fi/dafree Faffrote Leiter' Sukkahs der and miracle of Jewish existence. Never mind that you did not give your own word in person. To be a Jew is to be born under the weight and the glory of a sacred promise, a promise that endures through all the generations. Jews are more than an ethnic group, sharing certain common tastes in food or humor or certain kinds of language or folk expression. Jews are linked together by more of New York L • Located at: 8pitzert8 HEBREW BOOK & GIFT CENTER 21790 W. Eleven Mile Rd. Southfield, MI 40876 Tel. (810) 356-6080 Toll Free: 800-736-4432 Fax: 810-356-6081 A youngster holds aloft a Torah at lakeside services. WE CARRY THE LARGEST SELECTION OF: • BAMBOO POLES • ROLL OUT MATS, AND MEHADRIN MATS AVAILABLE IN MANY SIZES. :AK than a variety of common enemies; Jewish history is more than a curious survival of an ancient culture. Jewish Law is more than folk-ways. If we take the biblical view seriously, then Jewish law and observance are the response of the Jewish people to the demands of God whom it seeks to serve by both its communal and individual existence. This theme is articulated and affirmed during the High Holy Days. Our prayers are in the plural. Why? We pray not only with the community around us, but with all the generations that preceded us. One question haunts me. What about the unborn souls of the future? Are we excluding them from the Covenant? Are we giving every opportunity to the future whose past we are? Our today will soon become yesterday — what morrow are we helping usher in? Will our children inherit the heritage bequeathed to us? Will they be able to say, "We were there"? 7 .0% - • • • -• • •:•• er,V2WAPVAII/41, 11,74,74///r/APIAI/4117%/4, 741/74///74/241%.074//41 ,74,7.07.0741741,74KAIZIKAVAPVII/A117/A•VAI///41.7.4F/4/74///7/7/////////ArtalrAl1/4074///7..07/Z.IYAI/41r/Ar/..074r/AP7 ■ 74I/AV/ArAill1/4117AIAIMI/41%.0%.7.27.11 The Sephardic Community Wishes you a Happy and Healthy New Year! Muchos Arios! High Holiday Services will be held at 5544 Drake Rd. at Walnut Lake Rd. At the Drake-Summit Center. Information & Membership (248) 788-8069 Rosh Hashanah Friday Sept. 10 th • Candle lighting, Minha, Arvit 7:30 p.m. Saturday Sept. 11 th • • • • • Tefilat Shahrit Torah Reading Sermon Mussaf Minha and Arvit 9:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sunday Sept 12 th • • • • Tefilat Shahrit Torah Reading Shofar Mussaf Minha and Arvit 9:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Yom Kippur th Sunday Sept. 19 Candle lighting, Minha 7:00 p.m. Kol Nidre following Minha Monday Sept. 20 th Tefilat Shahrit Torah reading Yizkor Mussaf Mitiha Ne'ila Shofar & Arvit 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Please join us for our unique & Traditional Sephardic Services Conducted by Rabbi Sasson Natan. %%%%%%h%%%%%%%% %%%% % %% Y. %.6%%%% %%%.6% % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%, %%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Detroit Jewish News 9/3 1999 73