Plan to attend the BOOK LOVERS BENEFIT FOR B'NAI MOSHE BARNES & NOBLE •W. BLOOMFIELD, SUNDAY, APRIL 6 ToDoeur Oze _P061917 26-6 6 %oeti 6)?6. lArt g Yltvg! SprtVg S Celebrate the Opening of The B'nai Moshe School Wing Sunday,April 13, 1997 1 1:00-2:00 Shabbat Shemini: Leviticus 9:1-14:47; ExOdus 12:1-20; Ezekiel 45:16-46:18. I Adult Learning Featuring Aviva Silverman Jim Carmody Magician Living Energy DJ/Music 12:30 pm Plus Art Projects, Tours, Food.. . X 29 A A Congregation B'nai Moshe 6800 Drake Road West Bloomfield 810 788-0600 Bring family and friends "Come for the afternoon... Stay for a L.I.F.E.time" Congregation B'nai Moshe Special Spring Ping membership Offer... Ertl lime HEW MEMBERS — pay one year of lull dues and receive 'he second year membership including 199? 8 7 9 9 8 'High Holiday fiche's 1.REE! B'nai Moshe is a Conservative Synagogue with emphasis on congregational participation. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the United Jewish Foundation will take place on Wednesday, June 4, 1997 at 4 p.m. in the Max M. Fisher Building, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The following individuals have been appointed by President Michael W. Maddin to serve on the 1997 Nominating Committee: OSCAR H. FELDMAN CHAIRMAN LOUIS GLAZIER BEVERLY LISS C1) LLJ LLJ D LLJ 34 GRAHAM A. ORLEY AARON H. SHERBIN Petition Candidates: Other persons may be nominated for membership on the Board of Directors by petition signed by not less than twenty - five (25) members of the United Jewish Foundation and filed with the Secretary not less than thirty days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. Only one person may be nominated in each petition, and no nominations shall be valid unless the nominee shall have consented to be a candidate in writing either in the petition or in a separate written document filed with the Secretary not less than thirty days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. CC UJ Filings should be sent to: United Jewish Foundation Robert P. Aronson, Secretary P.O. Box 2030 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303-2030 Relate To Each Oth Keep God In Our Lives IF- JEWISH F 0 U N of Metropolitan Detroit n this week's Torah portion, Shemini, we have the eighth and this troubled Moses. Both of them entered and prayed as it says: 'Moses and Aaron came into the tabernacle ...' About them it states: 'Two are better than one' (Ecclesiastes 4:9). And it says: 'Be- hold how good and how pleasant for brothers to dwell to- gether in unity,' (Psalms and final day of the special sacrifices of investiture of the priests and the introductory sac- rifices of the tabernacle. This is the culmination of months of work, from the donation of materials to the fabrication of the ves- 133:1). sels, from the final erec- According to the tion of the tabernacle to Midrash, even after the the proper completion of proper performance of the the preliminary sacrifices. sacrifices and blessing, The anticipation and God's presence was not hopes of the Jewish peo- manifest. Before the sym- ple were focused on the bol of the divine would re- RABBI climax of these events late to human beings and that the transcendent ELIEZER COHEN communicate its revela- God, creator of the entire SPECIAL TO THE tion, it required the "co- universe, would ac- JEWISH NEWS operation" of the "two" knowledge and accept which is better than "one" their work and their sacrifices. and the "unity" of "brothers." This was an absolutely unique Divine revelation is predicat- event in human history, that the ed not simply upon the proper re- divine would, in some mysterious lationship between human being way, relate to the physical con- and God, but requires the prop- struction of human hands and er relationship between human "dwell" therein. The tabernacle beings themselves. It was the co- was to be not only the locus of this operation, love and unity of broth- symbol of the divine presence and ers that brought God's presence the central location for sacrifices to the tabernacle. It is those same but, even more important, the requirements between people source and place of continued di- that keep the divine in our own vine revelation. lives today. 0 As the Jews leave Mt. Sinai, it was from the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle that God continued to communicate directly to Moses and through him to all mankind. Moses tells the nations: "That to- day God will appear to you," (Leviticus 9:4); and, further, "Moses said this is the thing the God commanded that you do and the glory of God will appear to Adults who would like to enrich (_\-/ you." (Leviticus 9:6) the upcoming Passover holiday The subsequent verses say with advance study of the Hag- that all of the sacrifices were gadah and related texts are in- brought "... as Moses command- vited to Congregation B'nai ed" (Leviticus 9:21), and that Moshe on three Shabbat morn- Aaron blessed the nation and the ings, April 5, 12 and 19. Two glory of the Lord appeared to the study groups will meet on each nation. And fire came out from of those three dates: the Shabbat before God and consumed the morning learning minyan from sacrifices upon the altar ..." 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. and the Stay (Leviticus 9:23-24). Although and Learn Study Circle, which these verses are somewhat am- meets from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. im- biguous, apparently the promised mediately following kiddush. appearance of God's glory did not There is no charge, and no He- take place with the completion of brew knowledge is necessary. the sacrifices, but only after Moses and Aaron entered and ex- ited the tabernacle together and Publicity Deadlines together blessed the nation. The normal deadline for local The Midrash (Lekach Tov) ex- news and publicity items is noon plains the event thusly: "It teach- Thursday, eight days prior to is- es that after Aaron blessed them, sue date. The deadline for out- the divine presence was not seen of-town obituaries is 10 a.m. Pre-Pesach Text Study Eliezer Cohen is rabbi of Congregation Or Chadash. Tuesday, three days prior to issue date.