Assembly to Mark Yom Kippur Katan
In keeping with the traditional
practice of observing "Yom Kip-
pur Katan" ("minor Yom Kip-
pur") on the eve of Rosh Hodesh
Elul, last month in the Hebrew
calendar year, the Council of Or-
thodox Rabbis has arranged for a
public assembly 7:30 p.m. Thurs-
day at the Beth Tefilo Emanuel
Tikva Synagogue.
Past Leaders to Take Part
in Temple Israel Service
Past presidents of Temple Israel
and its affiliate groups will lead
Sabbath eve service 8:30 p.m. to-
day at the temple.
The sermon will be delivered
by Charles L. Goldstein, a past
president of both the temple and
the men's club. Goldstein will
speak on "The Bible and Cur-
rency."
Participants in the service are
Morton H. Barris, temple presi-
dent, and Sol I. Stein and Julian
S. Tobias, past presidents; Irving
A. Levy, Hyman Jackson, Morton
Bechek, Reuben Levine and Ben
Bagdade, men's club past presi-
dents, and Irving J. Rosenthal, cur-
rent president; and Donald Schiff
and Joseph Hacker, Couples Club
past presidents. Also in the serv-
ice are Mrs. Morton H. Barris and
Mrs. Nathaniel H. Goldstick, wives
of past presidents.
The service will follow the an-
nual Past Presidents Sabbath Eve
Dinner, to which all past leaders
of the temple and the affiliate
groups have been invited.
Anti-Israel Clause
in Bratislava Pact
Disturbs Czechs
PRAGUE (JTA) — Distress is
growing among Czech intellectuals
and particularly the youth over the
government's acceptance of a
clause condemning "Israeli aggres-
sion" in the communique issued
Aug. 3 at the conference of East-
ern European Communist Party
leaders at Bratislava.
Some circles are sharply critical
of party leader Alexander Dubcek
who they believe should have ob-
jected to the anti-Israel wording.
Many of the 6,000 participants in
the recent Communist Party Con-
gress have expressed such opinions
in interviews published in the eve-
ning newspaper Vecerni Praha.
The objections are attributable
to a large measure of good will
toward Israel in many Czech cir-
cles despite the fact that diploma-
tic relations with that country were
severed after the Six-Day War and
have not been restored.
But even more evident is the
feeling that with the growing in-
ternal liberalization, Czechoslova-
kia should have struck out for a
more independent foreign policy
and that the Bratislava conference
and the earlier talks with Soviet
and other Communist chiefs at
Cierna was the time to do it.
Many Czechs are still fearful
that a "deal" was made with the
Soviets at Cierna despite official
assurances to the contrary. In gen-
eral they believe that a foreign pol-
icy dominated by dogmatic Stal-
inist prejudices such as hostility
toward Israel is not compatible
with the liberalization at home.
Bonn Justice Minister
Calls For Statute's End
BONN (JTA)—Dr. Gustav Heine-
Mann, the West German minister
'of justice, said in an interview pub-
lished here that the statute of lim,
:litations on the prosecution of
.erimes of murder and genocide
should be abolished.
Dr. Heinemann told the Social
Democratic Party weekly, "Vor-
' ,Waerts," that "we Germans should
: .not wait until the United Nations
decides on this but should do it our-
selves now." The minister of jus-
tice has, in the past, called for the
abolition of the statute of limita-
tions which is scheduled to go into
effect at the end of 1969. It would
'bar all further prosecution of war
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". ),OnitfaS:charged :youth "u ~ rder,,
After Yom Kip p u r Katan
prayers are recited in unison,
Minha services will be held.
Rabbi Leizer Levin, spiritual
leader of Beth Tefilo and presi-
dent of the Rabbinical Council,
and other members of the Detroit
rabbinate will address the as-
sembly.
Rabbi Levin, in a statement on
behalf of the Rabbinical Council,
said:
"As the month of Elul is now
approaching and `Yomim Noraim,'
the High Holidays, will soon be
with us, with the help of the Al-
mighty let us utilize these sacred
days for religious awakening to
T'shuva, T'fila and Z'daka, repen-
tence, prayer, charity and good
deeds."
Temple Won't Be Rebuilt
on Mosque Site, Moslems
Assured by Jerusalem
ERUSALEM (JTA)—Moslem re-
ligious leaders in East Jerusalem
were assured by the ministry for
religious affairs that there were no
plans to reconstruct the Temple on
its original site.
Rumors to that effect had dis-
turbed the Moslems. The Temple
site includes what is now the El
Aksa Mosque behind the Western
Wall, one of the holiest shrines of
Islam.
The rumors apparently origin-
ated in a discussion among a group
of biblical scholars about building
a synagogue in a Moslem-owned
building near El Aksa.
The ministry for religious affairs,
in a statement, said that there was
not intention to rebuild the Temple
"in our days" because according to
tradition the new Temple "will not
be constructed by men but by the
heavens."
Some of the Moslem leaders were
said to be skeptical of the explana-
tion and are awaiting further de-
velopments.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 16, 1968-15
Weekly Quiz
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.)
Why is a special benediction
made over wine in contradiction
to other liquids over which a gen-
eral benediction for all liquids
is pronounced?
The Talmud (Berakoth 35b) ex-
plains that wine is- considered in
a special category by itself be-
cause it "gladdens the hear t."
Thus its effect is, not only to
quench one's thirst, but to gladden
one's emotions. One of the mysti-
cal sources (Rokeach) explains
that a special benediction is used
for wine because wine is used for
many holy occasions such as the
Kiddush on the Sabbath and festi-
vals, circumcisions, redemption
ceremonies, weddings, etc. Ano-
ther source (Bnai Yissachar) ex-
plains that wine is crowned with
a special blessing before consum-
ing it because it has a distinct
property which is uncommon to
other fruits. Other fruits lose their
original properties and tend to de-
teriorate when they go through a
process of fermentation. Wine, on
the other hand, becomes more
precious with age and through the
fermentation process; thus, a spe-
cial benediction is in order before
drinking it.
Why is the 134th Psalm re-
cited in many synagogues be-
fore the evening service takes
place?
Generally speaking, the rabbis
required that a service of a syna-
gogue should not begin without
setting the mood of the congrega-
tion to make it ready for prayer.
The rabbis in the Talmud (Ber-
akot 4b) said that a man who comes
from the field in the evening and
enters the synagogue should either
read from the Scriptures or study
the Tora before he starts his
prayers. Some contend that this is
a means of tying together the study
of the Tora and the act of prayer.
As an introduction to the evening
services, the rabbis selected the
134th Psalm because it contains
the verse which refers to the righ-
teous as "standing in the House
of the Lord in the evenings." It
should also be said that tying
together the study of the Tora
and the act of prayer unites the
two great ideals of Judaism—study
and worship. It makes prayer a
more intelligent activity as it
makes study a warm, emotional
exercise.
Cyprus Govt., JNF Sign
Afforestation Agreement
JERUSALEM (JTA)—An agree-
ment providing for an exchange
of technical know-how on affore-
station problems was signed here
Sunday by Sharon Weitz, director
of the afforestation department of
the Jewish National Fund, and
his counterpart of the Cypriot gov-
ernment.
The exchange will go into effect
at the end of summer when the
planting season begins.
Weitz recently spent some time
on Cyprus studying its afforesta-
tion needs and it was agreed that
each country would provide the
other with seeds and saplings as
well as forestry- technicians. The
climate in Cyprus is similar to
that of Israel.
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