THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Dec. 21, 1973-21

Metzenbaum
Ohio Senator

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi
Menachem M. S chneer son, World
Leader of the Chabad Lubavitch
Movement .. .

Howard Metzenbaum has
been named by Ohio Gover-
nor John Gilligan to succeed
William B. Saxbe as U.S.
senator front Ohio. Saxbe's
post became available when
he was named U.S. attorney
general by President Nixon.
Metzenbaum lost the race for
the Senate by a slim margin
in 1970.

Jackson Seeks
Changed Soviet
Emigre Policy

WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D.-
Wash.) expressed hope that
Soviet authorities would re-
consider their emigration
practices as a result of the
trade and credit barriers
erected against it by the
House of Representatives.
By adopting the measures
of Rep. Wilbur Mills (D.-
Ark) and Charles A. Vanik
(D.-Ohio), Jackson said, "the
House affirmed its commit-
ment to our deepest values of
individual liberty. I hope the
loud and clear message of
the House will be heard in
Moscow and that the Soviet
government will come to
realize that the American
people, above all, are com-
mitted to a human detente—
to the free movement of men
and ideas on which a more
stable and lasting peace
must be based."
A White House spokesman
said that President Nixon
stands by his Dec. 3 state-
ment to House Speaker Carl
Albert in which he warned he
would veto the Trade Bill as
a whole if the MV/J meas-
ures remained in it.
The Senate will open hear-
ings on the trade bill after
Congress returns in January
from its year end recess.
Russell B. Long is the
mittee chairman and one
or the 77 senatorial sponsors
of the Jackson amendment.
(Congressmen from Michi-
gan who voted to kill the
Mills-Vanik proposal were
Garry Brown of Kalamazoo,
Charles Chamberlain of Jack-
Edward Hutchinson of Hills-
daye County, Philip Ruppe of
the Upper Peninsula and
VanderJagt of Muskegon.)
(Those who voted against
the ban on the trade credits
portion of the bill were Cham-
berlain, James O'Hara of
Mount Clemens, Ruppe and
VanderJagt.)

Right is more beautiful
than private affection, and
is comparable with universal
wisdom. — Ralph Waldo
Emepsen.-

"THE GUARDIAN OF ISRAEL
NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR
SLEEPS, THERE IS NO NEED
FOR SADNESS OR DESPAIR.
WITH JOY, FAITH, AND
HOPE - LIGHT THE CHANU-
KAH CANDLES, GIVE CHAR-
ITY, AND BE SURE YOU
HAVE A SIDDUR (PRAYER
BOOK) AND TEHILLIM
(PSALMS) IN YOUR HOME"

THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE

A DOUBLE DEFENSE IS VITAL: "If G-d will not guard the city,
then in vain does the guard keep watch." So says King David in the
Book of Psalms. If so, you ask, let the guard stay at home; if G-d
guards the city, the soldier has no need to defend it, and if G-d does
not guard it what use is the soldier's efforts?

The answer is simple: The Almighty wants the world to be run
manifestly in a natural (not miraculous) way. The soldier must defend
the city faithfully—and with good weapons. He must make a physi-
cal "vessel" or "clothing" in which G-d's blessing can "cloths" and
conceal themselves. The soldier presents himself as the "receptable"
through which G-d's guardianship becomes implemented. What a
tremendous responsibility and honor this is—to be the "agent" of
G-d's guarding the Holy Land!

TWO KINDS OF WEAPON NEEDED: An army needs weapons to
fight. The more sophisticated the weaponry, the more successful the
army. In the battles of yesteryear the quantity was what counted—
which army had the more soldiers, the more weapons. But in our age
we have seen time and again that the decisive strategic factor is
quality, the electronic wizardry and sophistication of the missiles etc.
The same is true of the soldier himself. Physical strength and prow-
ess are no longer as important as training, motivation and morale.

Are tanks and planes and guns necessary?—Absolutely! But our
soldiers also need the spiritual arms of our ancient heritage—Torah-
learning and Mitzvos-observance.

THE BATTLE-TESTED WEAPON: No new rifle, machine-gun, mis-
sile or tank is sent into battle unless it has been thoroughly tested
in a proving-ground. Its effectiveness in theory, "on paper," is not
relied upon. It must prove itself in action.

How do we know that the teachings of Torah and the observ-
ance of the practical Mitzvos are the right kind of "weapon" and the
right kind of morale that Jewish fighting-men must have? Because
in three thousand years of the proving-grounds and the battle-fields
of our history they, and they alone, have effectively maintained the
contniued existence of the Jewish People! (Dissident groups century
after century, from the very birth of our nation, have suggested
"Jewish alternatives." Where are they or their decendants now?
Have you met any Jewish Baal-worshippers, Sadducees or Spanish
assimilationists lately?)

(The above is an adapted paraphrasing of some thoughts of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe expressed last week in an address to world
Jewry).

LINK ARMS WITH
OUR BRETHREN IN
THE HOLY LAND

You may soon receive a phone call from one of
the volunteer callers organized by N'shei Chabad
(Women's Lubavitch Organization) offering you:

* . . . A MENORAH AND CHANUKAH CAN-
DLES, to perform the Mitzva of kindling the Chanu-
kah lights, to light up your home with "the light of
God." (Free of charge)

* . . . A SIDDUR (prayer-book), representing the
pillar of prayer or "Service," one of the three pillars
"upon which the world stands."

* . . . A TEHILLIM (Book of Psalms), represent-
ing the pillar of Torah.

*
. A "PUSHKEH" (Charity-box), representing
the pillar of Gemiloos-Chassodim (charity). (Free of
charge)

"LET JEWS OVER THE GLOBE
JOYOUSLY JOIN THEIR BROTH-
ERS DEFENDING THE HOLY LAND
IN THE OBSERVANCE OF THESE
MITZVOS."

TO JOIN THE TELETHON VOLUNTEERS

CALL:

398-2611

FOR INFORMATION CALL

THE LUBAVITCHER CENTER

14000 W. 9 MILE ROAD

548-2666