TORAH PORTION
Temple Emanu-El
HAPPENINGS
14450 West Ten Mile Rood
Oak Pork, Michigon 48237
(313) 967-4020
AUGUST
1-
4- 7:45 p.m.
10-
11-
7:30 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
18- 7:45 p.m.
25- 6:15 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
26-10:30 a.m.
27- 9:00 a.m.
28-10:00 a.m.
29- 6:00 p.m.
30- 9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12 Noon
August, 1989
RABBI LANE STEINGER
New assistant Rabbi L. David Feder joins
Temple Emanu-El staff
Summer Shabbat Services - West
Garden, weather permitting.
Tisha B'av Program
Summer Shabbat Services - West
Garden, weather permitting. Signed for
the hearing impaired.
Summer Shabbat Services - West
Garden, weather permitting.
Picnic
Prospective Member Shabbat Summer
Service
Shabbat Morning Service
Gregory Weisswasser, Bar Mitzvah.
Prospective Member Open House
Coffee, Bagels, New York Times.
Sisterhood Meeting
Faculty Orientation Dinner
Kindergarten Open House.
Nursery Faculty Orientation
Nursery Staff Luncheon
SEPTEMBER
1- 7:30 p.m. Family Shabbat Service - Bring the
Children.
2-10:30 a.m. Shabbot Morning Service - Ethan Stett-
ner, Bar Mitzvah.
Day Care Center Opens
5-
6-
Nursery School Begins
7:30 p.m. Orientation for Religioius School Parents
Only Moral Purpose Can Make
Great Gifts Sources Of Blessing
RABBI IRWIN GRONER
Special to The Jewish News
I
n this week's sidrah we
read of an intense conflict
with consequences that
endured in the consciousness
of the Hebrew people. They
had just arrived at the border
of Canaan. The tribes Gad
and Reuven and a substantial
portion of the tribe of
Menasseh saw that the area
before them, trans-Jordan,
was suitable for their flocks
and offered excellent grazing
for their cattle. Consequently,
these two-and-a-half tribes
came to Moses and said, "We
are not interested in entering
the Land of Canaan. Do not
move us across the Jordan.
We have found a suitable
place for ourselves here."
This separate initiative
could have destroyed the
gathered strength of the peo-
ple and undermined their
resolve to inherit the Promis-
Irwin Groner is senior rabbi
of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.
moloomi ■
The Staff Faculty and Administration
of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah join
THE HONORABLE JUDGE
AVERN COHN
his family, and his many friends
in the community as he
celebrates his
65TH BIRTHDAY
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prosperity and contentment
until 120 years.
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ed Land. Moses, therefore, ex-
acted from these tribes a pro-
mise that they would join
with their brethren in
fighting for the conquest of
Canaan. Only after the land
had been won would they be
permitted to settle east of the
Jordan.
Centuries later, as the
sages considered the fate of
these two-and-a-half tribes,
they noted: "These people
were affluent and powerful,
and they had great flocks.
Because they loved their cat-
tle so dearly, they dwelled
east of the Jordan and did not
enter the Land of Promise.
Therefore, when the enemy
came, he attacked their ex-
posed settlements first and
they went into exile before
the other tribes."
In their conclusion, the
sages declared: "There are
three great gifts that we find
in this world: wisdom, power
and wealth. However, they
will not abide unless they ex-
press the will of Heaven."
The Jew never looked with
disdain upon the material
world. He never cursed
wealth; he never deprecated
power. He certainly aspired to
knowledge. But he recognized
that these gifts do not
necessarily yield fulfillment.
Moral purpose and ethical
direction are required to
make these gifts sources of
blessing to those who possess
Shabbat
Matot-Masee:
Numbers
30:20-36:13
Jeremiah 2:4-28,
3:4, 4:1-2.
them. This insight is of
special meaning to our
generation.
We live in a time when
knowledge has increased
enormously, when a junior
high school student knows
more about the physical
universe than the science pro-
fessor of 40 years ago. Wealth
is available in greater abun-
dance today than in any other
time, for technology has made
possible the production and
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Bais Chabad of Birm-
ingham/Bloomfield Hills: Moshe
Polter, rabbi. 646-3010.
Bais Chabad of Farmington
Hills: 32000 Middlebelt Rd., Farm-
ington Hills. Chaim Bergstein, rab-
bi. 855-2910.
Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield:
5595 W. Maple Rd., West Bloom-
field. Melech Silberberg, rabbi.
855-6170.
Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham:
15751 W. Lincoln Dr., Southfield.
Dov Loketch, rabbi. 557-6750.
Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah:
24225 Greenfield Rd., Southfield.
Leizer Levin, rabbi. 559-5022.
B'nai Israel-Beth Yehudah:
15400 W. 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park.
Yoel Sperka, rabbi. 967-3969.
B'nai Zion: 15250 W. Nine Mile
Rd., Oak Park. Solomon Gruskin,
rabbi. 968-2414.
Dovid Ben Nuchim: 14800 W Lin-
coln, Oak Park. Chaskel Grubner,
rabbi. 968-9784.
Kollel Institute: 15230 W. Lincoln,
Oak Park. Moshe Schwab, rabbi.
968-0109.
Mishkan Israel, Nusach H'ari,
Lubavitcher Center: 14000 W. 9
Mile Rd., Oak Park. 543-6611.
Shaarey Shomayim: 15110 W. 10
Mile Rd., Oak Park. Leo Goldman,
rabbi. 547-8555.
Shomrey Emunah: 25451
Southfield Rd., Southfield. Shaiall
Zachariash, rabbi. 559-1533 or
557-9666.
Shomrey Emunah-Ohel Moed:
6191 Farmington Rd., West Bloom-
field. Eli Jundef, rabbi. 967-1806.
Young Israel of Greenfield: 15140
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Drucker, rabbi. 967-3655.
Young Israel of Oak-Woods:
24061 Coolidge, Oak Park. Eliezer
Cohen, rabbi. 398-1177.
Young Israel of Southfield: 27705
Lahser, Southfield. Elimelech
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Young Israel of Bloomfield: Ira
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TRADITIONAL:
B'nai David: 24350 Southfield Rd.,
Southfield. Morton Yolkut, rabbi.
557-8210.
CONSERVATIVE:
Adat Shalom: 29901 Middlebelt
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rabbi. 851-5100.
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses:
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Beth Achim: 21100 W. 12 Mile Rd.,
Southfield. Milton Arm, rabbi.
352-8670.
Beth Shalom: 14601 W. Lincoln
Rd., Oak Park. David Nelson, rab-
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Beth Tephilath Moses: 146 South
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field. Sherman Kirshner, rabbi.
681-5353.
B'nai Moshe: 14390 W. 10 Mile
Rd., Oak Park. Allan Meyerowitz,
rabbi. 548-9000.
Downtown Synagogue: 1457
Griswold, Detroit. Noah Gamze,
rabbi. 961-9328.
Livonia Jewish Congregation:
31840 W. 7 Mile Rd., Livonia. Mar-
tin Gordon, rabbi. 477-8974.
Shaarey Zedek: 27375 Bell Rd.,
Southfield. Irwin Groner, rabbi.
357-5544.
REFORM:
Beth El: 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bir-
mingham. Daniel Polish, rabbi.
851-1100.
Beth Isaac: 2730 Edsel Dr., Tren-
ton. 675-0355.
Beth Jacob: 79 Elizabeth Lake
Rd., Pontiac. Richard Weiss, rabbi.
332-3212.
Emanu-El: 14450 W. 10 Mile Rd.,
Oak Park. Lane Steinger, rabbi.
967-4020.
Temple Israel: 5725 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. M. Robert
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rabbis. 661-5700.
Kol Ami: 5085 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. Norman Roman,
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Shir Shalom: 5642 Maple Rd.,
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Shir Tikvah: 3633 W. Big Beaver,
Troy. Arnie Sleutelberg, rabbi.
643-6520.
HUMANISTIC:
Birmingham Temple: 28611 W. 12
Mile Rd., Farmington Hills. Sher-
win Wine, rabbi. 477-1410.
RECONSTRUCTIONIST:
T'Chiyah: 1404 Nicolet Place,
Detroit. 393-1089.
UNAFFILIATED:
Sephardic Community of
Greater Detroit: meets at
Yeshivah Beth Yehudah, 15751 W.
Lincoln, Southfield. David Hazan,
vice president. 545-8945.