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— for every stage of life, from birth to
simchas such as bar and bat mitzvahs
and weddings, and now death," said
Huntington Woods' Rohn Goldman,
search committee chair.
"It is important to feel a great sense
of community. We do feel it within our
synagogue. This is a final resting place
people will feel very comfortable about."
He added: "It was emotionally satis-
fying to me to work on this project. It
means a lot to me to have the idea real-
ized."

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Shir Tikvah's site within Oakview
Cemetery boasts trees and duck ponds
in a natural setting, a perfect fit for this
environmentally aware congregation.
Oakview owns the land and Shir
Tikvah serves as the agent for the ceme-
tery. Congregants bought 12 plots to
clinch the agreement with Oakview,
which will sell the 360 plots individually
to Shir Tikvah congregants.
Clarkston's Pat Shaw, a four-year con-
gregant, bought two plots. "My husband
and I were planning our estate and
needed to choose a place to 'retire.' Shir
Tikvah purchased the plots and we want
to be buried, when the time comes, with
the other members. I grew up in Royal
Oak so it is ironic that I will be buried
in the same city. We did not want our
daughter to have to make decisions
when the time comes."
Oak Park's Richard Sweet, a 10-year
congregant, said: "It is a blessing to take
care of the burial arrangements before
one dies. I consider Shir Tikvah my sec-
ond family. I also bought two plots."

Harkening Back

The ceremony included prayers and
the spreading of Jerusalem soil as con-
gregants walked around the periphery
to consecrate the land.
Congregants ended their walk at the
pillar of stones. Rabbi Sleutelberg
explained that in the Bible, Jacob erect-
ed a pillar of stones over Rachel's grave.
Before tombstones, stones helped to
mark graves.
The tradition of placing stones when
visiting gravesites continues today. "It is
, reminder of our people's history, and
that we will go where the stones are at
some point in our lifetime," the rabbi
said.

A peace pole by the pillar of stones
reads "Congregation Shir Tikvah" and,
in both Hebrew and English, "May
peace prevail on earth."
Oak Park's Marsha Fleming, a 13-
year member, called the consecration "a
momentous occasion.
"It is the mark of another step for-
ward into the future of our congrega-
tion," she said. "It helps us to fulfill
more and more of the members'
needs."
Pleasant Ridge's Joan Slyker is Shir
Tikvah president. The six-year congre-
gant said, "We are a young congrega-
tion, and we are taking the steps and
looking ahead at the ages and needs of
our members. No one wants to have to
use a cemetery, but it will be here."
Her son Andrew, 16, wants
Oakview to be his final resting place,
too, but not any time soon. As he put
it: "I am not thinking of death, but
about how much life I have ahead of
me and living it to the fullest."
Rabbi Sluetelberg cited three ways to
view a cemetery:
• As a house of graves.
• As a house of worlds. Our ances-
tors believed "it was where this world
and the next meet in a silent embrace."
• As a house of living. It's "where we
cherish our hopes and dreams and the
love that guides our lives — the most
daring way."
The rabbi said, "Only dust returns
to the earth. Our soul is God's. This is
our unending life.
"Hopefully," he added, "we will leave
the world a better place than we found
it. Let's master life over death." ❑

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