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5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield, 661-5700. Rabbis: M.
Robert Syme, Harold S. Loss, Paul
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.

3633 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 643-6520.
Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg. Services:
Friday: 7:45 p.m.
Services conducted in the lounge.

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THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE

5085 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield, 661-0040. Rabbis:
Norman T. Roman, Rabbi Emeritus:
Ernst J. Conrad. Services: Friday 8
P.m.
Chevrat Torah Study Group will meet
on Saturday at 9:15 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, Service Under the Stars at
Cranbrook's Greek Theatre.

CONGREGATION SHIR

28611 West 12 Mile Rd., Farmington
Hills, 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T.
Wine. Services: Friday 8:30 p.m.

W

ho was Pinchas, or
Phineas? Phineas,
the English equiva-
lent of Phinchas, was a priest,
a grandson of Aaron and chief
of the Levitical guards, sta-
tioned at the entrance of the
sanctuary. This portion nam-
ed after Phineas describes the
apostasy of Baal Peor and the
punishment for the sins of be-
ing seduced by the Midianites
and their cult religion.
During their stay at the
plains of Moab, many
Israelites were seduced by the
Moabite and Midianite
women into engaging in
licentious acts and even inter-
marrying with them. When
Phineas learned of an
Israelite man having rela-
tions with a Midianite

Shabbat Pinchas:
c Numbers
25:10-30:1,
Jeremiah 1:1-2:3.

near the sanctuary,
he took a spear in his hand,
followed the Israelite into the
chamber and stabbed both of
them through the belly.
The rabbis were uncomfor-
table with Phineas' act. He
had set a dangerous prece-
dent by taking the law into
his own hands and impulsive-
ly slaying a man in disregard
of due process of law.
The Torah sees the act dif-
ferently. In his zeal to uphold
the hand of Moses, Phineas
had acted fearlessly and by
motives pure and holy. He

woman

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T'CHIYAH

1035 St. Antoine at Monroe, Detroit,
393-1089. Services: Saturday 10
a.m.

UNAFFILIATED:

SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY
OF GREATER DETROIT

15751 W. Lincoln. Southfield.
557-8551.

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The Punishment For
Joining A Cult Religion

RABBI RICHARD HERTZ

SERVICES AT 5:30 P.M.
OR 8:00 P.M.

HUMANISTIC:

'TORAH PORTION

Special to The Jewish News

Friday, July 13, 1990

was rewarded with the
priesthood, a hereditary and
permanent distinction. Scrip-
ture regards the act of
Phineas in the words of Psalm
126:31, "It was counted for
him to righteousness unto all
generations forever?'
Phineas' impulsive act is
reminiscent of Moses' killing
of an Egyptian overseer in
Exodus 2:11-12. There, the
Torah records no judgement.
The Torah seems to approve of
Phineas' action as demon-
strating superior ethical and
moral qualities, even as the
same qualities were exhibited
in a younger Moses for strik-
ing down the Egyptian.
After dealing with Phineas
and the laws of female in-
heritance and general laws of
warfare, a final review of the
wanderings of the Israelites
bring them to the borders of
the Promised Land. It is then
that Moses' final days are
described.
The central theme of the
final 11 chapters of the Book
of Numbers is the occupation
of the Promised Land. In con-
trast to the faithlessness and
apostasy of the generation of
the Exodus, fidelity and
courage are the qualities
deemed necessary to conquer
the Promised Land. For this
purpose, a census was ordered
of all able-bodied men above
the age of 20. The second cen-
sus prepared the way for the
allotment of land of Canaan
in a clan arrangement.
With the Midianites
harassing them, the Israelites
had to prepare for entering
the Promised Land. Nearly
40 years had passed since the
first census was taken. A new

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for Reform Judaism,
is a strong supporter of religious freedom,
religious education and community outreach programs.

For further information, call
Kenneth Korotkin or Stuart Lockman, Co-Chairmen
or Thomas Jablonski, Executive Director
851-1100

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