COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLES' WZPS PHOTO BY SAMMY AVNISAN Soothing Scents At the end of a tough day at school or work or home with the chil- dren, there's nothing like a nice bath to soothe away all the aches and pains. With these simple in- structions, you can make your own bath oil. All !:itweitr"qttie A winner on the Israeli version of "Wheel of Fortune." you need is baby oil and a dried herb or two, which you combine then let sit for liAl hat if you went on a game show and won $1 million? Would you keep it all, or give some of it away? How much would you give to tzedakah? Which charities would you donate to? Do you think Jews should give to Jewish charities first? Which, if any of the following, do you think should re- ceive tzedakah: *A home for the severely disabled. *An art museum. *A Jewish day school. *A hospital for veterans. *Programs for new immigrants to Israel. I Chaim Arlosoroff Moses Arragel Sholem Asch Solomon Ashkenazi Tzvi Ashkenazi Hayyim Joseph David Azu- lai Isaac Babel Leo Baeck Simon Bamberger ,Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan Shabbetai Ben Joseph Menachem Mendel Beilis Eliezer Ben-Yehudah Henri Bergson Henry Berkowitz Herman Bernstein Bruria Chaim Nachman Bialik Nathan Birnbaum Ernest Bloch Mikhail Botvinnik Yosef Chaim Brenner Sir Israel Brodie Robert Capa Rene Cassin Moses David Cassuto Joseph Chazanovitz Adam Cherniakov Sir Frederick Cowen Yitzhak Cukerman Lewis Naphtali Dembitz Jacques Derrida Babette Deutsch Meir Dizengoff Dov Ber of Mezhirich Profiat Duran Paul Ehrlich Jonathan Eibeschutz Elias Ney Eliezer Ben Hyrcanus David Friedlander Abraham Geiger Gershom Ben Judah lavender, or ezovyon in He- brew. The talmudic tractate Shabbat mentions lavender, with its leaves used both as a medicine and a perfume. Aromatherapy expert the heart, and steadies the emotions, and makes a very good evening bath for those who have difficulty shoes. Would you be willing to risk your life as a spy for Israel? For how long would you be able to be away from your family and friends, living hi an alien country and pretending to hate. Israel? In what ways would you prepare for your work as a spy in a foreign nation? In addition to considering philosophical ques- tions, expand your evening to practical activities. If you were Elie Cohen living in Syria, how would you dress? What kinds of food would you eat (Per- haps you could prepare a meal of typical Syrian foods?) What would be your daily habits? Do you like the sound of Arab music? Here are the names of some other lesser-known figures, who nonetheless have fascinating stories you may want to research. Lea Goldberg Abraham Goldfaden Sidney Hillman Fannie Hurst Jules Isaac Joseph Joachim Joseph Jonas Bertha Rachel Kalich Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer Ida Kaminska Yoseph Klausner Ferdinand Lasalle Isaac Leeser Shemaryahu Levin Yitzhak Meir Levin Max Liebermann Moses Leib Lilienblum Max Lilienthal Maxim Litvinov Solomon Maimon Yehudah Leib Maimon Peretz Markish, One good herb to try is Robert Tisserand notes that a lavender bath "warms If I Were In Your Shoes f you think Mata Hari was something else, you should hear about Elie Cohen. Cohen was a spy for Israel, assigned to work in Syria. Before leaving for the Arab nation, he studied everything from the food habits to par- ticular linguistic trademarks of Syrian residents, enabling him for many years to pass as an Arab businessman. The information Cohen uncovered was invalu- able, but eventually he was discovered and exe- cuted. Elie Cohen is one of thousands of figures in Jew- ish history whose names may not be immediately familiar, but whose stories are remarkable. Instead of simply reading about someone like Elie Cohen, consider spending an evening in his a few days before using. Dov Berush Meisels Sabato Morias George Jean Nathan Henri Nathansen Solomon Neumann Louise Nevelson David Nieto Hannah Orloff Judah Loeb Pinsker David Pinski Louis Isaac Rabinowitz Isaac Samuel Reggio Havivah Reik Julius Rosenwald Cecil Roth Nelly Sachs Viscount Herbert Louis Samuel David Sarnoff Avraham Shlonsky in sleeping," and that lavender oil is excellent on a compress for women in labor. I he coming week's Torah portion, Genesis 23:1-25:18, is Chayei Sarah. After the death of Sarah, Avraham buys the Mach- pelah Cave in Hebron as a burial site for his wife. Avra- ham sends his servant to find a wife for Yitzhak. The servant devises a test by which to recognize a woman of good character. He meets AsTaham's niece, Rivka, who passes the test and agrees to marry Yitzhak. Avraham dies at the age of 175 and is buried in Machpelah Cave. For a project, talk to your , parents or grandparents about before they were married. Ask them what characteristics they were looking for in a future spouse, and how they recognized those in the person they we rn i rn C=:1 w CC1 2 w 1