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Panel (affiliation given for identification only)
around the conspiracy to
learn the secret of his great
strength: his unshorn locks of
hair. Once Samson was
deprived of his hair while he
slept, his great strength ebb-
ed. The Philistines seized
Samson, then blinded and in-
carcerated him.
Tales of Samson's daring
adventures against a foreign
oppressor made him a folk
hero all because, as he told
Delilah, he was a "Nazarite
unto God."
One can hardly leave this
sedra without reflecting how
modern this subject of mak-
ing a vow can be. What is a
vow? Is it not a promise to do
something? If made to
another person, does it not in-
volve a question of trust? If
someone promises something,
that is in a sense a vow. But
wht happens if the promise is
not fulfilled? Our times are
full of broken promises,
broken pledges, broken vows
. . . and not just in the
diplomatic world, but in
every-day society.
We can't go back 2,000
years to reclaim the
Nazarites, but we can take a
second look at our sedra and
realize how necessary it is to
keep the vows we make.
"A man is as good as his
word," we say. Never mind
how to make up for broken
vows. Better to keep one's
word and we won't have to
refrain from alcohol or grow
a beard to prove our integrity.
The Talmud quotes a rabbi
sayng, "The righteous pro-
mise little and perform much.
The wicked promise much
and perform not even a lit-
tle." ❑
Steven Goldin
Jeffrey Sherman
Prof. Boaz Siegel
Sherwin Tukel
Herut - USA
Committee for a Safe Israel
Labor Zionist Alliance
Zionist Organizaiton of America
Moderator
Prof. Leon Warshay
ZOA Public Affairs Chair &
WSU Professor of Sociology
Come and Join the Discussion
with Your Comments & Questions
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21
7:30-9:30 p.m.
I SYNAGOGUES I
Youth Receive
Scholarships
Congregation B'nai Moshe
youth were awarded scholar-
ships for the following Jewish
Theological Semin-
ary-sponsored program: Beth
Bodzin, Camp Ramah
Seminar Plus; Joshua Cutler,
Camp Ramah Israel Seminar;
Lowell Friedman, United
Synagogue Youth
Israel/Poland; Adam Harris,
United Synagogue Youth On
Wheels; Ben Lutzky, Camp
Ramah; Ron Meisler, United
Synagogue Youth Israel Pil-
grimmage; Bradley Roten-
berg, Camp Ramah; Marc
Rotenberg, Camp Ramah;
Devra Wanetik, Camp
Ramah; and Ezra Wanetik,
Camp Ramah.
The scholarships were
made possible through the
Stephen Lanyi and Livia
Lanyi Scholarship Fund and
the David and Ida Schwartz
Scholarship Fund.
Adat Shalom
Plans Events
Adat Shalom Synagogue
will hold its final lunch and
learn program for the year
11:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Rabbi Efry Spectre will lead
a discussion on Siddur Sim
Shalom, the new prayerbook
Adat Shalom congregants
will begin using June 24 for
Shabbat morning services.
There is a charge for lunch.
lb place a reervation, call the
rabbi's secretary, 851-5100.
Nancy Handelman has
chaired this year's lunch and
learn series, which is spon-
sored by the Adat Shalom
adult study commission.
Adat Shalom will hold a
family chavurah Shabbat ser-
vice and dinner at 6 p.m. June
23.
Rabbi Jules Harlow, direc-
tor of publications for the
Rabbinical Assembly, will be
guest speaker. Rabbi Harlow
is editor of Siddur Sim
Shalom.
A kosher dinner will be pro-
vided. Singing and Israeli
dancing will follow.
To place a reservation, call
the synagogue office,
851-5100, by Monday.
Chavurah programming is
coordinated by Rabbi Elliot
Pachter.
Syme Hosts
Music Class
David Syme will present a
class in music appreciation at
10 a.m. Wednesdays and
7:30 p.m. Thursdays.
Each class is complete in
itself; no prior musical
knowledge is required.
The classes are "How Per-
formers Differ and Why — All
About Interpretation" on
Wednesday and Thursday;
and "How All Types of Music
Are Similar and Understand-
able; How I Taught Myself to
Play the Piano; Plus a Recom-
mended Listening Library"
on June 28 and June 29.
There is a charge. For infor-
mation, call Temple Israel,
661-5700.
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