Vr—TTPT.,1t tarfzsg.: 16–Friday, December 31, 1971 SYNAGOGUE 21/11. 4 1421Vg1t 11114 473C1 3g7 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS S ERVICES TEMPLE BETH JACOB of Pontiac: Services 8 p.m. today Rabbi Berkowitz will speak on "I Will Lift Up the Cup Of." CONG. BNAI ISRAEL of Pontiac: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday, Rabbi Berman's sermon will be "Let Us Share Our Blessings." CONG. 1113ISHKAN ISRAEL: Services 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Satur- day. Rabbi Kranz will speak on "Such Is Life." TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Fram's sermon will be on "1971—a Review of This Year of Crisis." Services 11 a.m. Saturday. TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 7:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Rosenbaum will speak on "What Do You Think About 'Fiddler on the Roof'?" CONG. BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Halpern's sermon will be "The Benefits of Two New Years." CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 4:45 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. Saturday. Rabbi Lehrman will speak on "Generation Cobedveness." CONG. BETH MOSES: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday. David Goldman and Michael Craig, Bnai Mitzva. CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Victor Kay, Bar Mitzva. Regular services will be held at Shaarey Zedek, Young Israel of Oak Woods, Temple Kol Ami, Cong. Bnai David, Cong. Adas Shalom, Temple Beth El, Cong. Shaarey Shomayim, Birmingham Temple, Livonia Jewish Congregation, Cong. Shomrey Emunah, Cong. Beth Isaac of Trenton, Cong. Bnai Jacob, Cong. Beth Hillel, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah and Downtown Synagogue. Knife Over Halla By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX Some people run the knife over the halla on the Sabbath before making the benediction (the Motze) over the bread. The general rule in Jewish tra- dition is to make the benediction as close as possible to the act which One is performing. In this case, the matter involves making the benediction before the act of eating bread. Since the Sabbath requires pronouncing the benedic- tion over a whole loaf, the act of cutting a piece off before eating any of it would be an interruption between the benediction and the actual act of eating the loaf, or part of it. On the other hand, to cut the slice off before making the benediction would involve one in pronouncing the benediction on a piece rather than on the whole of the loaf. Thus one begins the cut- ting by passing the knife slightly over the halla so that the actual cutting has begun before the bene- diction. Therefore, the benediction is as close as possible to the eating of the bread and yet is pronounced over the whole loaf because the cutting has as yet not severed the piece from the whole. The general insistence that the benedictions be made as close as possible to the act is to insure that every human act is as closely linked as possible to a spiritual experience. (Copyright 1971 JTA, Inc.) Rabbis insist that the benedic- tion be made over a whole loaf on the Sabbath and do not nec- essarily insist on this require- ment during the rest of the week. Rabbis do not insist on this re- quirement throughout the week because it is not always possible to begin a whole loaf at every meal during the week. First, what is one supposed to do if one does not finish the loaf at a previous meal. Second, there are many who simply cannot afford to begin a whole loaf at every meal. Geneial- ly, the experience of beginning a new loaf was a luxurious experi- ence. Hence, such luxuries were reserved for the Sabbath to show that the Sabbath is a special day, unlike the ordinary day, and even one's daily bread is more luxurious on the Sabbath. The halla itself is usually a "richer" kind of bread than the ordinary bread eaten dur- ing the week. Kantrowitz to Give Bnai Moshe Talk on Heart Surgery For tickets, call the synagogue Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz will de- Community," was appointed chair- liver the second lecture in Cong. man of Sinai 'Hospital's depart- office, LI 8-9000. Students will be admitted at half-price. Bnai Moshe's Town Hall Series ment of surgery in 1970. Former p.m. Jan. 9 at the synagogue. director of cardiovascular surgery Dr. Kantrowitz, who will speak at Maimonides Hospital in New on "Modern Heart Surgery and the York, he is a full professor of sur- gery at Wayne State Medical School. He performed the first Vandals Damage heart transplant in the United • Selected fine jewelry States and recently installed an ar- E. Berlin Synagogue and Diamonds tificial heart pump device in a Large Selection of BONN (JTA)—The synagogue in patient at Sinai. - Fine Opal Jewelry the Reichstrasse in East Berlin Audience questions will be hand- Watch and Jewelry Repair has been badly damaged by van- ed to him by-a panel consisting of dals, according to reports reach- Larry Rockind, Town Hall series LI 7-5068 ing here. chairman; Norbert Reinstein, past Neer Post Office The well-known Jewish ceme- president of the congregation; and 13720 W. 9 Mile tery in East Berlin has also been Abraham Brickner, executive di- the target of attacks, it was re- rector, Michigan Heart Association. ported, and several youths have been arrested. Heinz Galinski, bead of the West Berlin Jewish community, said that valuable windows in the synagogue HAS CHOICE DATES AVAILABLE FOR had reportedly been smashed, prayer books torn to pieces, and • WEDDINGS • BAR MITZVAHS • PARTIES furniture and walls damaged. • BANQUETS • SHOWERS • ALL OCCASIONS 8:15 OAK PARK WATCH REPAIR KOZIN KOSHER CATERING Other Jewish sources said the attack on the synagogue was the first anti-Semitic incident to be reported from East Germany, which has had a Jewish com- munity of 1,560 since 1945. (There are some 4,500 Jews in West Berlin.) The East Berlin daily. Berliner Zeitung, denied the report -that a synagogue in East Berlin had been badly damaged by vandals. The newspaper said that "all that hap- pened was that a few children threw stones through the—windows of the synagogue's 'offices:" When the combined Berlin 'Jew- ish community celebrated its 300th anniversary last SepteMber, East Germany's religious affairs min- ister gave an official pledge that Jews could live safely in the East. The East German goverMent - -has financially aided the restoration of synagogues, cemeteries and Jewish -monuments destroyed by the Nazis. be honored at a dinner in the Judge Kaufman synagogue Jan. marking his 25th year of in- 25. volvement in community affairs. A Judge Nathan J. Kaufman Library will be established in the synagogue. As joivenile court judge, Kauf- man pioneered many programs to aid juveniles in distress and has been a friend of labor since his early days of active union-1 ism. He was assistant prosecu- tor, judge of common pleas and for many years a Circuit Court judge. Irwin I. Cohn is chairman of the Judge Nathan J. Kaufman Tribute Dinner. Co-chairmen are Dr. Robert Schlaff and Jack Schon. For tickets, call Beth Abraham-Hillel, 851 6880. - Beth Abraham-Hillel Offers Adult Classes Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel will inaugurate its adult education ser- ies 10 a.m. Jan. 16 with a course on basic Judaism led by Rabbi Israel I. Halpern and Rabbi Jerry Godfrey, principal of the congre- gational Hebrew schobl. Sessions will be held every Sun- day in the synagogue when He- brew school is in session, and will continue through May. The course will summarize the fundamental tenets of Judaism, its Scruples certainly make men customs and practices, its holidays miserable, and seldom make them and sanctions and taboos. The pub- lic is invited. good.—Samuel Johnson. IN THE BEAUTIFUL NEW BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL SYNAGOGUE , 626-0242 - 5075 W. Maple Rd. Between Inkster & Mickliebette-W. Bloom field Township SEE THE Billy Graham Movie ON Israel (HIS LAND) Presented By Temple Emanuel Brotherhood As A Community Service Jan. 13, 1972 — 8:30 p.m. 14450 W. 10 Mile — Oak Park INCOLN NTER Judge Nathan Kaufman to Receive Beth Abraham-Hillel Service Award Judge Nathan J. Kaufman of Wayne County Circuit Court has been named recipient of the first community service award of Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel. The honor is to be bestowed upon a community member who each year contributes to the wel- fare of the com- munity through personal effort and service. 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