40 Friday, May 30, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS TORAH PORTION Has returned from Paris and London with the latest sizzle haircutting and styling techniques — computerized hair coloring. Complimentary Hairstyle With European Haircut Through June 30 MOP SHOP SALON In La Mirage Mall • Northwestern Hwy. Between 12 Mile & Inkster OPEN MONDAYS 353-5110 DELTA DREAM VACATIONS ORLANDO (home of EPCOT Center/Walt Disney World) LOW SUMMER from iIIV V PRICES Including round-trip air fare, hotel and an Alamo Chevy Chevette, or similar car, for 3 days with free mileage', Also free one-day admission to Sea World. Quality Inn Plaza Radisson Inn Maingate or Sheraton Lakeside Hilton at the Walt Disney World Village 4 days, 3 nights from $259 4 days, 3 nights from $309 4 days, 3 nights from $379 :02 FT. 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Or call Delta's Vacation Center toll free at 800-523-7777. 4 days, 3 nights from $369 4 days, 3 nights from $379 4 days, 3 nights from $379 GetsYouThereq All tour rates are from Detroit and are subject to change without notice. Similar hotels may be substituted. Rates are per person, double occupancy; U.S. Departure Tax is included. Seats and accommodations are subject to availability. Make reservations at least 7 days in advance. Add taxes and gratuities. Prices shown are available during certain limited travel periods: they can vary and may be higher depending upon the actual date, day of travel and hotel selected. Certain charges and fees cannot be assessed immediately, but can only be collected on checkout or departure. $1.00 fuel surcharge on flights leaving Florida not included. *Gas, taxes, rental deposit and option& Collision Damage Waiver not included. (. 1986 Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Need- To Eliminate `By The Way' Attitude BY RABBI MORTON F. YOLKUT Special to The Jewish News The last sidra of Leviticus is dominated by the tokhacha, the terrible prophecy of doom await- ing the Jewish people if they depart from the way of God, and do not walk in His statutes. The climax of Israel's sins which will bring on that tokhacha is expressed in nebul- ous terms: "If you will go with me in the way of keri, I shall go with you in the way of keri" (Lev. 26:23-24). What does keri mean? The standard translation defines it as "contrary." The Jewish Publi- cation Society translation car- ries "hostile." But both of these translations are inferior to the interpretation of the rabbis as quoted by Rashi: b'mikreh, ara- ey. The word keri means casu- ally, incidentally, by the way. God says to Israel: If you treat Me as just somebody else, with casualness and inattention and half-heartedness and mindless- ness, that is precisely the way I will treat you: without concern, without worry, certainly without love. Jewish law in its entirety un- derscores the import of this principle. There is some con- troversy in the Talmud whether a commandment performed without intention must be re- peated or not. But all authorities agree that, to begin with, one must perform the mitzvah with kavanah, with complete intention, and not just "by the way." Indeed, the attitude of "by the way" raised to the level of ideol- ogy becomes the essence of sec- ularism. Secularism is not the denial of God, it is not agnosti- cism or atheism, but rather the privatization of religion, the re- duction of religion to one's pri- vate business — really its trivialization. The secularist holds that religion is • just an- other item . on the stacked shelves of society's supermar- kets. For secularism, religion is no longer the central 'fact or value of life. It is put into par- entheses in the unspoken sen- tences that define men's ulti- mate goals and ideals. Religion is taken only "by the way." Un- like secularism, Judaism insists that we cannot and dare not treat God casually or inciden- tally. This is something that we must remember, most particu- larly in our synagogues. Our services must never be casual or by the way. We are in trouble if we reduce prayer to a spectator sport, instead of asking the full participation and the heart and kavanah of each worshiper. Then we reduce Jews to spiritual voyeurs and we have lost the essence of prayer which is the feeling of every individual Jew that he is omed lifney ha'shechinah, that he stands - fully, totally, completely - before God's presence. With prayer it is not the quantity which counts, the number of words or pages we recite, but the quality of the recital, the inner feeling we ex- press. And so it is with all of life. One of our great Chasidic mas- ters put it in this manner: Whatever you do, do it with your whole heart, as if it is the only thing on your mind, as if there is no other task in the world left to you. For this is indeed true: You cannot raise good children in a half-hearted manner, training Bechukotai: Leviticus 26:3-27:34. Jeremiah 16:19-17:14. them just "by the way." You cannot build a going business or succeed in your profession "by the way," or even succeed in winning friends and influencing people "by the way." Notice the person who charms you and wins your confidence in a con- versation; he looks at you di- rectly and gives you his com- plete attention, his eyes do not dart to and fro, seeming pre- occupied with something more important. He does not treat you just "by the way," as if you were a blob of protoplasm that hap- pened of cross his field of vision < when he is interested in some- thing else. All of this can be summarized in a beautiful interpretation by the late chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Abraham I. Kook, of three words that we read near the very end of the Torah: Hovu Godel L'Elokenu (Deuteronomy 32:3) usually translated "give (or ascribe) greatness to God." What greatness can we give to God? Rav Kook says: This means do not try to conceive of God in petty concepts, in the trivial terms of everyday life, in the limited framework of normal conceptions. Do not react cheaply, absent-mindedly, half- heartedly to Him. For He is an infinite unlimited source of all existence. He deserves all your attention and all your concen- tration. Hovu Godel L'Elokenu, react with bigness to God and we will receive greatness from Him in return. Foot Reflexology Topic Of Lecture The Jewish Community Cen- ter's Women's Health Club will sponsor a lecture-demonstration on foot reflexology at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the health club lounge in the main Jewish Community Center. Nanice Chayet, who is trained in the original Ingham method, will speak on "Foot Reflexology — For Your Good Health." The public is invited free of charge.