,11z1 • ,fita4 Custom (lathier Lighting The Way Taut Cicciti-ni jor LA en Suits • Sportcoats Tuxedos • Slacks • Shirts Topcoats • Raincoats Shoes • Sweaters • Socks Ties Cuff Links Custom Buttons Ask for Sheila Blum- Fashion Consultant Taut Ciccliini or ("Women Skirt Suits • Pants Suits Blazers • Slacks • Shirts Topcoats • Accessories PERSONALIZED SERVICE IN YOUR HOME, OFFICE OR IN OUR SHOWROOM BY APPOINTMENT 271 MERRILL BIRMINGHAM • 48009 (248) 646-0535 The Detroit Jewish News speaks to your interests and your concern 12/31 1999 50 To order your subse lion or a, for family or friends0as Shaarey Zedek Men's Club helps feed the hungry for Christmas. Since the beginning of "Shine Light," as the project is called, 12,000 meals have been delivered to those in need — 2,200 this year alone. As the 1ff ore green beans over Salvation Army publicized here, please," "We need these acts of chesed (lov- more rolls," "My car is ingkindness) to its corn- already filled with ; munity, the men's club meals," Have you ever seen so many o was looking forward to yams in one place?" This was some of delivering maps, menus the conversation when nearly 200 and meals and doing members of the Congregation Shaarey mitzvot. Zedek Men's Club gathered Dec. 24 in Some of the food this the Salvation Army/Kresge Center in year was provided by the Detroit. Garden City Bakery, They were there to help G.L.J. Bakery as part of "Shine Light in Distribution in Macomb Darkness," a program cre- and Miesel Sysco Food ated nearly seven years ago Service in Canton, by Mark Diem, then presi- Ann Zuchman and according to Ralph dent of the Shaarey Zedek's Retta London pack- Zuckman, current men's Men's Club, and Steve aging Christmas club president, and Korn. Korn, now the president- desserts for the fami- Various cooks pre- elect. The men's club pro- lies of northwest pared the balance of the vided and delivered Detroit. food. "The preparation Christmas dinners to hun- began in October," said gry families living in the The Austin family of northwest Detroit, along head chef Robert McTaw of Detroit. with Steve Korn, president-elect of Shaarey Zedeks northwest Detroit area. The participants from Shaarey The program was institut- Men's Club, during a Christmas dinner delivery. Zedek say they consider it a privilege ed with the help of a men's to deliver meals and gifts to Salvation While packaging pieces of cake, club member who worked in the Army families at Christmas. Moved by Rabbi Leonardo Bitran of Shaarey Salvation Army's finance department. the appreciation recipients show them, Zedek's B'nai Israel Center, explained the volunteers are grateful for having a that providing this food offers an Leslie Zack of Farmington Hills is a program like this, one that allows them "immediate benefit and builds social sophomore at Michigan State University's to do a mitzvah. ❑ consciousness." James Madison College. LESLIE ZACK College Intern The Salvation Army, along with Major Donna Miller, have administered and been home base to this project from the beginning. Aish HaTorah Ex_plores Pleasure's Role In Judaism The Allen House in Birmingham was the backdrop Dec. 7 when Aish HaTorah of Detroit presented its "Peak Experience" seminar. Presenters Rabbis Tzvi Hochstadt and Alon Tolwin guided participants through the purpose of liv- ing, which, according to Judaism, is to have pleasure. Not to be confused with lusts and desires, they said, pleasures are those stimuli that energize people and bring deep feelings of satisfaction and gratification. Judaism categorizes all pleasures into five groupings. At the lowest level are pleasures felt by the senses, derived from physical things like music, food or sex, on up to the highest level, which is experiencing the transcendental, or the feeling of God's presence. The seminar, sponsored by Dr. Mark and wisdom of Torah. and Linee Diem, detailed the various For information, call Amy Margolis facets of pleasure and how people pursue them in daily life. Rabbis Hochstadt and or Rabbi Hochstadt, (248) 737-0400. Tolwin warned of the counterfeit "M.MagiVrvIser''RW.,,Wi r nPn-MVA:WW' pleasures that abound and sug- gested ways to live lives focused on meaning and joy. Aish HaTorah is a non-denomi- national, Jewish adult learning center in Birmingham. Its goal is attracting Aish HaTorah Rabbis Tzvi Hochstadt and Alon Tolwin and educating all Jews to the beauty address the gathering at Allen House. 0 0 0 0.