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has taught at Temple Israel for 38
years, says, "A lot of people know
what Shabbat is but not how to
observe it."
L I On Rosh Hashanah, Temple Israel
distributed Shabbat bags to each fam-
ily; the bags contained a little bottle
of wine, a free coupon for challah at
Dakota Bread Company, two white
candles and the relevant prayers.
Three families called to request
help building a sukkah. Personal
trainer Jay Korelitz put together a
packet of materials on sukkah-build-
w ing and took a copy to each home.
He even loaned his lulav-and-etrog
set to a family that didn't have one.
"We want this to be Judaism with-
out guilt," says Korelitz. "Not, you
should be doing Shabbat — [trainers
come out] by invitation only."
Having been in Jewish homes
where there isn't even a mezuzah on
he door, the
Korelitzes spent a
couple years pursu-
ing the personal
trainer project. "The
home reflects the val-
ues of the family,"
says Paula Korelitz,
who grew up_
Orthodox. "It was a
desire on our part to
bring home-based
traditions back into
the home."
"I'm a teacher,
and children ask
questions all the
time," Nathan says.
"I'm never afraid to
say I don't know, ask
somebody or look up
the answer. People
are afraid to ask
questions. You only
learn by asking ques-
tions."
If a volunteer
doesn't know the
answer to a member's
question, they refer
back to the rabbis.
"We'll find out any-
thing," says Randi
The Simko
Simko.
family practices
Nathan thinks it'll lighting
_? take about a year to
Shabbat can-
see how well the pro- dles.
gram catches on.
"I think they have
done a phenomenal job in setting up
this group," she says. "I hope it really
takes off."

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