UP FRONT THE GIFT OF BREAD West Bloomfield Continued from Page 14 Q: What is the difference between a slice of bread and a present? A: Both are gifts. The difference between them is a difference in World view. Most peo- ple look and see the slice of bread . . but the person who says a berakka looks at the same piece of bread and sees a gift. (The berakka teaches us to see the bread as if it were gift wrapped.) Bread is the staff of life. Its importance is reflected in the fact that it has its own special berakka and because it has come to sym- bolize all food, it is the berakka said before a meal. Saying the berakka can transform "bread" into "gift," and thus change the ex- perience of eating itself! 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Township trustee Judith Holtz said she has no prob- lems with the limitations on the buildings. But she ob- jects to the way trustees want to speed the ordinance through the process, she said. Township clerk and trustee Sharon Law said trustees would like to get the ordinance through the West Bloomfield Township Plann- ing Commission and back to them for consideration by Feb. 20. Although Law said trustees always give the planning commission a com- pletion date a few months away, Holtz said this pro- posal could wait until late March. The latest proposal is designed to block the Lubavitch Foundation's plans to build its educational campus on 40 acres it owns west of the Jewish Com- munity Center Campus, she said. "It is apparent it is the only reason for the rush," Holtz said. The foundation must pour concrete on the site by the end of February to prevent the township from using the proposed ordinance to stop the campus, she said. Although the foundation is working on a site plan for its campus, it does not have permission to build yet. "No one seems to be inter- ested in getting a good or- dinance, just getting a fast one," Holtz said. Law said the trustees are trying to find the proper place to put a college in West Bloomfield. Some trustees do not believe the proper place for a college is next to a residential neighborhood. "It is not against the Lubavitch at all," Law said. If the ordinance is approv- ed, the foundation could seek to rezone the land it owns to office and industrial park use and get a special use permit to build the religious retreat, Law said. But the entire area surrounding the foundation's land is zoned residential so a zoning change to industrial park use may be difficult to get. Law admits, "I haven't gotten too far with it. But there are other pieces of property in West Bloom- field." The township has four 20- acre parcels in areas zoned for office and industrial park use that could be used for a college if the proposal is ap- proved, Law said. Rabbi Yitschak Kagan, as- sociate director of the Lubavitch Foundation, said that despite the proposed or- dinance the foundation is go- ing ahead with its plans to build a campus complete with parks, a Judaica library, a Jewish art muse- um, a Soviet Jewish center, a day care center and a center for the elderly. "We are going ahead full force. We are not even one iota deterred. The general mood among us and our sup- porters is we are going ahead," Rabbi Kagan said. In the meantime, West Bloomfield Township is fighting another battle, this one in court, with Congrega- tion B'nai Moshe after efforts by the synagogue to get the trustees to reconsider a Nov. 20 decision failed. The trustees denied the synagogue's special use permit request and halted the synagogue's plans to build a new facility on Drake Road south of Maple Road. Synagogue leaders filed suit against the township Dec. 11, asking the court to re- verse the decision. After meeting with Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Hilda Gage Dece. 20, township trustees were to meet with B'nai Moshe leaders at the township hall yesterday to discuss the issue. ❑ Singles Planning Night Of Humor The Jewish Community Center Singles (25-45) will have an evening at Chaplin's Comedy Club West, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 4. There is a charge. Dinner will be at 7 p.m. at Laffrey's Steak-on-the- Hearth. Reservations deadline for either event is Jan. 3. Call 661-1000, Ext. 347. 50-Plus Singles Set For Chanukah Temple Israel's Single Ex- tension Group (50-plus) will hold a Chanukah dinner dance, 7 p.m. Dec. 23 at the temple. A traditional menu and dessert will be served, with dance music by Wally Duda. There is a fee.