Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit is proud to honor
The Graduating Class of 1997/5757
Jared Carl Acker
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Dayna Apsel
While the many mitzvot of
Passover and Sukkot are vital,
distinctive and have much
to teach, we also need a no-frills
holiday like Shavuot. It reminds
us that the foundation for every-
thing else needs to be our
continuing effort to grow in
Torah learning and Jewish ob-
servance.
This message is all the more
powerful for its starkness.
Now the Bamidbar-Shavuot
connection becomes truly com-
pelling. It is not coincidental that
the Jewish calendar has been
arranged so that Bamidbar is al-
ways read on the Shabbat before
Shavuot. The tabernacle at the
center of the machenah can be
understood as a permanent sub-
stitute for the interaction with
God experienced at the revela-
tion at Mt. Sinai.
Just as they surrounded the
mountain, longing for closeness
to God, the Jews would encamp
around the tabernacle, symbol-
izing that their very existence
was predicated on their closeness
to Torah.
Today, we lack even the sub-
stitute. The tabernacle, like the
revelation before it, has receded
into history. Will our generation
rise to the challenge presented to
us? What will we put at the cen-
ter of our camps?
We need to fill the void with
the mikadshei me'at, the "small
sanctuaries" — our synagogues,
Jewish schools and Jewish insti-
tutions.
We need to remember, as
our ancestors before us, the im-
portance of our family history
and knowing from where we
come.
When it comes to our Jewish
identity and practice, it's time to
follow the example set for us so
many centuries ago by Bamidbar
and Shavuot: Stand up and be
counted! ❑
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Shavuot Classes
At Or Chadash
Congregation Or Chadash will
hold three consecutive text ses-
sions on the afternoon of the first
day of Shavuot, Wednesday, June
11. Rabbi Eliezer Cohen will
guide participants through a sec-
don from Maimonides' commen-
tary on the Mishnah dealing with
non-Halachic texts. Ed Codish
will discuss his essay, 'The Shat-
tered Tablets of the Law." Su-
sann Codish, the president of Or
Chadash, will speak about the
Ten Commandments.
The text study sessions will be
held at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6 p.m.,
at 13661 Ludlow, Oak Park.
Each session will last about 45
minutes. Refreshments will be
served between sessions. The
public is invited. The sessions will
conclude with Mincha services at
7 p.m. There is no charge.
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