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a heavenly voice proclaims:
"Go thy way, eat thy bread
with joy. And drink thy wind
with a merry heart; For God
hath already accepted thy
works."
Nonetheless, eat mod-
erately to break the fast.
Avoid heavy meats and fatt,
foods; these meals are hard
on a digestive tract that has
not been filled in 25 hours.-)
Instead, eat light. Select
fruits, vegetables, dairy pro-
ducts and complex car-
bohydrates. Bagels and=
cream cheese, blintzes, cot-
tage cheese, salads and `
souffles are good ideas.
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May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.
dehydration can lead to
kidney failure.
People taking medications,
particularly people with
diabetes who are on insulin
or oral hypoglycemic agents,
should consult their physi-
cian about fasting. Those
with heart conditions should
also consult their physi-
cians. Medication dosages of
any sort should not be
altered for Yom Kippur
without the consultation of a
physician.
We are expected to eat and
rejoice when we break the
Yom Kippur fast. According
to the Midrash, after con-
cluding a long day of fasting,
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oving to a new West
Bloomfield facility
at a time member-
ship had sunk to an all-time
low of 270 families was a
risk for Congregation B'nai
Moshe.
But the risk appears to be
paying off. Membership fig-
ures released last week show
the congregation secured
125 new families in the past
year —a 50 percent increase.
"It looks like we are going
to make it," said Steve
Schneider, executive direc-
tor for B'nai Moshe. "It is
very good news."
The figures surpassed pro-
jections by administrators,
who expected membership to
reach 400 families by the
1993-94 fiscal year.
Mr. Schneider said several
former members rejoined the
synagogue after it opened in
the new facility in June.
Many members left the
synagogue when the con-
gregation moved from Oak
Park two years ago, he said.
Others, Mr. Schneider
said, recently have joined
the congregation because
B'nai Moshe is the first new
Conservative synagogue in
West Bloomfield in several
years. And, he said, the con-
gregation has targeted the
unaffiliated population of
the area.
"It is an old congregation
that has relocated," Mr.
Schneider said. "This brings
a sense of excitement and
newness."
Sherry Wasserman, a
librarian who lives. in Hun-
tington Woods, was a mem-
ber of B'nai Moshe for many
years when it was in Oak
Park. She left three years
ago, trying both Beth_'
Shalom and Beth Achim.
Recently, she rejoined
B'nai Moshe.
"I came back because I was--
dissatisfied everywhere else,
and I still have friends
here," she said.
When she was a member of
B'nai Moshe, she regularly
attended social and religious
programs at the Oak Park
facility. She also was a
member of a chavurah the
has since disbanded.
She hopes that Rabbi
Elliot Pachter, who launch-
ed a chavurah program
at Adat Shalom, will start a
similar program at B'nai
Moshe.
Conservative congrega-
tions maintain that mem-
bership throughout the
community is stable.
Alan Yost, executive direc-
tor for the 1,200-family Adat
Shalom, said membership
has been constant for years.
He said the increase in B'nai
Moshe's membership is good
news for all Conservative
synagogues at a time when
the movement has come
under siege.
Reform congregations are
growing rapidly, and the
modern Orthodox movement
is attracting many young,'
professionals. But across the
country, Conservative syn-
agogues have been losing
members.
Officials at B'nai Moshe
are pleased with High Holi-
day attendance this year.
Nearly 1,200 tickets were
purchased. Last year, the
congregation held services
for 700 adults and children.,,
The synagogue also is
promoting its education pro-
gram for children, which
opened two weeks ago with
25 students. Plans are under
way for parent-children and
family retreats.
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