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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Mourning Period Leads to the Fast of the Ninth of Av
Synagogue
Services
CONG BNAI MOSHE: Services 7 p.m. today. Services
8:45 a.m. Saturday. Adam Ross, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 5:30 p.m.-today. Services 11
a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Hertz will speak on "Ludwig
Lewisohn, American Jewish Writer." Marc St. Amand,
Bar Mitzva.
DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: Services 8 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Gamze will speak on "We Still Remember Our
Sorrows."
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8 p.m. today in the West
Garden conducted by the Pelzner and Stettner
families.
CONG. T'CHIYAH: Services 10 a.m. Saturday conducted
by Barry Stein.
Regular services will be held at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Cong. Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills, Cong.
Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, Cong. Beth Abraham
Hillel Moses, Cong. Beth Achim, Cong. Beth Isaac of Tren-
ton, Temple Beth Jacob, Cong. Beth Shalom, Cong. Beth
Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah, Cong. Beth Tephilath Moses of Mt.
Clemens, Birmingham Temple, Cong. Bnai David, Cong.
Bnai Israel of. Pontiac, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah,
Cong. Bnai Jacob, Cong. Bnai Zion, Cong. Dovid Ben
Nuchim, Temple Israel (new time), Temple Kol Ami,
Livonia Jewish Congregation, Cong. Mishkan Israel
Nusach H'Ari, Cong. Shaarey Shomayim (10 Mile Jewish
Center), Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Cong. Shomer Israel (18995
Shaefer), Cong. Shomrey Emaunah, Young Israel of Green-
field, Young Israel of Oak-Woods and Young Israel of
Southfield.
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.)
The three weeks between
the fast of the 17th of Tam-
muz and the fast of the
ninth of Av are designated
as a mourning period be-
cause they are considered
the height of the develop-
ment of the tragedy of the
Jewish people.
It was on the first of these
dates that the protective
wall around the city of
Jerusalem was broken
through and it was on the
ninth of Av (Aug. 2 this
year) that the Temple went
up in flames.
The name "Bayn ha-
Metzorim" was assigned to
this three-week period. The
term comes from a passage
in the Book of Lamentations
(1:3) which speaks of the
pursuers and haters of Jews
overtaking them "within
the straits." The rabbis
have translated this phrase
as meaning "from one trou-
ble to another."
One rabbinic source
claims that these three
weeks represent the fast
of Daniel which lasted
Vandals Hit
Beth Achim
Senator Goldwater Opposes
U.S. Oil Pledge to Israel
Cong. Beth Achim had
three stained glass windows
damaged and several other
windows broken by rock-
throwing vandals last Fri-
, day night or early Saturday.
Synagogue President
Allan Rosenberg estimates
-the damage at $2,500-
$3,000 to repair.
On June 30, the
synagogue's United Hebrew
Schools branch was broken
into and $40 in cash, $500 in
checks and a radio, cal-
culator and another piece of
equipment was stolen. A
Southfield man, Tarik
Wardia, age 17, was ar-
raigned in that case on Fri-
day' in Southfield District
Court.
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
As gasoline prices went up
40 percent in Israel, the
U.S. Senate was told the
United States should ref-
rain from commitments on
supplying oil abroad as it is
committed to Israel.
Sen. Barry Goldwater
(R-Ariz.) raised the matter
of the Carter Administra-
tion's commitment to Israel
in a floor speech in which he
set forth a report that noted
the National Association of
Arab-Americans are fight-
ing the commitment and
tied part of its opposition to
Jewish settlements on the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"Americans sweating it
out in gas lines and being
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asked to turn up their ther-
mostats," Goldwater said
"will be interested to know
that President Carter's ill-
timed promise to guarantee
Israel's oil supply for 15
years is going ahead on
schedule."
Goldwater said that
"legislation to accom-
plish this part of the deal
for an Israeli-Egyptian
peace agreement has
been quietly slipped into
legislation which is now
pending_ before both
Houses."
He was referring to the
legislation which would
authorize the Export Ad-
ministration to exempt the
Israeli oil guarantee from a
general ban on the export of
Alaskan oil.
Goldwater did :not di-
rectly urge elimination of
the guarantee but noted
that "the chances are that
the U.S. will soon have to
start making good on the
promise President Carter
made" and he said "it is long
past time that this country
(the U.S.) faced up to the
fact that it cannot take care
of all the needs throughout
the world that happen to
come to our official atten-
tion."
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BAHM Men
Conduct Service
The Men's Club of Cong.
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses
will conduct Shabat serv-
ices 9 a.m. Saturday.
Participants will be
Joseph Viedrah, Julius
Ring, Judge Nathan J.
Kaufman, Fred Erlebacher,
Dr'.' Warren Tessler, Gordon
Smith, Israel I. Idelsohn,
Oscar Bank, Alfred Cowan,
Harry Harris and Harry
Shiovitz.
Shiovitz is president and
Alfred Cowan is program
chairman.
Kidush will be served
after services.
the territory "between these
boundaries" that were set
by the Almighty for the land
of Israel. When the Holy
Land does not contain all of
the territory "between these
boundaries" the Jews are in
trouble. Thus the period is a
sad one.
It is customary to refrain
from eating meat or drink-
ing wine from the first day
of Av through the ninth day,
the "Fast of the Ninth of Av"
because the first day of Av is
the anniversary of the death
three weeks when he was
in trouble.
Others claim that the
phrase "within the straits"
is properly translated
"within the boundaries"
and these three weeks are
called by this name because
portions from the end of the
Book of Numbers are read
on the Sabbaths between
these three weeks and they
contain a description of the
"boundaries" that were set
by the Almighty for the land
of Israel. When the Holy
Land does not contain all of
•
Knesset Faction
Opposes Begin
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
new Knesset faction,
"Banai," was formed last
week. The acronym stands
for "Brit Neemanei Eretz
Israel" (Covenant of the
Faithful of Eretz Israel) and
the faction comprises Likud
rebels Geula Cohen and
Moshe Shamir.
The two said they would
be "the only real opposi-
tion," constantly attacking
what they regard as the
"disastrous policies" of the
Begin government and
striving to ensure Israel's
retention of, and settlement
in, all parts of Eretz Israel.
of the High Priest Aaron
(the brother of Moses). The
special restrictions which
forbid meat or wine during
these nine days relate to the
original tradition of sac-
rifice which came to an end
at this date.
Animal meat and wine
were placed on the altar
during sacrifices. Eliminat-
ing these two ingredients
from our diet during these
nine days reminds us of the
tragic end of the sacrificial
rite in Jerusalem.
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