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Compiled by Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor

The Dancing Bear

Adapted by Hinda Finman, 10, of Oak Park
(Art by Hinda Finman)

get tired and step first would be
killed.
The Shpole Zaide was scared;
he did not know how to dance, so
he prayed to Hashem. Hashem
sent him Eliyahu Hanavi, Elijah the
Prophet, to teach him how to
dance. That night, the guards
threw the costume into the cell and
Hinda Finman
told him to put it on and come out
of the cell.
saving Jewish peo-
h en the
ple, by helping
PAWCIMIS" Shpole Zaide was
them get out of jail
in the poretz's ball-
when they were
room, the dance
wrongfully put there.
began.
As the dance
One time a man by the
became faster and faster
name of Moshe was put in
the famous dancer could
jail because he could not
not stand any longer. He
pay his rent. The Shpole
fell
to the floor at the feet of
Zaide wanted to help. He
the Shpole Zaide and
knew the man had a family
begged for mercy.
and, if he was in jail, he
When the Shpole
could not support his help-
Zaide
took off the mask;
less wife and children. So,
the poretz was surprised to
he decided to switch places
see him because he
with Moshe and let Moshe
thought it was Moshe.
go home.
He asked, "What do you
Later, a guard came
want to do with this
to the Jew and told
man?"
The Shpole Zaide
him that later that
responded, "Do not kill him.
night he would have
Instead,
save my people and
to perform for the
never, ever put them in jail."
poretz, the gentile nobleman. He
poretz was never mean to
The
would have to dress up in a bear
the Jews again!
costume and dance with the best

T

here was
once a
great
tzadd:k by the
name of the
Shpole Zaide.
He used to
like doing the
mitzvah of
pidyan nefesh,

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:very Mcn's Guice To Preg)cncy

How to please, not appall, your partner

entlemen, listen up:
If a man comes home
and his pregnant wife is
in the bathtub, and she's crying,
with an entire bucket of ice cream
on the floor beside her he should:
A: Say, "Did you eat that whole
pint of ice cream yourself?"
B: Say, "Hi, honey, how was
your day?"
C: Give her hug.
If you answered either A or B,
then you:
A. Are clearly a sen-
sitive male of the
'90s, a quiche-
eating kind of
guy.
B: The kind
of man who
specs his free
timeWatching The
eil-Lehrer
rt-/ and read-
The author,
works by
with her
son Cole,
C: Need to run
certainly
to the bookstore -
man of
and buy a copy
etiquette
of Expecting
himself
Etiquette: A Guide one day.
for All Fathers and
Fathers-to-be!
Former Detroiter Patrice
Gendelman has created a
guide to help all those men

trying to understand their preg-
nant partners, from the moment
they first get the good news all
the way to labor. (University of
Michigan fans, listen up. Among
the "Things You Should Never Do
During Labor and Delivery": "Ask
if you can go check the score on
any sporting event.")
Ms. Gendelman, herself a mother
of three boys, all under age 4, says
her husband had the etiquette stuff
"down to a science by the third
pregnancy."
Expecting Etiquette
may be ordered at
Barnes and Noble, or
by calling 1-800-822-
3273.

dancer in the city. Whoever would

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Mich' an.com

hildren of all ages can learn
about the State of Michigan
by visiting a new Website at
www.sos.state.mi.us .
The site features a tour guide in
the form of a cartoon character
named Cyber Seal, who helps

teach children everything from how
a bill becomes a law to Michigan
history to all about the elections
process.
(By the way, Cyber Seal is a
"cousin" to the Great Seal of
Michigan ...)

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