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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1990
wo area synagogues
will have ceremonies
under chuppahs (wed-
ding canopies) this weekend,
but neither will involve a
bride and a groom.
Both Young Israel
Southfield and Temple Shir
Shalom will be greeting
Torahs to their congrega-
tion. Young Israel
Southfield commissioned the
writing of a new Torah while
Shir Shalom had its Torah
from the Soviet Union
repaired for use.
For Young Israel
Southfield, the 11 a.m. Sun-
day parade will culminate
nearly a year of fund raising
and anticipation for the new
Torah. The shul will begin
its ceremony with a parade,
originating at 22922 Pont-
chartrain, complete with
balloons, Israeli flags and
music. The new Torah will
be carried under the
chuppah to Young Israel,
where it will be met by the
shul's existing Torahs. The
congregation will then dance
around the synagogue with
the Torahs as on Simchat
Torah. Rabbi Yosef Lange, a
scribe from Oak Park, will
write in the last five lines of
the Torah.
The Torah was written in
Israel. It will cost Young
Israel anywhere from
$25,000 to $40,000, accor-
ding to Rabbi Lange. Each
Torah, the rabbi said, takes
about a year to write. The
Torah is then proofread by
two readers, then scanned by
a computer. Rabbi Lange
had a computer printout in
his Oak Park study showing
him exactly where errors
had been made in the
writing of the Torah.
Young Israel Rabbi
Elimelech Goldberg said
that over years he had
discovered more and more
places that needed care and
correction in his congrega-
tion's collection of Torahs.
He said that when ink in the
letters breaks apart or fades,
it becomes more difficult
over time to make correc-
tions.
"After the years of use, the
letters begin to crumble,"
Rabbi Goldberg said. "The
Torahs we have need a great
deal of work.
"This is a big mitzvah for
us," Rabbi Goldberg con-
tinued. "Two years ago we
buried part of a Torah that
was falling apart. And now
we have the mitzvah of car-
rying a Torah under the
chuppah. The first mitzvah
of the Torah tells us about
having children, and it's the
final mitzvah, the 613th,
that tells us to write a Torah
to pass down to our chil-
dren."
Dr. Jeffrey Goldenberg,
who chaired the effort to
have the Torah written, said
the new Torah won't actu-
ally be read from until the
High Holidays.
"This is a common bond for
all of us at Young Israel,"
Dr. Goldenberg said. "When
our members touch or kiss
the Torah, they'll be able to
feel a part of themselves in
that Torah."
That's exactly what Shir
Shalom members said they
will feel at their service 8
p.m. Sept. 7.
Congregation members
Alan and Blanche Mindlin
and family donated the
Torah. Mr. Mindlin will
carry the Torah under the
chuppah, and like the ser-
vice at Young Israel, the
Shir Shalom Torahs will
greet the new Torah.
"We like to think that as
the Russian people are corn-
ing here, so are their
Torahs," said Temple
spokesman Laurie Nosan-
chuk. It comes to us from
Russia with love." O
JFS Offers
Self-Help Group
Jewish Family Service will
begin a short-term
psychotherapy group 7-9 p.m.
Oct. 2.
The group, focusing on help-
ing individuals to take
responsibility for themselves,
will be conducted by
Margaret Weiner, associate
director of Jewish Family Ser-
vice, and Judy Shewach-
Stevenson.
There is a fee. For informa-
tion, call Judy Shewach-
Stevenson, 559-1500.
Historical Society
Elects Officers
The Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan elected
new officers for the 1990 year.
President Gilbert Borman;
vice presidents Harriet Siden,
Joel Jacob; treasurer Beno
Levi; secretaries Judy Cantor,
Sara Bell, Gertrude Edgar.
Additional members of the
board of directors include:
Adele Staller, past president;
H. Saul Sugar, Esther Klein,
Levi Frank Smith, Sidney
Bolkosky, Oscar Schwartz.