THE CULTURAL COMMISSION
of
Congregation B'nai David
invites you to participate
in our
M. Yedwab. Cantor: Harold Orbach.
Services: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday
10:30 a.m. (Rebbe's Tish 9:30 a.m.),
Weekdays 7:30 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m.
Bat mitzvah: Friday: Andrea Phyllis
Haron daughter of Pamela and
David Haron; Saturday: Julie Lyn
Bass daughter of Caren and Dr.
Stuart Bass. Saturday: Jennifer Tink
daughter of Anita and Charles Tink;
Saturday evening Havdalah: Joshua
Todd Grumet son of Carol and
Robert Grumet.
Rabbi Syme will deliver the sermon:
"The High Cost of Aging."
TEMPLE KOL AMI
5085 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield, 661-0040. Rabbis:
Norman T. Roman, Rabbi Emeritus:
Ernst J. Conrad. Services: Friday 8
p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Bar mitzvah of Daniel Pierce son of
Sharyn and Fredric Pierce.
Rabbi Roman will hold "Ask the
Rabbi" format following services.
Chevrat Torah Study Group will meet
Saturday morning, 9:30 a.m.
TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM
5642 Maple, West Bloomfield,
737-8700. Rabbi: Dannel I. Schwartz.
Services: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m.
Friday Girl Scout Sabbath; Sermon:
"Minding our memories." Saturday
Tish 9:30 a.m. Torah Portion: Ke
Tisa, Exodus 30:11-34:35.
CONGREGATION SHIR
TIKVAH
SPRING CULTURAL FORUM
3633 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 643-6520.
Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg.
HUMANISTIC:
THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE
28611 West 12 Mile Rd., Farmington
Hills, 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T.
Wine. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.
Friday, a Purim family service, annu-
al parade to honor the heroes of
Jewish history; a Purim carnival will
follow the servcie.
RECONSTRUCTIONIST:
SUNDAY
MARCH 25
12:00 NOON
THIS DATE ONLY - LATER TIME AT 12:00 NOON
" The Intifada and its Effect on Israeli Life"
MR. NAHUM BARNEA, Political Columnist, Yediot Ahronot
SUNDAY
APRIL 1
"The Reunification of Germany - A Historian's Perspective"
DR. SIDNEY BOLKOSKY, Professor of History,
University of Michigan, Dearborn.
SUNDAY
APRIL 22
"The Last Jews of Poland", a lecture/slide presentation on
a recent rabbinic mission to Poland
RABBI MORTON F. YOLKUT, Spiritual Leader,
Congregation B'nai David.
SUNDAY
APRIL 29
"Prospects for Peace in the Middle East"
MR. MOSHE FOX, Consul for Press and Information,
Consulate General of Israel.
T'CHIYAH
St. Antoine at Monroe, Detroit,
393-1089.
UNAFFILIATED:
SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY
OF GREATER DETROIT
15751 W. Lincoln. Southfield.
545-8945.
I TORAH PORTION I
Each Of Us Must Make
His Own Contribution
RABBI MORTON YOLKUT
Special to The Jewish News
I
t is said that with statis-
tics you can prove any-
thing. The British
statesman Benjamin Disraeli
once listed three types of lies:
lies, terrible lies and
statistics.
Statistics, however, are im-
portant, especially so are the
counts of population and oc-
Shabbat Parah:
Exodus
30:11-34:35,
Numbers 19:1-22,
Ezekiel 36:16-38.
cupations. In America, a com-
plete census is being con-
ducted this year, as prescrib-
ed by law, to determine the
population of our country and
other important demographic
data.
In this week's sedra we read
of God's instruction to Moses
on how to conduct a Jewish
census. "The Lord said to
Moses: When you take the
census of the people of Israel
. . . each of the people who is
numbered in the census shall
give this: half a shekel" (Ex-
odus 30:11-13). The coins
were then counted and the ex-
act population was known.
Morton Yolkut is rabbi of
Congregation B'nai David.
11:00-12:00 Presentation
10:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast
The monies collected for the
census were to be used for the
upkeep of the sanctuary.
A number of questions can
be asked about this unique
Jewish census. First, what a
strange way to count! Why
does the Torah insist on coun-
ting coins and not people?
Was this some type of ancient
superstition? And why was a
fractional coin, the half-
shekel, chosen for the census?
Our Jewish tradition
understood that counting peo-
ple can be transformed into a
degrading experience. Since
each person can be seen as
representing an entire world,
our tradition is opposed to
counting people in bulk
numbers. People should never
been seen as mere numbers,
certainly not as impersonal
statistical data.
And so when a census was
necessary, the Torah asks
each individual to give
something of value to the
community. In the Jewish
census, the people to be
counted assume importance
only if they are willing to
stand up and contribute their
part toward the good of their
people. If they wished to be
counted as part of a unified
community, they had to learn
that this could not be ac-
complished without giving of
themselves and their money.
There is no receiving without
giving. The two, in fact, are
really one.
When the Torah speaks of
at
CONGREGATION B'NAI DAVID
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Southfield, Michigan
557-8210
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