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For a $35.00 contribution to Women's American ORT
(Organization for Rehabilitation through Training), you will re-
celveyour PassreORP to Savings card, which entittesyou to up
to a 20% discount on all non-sale merchandise at the stores
listed below. You may use your Passp•ORr to Savings card In
all the shops during designated dates only. There is no limit to
the number of purchases.

WHEN:

Your Possp*ORr to Savings package complete with
detals warding each merchant wit be moiled out the week
of August 9th. If you do not receive your Pasep•ORT" by August
16, contact the ORT office at 855.9820. PasI•ORP cords wIl
also be available for purchase at marry of the particiPalln9
merchants beginning August 16.

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Your participation In Pasp•ORT' to Savings witi ad-
vance the development of the ORT program, which Is the
largest global non-governmental network of scientific, voca-
tional and technological education In the world. To date,
there are over 222,000 students In 800 schools In 52 countries
around the world.

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returning the attached mal-in form. Make checks payable to
Women's American ORT. You can atm send Passp•ORr to
Savings cards as a gift. CARDS ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE AND
ALL SALES ARE FINAL.

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ALL METROPOLITAN
LOCATIONS:

FARMINGTON/
FARMINGTON HILLS:

Eyeglass Factory
MGM Bicycle &
Fitness Equipment
Winkleman's

BERKLEY:

Harrison Luggage

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SOUTHFIELD:

All About Flowers
Anders B's
Bagglt
Desserts by Sylvia Lee
4 Men
GlorIous Gif is
Mister Marvin's Klcke
Palmer Optical
Rachel's Needlepoint
Roslyn's Intimate Apparel
Sy Draft
Tlny Doubles
Tressa's Boutique
Valentina Applegate

LIVONIA:

BIRMINGHAM:

Azar's Oriental Rugs
Carol Hooberman Gallery
Lasio's Leathers

Newton Furniture

MACOMB TOWNSHIP:

Crafty Lady

NOVI:

Gould's
Leotards Et Cetera
Lulu's lingerie
Madelaine's

Newton Furniture

OAK PARK:

Book Beat
Metro Frame, Inc.

DETROIT:

Detroit Gallery
of Contemporary Crafts
The Poster Gallery
Zemco Textiles

WEST BLOOMFIELD:

PONTIAC:

Accents In Needlepoint
Azade
Bloomfield Esthetics
Bricker-Tunis Furs
Brody's

House of Watchbands
Mall Optical & Hearing Center
Sun & Sport Eyewear

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Is Not Easily Avoided

CD Warehouse
Chico's
Cover Up
Complaisant
Danielle Peleg Gallery
Divine Knits
Fabulous Rags, Riches and Things
Guys and Gals
Ilona and Gallery
Its The Gif is
Karma Creations
Knit, Knit, Knit
LaBret Jewelers
Lieberman Photography
Mario Max
Palmer Optical
Sally s Design Boutique
Salvatore's Hair Salon
Silver Streak
Suzy Ran's Science of Slimming
Trends
Under It All

The Finishing Touch

Framery One Inc.
Mark Shopnick Jewelers
Marmel Gifts & Toys, Inc.
Posner Gallery
Ron Daniel Salon
Tamara's In-Town Spa

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wo distinct traditions
concerning the manner
in which the Jewish
people received the
Torah at Nit. Sinai have been
transmitted to us.
The biblical tradition as
recorded in this week's sedrah
(as well as earlier in the Book
of Exodus) describes in glow-
ing terms the enthusiasm
and fervor that marked the
revelation. Elsewhere the text
informs us that the Israelites
proudly proclaimed: Naashe
Ve'nishma — "We shall do
and we shall hearken." In
their passionate desire to
receive the divine law they
even put the Naaseh (practice)
before the
Nishma
(understanding).
The rabbinic tradition, on
the other hand, describes our
ancestors as quite reluctant
to embrace and accept the
Torah. In fact, the Talmud
teaches that the Israelites
refused to accept the Law un-
til God forced it upon them by
holding the mountain over
them and threatening to
crush them unless they ac-
cepted. (T.B. Shabbat 88a).
All of our traditional com-
mentators are troubled by the
obvious discrepancy between
the two traditions. We are
dealing here, after all, with a
historical event which could
have occurred only in one par-
ticular manner. Why then
this divergence of opinion?
One answer to this question
suggests that the biblical nar-
rative refers to the written
law which the Jewish people
were more than willing to ac-
cept. But the rabbinic tradi-
tion alludes to the oral law —
the Torah She'be'al Peh —
which our ancestors received
only after divine coercion.
The question, however, still
remains: Why should we draw
a distinction between the oral
and written law? According to
our tradition, both possess
equal validity and are equal-
ly binding upon every Jew.
Why then were the Israelites
eager and willing to accept
the written law but far less
enthusiastic about receiving
the oral tradition?
The answer to this question
is an important lesson in
itself. Most people find a writ-
ten law far less threatening
than an oral law which re-
quires continuous transmis-

Morton Yolkut is rabbi of

Congregation B'nai David.

sion and implementation. A
Torah She'bi'ktav is perfectly
acceptable as long as it re-
mains just that — a written
law on parchment or paper.
Every nation is proud to
display exalted charters that
glorify human and divine
aspirations. Such written
documents are admired and
revered as long as they re-
main Torah She'bi'ktav —
written on parchment or etch-
ed on tablets of stone,
obligating no one. But when
you demand that this Torah
become a living Torah — a
Torah She'be'al Peh — to be
communicated from teacher
to student, from parent to
child.
The 20th century has seen
the evolution of a number of
glorious written charters in-
cluding Wilson's 14 Points,
the Atlantic Charter, the Four
Freedoms and the United Na-
tions Charter. All of these

Shabbat
Vaetchanan:
Deuteronomy
3:23-7:11
Isaiah 40:1-26.

were eagerly accepted and ap-
plauded as precursors of a
new era of peace and
brotherhood. But with all the
marvelous promises contain-
ed in the written documents,
those sublime goals remain
as elusive as ever.
We forget that charters
were not works of art to ra-
main forever enshrined in na-
tional museums. They must
be translated into oral laws K
which govern man's conduct
and behavior.
Torah, too, is meant for liv-
ing people, those here and
alive today. It is not to be
relegated to ancestors,
preserved in museums as
revered relics of an almost
forgotten past. The effec-
tiveness of Torah lies not in
the parchment on which it is
written, but rather in the
hearts and souls that it will
transform and regenerate.
Let us learn from our past
mistakes. Let us accept, this
time willingly, the oral tradi-
tion, in order that the written
tradition may guide and in-
spire our lives, helping us to
repair the world and establish
God's kingdom on earth. ❑