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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
A PESACH MESSAGE
From The Lubavitcher Rebbe
The festival of Pesach calls for early and elaborate prep-
arations to make the Jewish home fitting for the great
festival. It is not physical preparedness alone that is re-
quired of us, but also spiritual preparedness —for in the life
of the Jew the physical and spiritual are closely linked
together, especially in the celebration of our Sabbath and
festivals.
On Pesach we celebrate the liberation of the Jewish
people from Egyptian slavery and, together with it, the
liberation from, and negation of the ancient Egyptian sys-
tem and way of life, the "Abominations of Egypt." Thus we
celebrate our physical liberation together with our
spiritual freedom. Indeed, there cannot be one without the
other: there can be no real freedom without accepting the
precepts of our Torah guiding our daily life; pure and holy
life eventually leads to real freedom.
It is said, "In every generation each Jew should see him-
self as though he personally had been liberated from
Egypt." This is to say, that thelesson of Pesa ch has always a
timely message for the individual Jew. '1;ie story of Pesach
is the story of the special Divine Providence which alone
determines the fate of our people. What is happening in the
outside world need not affect us; we might be singled out for
suffering, G-d forbid, amid general prosperity, and likewise
for safety amid a general plague or catastrophe. The story
of our enslavement and liberation of which Pesach tells us
gives ample illustration of this. For the fate of our people is
determined by it adherence to G-d and his Prophets.
This lesson is emphasized by the three principal symbols
of the Seder, concerning which our Sages said that unless
the Jew explains their significance he has not observed the
Seder fittingly: Pesach, Matza and Morror. Using these
symbols in their chronological order and in accordance with
their Haggadah explanation we may say: the Jew can avoid
Morror (bitterness of life) only through Pesach (G-d's spe-
cial care 'passing over' and saving the Jewish homes even
in the midst of the greatest plague), and Matza — then the
very catastrophe and the enemies of the Jews will work for
the benefit of the Jews, driving them in great haste out of
"Mitzraim", the place ofperversion and darkness, and plac-
ing them under the beam of light and holiness.
RABBI MENACHEM M. SCHNEERSON
The young students of "Chador Oholel Yosef Yitschak
Lubavitch" (Was Lubsefich Chador For Progressive Beinentary
Education) have intensified their efforts at studyIng.and have
also organized their own Free-Loon Charity Fund, In response to
a world-wide request by the Lubavitcher Robb*. For Information
call Rabbi Bentalyon Stein 548-2666.
FESTIVITIES MARK
LUBAVITCHER
RABBI'S BIRTHDAY
Worldwide Address to
be broadcast locally
PURIM IN LUBAVITCH;
A Special Report
OAK PARK: A grand Megillah-reading and masquerade
party took place at the Lubavitcher Center. With more
than 300 people in attendance, Haman's name was
graggered into oblivion by noisemakers of every shape and
size, and everyone, adults and children, had a wonderful
time. Rabbi Betzalel Gottlieb headed the celebrations.
On Tuesday,_ April 18
("Yud-Alef Nissan"; 11 days in
Nissan) Chabad Lubavitch of
Detroit will join with the
worldwide Chabad movement
in celebrating the 76th birth-
day of the Lubavitcher Rebbe,
Rabbi Menachem M. Schneer-
son.
Born in Russia, the Rebbe is
today a dominant figure not
only in Jewish communal lead-
ership but also in education and
in Jewish philosophy. He was a
student at the Sorbonne in
Paris and later at the Univer-
sity of Berlin. He came to the
United States in 1941, a year
after his father-in-law, Rabbi
Joseph Isaac Schneerson, his
predecessor as "Rebbe," was
brought over by his followers to
New York from bomb-torn
Warsaw. Following the death of
his father-in-law in 1950, he
was proclaimed Rebbe. Since
then he has headed the
worldwide Lubavitcher move-
ment and has led it from
strength to strength.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe is the
phenomenal Torah scholar and
sage of our generation whose
birthday will bring new deter-
mination and enthusiasm in
the spreading of Torah and
Judaism throughout the world.
The Rebbe will address an ex-
pected crowd of ten thousand
followers on Tuesday night in
New York. A simultaneous
broadcast of the address can be
heard live at the Lubavitcher
Center in Oak Park. Call 548-
2666 for exact time of the
broadcast. There is also a spe-
cial delegation leaving to New
York Monday evening, April
17.
ANN ARBOR: Hundreds of students jammed into the
Schaver-Lazaroff Student Center (University of Michigan
Chabad House) to hear the Megillah and to partake of the
free Hamantaschen and beer served in the Purim spirit.
There was no room to move - only to dance! Celebrations
continued till 3:00 a.m. in the morning under the direction
of Rabbi Ahron Goldstein. Meanwhile Rabbis Yitschak
Kagan and Herschel Cukier assisted by Yisroel Ehrlich
conducted further Megillah-readings and Purim parties at
Bursley Dormitory in North Campus, and at the East Quad
Residential College.
Ensure ■ TORAH-TRUE
EDUCATION (CHINUCH)
for your then children and for
every Jewish boy and girl.
Study TORAH
every day
and every night.
Affix a MEZUZAH on
the right doorpost
of every room
THE RUSSIANS ARE
COMING! 180 Russian
immigrants took part in a
Purim party and reception
Give TZEDOKOH
(charity) every weekday.
Tune In to:
"LUBAVITCH JEWISH HOUR"
RADIO PROGRAMS
WWKR ("Keener 13") 1310 AM
.Sunday 11 p.m.
WNIC FM 100
Sunday 11 p.m.
WSHJ FM 88.3
Monday 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
WMJC FM 94.7
.Sunday 6:15 a.m.
(at least a Gamest. adder.
TehIllim. etc.).
Ail woman. Including young
girls from about the age of 3 & up.
should light CANDLE(S) every
SHABBOS a you TOV EVE.
at the proper time and recite the
appropriate blessing(s).
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Observe KASHRUTH at
home and away.
For a happy. healthy and
united family. observe the
Mitzvah of FAMILY PURITY.
at the Oak Park Lubavitch
Center prepared for them by
the Friends of Refugees of
Eastern Europe (F.R.E.E.)
organization. President of
the organization is Mr. Alex
Ehrmann, and the group is
strongly supported by
Chabad-Lubavitch. Rabbi
and Mrs Yitzchok Lipszyc
organized the party. High-
light of the evening was a
brill iant and moving speech
(in Russian) by a young
Lubavitcher yeshiva stu-
dent who emigrated from
the Soviet Union a few short
months ago.
The proper blessing said before Searching can be found in
the Haggadah.
Brcrul,
CHOMETZ
Nullifying the Chometz
Upon concluding the Search for the Chometz, we recite
"Kol Chamiro" (see the Haggadah). This declaration must
be recited in the language that one understands. Therefore,
it should be said in English for those who do not understand
Aramaic.
BIYUR CHOMETZ
Burning the Chometz
The Burning takes place the following morning. After
the Chometz is thrown into the fire, we recite the second
"Kol Chamiro" (see Haggadah).
Schaver-Lazaroff Student Center; University of INcIdgen Chabad House and
restaurant, 715 Hill Street( comer Oakland), Ann Arbor. For Passover informa-
tion and reservations for Sedarim call Rabbi Afyon Goldstein 549-2161. (In
Ann Arbor dial 99-L.EARN).
EIRUV TAVSHILLIN
Thursday, April 27, 1978, before Sunset an "Eiruv Tav-
shillin" must be made in order to cook on Friday for Shah-
bos. The procedure is as follows: At least 2 ounces of Matzo
and a cooked food (such as fish, meat, or a cooked egg, etc.)
are set aside and the blessing recited (see Siddur).
Then proceed to say the words: By virtue of this Eruv, it
shall be permissible for us to bake, to cook, and to put away
,(a dish to preserve its heat), to kindle light (from a fire
.burning from before the festival) and to prepare and do on
the Festival all that is necessary for the Sabbath. This shall
be permitted to us and to all Jews who live in this city.
PRISONS: Rabbi Yitzchok Mann read the Megillah for the
Jewish inmates at Wayne County Jail; Rabbis Sholom
Stock and Moshe Zaklikofsky traveled to Jackson Prison to
provide similar services there, and Rabbi Yitschak Kagan
visited Oakland County Jail. The prisoners were brought
Purim food gifts and were thrilled by the Jewish warmth
brought into their bleak lives. Visits were arranged by
attorney Isadore Starr.
LOVE YOUR
FELLOW JEW
(AHAVAS YISROEL)
as you love yourself.
Every home should have
Searching for the Chometz
KALAMAZOO: Rabbi Yitzchok M. Lipszyc took his
Chabad House On Wheels mobile student center to West-
ern Michigan University in Kalamazoo where a large
group of students listened to the Megillah, danced and sang
for hours.
SHALLACH MANOS:
8,000 "Purim Kits" were
mailed to Detroit area resi-
dents, enabling them to per-
form two important Purim
Mitzvos - Mishloach Manos,
sending food gifts to each
other, and
Mattanos
La'evyonim, charity to the
poor (two pennies being .
provided in each Purim kit
for the recipient to give to
charity). A further three
thousand packages were
distributed in Ann Arbor, a
further one thousand in
Grand Rapids, and all
Jewish families in the
Upper Peninsula received
the kits.
PESACH SCHEDULE &
CANDLE LIGHTING
A thorough house-cleaning is undertaken in preparation
of the Passover festival. One should not forget to check the
car, office, the desk and drawers in the office, as well as the
entire home, to be sure that there is no Chometz there.
Clothes pockets and children's clothes should also be
checked. Women should check their pocket books.
Vacuum-cleaner bags that were used should be discarded.
If one has vacuum-cleaner bags that are permanent, then
care should be taken that they are thoroughly cleaned and
put away with the rest of the Chometz that will be sold.
Congregation MIshltan Israel Nusach
H'Ari LubavItcher Center at 14000 West
Nine Mile Road in Oak Park will hold Passover services, Shachriss at 9:00 a.m.
and AlIncha at 7:00 p.m. For Sh'mura Matzo, for Seder referral and for any
Passover information, call
Rabbi Bendel Gottlieb at 548-2666
It is customary to eat the foods set aside for the Eiruv
Tayshillin during one of the Shabbos meals.
Climbed House Student Center of Western Michigan, 1549 Michigan Ave. NE,
Grand Rapids. For Information and reservations for Sedarim call Rabbi Yosef
Weingarten (616) 458-6575.
BEDIKAS CHOMETZ -
Search For Chometz Thurs-
day, April 20—In the even-
ing
Erev Pesach
Friday, April 21
Eat Chometz:
Until 9:45 a.m.
Sell Chometz:
Until 10:45 a.m.
Burn Chometz:
Until 10:45 a.m.
CANDLE LIGHTING
TIMES
Fri., April 21 (1)
Before 7:02 p.m.
Sat., April 22 (2)
After 8:05 p.m.
Thurs., April 27 (3)
Before 7:08 p.m.
Fri., April 28 (1&2)-
Before 7:09 p.m.
(1) Do not light candles after
this time. It is a desecra-
tion of the Shabbos.
(2) Light only from existing
flame (such as a pilot
light or burning candle).
Do not strike a match.
(3) If lighting after this
time, do not strike a
match.
Note: Use prayer book for
appropriate candle-lighting
blessings. The
Shehecheyanu Blessing is
not said during the last two
days of Passover.
LUBAVITCHER
REBBE
URGES USE OF
SH'MURA MATZO
The Lubavitcher Rebbe
K"V'tit• has urged that
hand-made, round
"Shmurah Matzoh" be used
for the Passover holiday.
The word "Shmurah"
means "watched" and is an
apt description of the Mat-
zoh, because the wheat used
in their baking is carefully
protected against any con-
tact with water from the
moment of harvest on.
Water would cause leaven-
ing and thus disqualify the
wheat for use on Passover.
These Shmurah Matzohs
are round in form, are
kneaded and shaped by
hand, and are baked under
strict supervision, avoiding
any possibility of leavening
during the baking process.
The Rebbe has called for
the renewal of the time-
honored custom that all
rabbis and spiritual leaders
supply members of their
congregation or community
with these special matzohs
for at least the "kazayis,"
the minimum amount of
Matzoh required by Jewish
law to be eaten on each of
the first two nights of Pas-
sover.
In consonance with the
Rebbe's request, Lubavitch
organizations and emis-
saries the world over are ac-
tively engaged in a cam-
paign to supply as many
Jews as possible with these
Matzohs.
LUBAVITCH CENTERS
LAUNCH CHOMETZ
SALE CAMPAIGN
Homeowners may dele-
gate the power of attorney
to Rabbi Betzalel Gottlieb to
perform the mitzva of sel-
ling the - Chometz-
according to a legal contract
drawn up for the rabbi of the
Lubavitcher Center.
The document, on this
page, conforms with the
precept that a Jew must sell
all bread and leavened pro-
ducts that remain in his
home or-on his property for
Passover. The homeowner
locks away the Chometz
that he wishes to sell in a
specified place in his house;
then the rabbi acts as in-
termediary to transact a
sale of these Chometz pro-
ducts to a non-Jew.
For the duration of the
Passover festival this sale is
absolutely legal and bind-
ing according to Torah as
well as state law; the
Chometz simply does not be-
long to the homeowner, al-
though it is In his house.
(After Passover the transac-
t: an is reversed and the
Chometz again becomes the
property of the homeowner.
Rabbi Gottlieb said the
mitzva is often neglected
because it is considered
incon ,/enient. For this
reason, he has sought the
legal assistance of sev-
eral attorneys, who have ....
drawn up a "Delegation
of Power of Attorney for
Sale of Chometz."
taken NOT bo buy bread or any articles of Chometz until the holiday is entirely over.
One should be careful not to buy bread or any other Chometz even after Passover,
that was baked or prepared during Passover, because it is forbidden to use any
Chometz that was owned by a Jew during Passover. EVEN AFTER PASSOVER.
the korech (sandwich) as well as for the Afikomen.
Cosmetics, lipstick, etc., lotions, toothpaste, etc., that will be used during the Holiday
of Passover, must be Kosher for Passover use.
Those who are in need of medication should contact a competent Rabbi for instruc-
tions.
Buy only those products which have the Kosher for Passover certification from a
competent Rabbi.
NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCEMENT
SPONSORS
DONORS
Chabad House On Wheels mobile student center. Call Rabbi I.M. Upszyc
5418-26643.
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There is no cost for this
service, but the form must
reach Rabbi Gottlieb no
Round
hand-made later than April 20.
Shmura Matzo are availa-
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
ble at the Lubavitcher
Send the form to:
14000 W. 9 Mile Lubavitcher Center, 14000
Passover does not end until after nightfall of the 8th day, Saturday, April 29, 1978. All Center,
Road in Oak Park. For more W. Nine Mile Rd., Oak
the laws of Passover are binding until that time. Therefore, absolute care should be information call 548-2666.
Park, 48237.
Make sure to have hand-made Shmura Matzoh at least for the Seder. Each person at
the Seder should eat at least a "Kazayis" of Matzoh (approximately one once), as well
as drink the four cups of wine, and eat the bitter herbs. Each cup of wine should hold at
least 3 and 1 /2 ounces, and the bitter herbs eaten should be at least 5/7 of an ounce. In
addition to the Kazayis of Matzoh (approx. one ounce) that one eats after making the
blessing over the Matzoh, an additional 1/3 of an ounce of Matzoh must be eaten for
Congregation Bats Chabad of West Bloomfield and Congregation Baia
Chabad of Farmington Hills. Central office, 28555 MidcAebeit Road, Just north
of 12 Mile Rd. Call Rabbi Silberberg 626-1807 or Rabbi Bergstein 626-3194.
Friday, April
CHOMETZ OUT; MATZO IN. MICHIGAN JEWRY PREPARES.
BEDIKAS CHOMETZ
GRAND RAPIDS: Rabbi Noach Silver read the Megillah
and Rabbi Yosaif Weingarten presided over the Purim
celebrations at the Chabad House in Grand Rapids — the
first of its kind in the city in forty years.
SENIOR CITIZENS: N'Shei Chabad (Lubavitch Womens'
Organization) led by Batsheva Shemtov and Leah Silver,
visited the Federation Apartments, the Jewish Home For
the Aged, Borman Hall, Medicos, Lahser Hills Nursing
Home Sherwood Hall, Prentis Manor, Northland Geriatric,
Arnold Nursing, Bedford Village, Mount Vernon and
Franklin Hills to bring Purim gifts, present children's skits
and good cheer to the Jewish residents.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
1978 PASSOVER GUIDE
WEST BLOOMFIELD AND FARMINGTON: 250 par-
ticipants with children "made-up" as Hamans, Mordechais,
cowboys and queens, joined a gala Purim celebration high-
lighted by the music of the Kol Yisrael Band, and the words
of wisdom of Rabbis Elimelech Silberberg and Chaim
Moshe Bergstein.
THE TEN-POINT MITZVA CAMPAIGN
basic JEWISH HOLY BOOKS
MICHIGAN CHABAD CENTERS PREPARE
PESACH SERVICES, SEDARIM
MICHIGAN 1978 (5738)
MR. & MRS. NORMAL COTTLER
KURTIS KITCHEN & BATH CENTERS
ANTI. & MRS. SAUL LEVIN
RABBI & MRS. MOSHE POLTER
MR. & MRS. MOSHE POLTER
MR. & MRS. JUUUS ROTHENBERG
SOLDIERS SCRAP COMPANY
MR. & MRS. JACK STEIN
MR. & MRS. IRVING WEISS
'COMMITTEE
MR. & MRS. IRWIN I. COHN
MR. & MRS. CHARLES FEINBERG
MR. & MRS. ERWIN HOLLANDER
MR. & MRS. ROBERT RUCH
MRS. EMMA SCHAVER
MR. & MRS. MAX SOSIN
MR. & MRS. ISADORE STARR
DR. & MRS. ROBERT STARR
MR. & MRS. JACK SHENKMAN
Mechiras Chometz Campaign
FM k. — cut out and mad lo:
Lubavitcher Center
14000 W. 9 MILE RD., OAK PARK, MICH. 48237
S49-2666
Delegation of Power of Attorney for Sale of Chometz
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I. the undersigned, do hereby make,
constitute and appoint RABBI B. coarrusa, my true and lawful attorney a act in my
place and Mead. for me and in ray name and in my behalf to sail all CHOMETZ owned and
pomeased by me (knowingly or unknowingly) as mated in the TORAH and defined and
interpreted by the SAGES OF ISRAEL (e.g. CHOI/SIM DOUBT OF CHOMETZ, AND
ALL KINDS OF CHOMEFZ MIXTURES). Vie, CHOMETZ that tenth to harden and to
adhere to a surface inside of pans, pots or other cooking or eating utensils of whatsoever
nature. and all kinds of live animals that have been eating caohnrrz or mixtures
thereof, and to lease all places when's the aforementioned CHOKE= °wised or poems-
tad by me may be found, especially in the premise. located at the edam.. mentioned
below and elsewhere.
RABBI B. GOTTLIFI3 has the full authority and power as above given to sell said
CHOKE= and to team said place or places wherein said CHOMETZ may be found upon
such terms and upon such conditions as he, in his absolute discretion, dud) deem fit and
RABBI B. GOTTLIEB has the full power and authority to amigo or appoint a eubsti-
tete or substitutes to act in hie place and stead with all the some powers and authority
that I have invested in him.
The above given power shall be in conformity with all Torah, Ra/obinkal regulations
and laws and also in aaordance with the laws of the Sated Michigan. And to this I
hereby affix my signature on this day of
Nieman in the gar 57.--
Signature
Address
Dated:
City
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