Join us for Yeshiva Gedolah's Special Spring Lecture Event Helping Hands Continued from preceding page with RABBI AHARON FELDMAN Author of The Juggler and the King who will be discussing three talmudic riddles from his book. Tradition tells us that these talmudic riddles contain the keys to human life; what moti- vates man, what constitutes success, and how life's goals can be achieved. RIDDLE #1 — THE JUGGLER AND THE KING "Said Rabba bar Bar-Chanah: I saw Hormin the son of Lillith running along the battlements of the city wall of Mechuza. A cavalryman below, riding on an animal, could not keep up with him. Once two mules were saddled for (Hormin) and stood on the two sides of the River Donag. He jumped from one mule to the other while holding two cups of wine in his hands, pouring from one to the other without a drop falling to the earth. That was the day when things "rise to the heavens and descend to the depths" (Tehillim 107:26); finally the King's men heard of (Hormin's doings) and put him to death:' (Bava Basra 73a-b) JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Maple-Drake Building DeRoy Theatre Refreshments will be served There will be NO SOLICITATION R.S.V.P. Or for further information contact Rabbi Eric Krohner at 968-3360 Joel H. Goodman Discount Foreign Car Broker Save now! Buy or lease the following new imported cars: Mercedes Benz • BMW • Infinity • Lexus Jaguar • Porsche • Ferrari • Others Call 313-399-9075 Global Gallery Inc. Cara lanni discusses fingernail painting with Judson Center resident Denise. ing proms, Charlene tells them she lives at Judson be- cause she does not get along with her parents. Meanwhile, in another unit, this one for boys ages 15-18, Avi Moskowitz, 17, a Groves High School senior, is in the kitchen making Passover brownies with the help of some residents. Nor- mally, the guys go outside and play basketball, but the rainy weather prohibits it. Instead, some sit around talking, while others watch a basketball videotape. After nearly two hours, the visiting students leave Jud- son. There are no friendship hugs, just a promise to see each other next week and a feeling that both groups of teens have a better under- standing of each other. It was not always so. Although only a few miles away from the United Heb- rew Schools building, the Jud- son Center might as well have been a world away for these students. . rig When they started coml to Judson, the students were startled at the differences as they. tried making friends with a group of younger children, Mrs. Rosenzveig said. Eventually, the chil- dren responded and the teens felt they were needed. Then one day, the students , showed up at Judson only to discover the kids had gone to church, she said. "Now we were the ones who felt ne- glected. It hurt." Not willing to give up on the project, Mrs. Rosenzveig went next door to the older boys' unit and to the girls' home. "It was hard with a new group of kids," she said. "The younger kids were more receptive." The teens' first reactions to their new visitors was to ask what they were doing there and why they -came back, she said. "They can't believe someone cares about them. They're just testing us. They can't accept that we're here week after week. "The girls were especially unresponsive. It's very hard when they've been abused for a long time," she said. "When my kids walked in for the first time they discovered this was going to be hard. They had to push themselves. Some girls felt they weren't needed. "We had to remember it's not us," Mrs. Rosenzveig said. But her students sometimes forgot and made excuses to skip class. She reminded them they had made a commitment to these teens. "We are trying to break through and make them feel