B'nai B'rith
Michigan Regional Council,
The Jewish News

Beth Achim
Pesach Class

A class to answer questions re-
garding Pesach on Shabbat will
be held March 1 at 8 p.m. at
Congregation Beth Achim. Rab-
bi Martin Berman will explain
how to observe Passover prop-
erly when it falls on Saturday
night. In addition, Rabbi
Berman will review the laws of
Passover as well as the seder
ritual.
Coffee and cake will be
served during the class. There
is no charge; reservations are
requested. Call the synagogue
office, 352-8670.

National Council of Jewish Women
Greater Detroit Section

are pleased to sponsor

A Community-Wide Forum
on the School Finance Reform - Ballot Proposal A
Wednesday, March 2nd • 7:30 p.m.

Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills

Our Panel of Professionals will address both the ballot proposal
and the statutory plan, along with its implications,
and answer questions from the audience

Joe H. Stroud
Editor
Detroit Free Press

Julius A. Maddox
President
Michigan Education Association

Honorable Maxine Berman
State Representative

Bowen Broock
Immediate Past President
Michigan Association of Realtors

Michael W. Maddin
Managing Director
Maddin, Hauser, Warta, Roth,
Heller & Pesses P.C.

Honorable Jack Faxon
State Senator
Asst. Minority Floor Leader

Sherry Margolis, WJBK TV 2 News Anchor

will moderate this informative event

Refreshments Following Program

Open to the general public • Free admission • For more information, please call 855-8580

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FEBRU A RY

the secular world. While we
may need to get away from an
excessively literal approach to
Scripture and understand that
our sacred writings use sym-
bolism and allegory to teach us;
we need have no fear of such a
discipline as comparative reli-
gion.
Looking at our values of the
intellect, let us consider the say-
ings of the sages Rabbi Elazar
in the tractate Sanhedrin. He
said, `Wisdom is of great im-
portance, as it was placed be-
tween two divine names (I
Samuel 2:3); For a God of
knowledge is the Lord." He also
said, "Every man who possess-
es wisdom may consider him-
self as if the Temple were built
in his days, as both wisdom and
Temple are placed between two
divine names."
Another lesson which we can
derive from this week's Torah
portion is that we have always
been able to produce wise lead-
ers. The Midrash (Exodus Rab-
bah) comments on the verse:
"And bring thou near unto thee
Aaron thy brother." The
Midrash tells us that when the
peoples of antiquity wished to
appoint a king over them they
used to bring one from any
place and then appoint him over
them. The children of Israel,
however, produced their own
kings and prophets.
At times we worry as the
prospects of future leadership
seem dim. However, somehow
good leaders have always
arisen. Whether they were born
Jews or whether they chose to
join our ranks, we have so far
always managed to obtain peo-
ple of wisdom, understanding
and clarity of thought. King
David, who was descended from
Ruth, a convert to Judaism, es-
tablished a powerful kingdom
and caused our people to be re-
spected by their neighbors. In
later times, we were blessed
with wise leaders, generation
after generation.
Let us look to the future with
confidence and think positive-
ly about the survival of our peo-
ple and our faith. ❑

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