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The Council only takes responsibility for the Kashrus of the fresh meat and poultry
products sold at the Tel-Aviv Farmer Jack Kosher Meat Markets both for year round
and for Passover at:
6565 Orchard Lake, West Bloomfield
29800 Southfield, Southfield
13115 West 10 Mile Road, Oak Park
and the Kosher Fresh Fish Section at 13115 West 10 Mile Road.
We are not and have never been responsible for the Kashrus of any other sections of
these stores, even if there is a sign saying that these sections are Kosher or Kosher
for Passover. We are always available to answer questions on specific items in these
sections, so please feel free to call. Do not assume that because an item is in these
sections that it should be used. Many items such as certain meat provisions or can-
dles are from sources that none of the major Kashrus organizations feel comfortable
endorsing.
If you are on our mailing list, you should be receiving our updated annual Passover
Handbook for the Jewish Family any day. With new articles, and information for this
year, we feel that it is both a practical guide and enjoyable.

Getting A Get

The Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit wishes to inform
the Jewish public that a Civil Divorce without a Jewish Get is worth-
less according to Jewish law. A couple may not remarry in Jewish law
until after a Get. To arrange a get, call our office (810) 559-5005.

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Time, Money, Space,
Air, Bread, Matzah

RABBI BINYAMIN ANTIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

T

ime and money are two
rare, highly prized com-
modities in contemporary
society. Organizing time
and maximizing its potential
are watchwords for the 1990s.
The result of technology's
rapid expansion in the last
generation has created the need
to work longer, harder and
smarter just to keep up, let
alone get ahead.
How does the Torah view
time and money? What context
can be found for the concepts of
time and money in the pre-
Pesach season?
Parshat Pekudei and Par-
shat Hachodesh provide the
answer. Their coincidence on
this Shabbat is significant,
knowing how to relate to time
and money offer guidance in
how to celebrate Pesach. Par-
shat Pedudei teaches about
money and Parshat Hachodesh
teaches about time.
The concluding portion of
Sefer Shemot (Exodus) gives a
detailed accounting of how the
collected materials for the
Tabernacle were spent. The no-
tion of charitable and public
institutions making financial
disclosures is well taken, but
the lesson runs deeper.
The Talmud (Shabbat 49:b)
explains that the labors pro-
hibited on the Sabbath were all
used in building the Tabernacle.
The Torah prohibits ". . . all
manner of work . . ." on Shab-
bath (Shemot 20:10) therefore
it follows that the building of
the Tabernacle involved the full
range of human creativity and
productivity.
Those who actually did the
work were those who volun-
teered, men and women whose
hearts were inspired (see She-
mot 35:21 and 25). The call to
bring materials for the Taber-
nacle and the people's generos-
ity was overwhelming. After all,
when did anyone cal off a cam-
paign after meeting its goal?
The underlying basis for Is-
rael's building the Tabernacle
is found in Shemot 25:8 —
`Build for Me a Tabernacle and
I will dwell within them"; not
among them but within them!
The Tabernacle from God's com-
mand to its actual construction
bespoke dedication and yearn-
ing for godliness to touch each
and every Jew.
Why then was it necessary
for there to be a disclosure of
how funds were spent or mate-
Rabbi Antin is former director of

spiritual guidance at Touro
College, New York.

rials used? Could there be any
real questions raised? Could
any tabloid even contrive a hint
of scandal? Obviously not, so
why ostensibly taint that which
is so pure with proof of its
purity?
If the Tabernacle was holy,
that holiness should stand by
itself. It need not be docu-
mented or defended. So why?
The disciples of Rabbi Yisroel
Salanter taught that the ques-
tion is often in itself the answer.
Part of the Tabernacle's mission
to put godliness within every
Jew included those in charge,
to show a balance sheet.
Were the builders of the
Tabernacle righteous? Yes.
Were the materials used in
building the Tabernacle freely
given? Yes.
The financial records did not
need to be made public, but for
the sake of completeness, to
maximize the holiness of the
endeavor, the records went pub-
lic. The disclosure made by the

Shabbat Pekudei:
Exodus 38:21-
40:38, 12:1-20.
Ezekiel 45:16-
46:18.

Torah here teaches that one
should safeguard conduct even
if it is beyond reproach.
Additionally, the Parsha
demonstrates how money, the
most material of commodities,
can be a vehicle to bring God
within each Jew.
Parshat Hachodesh begins
with the mitzvah to proclaim
the new month when the moon
begins to wax anew. The decla-
ration of the months was the
first commandment given to all
Israel and it prefaces the laws
of Pesach.
Pesach, the festival of re-
demption, represents Israel's
departure from Egypt, which in
Hebrew is called Mitzrayim, the
narrow place. Egypt's narrow-
ness was not geographical but
rather a narrowness of mind.
Egypt denied God's direct
involvement with mankind. In-
stead of serving God, which
liberates the human spirit, al-
lowing man to experience unity
with God, Egypt chose idol wor-
ship. Idolatry keeps down the
loftiness of the human spirit by
tying it to the service of inani-
mate natural phenomena.
Instead of worshipping God,
Pharaoh defied himself. Pha-

