THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 7, 1973-41
7eturn, to Yiddishkeit' Marked in Lubavitcher Wedding Here
By CHARLOTTE DUBIN
In search of roots, Judith
olnez returned to the Old
)untry practices of her
•andparents. Several hun-
ed miles away, David
Izerson - a veteran of all
e college fads from pot
peace and politics - had
returning of his own.
Two weeks ago, Judith -
Gitel - and David -
ovid - were married in one
the rare Lubavitcher Ha-
dic weddings in Detroit.
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Gitel is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Wolnez
of London Ct., Southfield.
Her husband is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lazer-
son of Buffalo.
Rabbi David Lieberman,
principal of Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah, officiated at the
traditional outdoor wedding,
attended by close to 250 per-
sons. Before returning to
Morristown, N. J., where the
bridegroom attends Tifereth
Bachurim yeshiva, the couple
was honored at a series of
dinner parties, "sheva bra-
hot."
("Sheva brahot" - seven
blessings - refers to the
brahot recited each night of
the week following the mar-
riage. The parties are hosted
and attended by relatives
and friends of the couple.)
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The rejoicing of the local
Lubavitch community was
compounded by the fact that
the couple seek to become
"baalei teshuva," a term re-
ferring to Jews who return
to Yiddishkeit. Since neither
is from a Torah-observant
family, their turn to Luba-
vitch Hasidism is regarded
as a special mitzva.
He was encouraged to com-
plete his university studies
before enrolling last year in
the Morristown yeshiva. He
and Gitel met on a "blind
date," arranged by friends,
Gitel always had a passing in New York.
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Dovid doesn't find it un-
usual that the spark of
Yiddishkeit was lit during
his final year of college. For
both him and Gitel it came
at a time of disillusionment.
In Dovid's case, it was at
the end of a series of dis-
appointing experiences with
alternative life styles.
And he is not alone. "At
my yeshiva one year ago,
there were 18 guys - all be-
ginners like me. Today there
are 50 or 60." The summer
before Gitel attended Chabad
classes in Minneapolis, there
were 30 girls. A year later
there were 100.
"It's happening all across
the country," Dovid insists.
"This generation is search-
ing; Jewish kids are looking
for where they belong, for
roots. Some turn to Hare
Krishna. Thank God, I was
lucky; I plugged in to
Judaism."
How does he know if Luba-
vitcher Hasidism doesn't rep-
resent another way station
in the search for self? "I
once asked my rabbi about
marriage. How would I know
when I met the right one?
He told me that every soul
is matched. How does one
know? I just know."
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Last year, at Yom Kippur
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Gitel attended an "En-
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vitch)" in New York, as well
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vitcher girls' school, and as
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veled at her "meticulous"
adherence.
Dovid's interest in Judaism
had been even more tenuous.
Not until he was a senior
majoring in American
studies at the University of
Buffalo did he come in con-
tact with Chabad, through a
course in mysticism taught
by a Lubavitcher rabbi.
The fact that Dovid took
the course as a lark didn't
trouble the rabbi, Noson
Gurary, who "got the fire
going," Dovid said.
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