412Aish HaTorah presents: WINTER LEORMING IN WEST BLOOMFIELD Machon L'Torah Sets Lectures THIS CHANUKAH GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT OF HEBREW READING! SIGN UP FOR AISH HATORAH'S POPULAR AND EFFECTIVE CRASH COURSE IN HEBREW READING AND IN FIVE WEEKS YOU WILL BE READING HEBREW !! The class begins December 6th and by January 3rd you will be reading Hebrew Class meets from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Wednesdays PATHWAYS TO THE TORAH! AN INTENSE, CHALLENGING AND INTELLECTUAL EXPLORATION OF SELECT PORTIONS OF THE TORAH USING CLASSIC COMMENTARIES. THE NARRATIVE WILL BE EXAMINED WITH AN EYE TOWARDS REVEALING THE WISDOM AND RELEVANCE OF THE CHARACTERS, INCIDENTS, PHILOSOPHY AND LAWS. THIS SEMESTER THE BOOK OF GENESIS IS BEING STUDIED. Taught by Rabbi Michael Berger every Thursday evening from 8:00 until 9:00 p.m. RABBI, HOW DO I DO JUDAISM? LEARN THE SPECIFICS OF JEWISH PRACTICE IN A NONJUDGMENTAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS ONGOING SERIES COVERS THE BASICS OF JEWISH LIFE SUCH AS THE HOLIDAYS, DAILY LIFE AND LIFE CYCLE EVENTS, KASHRUT, PRAYER AND MUCH MORE. Taught by Rabbi Dov Elefant every Thursday evening from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m. CLASSES WILL MEET AT THE SARAH AND RALPH DAVIDSON HADASSAH HOUSE 5030 ORCHARD LAKE ROAD (on the west side of Orchard Lake, between Walnut Lake and Green Roads) For more information call Aish HaTorah (810) 737-0400 Machon L'Torah, the Jewish Learning Network of Michigan, will hold an educational lunch- time conference at Henry Ford Hospital, 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6. Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz will discuss "Chanukah 1995 - Rekindling the Dimmed Lights." A deli lunch will follow the dis- cussion. The program will be hosted by Dr. Barry Levine and Dr. Steve Levine. There is a charge of $17. For information and reserva- tions, call Machon (810) 967- 0888. Machon L'Torah will hold a similar discussion at the Jewish Family Service at noon Thurs- day, Dec. 7. Rabbi Jacobovitz will discuss "Attaining Jewish Val- ues - One at a Time." The program will be hosted by Mrs. Shirley Jarcaig and Mrs. Lisa Mifsud and will include a lunch before the discussion. There is a charge to cover the cost of lunch. For information and reservations, call Machon at (810) 967-0888. Machon has opened up the 1995 fall semester for the Jew- ish History Lecture Sereis. The next program will be presented by Rabbi Shmuel Irons, dean, Kollel Institute of Greater De- troit, on "First Among Equals - The Life and Times of Rabbi Yehudah." The event will be held 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at Ma- chon LTorah, 15221 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park. The lectures will be given every other Saturday evening. There is a $10 fee per lecture. For information and registra- tion, call program coordinators Dr. Mark Blumenkehl, 557-5725; or Dr. David Weingarden, 569- 7066 Sephardic Chanukah Party CONGRATULATIONS Jan CO WILLOW invitations for all occasions RIPENNSE YLVANIA 1909 5- Ee S teve of Pentimento Fine Jewelry personalized stationery PLE,456 10IN calligraphy ,ESP.4 - L 45 wE THE C342 mirz.■4■1 ('F Our? 5,.^N on your move to Bloomfield Hills gifts "IMP LE PE:17-1 5H0c0,i.4 With all our love, cos WILLOW GROVE T'ENni 5 rcv.AMA-- Rachel, Mardi & Barry Marsha Friedman • 810 - 788 - 7161 specially priced at 25% OFF VP by Marsha The Sephardic Community will hold a pre-Chanukah party and talent show Sunday, Dec. 10, at Congregation Beth Achim at 2 p.m. Candlelighting will be con- ducted by Hazan Sasson Natan. There is a charge. An election of officers was held for the Sephardic commu- nity of Greater Detroit. The new officers are: president, Jacob David; vice president, Isaac Ben-Ezra, Eli Rashty; treasur- ers, Marcel Behar, Lucien Dar- mon; secretaries, Susan Alspector, Shirley Behar. The board of trustees are David Sevy, Richard Behar, Gila Natan, Mary David, Stanley Al- spector, Mary Papo, Dorit Edut, Laurette Levadi.