The Anti-Defamation League

and

The National Council of Jewish Women
Greater Detroit Section

The responsibility for lighting
and attending the lamps of the
menorah was the exclusive pre-
rogative of Aaron and his sons.
The number seven, the totality of
the lamp is an outstanding sym-
bolic number in the Bible ex-
pressing completeness and
perfection. The light of the meno-
rah so symbolic of completeness
and perfection dramatizes the
presence of the giver of all life and
ever since remained a symbol of
Judaism found in the early Syn-
agogues and tombs and cata-
combs of ancient Israel. No
wonder that the menorah, with
all its emotion and conceptual sig-
nificance for Jews, was adopted
as the symbol and emblem of the
modern State of Israel.
The sanctuary served as a
symbol impressing the children
of Israel with the ever present
need for the Divine Presence.
Historically, the tabernacle no
doubt served to win the Israelites
away from the idolotrist worship
of their pagan neighbors and kept
before them the thought that God
was always in their midst. Con-
sequently their lives, both indi-
vidually and collectively, had to
be influenced by that knowledge.
The beauty of the sedrah dis-
cussing the building of the taber-
nacle is really in the introductory
verses. It is something of a para-
ble which tells us that the con-
struction of the tabernacle, with
its demands for all the treasures
that the mind and the hands of
man could create, that the wealth
of wood and of stone and the pre-
ciousness of gold could bring —
all these things would be of no
value unless every man con-
tributed with a willing heart.
This is the secret of the taberna-
cle. It was a sanctuary of a will-
ing heart.
Ever since that distant time of
the Exodus from Egypt, the Jew-
ish people have built their syna-
gogues throughout the Diaspora.
They have been a visible re-
minder of the purpose of every
synagogue: to be the in-dwelling
presence of God, the place where
God can be worshipped and ex-
alted, a sanctuary of the willing
heart. 0

invite you to

Examine the Issue of Prayer in the School

Addressing the social, religious, legislative, moral and education
aspects of this issue will be our panel:

•JOE STROUD, Editor, Detroit Free Press
•REV. HARRY T. COOK, Rector, St. Andrew Episcopal Church
•BILL BRODHEAD, Former United States Congressman
•HOWARD SIMON, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Michigan Chapter
•DR. SEYMOUR GRETCHKO, Superintendant, West Bloomfield School District

Panel Moderated by

DR. SHARON HOWELL

Oakland University, Department of Rhetoric, Communication & Journalism

Tuesday, February 7, 1995
7:15 PM
Adat Shalom Synagogue

29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan

Co-Sponsored by:
The Jewish News, Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies, Hadassah,
Jewish Community Council, St. Andrew Episcopal Church, Women's American ORT,
Oakland County NOW, Temple Emanuel Social Action Committee, Birmingham Unitarian Church,
B'nai B'rith Michigan Regional Council

No charge- Public Welcome

For further information or questions please contact
the NCJW offices at (810) 258-6000 or the Anti-Defamation League offices at (810) 355-3730

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Beth Achim Men's Club will hold
its annual Las Vegas Night, Sat-
urday, Feb. 11 from 8 p.m.-mid-
night at the synagogue.
This fund-raising event will
feature black jack, over/under,
craps and roulette. There will be
cash prizes and the door prizes
will include a VCR and a color
TV.
There is a charge. Refresh-
ments will be available. For in-
formation, call the synagogue
office, 352-8670.

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