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Psalms for Israel Listed
The Council of Orthodox Rabbis has appealed to
all worshipers in local synagogues to devote time dur-
ing services today and Saturday "for special prayers
to the Almighty on behalf of our brethren in the state
of Israel (Tfila b'Tzibur)."
The following Psalms should be recited: Psalms
79, 80, 83, 121, 130.
"Let us pray and hope that this festival of joy
should remain so for Israel and all our people," the
council statement said.
Minyan Sought for Synagogue
in Hubbell-Eight Mile Area
Sukkot ...Why Fa II Festiva I?
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1973, JTA, Inc.)
Sukkot's celebration in the
fall perplexes many rabbinic
sources.
A number of them ask
why it wasn't placed in the
spring, since it perhaps has
something to do with the
- Ws from Egypt which
know took place in the
spring. Rabbi Abraham Ibn
Ezra explains that in their
journey through the wilder-
ness the protecting clouds of
divine glory offered protec-
tion from the heat of the sun
in the summer. In the winter,
when cooler weather set in,
they built huts to protect
themselves. They, thus, be-
gan to use such huts like
sukkot in the fall. Thus, the
f e s t i v al commemorating
these huts is scheduled for
the fall.
Others explain that the
festival was timed for the
fall because if one lived in a
but during the spring or sum-
mer, it mould be no indica-
tion that he would do this to
observe the Biblical com-
mandment which ordered the
people of Israel for genera-
tions to come to live in huts
in commemoration of the
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travel through the wilder-
ness, which their ancestors
experienced. There are others
who claim that living in the
huts is a sign of humility.
Since Sukkot is a harvest
festival, the symbol of the
huts was used at the time of
the richest harvest which was
the fall harvest. At such a
time rich farmers might be
over-impressed by the pro-
duce of their own labors and
forget that it was the Al-
mighty who was responsible
for their productive achieve-
ment. Thus. the holiday of
Sukkot was made in the fall.
There are those who claim
that the festival of Sukkot is
actually a celebration of the
forgiveness which was
achieved by the people of
Israel on Yom Kippur, the
Day of Atonement. This is
why it is a most happy fes-
tival, because the people
make peace with the Al-
mighty and all is forgiven.
Since Yom Kippur takes
place in the fall because it
falls on a date which is the
anniversary of Moses' corn-
ing down from Mt. Sinai the
second time with the second
,set of tablets, Sukkot must,
therefore, be in the fall in
order to follow Yom Kippur.
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Editor, The Jewish News:
Reading your "P urely
Commentary" of Sept. 28 as
to how the synagogues are
using all kinds of means to
meet their budgets because
of the huge towering build-
ings they have created.
It will take several hun-
dreds of dollars a year from
an average family; for the
lower income family, such
luxury doesn't even come
into consideration.
My writing is concerned
with a different crisis that
has not been aired as yet, a
demand for Bar Mitzva and
older men. Cong. Bnai Jacob
on Hubbell and Eight Mile
Rd. in Detroit is suffering
Reader Comments
on Commentary
Editor, The Jewish News:
Your Rosh Hashana edi-
torial m e s s a g e, touching
upon the perplexing Ameri-
can Jewish scene today,
sounding a note of reassur-
ing hope, was a balm to
jaded tradition nerves. Yet
we must not be lulled by the
exultation of those who view
what they characterize as
the entering of American
Jewry into the stream of
American society as an un-
mixed blessing.
The new left in our midst,
who is ready to betray Is-
rael, and receive a traitor's
welcome in the selfsame
Arab camp; the drug addic-
tion among adolescents, vic-
timizing also Jewish youth,
to the bewilderment of their
families.
These and some other un-
fortunate manifestations in
the American Jewish scene
yet afford us gratitude to
the Jewish News for your
reassurance that there is
still hope.
M. MANUEL MERZON
; Flint
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LETTER BOX
from lack of a minyan.
Within a radius of three to
four blocks of this synagogue
enough Jewish families are
living to fill up more than
one house of worship of this
size. Practically all who live
in this neighborhood are re-
tirees by all estimates aged
Jews who would clamor for
a synagogue. But to my
sorrow it is not so. We have
no financial difficulties be-
cause our overhead is not
enormous. We are not com-
pelling our worshipers to
contribute to our daily ex-
penses. All we are asking is
their presence.
All week the synagogue is
closed. For Saturday morn-
ing services we barely make
a minyan.
Now with winter weather
approaching we will be com-
pelled to be closed the entire
week.
As of now, we cannot de-
cide to allow the insignia of
another religion to tower
over this building.
We find ourselves in a
dilemma: "to be or not to
be." The Jewish community
in the immediate neighbor-
hood can answer and solve
this problem.
Sincerely,
BEN SCHRAUB
Secretary.
NYC Agencies Get
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Bnai David's 'Talent on Parade'
Cong. Bnai David will host
"Talent on Parade," pro-
duced by Len Borovoy, 7:30
p.m. Oct. 28 at Ford Audi-
torium.
Among the guest stars are
the Ayalons, Israeli comedy
act; Ann Marie, a singer
who has appeared in top
hotels in the Catskills, Las
Vegas and Florida; and
Larry Alpert, a Borsht Belt
comedian.
Women to Feature
Syme in Program
The Women's Symphony of
Detroit will open its 27th sea-
son with a performance by
concert pianist David Syme
8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the so-
cial hall of Temple Israel.
Syme will perform works
by Haydn, Debussy, Chopin,
Prokofieff and Liszt.
An afterglow will follow the
program. The public is invit-
ed. Tickets are available at
Grinell's or J. L. Hudson
stores, or may be purchased
at the door.
Singles Plan Event
Camaraderie Club for Jew-
ish singles will meet 8:30
p.m. Wednesday at the Bal-
moral Apts. club house
There will be refreshments
and d a n c in g. Nominal
charge.
Jewish community agencies
are among eight in New
York City which have re-
ceived city grants to estab-
lish and operate additional
senior citizens centers as
part of a new program of
neighborhood-based facilities
initially announced last April.
Mayor John V. Lindsay an-
nounced the additional
grants.
ews
Krieger has been active in
efforts to free Soviet Jews,
and he along with others
from Flint have seen the
transit center at Schoenau
where Jews are housed for
three to five days after
leaving the USSR.
"These people have beer
struggling to come out of
"How can the world say, totalitarian society for year
`We are concerned about to try to have some freedon -
other people,' when they and dignity, and this is wha
encourage terrorism?"
they're met with. Somethin
is wrong with the whol
world we're living in."
Interviewed by the press
on the closing of the Schoe-
nau transit center in Vienna,
Richard Krieger, executive
director of the Flint Jewish
Community Council, called it
a "situation of complicity
with terrorism on the part
of world powers.
Bar Mitzva
8flgagement
Michael Sorscher, son of
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Sorscher,
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smi1
will be called to the Torah
as a Bar Mitzva 10 a.m. Oct. of Port Chester, N. Y., an
nounce the engagement c
20 at Cong. Beth Israel.
their daughter Marcia Vivia
to Bruce Nathan Osher, sor
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwarr•
Osher of Flint. The coupl
is planning to marry in De
Beth Sarla Persky, daugh- cember. They are graduate
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin of Franklin Marshall Col
Persky, will observe her Bat lege, and Mr. Osher is at
Mitzva 11 a.m. Oct. 20 at tending Wayne State Univer-
sity's school of medicine.
Temple Beth El.
Fred Netting will conduct
a 14-piece band.
For information, call the
synagogue, 557-8210.
Golf Champ Honored
Leonard Fink of Buxton
Dr., West Bloomfield, the
new Bnai Brith Zager-Stone
Lodge golf champion, was
honored at the Advance
Nosherie recently on the
occasion of hitting a hole-in-
one on the 17th hole at Glen
Oaks Country Club. He hit
his first hole-in-one in 1971
at Glen Oaks.
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SHABBOS SCHEDULE
Time
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Friday night
Sat. Aft. (1 hr.
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Sat. Aft. (1 hr.
before Mischa)
Sat. Aft. (1 hr.
before Mischa)
Mishna
Chumash &
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Talmud
Talmud
Location
Lecturer
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Rabbi A. Zentman
Rabbi Chaim Schloss Y.i. of Greenfield
Rev. A. Grossbard
Y.I. of Greenfield
Rabbi James Gordon Y.I. of Oak-Woods
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Y.I. of Greenfield
Rabbi L. Bakst
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Tuesday 8:00 P.M. Beginning Hebrew Mrs. S. Leichtman
(Beyad Halashon)
Y.I. of Greenfield,
Rabbi A. Davidson
Tuesday 8:00 P.M. Yiddish
Y.I. of Greenfield
Tuesday 8:00 P.M. Jewish Philosophy Rabbi A. M. Cohen
Rabbi Ephraim Spero Y.I. of Greenfield
Thursday 8:00 P.M. Prophets
Y.I. of Greenfield
Thursday 8:00 P.M. Advanced Hebrew Rabbi S. Broner
Conversation
Ladies Grotto
Tuesday
10:30 A.M. Prayer Book
Rabbi James Gordon Y.I. of Oak-Woods
Registration begins the week of October 15
for members and non-members.
For further information call LI 8-2377