 Joy.
The services are designed
especially to accommodate those
who are unable to continue
worship at Cong. Shaarey Ze-
dek since the congregation
moved to its new site in South-
field.

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Sisterhood, Men's Club, Married Couples Club

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cordially invite you to the

PRE-HANUKAH DINNER DANCE

SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1962

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at seven o'clock

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- During the- course of these Hanukah FeStivities

we will honor

BY HENRY LEONARD

MR. IRWIN I. COHN

and

MR. JOHN SKLAR

In recognition of distinguished service to

ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE

AND ITS NORTHWEST HEBREW MEMORIAL PARK

Adas Shalom Social Hall

Black tie optional

Cocktails at six-thirty o'clock

Please return your reservation card

$7.50 per plate

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