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Mr. Opperer, an attorney, says _/
he and friends who know RabbiC—\
J "argue about whom he likes
more because he makes every-
body feel like [he or she is] his fa-
vorite person."
For someone who is interest-
ed in beginning to observe Shab-
bat but feels overwhelmed by all
the laws, Mrs. Jacobovitz may
suggest that the person set aside
one nice outfit or a piece ofjew- r__/
elry to wear only on Saturday, —\
a Shabbat outfit.
And the invitation is usually
open to eat a Shabbat meal at
Rabbi J's house. With nine chil-
dren of their own and plenty of
guests, the Jacobovitzes can al-
ways find room for one more at
their Oak Park home. Plus, for
anyone who wants to spend an
entire Shabbat with an observant _/
family, they will gladly arrange -\
it.
"Rabbi J is an exceptional hu-
man being; to me, he's like living
Torah," says Donald Scharg.
"He's warm, never has a bad
word to say. If you're not on his
observance level, he doesn't con-
demn, he doesn't tell you what to
do. The way I see it, the more you
learn in a nonthreatening way,
the more you want to do."
Mr. Scharg grew up in Detroit
and stopped attending Hebrew
school at age 13. Later, he en-
rolled his kids at Hillel Day
School "only because I didn't
want them going to United He-
brew Schools. I hated it there,
and I didn't learn anything. I
wanted them to know more than
me, and I knew they couldn't-/
learn it from me. Through Hillel
I met some people, and one per-
son said he learned through Rab-
bi Jacobovitz."
Mr. Scharg changed his entire
life after learning with Rabbi J.
After one lunch-and-learn, he
was "hooked." Mr. Scharg, his
wife Janice and their family are
now shomer Shabbat. They
moved from Farmington Hills tizi \
West Bloomfield, to be within
walking distance of Shomrey
Emunah Ohel Mohed.
Ben Waxenberg also changed
his life after learning at Machon.
He was living in Huntington
Woods, too far to walk to Machon.
So he and his family moved clos-
er, to Oak Park.
Machon remains a grass-roots,
organization. Rabbi J says it is(\
not funded by a few big mashers
— "The bulk of our support
comes from the average citizen."
The Jewish Federation of Met-
ropolitan Detroit does not
contribute a cent to Machon pro-
grams, he says, except for Ma-
chon's Russian outreach division.
The Waxenbergs had the brit
milah for their second son at,
Machon, which Mr. Waxenberk,
says "is a place that lends itself
toward having simchas. It's not
just a learning place, not just a

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