Yom Kippur and Sukkot Services Are Listed
The solemnity of Yom Kip-
pur, opening 'at sundown to-
day with Kol Nidre prayers,
bears stark contrast to the
joyous holiday of Sukkot,
which begins the following
Wednesday evening.
Soon after the fast day has
concluded Saturday, syna-
gagues and temples will be-
gin to erect their sukkot, the
traditional booths that mark
the eight-day Festival of the
Ingathering.
Following is a schedule of
Yom Kippur and opening
Sukkot services that have
been provided by local con-
gregations:
Adat Shalom Synagogue
Yom Kippur services begin
6:45 p.m. today and at 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Rabbis Jacob
E. Segal and Seymour Rosen-
bloom will alteimate pulpits
in the sanctuary and social
hall, Rabbi Segal speaking on
"Are You on God's Mind?
Everyman's Dream," a n d
Detroiter 'Conducts
Midland Services
Detroiter S. R. Reznik con-
ducted traditional services
both days of Rosh Hashana
at TempIe Beth El in Mid-
land.
Rabbi M. Kaplan, who de-
livered the sermons, invited
S. R. REZNIK
Rosenbloom on "Man Is the
Language of God." Sukkot
services will start at 6 p.m.
Wednesday. At 9 a.m. serv-
ices Thursday Rabbi Segal
will speak on "Happiness: the
Goal You Never Catch," and
on Friday Rabbi Rosenbloom
will preach on "A Generation
o f Wanderers." Following
each service, there will be a
reception in the sukka, to
which the community is in-
vited.
Temple Beth Jacob of Pon-
tiac will held Kol Nidre serv-
ices 8:30 p.m. today, when
Rabbi H. Philip Berkowitz
will preach on "Being Jew-
ish in Times Like These."
His sermon topic at 11:45
a.m. services Saturday will
be " T h e Message of Our
Birth." Sukkot services are
scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday (sermon: "This
Frail Hut") and 10 a.m.
Thursday ("Sukkot 5734").
Temple Kol Ami will begin
Kol Nidre prayers 8:30 p.m.
today at Hillel Day School,
when Rabbi Ernst J. Conrad
will speak on "Valid Group
Commitments." Saturday
services will start at 10 a.m.,
and Rabbi Conrad will speak
on "Sin in Suburbia." Sukkot
services are planned for 10:30
a.m. Thursday in the temple
study.
Cong. Bnai David's Rabbi
Hayim Donin will deliver "A
Farewell Sermon" at Kol
Nidre and Yom Kippur serv-
ices, 6:30 p.m. today and 8:30
a.m. Saturday, respectively.
Rabbi Isaac Rose will co-
officiate at parallel services.
Sukkot services will take
place 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday and 8:30 a.m.
Thursday and Friday.
Temple Emanu-El's. Yom
Kippur schedule is 8:15 p.m.
today and 9:30 a.m. Satur-
day. Rabbi Rosenbaum will
speak on "Sin and Repent-
ance — Forgotten Words"
and "What Should a Jew
Know?" Sukkot services are
called for 7:30 p.m. Wednes-
day, when Rabbi Rosenbaum
will preach on "Those Spe-
cial Plants."
Reznik again to conduct the
services Kol Nidre night and
on Yom Kippur day.
The synagogue was in diffi-
culty just before the Holy
Days for lack of a hazan,
and the prompt response
from Reznik was marked by
appreciation expressed by
Cong. Bnai Moshe Yom
the rabbi and the congrega- Kippur services will be held
tion.
6:45 p.m. today, when Rabbi
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Cong. Bnai Israel of Pon-
his topic will be "Living in
tiac services will take place
Weightlessness."
Cong. Beth Shalom's Kol 6:45 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Nidre prayers will begin at Saturday. Rabbi Leonard
6:45 p.m. today. Rabbi David Berman will speak on "We
Nelson will speak on "A Spe- Must Be Doing Something
cial Energy Crisis." Services Right' and "What Has Hap-
Saturday will commence at 9 pened to Our Spiritual
a.m., and Rabbi Nelson will Roots?"
preach on "A New Vision."
Sukkot services are set for 6
p.m. and 9 a.m. both days.
Cong. Shaarey Shomayim
services are set for 6:45 p.m.
today and 8:30 a.m. Satur-
day. Rabbi Leo Y. Goldman's
sermons will be on "The
Meaning of Kol Nidre" and
"Yom Kippur to Remember."
Sukkot services will take
place at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
when the rabbi will preach on
"A Time of Joy" and 9 a.m.
Thursday when the topic will
be "Sukkot Today."
Birmingham Temple serv-
ices will take place 8:30 p.m.
today when Rabbi Sherwin
Wine will discuss "Assimila-
tion" as part of his holiday
series on "Judaism Without
Guilt."
Cong. Mishkan Israel will
hold Yom Kippur services
6:50 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Betzalel
Gottlieb will speak on
"Prayer, Charity and Re-
pentance." On Sukkot, the
schedule will be 6:50 p.m.
Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thurs-
day and Friday. The rabbi's
sermon topics fo reach morn-
ing are "The Significance of
the Sukka" and "The Sig-
nificance of the Lulav and
Etrog," respectively.
Temple Beth El will hold
Yom Kippur services at 7
and 9 p.m. today at the
Woodward Ave. building, and
10 a.m. Saturday in the same
location. Sukkot serv.ices are
planned for 11 a.m. Thursday
in the new building, where
Rabbi Morton M. Kanter will
preach on "Etrog Means
`Heart'."
Cong. Shaarey Zedek serv-
ices are planned for 7 p.m.
today, when Rabbi Irwin
Groner will speak on "The
Identity Question" and 8:45
a.m. Saturday, when his
topic will be "I Have For-
given According to Thy
Word." Sukkot services will
take place 6 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday and 8:45 a.m.
Thursday and Friday. Kidush
in the sukka will follow.
Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel
will open with Kol Nidre at
6:45 p.m. today. Services
Saturday will start at 8 a.m.
Rabbi Israel I. Halpern will
preach the sermons.
Cong. Beth Moses services
are set for 7 p.m. today and
9 a.m. Saturday. Sukkot
prayers will start at 7 p.m.
and 8:45 a.m. both days.
Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper
will speak.
20 Friday, October 5, 1973
—
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Yom Kippur Defined
Encyclopedia Judaica de-
votes several pages to Yom
Kippur as the climax of the
"Ten Days of Penitence." It
explains its importance in
the Bible, in the Second Tem-
ple period and in Jewish law.
The origin of the Day of
Atonement is a mystery to
critical scholars, but it can
be traced to ancient rites
for purging the sanctuary:
"Temple purifications domi-
nate the cultic landscape of
Israel's environment. The
ancient pagans feared im-
purity because they imputed
to it demonic power." The
encyclopedia shows that al-
though the purgation rites
of Israel's Day of Atonement
differed little from their
Near Eastern analogues,
their meaning underwent a
revolution.
In the ritual, repentance
p u r g e s man as the hattat
(purification offering) goat
blood does the sanctuary.
During the Second Temple
period, the slain hattat ani-
mal purged the sanctuary of
its impurity; the live hattat
(goat or scapegoat) was ban-
ished to the wilderness to
purge the people of their
sins. Unless man makes the
initial effort toward his self-
regeneration, the rite is of
no avail, nor can his purga-
tion by repentance be a per-
functory exercise.
"This ethical a c h i e v e-
ment," the encyclopedia goes
on to say, "is, thus far, un-
paralleled in the ancient
world." The spiritual mes-
sage of atonement and re-
newal, it would seem, is
deeply imprinted in the Jew-
ish psyche.
`Thy Brother Shall Live'
What should be done if on:
of two wayfarers in the des-
ert has a little water, and
the other has none? Were
one of them to drink all the
water, he would be able to
survive, but were they to di-
vide it, both would die. Ben
Paturi said they should both
drink, and die, for it is writ-
ten: "And thy brother shall
live with thee." — Midrash
Sifra on Vayikra.
The Board of Directors of
SHAARIT HAPLAYTAH
wish all their members, friends and patrons
of the High Holiday Services held in Einsten School,
Oak Park, a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
And a special thanks to our
Cantors Seymour Greenstein and Irving Ernst.
Jack Waksberg, High Holiday Chairman
Abe Weberman, President
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Moses Lehrman will speak
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and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when
Covensky to Open
Adat Shalom Shabat
Dinner Evenings
Milton Covensky, professor
of history at Wayne State
University, will address the
first of Adat Shalom Syna-
gogue's Shabat dinner eve-
nings Oct. 12.
Dr. Covensky's subject will
be "Our World of Change —
the Things That Are Happen-
ing Today and How They
Affect Judaism."
The evening will begin at
5:45 with a family service in
the chapel. After dinner,
Prof. Covensky will begin his
lecture at 8:15.
Following the lecture, tea
and cake will be served in
the sukka.
THE AYALONS
IN CONCERT
ANN m inE
LARRY m*".° CONGREGATION
B'NAI DAVID AUXILIARIES
presents an evening to remember!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1973
at 7:30 p.m.
•
The Shabat dinner evenings
are a project of the congrega-
tion's adult study commis-
sion. Mrs. Harry Maisel and
Mrs. Willard J. Posen are
co-chairmen. M r s . Milton
Weiss is general chairman of
the commission.
The community is invited.
For reservations, call ithe
enagogue office, 851-5100.
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