THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 14, 1984_ 53 SYNAGOGUE SERVICES Mrs. Maddox Cake Shop 553-7650 HOLIDAY FAVORITES! ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Nir Basse, bar mitzvah. CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday. Scott Ettinger will chant the Haftorah. TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Schwartz will speak on The Transfer Agreement." Scott Rose, bar mitzvah. Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Roman will speak on "Judaism and the Computer." Julie Feiler, bat mitzvah. CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Michael Bernard, bar mitzvah. BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 7:30 p.m. today. conducted by the students of the temple school, under the direction of Harriet M.Iza. CONG. B'NAI DAVID: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Leo Beals will chant the Haftorah. CONG. B'NAI MOSHE: Services 4:30 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Satur- day. Saul Raimi will chant the Haftorah. DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: Services 8 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Gamze will speak on "Chanukah as a Symbol of Jewish-Survival." TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8:15 p.m. today (Brotherhood Shab- bat Eve Service), conducted by members of the brotherhood. Serv- ices 10:30 a.m. Saturday. TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8 p.m. today. Rabbi Syme will speak on "Chanukah Is Not Just for Children." Allyson Ochs, bat mitzvah. Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Ricky Kaplan and Brian Surowitz, b'nai mitzvah. TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8 p.m. today. Rabbi Conrad will speak on "The Falashas of Ethiopia: At the . End of the Road?" Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Dean Snyder, bar mitzvah. LIVONIA JEWISH CONGREGATION: Services 8 p.m. today. Rabbi Gordon will speak on "Psalm 117." Services 9 a.m. Saturday. CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services . 8:45 a.m. Saturday. Brian Feldman, bar mitzvah. CONG. T'CHIYAH: Services 10 a.m. Saturday, conducted by Jonathan Poland, Matthew Schenk and Monica Baum. TROY JEWISH CONGREGATION: Services 10 a.m. Saturday, con- ducted by the children of the congregation. Regular services will be held at Cong. Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills, Cong. Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, Cong. Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, Cong. Beth Isaac of Trenton, Temple Beth Jacob, Cong. Beth Jacob Mogain Abraham, Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah, Cong. Beth Tephilath Moses of Mt. Clemens, Cong. B'nai Israel-Beth Yehudah, Cong B'nai Israel of West Bloomfield, Cong. B'nai Jacob, Cong. B'nai Zion, Cong. Dovid Ben Nuchim, .Cong Mishkan Israel Nusach H'Ari, Sephardic Community of Greater Detroit, Cong. Shaarey Shomayim (Jewish Center Jimmy Prentis Morris Branch), Cong. Shomrey Emunah, Cong. Shomrey Israel (18995 Schaefer), Cong. 12 Mile and Pierce (Bais Yoseph), Young Israel of Greenfield, Young Israel of Oak-Woods and Young Israel of Southfield. 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GORDON Special to The Jewish News Vayehi Hashem im Yoseph, vayehi ish matzliach — and the Lord was with Joseph and he was a prosperous man (Genesis 39:1- 2). The word matzliach is used three times in this chapter, each time with reference to Joseph. This is somewhat unusual for the word matzliach is rarely found in the Torah and certainly never applied with such frequency to a single biblical figure. One would also have to question whether Joseph's circumstances can be considered as prosperous. In our age, success as usually associated with material achievements, with power, glamor and popularity. What we may find here is an in- spiring lesson on the true mean- ing of success. Joseph, in his early life, faced three critical tests. They repre- sent problems and crises that may be experienced by all human be- ings. In the early stages of his life, he was a victim of sibling rivalry. As a tender adolescent, he was persecuted by his own brothers, Samr.S. loan 1,,,,Incv separated from his family and thrown into a strange environ- ment. The love and care of a de- voted father is now replaced by a harsh slave owner. It is obviously a period of gloom and darkness in the life of this young man. Two possibilities are presented. One may become filled with de- spair, sigh, weep and give up hope . . . or one determines to do the best under the circumstances and face the future with hope . . . and faith. Joseph was indeed fortunate, for in his hour of misfortune and trouble, he was imbued with faith in God. He never lost hope. He believed the "Lord was with Joseph" and he applied himself to his work. He did his best under trying and difficult circum- stances, he, therefore, became an ish matzliach is prosperous man. The second crisis provided Joseph with a severe moral test. 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