Spirituality Mitzvah Maidel Little girl helps grandfather brighten Shabbat at Menorah House. TAPPER'S IS OPEN ON SUNDAYS FROM NOON-5 P.M. We're extending our hours for your Holiday Shopping convenience. Jay Korelitz joins his grand- daughter Hannah in song. SUSAN TAWIL sing and recite the familiar prayers - of Shabbat, including "Adon Olam," "Shema Yisroel" and "Shalom Aleichem." Hannah stands on a chair at the head of the Shabbat table, next to her grandfather. She claps her hands and dances while she sings along. "She's really something," says resi- Special to the Jewish News 11/21 thru 11/24 Sunday, Noon-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. 11/26 thru 12/11 Sunday, Noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-8:45 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. 12/12 thru 12/23 Sunday, Noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-8:45 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Christmas Eve 10 a.m.-5 p.m. eriv D IAMONDS & F INE JEWELRY Mark the MOrneht "IR v... At 12/17 1999 72 6337 Orchard Lake Road West Bloomfield, MI 48322 248-932-7700 . 800-337-GIFT Hannah Korelitz holds the tzedaka jar for Sara Levine and Ellen Berger Resident Evelyn Lichterman prays over the candles. 7 hursday evening brings a phone call from 4-year- old Hannah Ruby Korelitz of Huntington Woods to her saba, grandfather Jay Korelitz of Farmington Hills. They have a spe- cial mitzvah to do tomorrow, and Hannah doesn't want him to forget. Friday afternoon thus finds Jay Korelitz picking up his granddaughter when classes end at her school, Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield. From there, it's on to the nearby Menorah House,in Southfield where they will lead an uplifting erev Shabbat ser- vice for about 30 residents in the chapel of the Jewish nursing home. Korelitz, a member of Temple Israel, is an active volunteer who also runs a Shabbat program at Danto Family Health Care Center in West Bloomfield. He began bringing Hannah with him to Menorah House about three months ago. "It's a blessing they showed up," says Rabbi Hershel Klainberg, nursing home chaplain, and administrator Dennis Hayes couldn't agree more Using a large-print siddur, prayer book, assembled by Korelitz with help from Oak Park Rabbis Yerachmiel Rabin and E.B.("Bunnv") Freedman, residents Evelyn Lichterman — the 78-year- old mother-in-law of Congregation Shaarey Zedek Cantor Chaim Najman, as she proudly points out — lights the Shabbat candles and recites the blessing. Resident Jacob Hartman, 85, recites Kiddush, and cups of wine are pa-ssed around by Hannah and vol- unteer Helen Maltz of Oak Park. Maltz began coming to Menorah House five years ago to visit her father. After he passed away, she continued her visits, becoming part of the family of volunteers there. She has become "close buds" with Hannah, says Korelitz. After HaMotzi blessing is said, Hannah rips up the challa to distrib- ute to the Shabbat guests, making sure to save a good-sized hunk for herself. They sing some more, including the Yiddish song "Afen Pripichik." The service ends with a wish from Jay Korelitz for the residents to "wake up each day with joy in your heart, and we'll be together again next week. Be gezunt and shtark (healthy and strong)!" This is Hannah's special time with her saba," says her mother Sheryl. "He has all sorts of plans. I think he's going to rake her on many an Hannah Korelitz rips up the challa to distribute to the Shabbat guests. dent Yerta Flesher, with a sparkle in her eyes. "She swells my heart to the point of bursting with joy," says Hannah's grandfather. Dr. Seth and Sheryl Korelitz, members of Congregation Beth Shalom, are Hannah's parents. "She just loves to try new things," says Sheryl of her intrepid daughter. "She takes her 'job' very seriously. She really thinks they need her help. Her teachers think it's wonderful. It rein- forces what she learns in school and at shul. I think it's terrific." Hannah passes out pennies and brings around a pushke, encouraging the participants to give for tzedaka. Then Menorah House resident