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Holiday Or Holy Day?
Clergy share plans for a Shabbat on New Year's Eve.
SHELLI DORFMAN
Staff Writer
SHARON LUCKERMAN
Editorial Assistant
N
ew Year's Eve this year
offers a double-edged
cause for celebration. On
one hand, Dec. 31, 1999,
marks a once-in-a-lifetime chance to
ring in a new century. On the other
hand, the holiday falls on Shabbat,
already celebrated as the holiest day
in the Jewish calendar.
The reaction among local clergy
ranges from those involving their
congregants in a holiday party follow-
ing Shabbat services to those who say
Shabbat rules solely.
Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg says at
the Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah
Center, "Shabbat preempts every-
thing else. I'll do what I do any
Shabbat — go to shul, conduct ser-
vices and have a sumptuous meal. I
don't expect Jews to do anything
else."
Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt of Aish
HaTorah in Birmingham sees this
coming Dec. 31 as Shabbat, not New
Year's Eve. "We'll have a Friday Night
Flame (monthly program of intro-
duction to Shabbat), naturally," he
said. "We reflect, not only on New
Year's Eve, but every week on
Shabbat. It's a way of life."
Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz of Adat
Shalom Synagogue says he's saving