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Private Home Service Center Meeting Needs of Orthodox

THE DETROIT

JEWISH NEWS

Friday, July 7, 1972-21

By JOEL MANDELL:SALM
and BEN GALLOB'
(Copyright 19;7!. JT.h, Inc )

Theological Seminary. She switched named in memory of her late
Police Prevent Attempt of Young Israeli Arabs
from the Conservative school to father—gets its calls for assistance
the Young Israel Institute of Jew- mostly from Boro Park Jews. But Trying to Reclaim Sites Taken 25 Years Ago
A young Jewish matron has ish Studies because it is Orthodox. tome volunteers work w:th Jews
TEL AVIV (JTA1 --Emulating ' archbishop intervened to persuade
Mrs. Weiner's organization — in
created almost single-handedly a
Bronx. she said
tactics of Israeli Jews with an , the young Arabs to abandon the
multi-service center for Orthodox ,
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unauthorized
settlement effort, :25: effort quietly. He said, "I have a
Jews which operates out of her
young Israeli Arabs sought to re way of struggle through peaceful
Boro Park home in Brooklyn. The
turn to the sites of villages on the means."
services provided by Mrs. Sal
Lebanese border — from which
Ile told the group that he and a
Weiner's Beth David Organization
By BEN FRANK
City of Jerusalem. has been associ-
their fam i lies were evacuate d 25 Maromte bishop from Lebanon,
copyright
include opportunities for orthodox
JTA. Inc.)
ated with the institution for many
years
ago
—
were
foiled
prdic•
who
makes no annual visit to Is-
single men and Women to meet,
A concert pianist, a corporate of- years. Now in its Jubilee Year. the
tutoring of yeshiva students. com- ficer, a psychologist and a fashion Center has an office in the Pan-Ant - whn vet up blockades at the s.ila,_ze root, would try to persuade Israeli
panionship and help to blind and de.:Iner were among the many woo Building in New York City. But it entrances. authorities to permit resettlement
if the former villages,
mentally retarded Orthodox Jews.
In 1948,
"Clint years have been part of is at the center in Jerusalem where
When Mrs. Weiner was a child a ,mrituai revival that has brought courses are offered to young peo- ordered eva,..,t;
ikr.t
in Seattle, she was required to r- any to Kabala, according to the ple. The courses seek - to impart of Baram and
e.
lila ge
prepare a paper on Judaism to be Research Center for Kabala, with to the students a deep and pene- cause they felt the
confirmed at her Conservative offices ;n New York and Jerusa- trating insight of the Zohar, with too close to the Lebanese hen : ,
The villagers, mostly Chri '.it
special emphasis on the under-
synagogue. In doing research, she lem.
HUNDREDS
standing of the 10 Sefirot as per Maronites, were settled in 0 , 11, 7
became fascinated by the material
Kabala—Je•ia'n mysticism — ex-
OF NEW
In
the Lurianic concept. Hopefully, parts of northern Israel. Soria
ult traditional observances.
istrd for hundreds of years. The
their claims to their pro;.
CHEVROLETS
family, she said, was not particu- Zohar became the classic text of the student will become acquainted
w ith his reason for existence and
tarty observant but she continued
TO CHOOSE
med Kabala. It is the Lurianic concept
For security reasons. the tw ,- ,
understanding of the universe.”
to study Scriptures and the Code of Kabala which involves the Cen-
FROM
villages w ere leveled, except for
said the school.
of Jewish Law. By the time she ter.
one church.
was 17. she was observing the '
The
Center
publishes
honks
and
rabbi
Isaac Luria, called the .Atli
The young Arabs decided the
"
Sabbath in accordance with Ortho-
a master of Kabala. lived os a her- manuscripts and newsletters, such
time had come to return to those
(lox requirements.
Out of a strong identification mit for 13 years in Sated. Israel, in as in hookform the writings of
sites and followed Israeli tactics
1,7:0
These writings are
the ll.;th Century and sta,!:ed the
of setting up a stockade and a
to
is ith teenage girls who
she '.cant
for 'Lollar
until he • became a master know -, and this hod,
"tosser" fspe of settlement. Thee
become observant, -
in his own right, with a devoted of Eat.1,1 1.in ;.i's teachings have
brought tents and other equip-
He-
after her marriage, the Beth Da. circle of disciples." Through flab- been pi i:.1( .1 .n 14 volumes
ment for residence which they
., id Organization to help
I ''' 'S hi Luria, the teachings of practical brew. \ rt•e!,,
\t is the so ritim.s
planned to set up near the
girls in their studies of Judai•-..n. Kabala became diffused through- of 1)..;.1.1 >If
'iohai in one
church.
Police barred that effort
volume'
i. Is s.... that it was
One thing led to another, she sa:d. nut Eastern Europe.
too.
„ What we can attempt :':rough Rabbi S'itnon k ■ re.. after the Bar
and the organization now inch: ie:.
Nit anohile the Greek Cathoik
Hoehliii rebellion n - ^nte the f.00k
about 20 active volunteers who no:
AL:
m:y of Kabala is to con, , : 1,ely
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e
only help men and women of ■ uar.:. P! , , ,' via cause and eft- , •
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ales to become Orthodox. but a .-.. ,
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tato: yeshiva student , ha, ing 1
25111 telegraph Rd
t i les with their stu d ies in ,..
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Her husband, a stockbroker n .
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wa , .ardained at YesION a T. , .
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Vodaat. has worked 11 ith 1-:, : '
`t' ,.. ,.I'd a program of aa'“•:.: '-
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In the- Weiner home for
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single men and women to ,i1,a- t ... of 'file 18th Century. aa-a
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and socialize.
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was plibli.-hed in F.1::,,:h la H,e re , t
'life ` V ■ , 7
The gathering , are at tired to Kabala Rsearch Center. Dr. Gru- ist...
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lectures on subjects ..,.'• .1 ew 1,:11 b er „.- w h a has established the ran Liln- a7:.
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interest
Center's headquarter, .a. • . Old copies, haw ever 7, " good-hearted
people provide
'cans, and :di
Guests at the meeting are ex-
will be
plea,e cod. '
Selected
peeled to dress modestly. The
said the ('enter- .
women are not permitted to
Jewelry, Diamonds & Watches . ■
wear mini-skirts or pants and
that .
( - enter a ;so
Fine Watch & Jewelry Repair
the men must wear skullcaps.
the ite-
',• per
While all who come are observ-
,- ine
•di-
,..lume.
ant Jews, some are recent con-
tions, for a far tare titer readership .
verts to the Orthodox lifestyle.
Most people invclied in Kabala
Mrs. Weiner commented that
are religious anti they do seek to
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one of the reasons she became
preserve a rich tradition and hi.
involved in matchmaking was
tory and manti-c riots for st,aly
that she was regularly asked to
and learning. It i- said, for exam-
SPECIALIST
iN
help find observant mates foe
ple. that many of the works of
Jews adopting Orthodoxy.
VOLKSWAGEN
Rabbi Luzzatto were burned and .
AND
much
of
what
he
wrote
seas
lost.
Assignments for the volunteers
PORSCHE CARS
The Center hopes that what is
are varied. An Orthodox blind
woman living in the Flatbush sec-
left of this scholar—and of others
CALL
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1%-l-
7.,":"
.2*.;')
,
—can still be preserved for all
tion of Brooklyn needed help in
her shopping. .Mrs. Weiner ar-
times
548-3926
ranged for a young Orthodox pub-
548-4160
lic school teacher in Bona Park to
LAST STRAW
drive to the blind woman's home
541-9704
A
inerien
Worrying about the problems
Take stock in
once a week to help her.
that come today and those that
1018 W. 9 Mil e Rd. FERNDALE, Between intern°.
One problem Mrs. Weiner deals
' may come tomorrow is too much
t Ponehut t
MICR
Alfons G. Rehme
with involves the conflicts that
of a burden for any man.
arise when a Jewish child from
a non-observant home attends a
yeshiva. Such arrangements—and
JUNE SPECIAL!
conflicts—occur when parents who
are unhappy with the public school
WATER
system send their children to
HEATER
Hebrew day schools. Mrs. Weiner's
volunteers work with such parents.
• Swimming pool filters installed
She reported one mother who
30 gal glass-lined
• Gas lights and barbecues installed
previously did not go to services
even on the High .Holy Days is
• Sewers cleaned
$110
10 yr. guar
now lighting Sabbath candles in
• Sprinkling systems installed
$135
40 gal
her home and learning Hebrew.
(installed)
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• Trucks radio dispatched
Mrs. Weiner, now in her mid-
30s, met her husband at an
Aguda convention. They were
Who said
married in 1957 and it was only
We specialize in bathroom and kitchen
you couldn't
then that she began observing the
' modernization Double bowl
get a
1 3-pc white
Jew ish dietary laws. Strict kashrut
stainless steel sink with
plurnbe• 1
is observed by the Weiners. in-
faucets and strainer
Both
NO JOB
cluding only glatt kosher meat and
installed
TOO 810
Ensemble
If
a
special
(Iialav
Yisroel
use ■
NO JOB
milk. Mrs. Weiner wears a sheitei
$89.95
/
TOO SMALL
(ritual wig). The couple's 12year-
• tub
old daughter—who has already ex-
pressed interest in tutoring very
• toilet
young girls in Hebrew studies—
• wash basin
attends a Beth Jacob girl's school
$399
in Born Park.
(24 hr. service)
Mrs. Weiner began taking eve-
557-5636
ning courses in Jewish studies for
At*
a couple of years at the .h wish

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