Metropolitan Detroit Maccabi Club
Invites ALL Boys and Girls
Ages 12-16 (as of August 1, 1993)
To TRY-OUT
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For Teams Participating In The JCC's
Invitational Maccabi Games
to be held in
Pittsburgh August 22-26 and St. Louis August 15-19
We will be sending different teams to each city. At time of publication
we were unsure which of our sports teams we will be sending to each Games.
SPORT
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Girls Basketball
Boys Basketball
Boys Softball
Girls Softball
Boys & Girls Tennis
Table Tennis
Racquetball
Coed Volleyball
DATE
Sunday, February 28
Sunday, February 28
Sunday, February 28
Sunday, March 21
Sunday, March 21
Sunday, March 21
Sunday, March 14
Sunday, March 28
Sunday, March 14
Thursday, March 4
TIME
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
'Back • Swimming • Gymnastics • Golf • Chess
— MEETING ONLY —
Thursday, March 11th 7:30 p.m.
There will be separate boys and girls teams for the team sports.
Individual sports will be competed separately for boys and girls and by age.
Everyone is encouraged to TRY-OUT for multiple teams to enhance
your chances of participating.
ALL TRY-OUTS/MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE MAPLE/DRAKE JCC
For further information, contact Alan Horowitz at 737-0639 (evenings)
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The Old Tabernacle:
A Symbol For Today
RABBI IRWIN GRONER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
I
his week's Torah por-
tion presents a detailed
description of the con-
struction of the mish-
kan, or tabernacle, of the
Hebrew people in the days of
Moses. This may seem "ir-
relevant" to the contem-
porary Jew, of interest only to
architects or archaeologists.
But further study discloses
profound insights. Consider
the following: three aspects of
the text that portray the ar-
tistry of religion.
First, the portable sanc-
tuary was a magnificent
structure. Every item that
went into it was of the best
material and craftsmanship:
silver and gold, fine wood,
and furnishings of blue, pur-
ple and scarlet fabrics.
Second, the tabernacle con-
tained an ark in which there
reposed the tablets of the law.
That ark was designated as
the Holy of Holies.
Finally, all the material
and labor for the sanctuary
were to come as a free-will
gift. No slave labor was to be
used as was done in the
building of the pyramids and
pagan temples of Egypt.
"Every man whose heart
maketh him willing, ye shall
take from him an offering."
Each person responded in
compliance with the prompt-
ings of his heart and in pro-
portion to his material
possessions.
These principles can inspire
our age no less than the
generation of the wilderness.
First, the material of
religion should be that which
is excellent — no shoddy stuff,
no inferior goods. It is a sad
observation that for the
religious life we provide rem-
nants. We give to the spiritual
realm what little remains of
our energy, time and en-
thusiasm after a week of ex-
hausting competition, frantic
worldly activity and countless
demands. We have many
reasons why we and our fami-
ly cannot attend Sabbath ser-
vices, even though we recog-
nize that this should be our
time for communion with the
Almighty; for self-renewal; for
celebration of our faith; and
for the serenity and peace
that Sabbath observance
creates.
Judaism calls for our best —
not three days a year, not an
Irwin Groner is senior rabbi of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
occasional meeting, not
sporadic religious experienc
— but rather constant dev
tion and faithful particip .
tion. Judaism will mean to u
as much as we give to it of o
spirit, loyalty, and corn/xi'
ment; for these are the offe
ings of highest value.
Second, the mishkan co
tained an ark which was th
abode of the sacred. Thi
teaches that every life shoul
have a personal shrine — hol
and inviolate — that is no
profaned by self-indulgence o
material pursuits. Every da
should have its sacred m
ments: a time for prayer; a
opportunity for study; an o •
casion for contemplation
which we see beyond th
urgencies of the present a v
sion of eternal values. We al
require such periods of sanc
tity in which to find th
wisdom to appreciate ou
'
Shabbat Teruma:
Exodus 25:1-27:19
I Kings 5:266:13
blessings and the strength t
bear our burdens.
Finally, religion cannot b
sustained by force and coer
cion. The biblical word whit
gives this sedrah its name
Teruma — the contributio
made because of an inner con
viction and not because of ex
ternal compulsion. The sanc
tuaries of Jewish life
synagogues and temples;
schools and seminaries;
homes for the aged, hospitals
and communal agencies —
were established by teruma,
the offering of the heart.
The sanctuaries of Jewish
life will continue to thrive
and survive because of this
voluntary spirit that ani-
mates our people. We are
Jews because we want to be,
not because we have to be.
Let the ideals of the
mishkan guide us as they did
our ancestors in their journey
to the Land of Promise. In
that way, we shall merit the
fulfillment of the Divine pro-
mise stated to Moses: "Let
them make Me a Sanctuary,
that I may dwell among
them?' In building that which
is holy, we make it possible
for God to dwell in our
midst. ❑