36 Friday, September 5, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University Honors 20th Anniversary of the university and the pioneering families who created the founda- tion for the great Israeli institution of learning at the ANNUAL BAR-ILAN DINNER Thursday, Sept. 18 — 6 P.M. at Cong. Shaarey Zedek Honoree Guest Artist Development of `Avodah' During Day of Atonement Avodah, the Hebrew word meaning "service" is the name for Temple ritual, applied to the central part of the Musaf liturgy on the Day of Atonement, cele- brated this year on Sept. 15. It poetically recounts the sacrificial ritual in the Tem- ple on the Day of Atone- ment. The ritual, based on Leviticus 16, is described in detail in the Mishnah and in a talmudic tractate. After the destruction of the Second Temple, says the Encyclopaedia Judaica, the description of this ancient ritual became the core of the Musaf service on the Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement was the only occasion during the year when the high priest en- tered the Holy of Holies in the Temple and he had to make special preparations for the ritual. Guest Artist MISHA RAITZIN PAUL ZUCKERMAN Former National Chairman of United Jewish Appeal, Recipient of Honorary Bar-Ilan Doctor of Philosophy Degree Detroit Friends of Bar-Han take pride in presenting this eminent Russian-Jewish op- era singer, who has gained fame with Bol- shoi in Russia, in Israel and in many Euro- pean countries. The day before the Day of Atonement, the high priest was escorted by the elders to his chamber in the Tem- ple compound where he joined the other priests. The elders earnestly entreated him to perform all the min- utiae of the sacrificial cult carefully as interpreted by the Pharisaic school, and took leave of him. On the Day of Atone- ment, the high priest him- self performed the offering of the daily sacrifice, the incense offering, and the other sacred duties. After a series of immersions and ablutions he offered a bull Guest Speaker: IRVING BERNSTEIN Executive Vice-President of United Jewish Appeal , Seven days prior to the Day of Atonement, the high priest was moved to a special apartment in the Temple court where he studied with the elders every detail of the sacrifi- cial cult for the Day of Atonement. A deputy priest was appointed to take the place of the high priest should he be pre- vented by defilement or death from performing his duties. DR. LEON FILL, General Chairman ZVI TOMKIEWICZ, Executive Director PHILIP STOLLMAN, Chairman as his personal sin-offering. He confessed his own and his family's sins, the sins of the tribe of Aaron (the priests), and those of all Is- rael (Lev 16:6). Every time he uttered the holy name of God, which was uttered only on the Day of Atonement, the people prostrated themselves and responded: "Blessed be His Name whose glorious king- dom is forever and ever". During the service of the high priest, this procedure was repeated 10 times or, according to another source, 13 times. The high priest then drew two lots from a wooden box, one inscribed "for Azazel" and the other "a sin-offering for the lord." The role of each of two he-goats participat- ing in the ritual was deter- mined by the lots. The high priest sent the goat "for Azazel" into the de- sert and he offered the other as a sin-offering. After a special incense- offering in the Holy of the Holies, the high priest re- cited a prayer that the cli- mate in the coming year be moderate, neither too hot nor too wet; that the sover- eignty of Judah be pre- served; that Israel be pros- perous; and that no earthquake harm the inhab- itants of the Sharon Plain. This traditional, and to some extent idealized, ac- count of the ceremony, says the Judaica, served as the base for the subsequent de- velopment of the Musaf li- turgy of the Day of Atone- ment. Originally, the Avodah was of a simple na- ture, being an unadorned description of the Temple service following the Mish- nah Yoma. The main section was composed, at latest, in the Fourth Century, CE, but was enriched in the Middle Ages by elaborate chants, most of them of an acrostic pattern. Temple Israel Will Display Artist's Rendering of Sh'ma Bar-Ilan University Global Board DETROIT FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Oak Park Hannah Schloss Old Tim- ers annual memorial serv- ices will be held 8 p.m. Thursday at the main Jew- ish Community Center, ac- cording to Alfred A. Klu- foyer, president, and Harry T. Madison, chairman for the memorial services. Rabbi Moses Lehrman of Cong. Bnai Moshe will de- liver the main address, and Cantor Jacob Sonenklar of Cong. Shaarey Zedek will chant the El Mole Ra- chamim. Jeffrey Aichen- baum, patrol leader of Boy Scout Troop 23, will sound "Taps." Guests are invited to at- tend the services honoring departed members of the Hannah Schloss Old Tim- ers, and'to visit the Old Tim- ers memorial room at the Center, which holds a plaque containing names of all departed members, and trophies and mementos dat- ing back over 50 years. Refreshments will be served following the service. Early Deadline Because of Yom Kip- pur, The Jewish News will have an early dead- line of noon Friday, Sept. 12, for publicity to ap- pear in the issue of Sept. 19. Free Admission to Services Asked for Soviet Jews NEW YORK — Harold M. Jacobs, president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, called upon North American synagogues to open their doors free of charge to newly settled Soviet Jews during the High Holy Day season. "By welcoming them into our synagogues this High Holy Day season, we can, as a community, fulfill the ancient formula of the Mahzor . . . and turn to the Lord on the Day of Judgment confident that He will return, in kind, the mercy and love we have shown our brethren." • Jacobs went on to encour- age Jewish communities to make further efforts to wel- come Soviet Jews. Radomer Society to Have Services or Reservations Call: 23125 Coolidge Old Timers Set Memorial Rites 398-7180 Artist and philanthropist Max Shaye, second from right, presented this painting entitled "The Sh'ma" to Temple Israel in preparation for the High Holy Days. The white, blue and purple work depicts in abstract form the most noted prayer in the Jewish liturgy, ac- cording to Shaye. Accepting the work on behalf of the congregation are, from left: Rabbi Leon Fram, Rabbi Harold S. Loss, Shaye and Rabbi M. Robert Syme. The painting will be located in the foyer of the synagogue. The Radomer Mutual So- ciety of Detroit will conduct memorial services 10 a.m. Sept. 14 at Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery. Rabbi Herbert Eskin, chaplin of the Michigan Armed Forces, will deliver an address commemorating the 25,000 Jews who lived in the city of Radom, Poland and lost their lives during the Holocaust. Cantor Shabtai Acker- man of Cong. Beth Abra- ham-Hillel will chant the El Mole Rachamim. Guests are invited.