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COMPILED- BY ELIZABETH APPLE
Consider This
Good Fortune
hat do you
think are the
most important
characteristics
a person should have?
How important is it to
you to be intelligent?
Thoughtful? Clever?
Respected? Learned
about Jewish and sec-
ular subjects?
What role do you
think appearance
plays in determining
how we feel about
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someone? Why is
this the case? What about you:
Do you judge people based on their looks?
What does the Torah teach us about attrib-
utes such as kindness, wisdom and generosity?
ou can have a lot of fun
making your own for-
tune cookies and writing
the fortunes to go inside.
You will need:
1/2 cup sugar
salt
2 egg whites
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp. vanilla
First, prepare the fortunes be-
cause you will need to insert
these just as the cookies come out
of the oven. You-can stick with
the predictable, like "Don't judge
a book by its cover," or come up
with your own clever sayings,
like "You will eat 10 giant latkes
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At 21 months, Chad Hartz is ready to part the sea.
Bubbles,
Babies And
Zaydes
ou're never too young to volunteer. Just
ask Chad Hartz. For the past eight
months, 21-month-old Chad has been
making regular visits to Fleischman Res-
idence in West Bloomfield. Accompanied by his
mother, Lori, he goes each Tuesday to visit with
the residents.
"Eye!" (That's "hi" in toddler talk) he calls
to a Fleishcman resident named Esther as he
enters the building. Seconds later, he recognizes
Sam, who has his cane. Chad wants it. Sam
turns it over.
"Look, he's baby Moses!" one resident calls
as the little mentsh carrying a big cane march-
es around the lobby. "He looks like he's going
to part the Red Sea with his staff."
Chad is part of Bubbies. Babies and Zaydes,
which gives residents the opportunity to par-
ticipate in various programs led by communi-
ty volunteers. There is cooking, needlepoint and
music (Chad's area of expertise is as assistant
pianist to his mother, who performs her rendi-
tions of classical, Broadway and Jewish tunes).
Residents admit they're in love with the bud-
ding Liszt, whose concertos usually last five sec-
onds or so. "You're a doll," Molly tells Chad after
one magnificent performance.
The Fleischman residents have seen Chad
take his first steps and utter some of his first
words. And Chad's mother says his visits to the
home have "enhanced his world by enabling
him to interact with senior friends."
For more information, contact Myrna Katz,
program director at Fleischman, (810) 661-2999.
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• tomorrow and have no indiges-
tion." You'll need about 15 for-
tunes for this recipe.
Next, preheat oven to 350 de-
grees. Mix sugar and egg whites
with a pinch of salt. When ful-
ly combined, add margarine,
flour and vanilla. Beat until
smooth.
Place 1 tsp. batter on greased
baking sheet (each cookie should
be at least two inches apart).
Bake for five minutes.
Remove from oven. When the
cookies are still warm, place a
fortune in the middle, then fold
cookie in half Finally, fold again
(forming a quarter-circle) and
let cool.
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t isn't just Cookie Monster who will
love these cookies. Direct from Israel
are two tea biscuits that got resound-
ing Forks Up from staff at The Jew-
ish News.
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Osem cholesterol-free Chocolate
Flavor Tea Biscuits (Certified O-U
kosher, pareve) FORKS UP
Osem cholesterol-free Coconut
Flavor Tea Biscuits (Certified O-U
kosher, pareve) FORKS UP
About the coconut flavor tea biscuits:
"'They shouldn't be calling this coconut.
I hate coconut so I was reluctant to taste
it. Actually, though, it's quite nice." —
Style magazine editor Carla Schwartz
"This has a nice flavor that's not over-
powering." — Phil Smith, of the ac-
counting department
"These are good, and I don't like co-
conut"— Gayle Baldi, of the production
staff
"These are
RATING FOR.
CHOCOLATE FLAVOR light and neutral.
The taste doesn't
TEA BISCUITS:
overpower you as
Forks up
coconut some-
times does (like macaroons, my father's
favorite). They would be good with sher-
bet or sorbet, fruit or ice cream." — Cathy
Ciccone, also on the production staff
"These are very satisfying if you've got
a sweet tooth, and they contain no un-
healthy coconut or palm oils." — Marlene
Miller, from the classified sales depart-
ment
it RATING FOR
About the choco-
COCONUT FLAVOR late flavor tea bis-
TEA BISCUITS
cuits
Forks up
"It doesn't have
much flavor, but it's a nice shortbread
biscuit that would go well with a cup of
tea in the morning." — Carla Schwartz
"Chocolate as a tea biscuit is a little
odd; coconut is much more proper."
— Phil Smith
"These have a good flavor. Nice.
— Gayle Baldi
"These are crisp, light and clean."
— Cathy Ciccone
Parsha Project
he coming week's
Torah portion, Exodus
21:1, is Mishpatim.
This coming Shabbat is
Shabbat Sh'kalim, in com-
memoration of which an ad-
ditional portion, Exodus
30:11-16, also is read. Shab-
bat Sh'kalim occurs on the
Sabbath immediately pre-
ceding the month of Adar
(this year the inaugural days
are Feb. 20-21). The extra
Torah portion describes the
duty of donating half a shekel
toward the upkeep of the
Temple. In the days of the
Temple, on the first of Adar,
messengers were dispatched
throughout Israel to collect
the funds.
The parsha of Mishpatim
continues the account of the
giving of the Torah on Mount
Sinai. Moshe recites to the
T
people a long list of mitzvot Temple. Make a list of all the
(commandments) regarding supplies and equipment you
slavery, jurisprudence, crim-
inal and civil law, festivals
and the Land of Israel. The
people respond with the fa-
mous declaration Naaseh
v'nishma , "We will do and
obey all the teachings of God."
With the sacrificial blood of
an ox, Moshe seals the
covenant between God and
the Jewish people. Moshe
then spends 40 days and
nights alone on the top of Mt.
Sinai.
For a project: The half
shekel collected from every
adult male Jew made up the
basic budget of our ancient
Temple in Jerusalem.
Through your own study, or
by asking your parents and
teachers, learn about the
Moses atop Mt. Sinai .
events and functions of the
think were necessary to run
the Temple..