• Miriam's presence was the final
characteristic of her life. She was
reliable and trusted. When she died,
she was missed. When she died, it
was noticeable. Something in the
community's life was different and
the people were upset, "thirsty" for
her voice and her music and her
nourishment.
"This is the Torah: for a human
being dies..." (Numbers 19:14).
Later in the same chapter, Aaron
dies as well. Aaron, the high priest,
the peace maker and peace lover
who represents the cloud of glory,
joins Miriam in death and the peo-
ple are numb.
But Aaron (with Moses' help) had
prepared for his death, training his
sons and sharing the priesthood's
responsibilities and blessings with
them. His son, Eleazar, accompanies
him and Moses to the top of Mt.
Hor.
As one by one their leaders are
taken from them, the Israelites
develop a response for life: mourn-
ing for 30 days, distinguishing
between pure and impure and
affirming the importance of memo-
ry.
The stories which we tell from
generation to generation will be our
human answer to the chuka of
human mortality. Every time we sing
Miriam's words, every time we hear
Aaron's priestly benediction, we
remind ourselves of their lives.

The Jewish Community
Adult Day Care
Program can help.

You are invited Lo attend a free community
workshop to address caregivers' concerns about
Alzheimer's and related dementia disorders.

Max M. Fisher Federation Building
6735 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

(one block south of Maple)

Speakers: Albert Bayer, MD, Richard Trosch, MD, and Mindi Silver-Weiss, MSW, experts in Alzheimer's
disease and dementia care

To -register, please call Barbara Adler at (248) 559-5000, ext. 705 by June 23.

For information about the Jewish Community Day Care Program, call Peter Ostrow, (248) 559-5000 for the

Brown Center in Southfield, or Mindi Silver-Weiss, (248) 661-6390 for the Brown Center in West Bloomfield.

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sing"? How should people .
overcome a natural hesitation
to be exuberant or enthusias-
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the Israelites, if you were
Moses or Aaron, when they
complained about lack of
water while you were in
mourning? If you could have
one phrase attached to your.
name as a legacy forever (like
Moses, our teacher, or
Miriam, the prophetess, or
Aaron, the peacemaker) what
would it be?

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