20 Friday, May 9, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Chabad-Lubavitch to Host Opera Star Jan Peerce
World-renowned tenor
Jan Peerce will be the guest
artist at the Chabad-Lubav-
itch reception honoring
Emma Schaver on her 70th
birthday June 1 at the Sher-
aton-Southfield Hotel.
Peerce began his singing
career in 1933 at Radio City.
In 1938 he was chosen by
Arturo Toscanini to sing the
- JAN PEERCE -
lead tenor role in "La Tra-
viata" in Philadelphia.
- recitals and has sung in Is-
He has toured widely in rael with the Israel Philhar-
Europe, singing in West monic. He is a supproter of
Germany, France and Rus- Chabad-Lubavitch and a
sia many times. He has personal friend of Mrs.
given numerous cantorial Schaver.
The reception will begin
12:30 p.m. at the Lubav-
itcher Center in Oak Park
The Jewish News will
have an early deadline
for local publicity for
the issue of May 30. -
The deadline will be
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
noon Friday, May 23,
(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)
due to the Memorial
It is customary to decor-
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ate the synagogue with
greens and flowers on the
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Hachnassat Sefer Torah.
Accompanied by singing
and dancing, a Torah
scroll designated for the
Ann Arbor Chabad House
will be carried into the
synagogue under hupa and
dedicated in honor of Mrs.
Schaver. (The Sefer Torah
will remain in the Lubav-
itcher Center until fall,
when renovations will be
completed in the Chabad
House).
The Chabad House at thd
University of Michigan, is
located at 715 Hill at the
center of State St. at the
center of campus and the
residential area. It is the
newest of the 20 Chabad
Houses on major campuses
around the U. S. and Can-
ada and will have a men's
residence, a modern Jewish
library and reading room
and a kosher restaurant.
The reception proper will
follow at 1 p.m. at the Sher-
aton-Southfield Hotel (for-
merly the Shiawassee).
Chairman of the reception
Mrs. Peerce, who has
achieved distinction in her
own right as a national
leader in Jewish causes, will
address the reception.
committee is Irwin-I. Cohn.
Shavuot Traditions Recalled
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isted, especially among the
Hasidim. Several reasons
are cited for this practice.
Some say that it symbol-
izes the season in which the
festival takes place — the
late spring when greens and
flowers are in full bloom.
Others claim that Shavuot
is about the date when
Moses was placed among
the bullrushes along the riv-
er's edge. Thus the greens
represent the reeds which
grow along the river.
There are those who,
claim that this practice
symbolizes the mountain
of Sinai which bloomed
forth in greenery at the
time of the Revelation at
Sinai which took place on
the date we celebrate as
Shavuot.
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Decorating the synagogue
with greens and flowers re-
minds us of the Bikkurim
(the offering of the first
fruits of the produce of the
fields) which were brought
to the temple of old at this
holiday.
Some Sephardic commu-
nities observe special festivi
ties on the Sabbath before
Shavuot, calling this Sab-
bath by the special name of
"Shabbat Kallah."
Generally speaking, in
times of old any-Sabbath be-
fore a 'holiday was treated
with special regard. It was
on such a Sabbath that the
laws and customs of the hol-
iday were explained and
described. The Sabbath be-
fore Shavuot would, there-
fore, be no exception.
Among the SephardiC
*communities this Sabbath
before Shavuot was re-
garded as "Shabbat Kal-
lah," the "Sabbath of the
Bride," because Shavuot
symbolized the covenantal
marriage between the Al-
mighty and the people Is-
rael since the Revelation
took place on the date of
Shavuot.
The Sabbath before the
marriage is the cause for a
special celebration in the
Sephardic community.
Neighbors visit the home of
the bride, they are shown
the wedding clothes and the
gifts already received, and
great festivity ensues.
Temple to Present
Economics Talks
The Birmingham Tem-
ple's adult education com-
mittee will present a pro-
gram on "Dichotomy —
.Recession and Inflation" as
part of its "Humanist
Forum Speaker Series" 8:30
p.m. Monday in the temple.
Dr. William H. Haber,
who will participate, is the
honorary chairman of the
World ORT Union and past
president of ORT, a post he
held for 25 'years. He is a
professor in the department
of economics and an adviser
to the executive officers of
the University of Michigan.
Also participating will be
Dr. Milton H. Spencer,
chairman of the department
of business economics at
Wayne State University.
Shelby Newhouse - will be
moderator. The public is
invited at a nominal charge.
Synagogue
services
ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Rosenbloom will speak on
"Death of a War."
CONG. BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL: Services 7 p.m. and
8:15 p.m. today. Rabbi Halpern will speak on "Rashi:
the Great Teacher:: Sherri Silver and Marcia Eizen,
Bnot Mitzva at late services. Services 9 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Halpern will speak on "What Do We Mean
the Good Life?" Shavuot services 7 p.m. Thursday an,
9 a.m. May 16. Rabbi Halpern will speak on "To Have
and to Hold."
CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 7 and 8:15 p.m. today.
Marlene Meyer, Bat Mitzva at late services. Services
8:45 a.m. Saturday. Roy Kaner and Joseph Gottfried,
Bnai Mitzva.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today (high school
graduation). Rabbi Schwartz will speak on "Re-
forming Reform Judaism." Michael Loewenstein, Bar
Mitzva-. Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Hertz will
speak on "The Best Thing a Mother Can Give Her
Child."
TEMPLE BETH JACOB OF PONTIAC: Servides 8:30
p.m. today. Rabbi Berkowitz will speak on "Now in
Summation." Consecration of the confirniation class
will take place. Shavuot services 8 p.m. Thursday.
Rabbi Berkowitz will speak on "Confirmation." Sha-
vuot morning services 10 a.m. May 16.
CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Nelson will speak on " 'M' Is for the
Million Things." Steven Guggenheim and Steve Pearl,
Bnai Mitzva.
BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today.
Rabbi Wine will speak on "Humanistic Judaism —
New Directions." Ronald Miller, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 6:30 p.m. today and 8:30
a.m. Saturday. Gary Nitzkin, Bar Mitzva:
CONG. BNAI ISRAEL OF PONTIAC: Services 8:30 p.m.
today. Rabbi Berman will gr'eak on "The Torah as a
Model of Life." Services 7:30 a.m..Saturday. Shavuot
services 7:30 p.m,Thursday and 7:30 a.m. May 16.
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 7 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Richard Chisik, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8:15 p.m. today. Rabbi
Rosenbaum will speak on "Sense and Nonsense
About Numbers." Nancy Radner, Bat Mitzva.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8 p.m. today. Rabbi Loss will
speak on "Mothers and Elephants — They Never
Forget" at the family Sabbath Eve service. Sherwin
Stoorman, Bar Mitzva. Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Dan-
iel Baum, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Con-
rad will speak on "Aims of Adult Education."
LIVONIA JEWISH CONGREGATION: Services 8 p.m.
today. The David Scherman Yamily will assist in the
family service. Services 9 a.m. Saturday.
CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 8:30 p.m. to-
day and 9 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Leo Goldman will
speak on "The Human Desert." Shavuot services 8:30
p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. May 16. Rabbi Goldman will
speak on "The Law Today."
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services -6 p.m. today and
8:45 a.m.. Saturday. Bryan Bolton and Stacey Tarock-
off, Bnai Mitzva. -
Regular services will be held at Cong. Beth Moses, Cong.
Beth Isaac of Trenton, Cong. Mishkan Israel Nusach H'Ari,
Young Israel of Oak-Woods, Cong. Bais Chabad of West
Bloomfield (Ealy Elementary School), Cong. Bnai Jacob,
Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham, Young Israel of Southfield
(27705 Lahser), Bnai Israel-Beth Yehuda, Downtown Syn-
agogue, Shomrey Emunah, Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanue'
Tikva, Young Israel of Greenfield, Northwest Detroit Israel-
Synagogue (Jewish Community Center) and Shomer Israel,
13430 W. Seven Mile.
Jewish Seminary Sets Graduation
NEW YORK — The Jew-
ish Theological Seminary
will hold its 81st annual
commencement Sunday at
the Park Avenue Synagogue
in New York.
Honorary degree of doc-
tor of letters will be con-
ferred upon Dr. Marver H.
Bernstein, president of
Brandeis University and Dr.
Nathan Rotenstreich, pro-
fessor of philosophy at the
Hebrew University, Jerusa-
lem.
More than 120 candidates
for degrees from the various
divisions and schools of the
seminary will attend the
ceremonies. The ordination
of Daniel Teplitz will mark
the first time three living
generations of Seminary
Rabbinical School gradu-
ates will sit together under
one roof.
Rabbi Ivan Marcus will be
awarded the first doctoral
degree to be granted by the
Institute for Advanced
Studies in the Humanities
(IASI-I). LASH, founded in
1969, is an independent
graduate faculty affiliated
with the Seminary.
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