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Providence Hospital and Medical Centers
Tomorrow's technology ... today
A women's fall lecture series at Providence Surgical Center
Season Of Rejoicing
Has Age-Old Lesson
Dozens of surgeries that once required lengthy hospital stays are now per-
formed on a convenient outpatient basis...safely, effectively and less expen-
sively.
Join us for this Providence lecture series that explores some of the modem
wonders of surgical technology.
RABBI IRWIN GRONER
Special to The Jewish News
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Tuesday, October 15, 7:30 p.m. - Asghar Afsari, MD
"Laparoscopy and Lasers-Revolutionizing Women's Surgery"
Dr. Afsari uses lasers and a technique called laparoscopy to revolutionize many women's surgeries
such as removal of ovarian cysts and treatment of endometriosis. The benefits are many: less pain,
virtual elimination of hospital stays and recovery times counted in hours and days rather than weeks.
Wednesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. - Ian T. Jackson, MD and Peter M. McCann, MD
"Facial Cosmetic and Eyelid Surgery: A Coordinated Approach"
World-renowned plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ian Jackson teams up with Providence oph-
thalmologist Peter McCann to coordinate facial and eyelid cosmetic surgery. With recent advances in
cosmetic surgery, more and more people are deciding to improve or modify their facial features...and
often find that the biggest change they notice is not on the outside, but on the inside with an improve-
ment in confidence and self-esteem.
Tuesday, October 29, 7:30 p.m. - John R. Pfeifer, MD
"Varicose Veins: The Latest Therapies for a Common Problem"
Dr. Pfeifer, immediate past chairman of the Providence Department of Surgery, explores the outpatient
treatments available at Providence for varicose veins—a problem that affects one of every four adult
Americans. Treatments range from scierotherapy to liga-
tion and stripping—a procedure that removes the in-
volved vein.
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We invite you to join us for one or more of these lec-
tures. There is no charge to attend, but seating is
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The evenings begin with refreshments at 7:00 p.m.
The lectures start at 7:30 and are followed by time for
questions and answers. Tours of the Providence
Surgical Center operating room and a demonstra-
tion of one of the surgical lasers are also part of the
evening.
Please call 424-3068 for
reservations.
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ukkot is referred to as
"Z'man Simchatenu"
— the season of our re-
joicing. This designation is
given exclusively to Sukkot
and not to Passover and
Shavuot which are also con-
sidered major festivals.
How does Sukkot with its
singular observances and
practices enable us to find
fulfillment? This question has
great meaning for modern
Jews, who share in the
unhappy spirit of this age.
Americans generally are in
the relentless, almost
ironically grim pursuit of
happiness. Entertainment is
a huge industry, and amuse-
ment is a national enterprise.
But much of our amusement
is superficial and a great deal
of our "happiness" is not real-
ly genuine. In the privacy of
many lives, there is pain,
boredom and dissatisfaction.
Sukkot teaches us signifi-
cant lessons about the nature
of human happiness. The first
truth is that happiness does
not result from possession of
material things.
Ecclesiastes said: "There is
nothing under the sun better
for man than to eat and to
drink and be merry." But Ec-
clesiastes found little
pleasure in anything, and
concluded morosely, "Vanity
of vanities, all is vanity." It is
a false notion, to which our
privileged generation can at-
test, that happiness results
from abundance, creature
comforts, or self-indulgence. If
these sufficed, why are so
many so miserable?
On Sukkot, we are required
to leave the comforts of our
home, the artificial and com-
plicated devices on which we
come to rely and enter a sim-
ple booth. Everything in our
lives and in the world is grow-
ing more and more complex,
so that we have inevitably
come to feel that our
pleasures must be found in
the same direction.
We are to give up those
elaborate possessions that we
normally rely upon and enter
a frail and simple dwelling.
Judaism is advising us that
we should shift our attention
from the accumulation of
things to the perfection of
self. We should be concerned
less with having more, and be
concerned instead with being
more.
Happy people are engaged
in activity, in meaningful
work, in creative effort, in
growth of mind and spirit.
Authentic satisfaction is ex-
perienced not in what we
own, but what we strive to
achieve.
The reason for observance
of Sukkot is that God pro-
tected the children of Israel as
they moved forward on their
journey in the wilderness for
40 years until they reached
the Promised Land. We enter
the sukkah to remind us of
that journey, and to be in-
structed about the great saga
of the history of our people.
Thus, Sukkot teaches us the
secret of happiness in a se-
cond form.
Vital and authentic faith is
an adventure. Religious liv-
ing is dramatic and eventful.
Every human life is a journey,
in which we seek a Promised
Land relying upon God's Pro-
vidence and His blessing. If
Sukkot:
Exodus
33:12-34:26;
Numbers 29:26-31.
Ezekiel
38:18-39:16.
we perceived His presence
more clearly, how much more
glorious and stirring would be
our understanding of our own
existence.
The great adventure of life
is to walk through trial and
tribulation, through tempta-
tion and triumph, fearing no
evil and feeling armed and
strengthened by the great gift
of faith that religion alone
can bestow.
The person of faith may
wrestle with his soul as Jacob
wrestled with the angel. He
may struggle with life itself
but he ultimately prevails,
because in the intensity of his
conviction, he draws his
strength to win.
The third secret embedded
in the observance of Sukkot is
contained in this verse:
"Thou shalt rejoice in thy
festival; thou and thy son and
daughter, and thy servant,
the stranger within the gates,
and the Levites."
As we bring joy to others,
we discover the joy in our own
lives. When you help the
needy, the underprivileged,
the poor and the deprived,
your own life acquires new
meaning and worth. When
you see the light of healing
break into the darkness,
when you discover the il-
lumination that your service
has created, you see the glory