M1KVA

mikva is a specially designed pool of

w ater containing rain water and

Temple Israel is the home of a kosher
mikva open for use to the entire Jewish
community. Call temple office to
schedule time.

conversion process or beforeYom
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Kippur.The mikva also is used by

kwomen who observe the laws of

i"family purity!' According to these

jaws, a couple must abstain from

'sexual relations during menstruation

:and for a brief time after. Before the

IFouple resumes marital relations, the

woman immerses herself in the mikva.

Ann Arbor Chabad House

715 Hill St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 995-3276
FAX: (734) 996-2479
Email: chabadmi@inate.corn
Website: www.hvcn.org/info/chabad
Contact Person: Rabbi Aharon Goldstein

Our ultra-modern facility, complete with
filtering pool and heating system, is the
only such facility between Detroit and
Chicago. Used by numerous families in
the Ann Arbor Jewish community.

Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield

5595 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322

(248) 855-6170

Mikvah Israel Inc.

15150 W Ten Mile Road
Oak Park, MI 48237

(248) 967-0289

By appointment only. Call 48 hours in
advance. Open candlelighting to 9 p.m.
During the summer to 11 p.m.

Temple Israel

5725 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 661-5700
FAX (248) 661-1302

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FAX: (248) 559 5202

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Contact Person: Rabbi Chaskel Grubner

Temple Beth El

egular, chlorinated tap water. A mikva

s used for ritual purification, during the

(248) 559-5005

CONVERSION

The path to becoming a Jew by choice

involves a process of study and ritual.

Usually this process includes a set period

of study with a rabbi, either privately or in

a conversion class, immersion in a

pitkva, and for men, circumcision done in

7400 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

(248) 851 1100

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Contact Person: Rabbi Daniel B. Syme,
Rabbi David S. Castiglione, Rabbi Sheila B.
Goloboy

A 15-week introduction to Judaism class
is also offered twice yearly.

a hospital with anesthetic. A certificate of

Conversion is awarded at the end of the

Temple Shir Shalom

Mikva ceremony.

3999 Walnut Lake Road

Birmingham Temple
Intercultural/Interfaith
Couples Workshop

28611 W Twelve Mile Road

Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(248) 477-1410
FAX: (248) 477-9014
Email: bhamtmpl@speedlink.net
Contact Person: Associate Rabbi Tamara
Kolton

Offers an annual weekend workshop for
intercultural/interfaith couples led by a
rabbi and professional counselors. Open
to the public.

Congregation Beth El

West Bloomfield, MI 48323
(248) 737-8700
FAX: (248) 737-8862
Website: www.shirshalom.org
Contact Person: Debi Weinstein

Adult education classes for interfaith
couples are available on Wednesday
evenings. Call for more information.

7 .Jewish law forbids the carrying of

'objects in the public domain on

Shabbat.That precludes not only

carrying a tallis bag and a baby who

can't walk, and also pushing a baby

stroller. An eruv, a wire connected at

ppropriate points to existing

311 W Park St.
Traverse City, MI 49684
(616) 946-1913

telephone wires, symbolically

(248) 788-1300

public domain into a private one.

encloses an area and transforms a

FAX (248) 788-4144

Email: plaut@rust.net
Contact Person: Michael E Zipser,
president, Rabbi Dr. Jonathan V. Plaut

An introduction to Judaism is taught
twice monthly. Call for more
information.

Council of Orthodox Rabbis/Vaad
Harabonim

16947 Ten Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075

Project Eruv of Oak Park

15140W. Ten Mile Road

Oak Park, MI 48237

(248) 968 3788

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Hotline: (248) 968-ERUV
Contact Person: Dr. Jeffrey Last

Maintains the eruv in adjoining
neighborhoods of Oak Park, Huntington
Woods and Southfield. Call before
Shabbat.

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