BEIT KODESH 31840 W. Seven Mile, Livonia, 477 8974. Rabbi: Craig Allen; President: Phyllis Lewkowicz; Vice President: David Gross; Religious Chairman: Jeff Kirsch. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. Children's service the first Friday of every month. Kiddush follows Shabbat services. BETH ACHIM 21100 West 12 Mile Rd., Southfield 352-8670. Rabbi: Martin J. Berman. Cantor: Max Shimansky. Ritual Director: Joseph Baras. Rabbis Emeritus: Milton Arm and Benjamin H. Gorrelick. Services: Friday 6 p.m., Saturday 8:45 a.m., Weekdays 7:15 a.m., 6 p.m. Minchah 8:55 p.m., Haftorah will be chanted by Mark Rafsky. BETH SHALOM 14601 W. Lincoln Rd., Oak Park, 547-7970. Rabbi: David A. Nelson. Cantor: Samuel L. Greenbaum. Ritual Director: Rev. Samuel Semp. Services: Friday 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Weekdays 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Baby naming of Laura Marin NG, daughter of Rosa Lynne Schindler and Richard Yut NG. BETH TEPHILATH MOSES 146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, 465- 0641. Services weekdays 7:15 a.m. Saturday 10 a.m. with kiddush fol- lowing. Sunday 8 a.m. with breakfast following. Hebrew and Sunday school 9 a.m. to noon. Emeritus, Cantor, Gail P. Hirschenfang, Friday 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. Torah Study 9:30 a.m. Dr. Hertz will speak on "Cities of Refuge for Blood Revenge." BETH ISAAC 2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, 675-0355. Student Rabbi Robert Morais will lead services once a month Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m. Congregational service leaders will serve at all other Friday services. TEMPLE EMANU EL GET A GREAT RATE FROM STANDARD FEDERAL BANK field, 661-0040. Rabbi Norman T. Roman; Rabbi Emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad. Services: Friday at 8 p.m. Saturday 9:15 a.m. Chevrat Torah; 11 a.m. Shabbat worship. Friday: Rabbi Rick Steinberg will speak. TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM 5642 Maple, West Bloomfield, 737- 8700. Rabbi: Dannel I. Schwartz. Cantor: Samuel Dov Berman. Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 9:45 a.m. Rabbi's Tish, 11 a.m. ser- vice. - 14450 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park, 967-4020. Rabbis: Lane B. Steinger, Amy B. Brodsky. Rabbi Emeritus: Dr. Milton Rosenbaum. Cantor: Norman Rose. Services: Friday 8 p.m., Weekdays 5:30 p.m. Monday thru Thursday Minyan. Summer services will be held in the Theodore Birnkrant Garden, weather permitting. CONGREGATION SHIR TIKVAH TEMPLE ISRAEL THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 661-5700. Rabbis: M. Robert Syme, Harold S. Loss, Paul M. Yedwab, Joshua Bennett. Cantor: Harold Orbach. Services: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 10:30 a.m. (Rebbe's Tish 9:30 a.m.), Weekdays 7:30 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m. Friday: Rabbi Bennett will deliver the sermon. Saturday: Rabbi Syme will deliver the sermon. TEMPLE KOL AMI 5085 WalnutLake Rd., West Bloom- 3633 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 643- 6520. Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg. Services: Saturday 10: a.m. Rebbe's Tish Friday at Rabbi Arnie's; call for directions. HUMANISTIC: 28611 West 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T. Wine. Services: Friday 8 p.m. 18-MONTH TERM WITH A LOW MINIMUM BALANCE OF $500.00 RECONSTRUCTIONIST: CONGREGATION T'CHIYAH 1035 St. Antoine at Monroe, Detroit, 646-9444. President: Harold Gure- witz. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. Bar Mitzvah of Reuben Goodman, son of David Goodman. Services conduct- ed by the Goodman family. Helping You Along The Way.' — Standard Federal Bank Savings/Financial Services Standard Federal 1-800/643-9600 B'NAI MOSHE 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, 788-0600. Rabbi: Elliot Pachter. Hazzan: Louis Klein. Sexton: Shalom Ralph. Torah Reader: Abram Rabinovitz. Services: Friday 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., 6 p.m. Daily 7 a.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m. No evening ser- vices other than those listed until fur- ther notice. Daniel Weiner will chant the Haftorah. Kiddush will follow Shabbat Services. Shabbat Minchah at 8:30 p,.m. followed by Se'udah Shlishit and Rabbi's Mishnah Class, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE 1457 Griswold, Detroit, 961-9328. Rabbi: Noah Gamze. Cantor: Israel ldelsohn. Services: Monday-Friday 5:15 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. SHAAREY ZEDEK 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield, 357- 5544. Rabbis: Irwin Groner, William Gershon, Cantors: Chaim Najman, Sidney Rube. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:45 a.m.; Mon- day and Thursday 7:30 a.m.; Daily and Friday 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., 8:45 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Saturday evening services will be fol- lowed by Se'udah Shlishit. SHAAREY ZEDEK B'NAI ISRAEL CENTER 4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloom- field, 681-5353. Rabbi: Leonardo Bitran. Services: Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m.; Monday and Thursday 7 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 7:15 a.m. Please join our congregational family for kiddush/luch following Shabbat services. REFORM: TEMPLE BETH EL 7400 Telegraph Rd., Birmingham, 851-1100; TDD 851-7686. Rabbis: Daniel Polish, Richard C. Hertz, Rabbi Member Traditional Prayer And Meditation FDIC percentage yield is effective as of July 1, 1994. Penalty for early withdrawal. CI Annual Standard Federal Bank bonus coupons may not be used in conjunction with this certificate LENDER account. ©1994 Standard Federal Bank RABBI CRAIG ALLEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS he connection between the weekly parsha and life's sit- uations is a source of con- tinual intrigue. This week's parsha, Matot-Mass'ei, speaks of "stages." As a rabbi, I am re- peatedly challenged by congre- gants who tell me the following, "Rabbi, I ceased regular syna- gogue attendance because I did not know the meaning of the He- brew prayers." I often wish I could inject such people with a '60s mentality, colored with a Kabbalistic spin. Such a direction would, at the very least, draw po- tentially invaluable distinction between two very different ac- tivities: meditation vs. prayer. When I was at the seminary, it very quickly became evident that of all the assorted Jewish rit- uals, prayer was easily the most problematic. Indeed, the difficul- ty in getting morning minyans was astounding. It is only with the passage of time that I believe I have deduced a source of the problem. T Craig Allen is rabbi of Congregation Beit Kodesh. Our rabbis tell us that there is often much in a word. The He- brew word for prayer, palal, im- plies an act of self-examination. Moreover, the English word, prayer, historically connotes an act of begging. Both of these meanings, especially the English by which we are unavoidably in- fluenced, constitute a clear and present stumbling block to any successful act of worship. The problem is this: Both meanings imply a degree of worthiness which must either precede or ac- company the act. Indeed the strong non-Jewish component to our culture has at least sub-con- sciously convinced even us that there is no distinction between attitude and behavior. We need only remember Jimmy Carter's famous statement about lusting in his heart. Interesting, prayer is a late- comer to Judaism. In fact, recent scholarship, much by the late Areyeh "Caplan, suggests that the primary activity prior to the di- aspora was one of hagah or me- PRAYER page 24 7/ 71,c;il` /6a 74 2- eve/dee-en, ,A.;-7,1thitifazil 2-14:02/2 - .6" /0 -