6 Friday, May 28, 1982 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS CHARTER HOUSE HAIR SHOPPE NOW LOCATED IN FRANKLIN SHOPPING PLAZA NORTHWESTERN HWY. JUST N. OF 12 MILE 353-7733 HAIR PIECES • • • • • HAIR STYLING HAIR COLORING MANICURING SHAMPOOING SHOE SHINING Shavuot 5742 Is Marked Throughout the World (Continued from Page 1) link- themselves with the past of their people on this traditional day marking the giving of the Torah. Shavuot is the shortest of the pilgrimage festivals, but it has the most names. Hag HaKatzir, feast of the harvest, and Bikkurim, first fruits, reflect the ag- ricultural aspects. Hag Hashavuot, the Feast of Weeks, and Atzeret, the concluding festival, relate to the counting of the Omer. Zeman matan Toratenu, season of the giving of the Torah, gives a spirituhl as- pect to the holiday. In Italy the holiday has become known as the Feast of Roses and in Persia, the Feast of Flowers. Asa holiday, Shavuot has the most symbolism con- npeted to it because it is Music by Sam Barnett Big or small, we custom the music to -your needs. '968-2563 N HOUSE of SHUTTERS SINCE 1959 Call Now For Free Home Estimates 4uniN RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL CUSTOM WINDOW SHADES 60% OFF 40% OFF HORIZONTAL 1" blinds CUSTOM SHUTTERS Horizontal & Vertical many decorator colors by LEVOLOR By Joanna, Mastercraft 60% OFF VERTICAL BLINDS aluminum decorator cloths & suedes P.V.C. macrame, wood (HOUSE of SHUTTERS 25611 excluding previous orders 559-4668 SOUTHFIELD RD., SOUTHFIELD associated with the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. While Passover is the festi- val of freedom and Sukkot is the harvest celebraiton, Shavuot marks the giving of the Law, an event which has key theological implica- tions for the existence of Judaism and the Jewish people. The word Shavuot means weeks, and falls on the 50th day conclud- ing the seven-week count begun on the second night of Passover. The count, which starts in the spring at the time of the initial planting, con- cludes with the heat of ARTHUR Atlantic City **** ON GOLDEN POND BLOW OUT **** BODY HEAT STAR WARS JERUSALEM (JTA) — A bill calling for the dissolu- tion of the 10th Knesset and for elections next Nov. 2 was introduced by the Shinui faction Monday. But chances are slim that it will come up for a vote during the - current Knesset session and Shinui itself regards the measure as a trial bal- loon to test the intentions of the two major parties rather than a serious move toward early elections. The small leftist party submitted the motion be- cause the defection of two Likud MKs last week — Amnon Lin and Yitzhak Peretz — deprived Premier Menahem Begin of his one- vote parliamentary major- ity. Begin reportedly favors early elections on grounds that Likud would be re- turned to office with a deci- sive majority. At the mo- ment, however, he is ar- dently courting the two- man Telem faction to re- place Lin and Peretz in his coalition. According to Knesset regulations, Shinui's election bill cannot be brought to a vote for 60 French Lieutenant's Woman **** PRINCE OF THE CITY '35,00 MEMBERSHIP FEE Open 7 Days 12 Mile Road at Evergreen the Jewish people through- out its history. On the eve of Shavuot, we symbolically await the giv- ing of the Torah anew. Rather than closing our eyes in slumber, we must deepen our own personal knowledge of our spiritual treasure through constant study. There has always been a custom of the pious to rise at midnight to recite the "tik- un hatzot," the prayers at midnight. This relates to the talmudic legend which tells of the harp hanging over the bed of King David. When the midnight breezes came, they blew across the strings creating a melody which awakened the king. He arose to pen his Psalms - of praise to God. On Shavuot the tikun begins after supper and days, unless the House continues on until the Committee specifically breaking of the dawn. waives the regulation. The original Savuot tik- Even if that were to oc- un volume contained cur, the bill could not be the opening and closing voted on unless a major- words of every verse in ity of the Knesset plenum the Torah. One could agreed. read the Torah through An election bill may be in this fashion and com- voted on only once during plete it as a herald to dad-- any Knesset session. If it special day. Now in Jerusalem, as in- were defeated it could not be raised again until the Knes- deed around the-world, the night of Shavuot is filled set's fall session. with study sessions. They Meanwhile, the National are to be found in the Religious Party reportedly yeshivot, in the seminaries, may drop its opposition to in the institutes, in the syn- early elections. The NRP, agogues and in private - which lost four Knesset homes. There is literally not seats in the last elections, a minute on the night of has been reluctant to go to Shavuot when someone in the polls again for fear that one of a multitude of lan- its mandate might be re- guages is not engrossed in duced even more. But it is Divrei Torah, words of the said to feel now that oppos- Law. ing new elections would Like all festivals of the further damage its image. year, Shavuot also has its The opposition- Labor culinary delights. In this Alignment, which has come case special milchig cheese within a hair's breadth of toppling the Begin regime several times during the past year, is also reported to favor new elections as the only way to-return to power. Shinui Introduces Bill Aimed at Dissolving Knesset VIDEO PLUS Best Rent in Town: early summer and the bringing of the first fruits of the summer harvest. Shavuot is a holiday when appreciation is ex- pressed for a good begin- ning in the hope that what follows, harvest- wise, will be just as boun- tiful. Since the central theme of the festival is the gift of the Torah to the Jewish people, it is important to mark the night of Shavuot with in- tensive study. The Torah is not to be taken for granted. We will not benefit from its teachings unless we make them a part of us. Therefore, the study of the Torah has been a paramount virtue for 569 -2330 But Labor is in serious disarray. Leaders of Mapam, Labor's partner in the Alignment, warned that they would not ac- cept hard line policy con- cessions to accommodate the two hawkish Likud defectors, Amnon Lin and Yitzhak Peretz, who are ' being ardently wooed to join the Labor bloc. At the same time, hawkish elements within the Labor Party have re- newed their demands to end the partnership with Mapam. They would also like to get rid of MKs Yossi Sarid, Shulamit Aloni and other Labor doves. Mapam leaders made it clear that a sharp swing to the right by Labor would make it impossible for them to participate in the Align- ment. Later in the day, the Labor Party's central bureau voted 39-5 in favor of an agreement to bring Lin and Peretz into the Labor fold. The party Secretariate ratified the agreement-by a 20-1 vote. dishes are eaten. Also it is customary in many syna- gogues to bedeck the bima with flowers and greenery as a reminder of this festival of the bikkurim, the first fruits. In many communities this festival has become a time for confirmations when Jewish teenagers re- confirm their allegiance to the Torah, the Jewish people and the land of Is- rael. Whether you stay up all, night or whether you er the traditional Shavuot licacies; whether you make a pilgrimage to the Western Wall or decorate your home and synagogue with the flowers of the season, the observance of Shavuot has a resonant tone to it and the Torah helps to give the holi- day its special flavor. 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