0 LINES. NO TRAFFIC. NO CROWDS, SSI,E. Visit The Jewish Store at Jewish.comistore for CHANUKAH And choose from over 2,000 gifts! Ideas for under $25.00 Hammered Design Kiddush Cups Beautifully hammered silverplated cup engraved with Star of David. S20.00 10'.4.M..V.' Hebrew Baseball Caps Choose your favorite team — Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and more! $24.99 Ideas for under $50.00 English Menorah Front England, this traditional menorah is non-tarnish silverplate. $34.00 Mitzvah Watch Hebrew face available in black on white Mid gold on black. Women's sizes also available. 14k gold plated metal case with leather strap. Citizen movement. $35.00 Spirituality Dream Realized Dedication dinner benefits new community mikvah. SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News T hough open since February, the new commu- nity mikvah (ritual bath) was dedicated at a dinner Oct. 28 by Mikveh Israel and the Women's Orthodox League. Speakers lauded the beauty of the new facility and its high halachic stan- dards, thanked the many community members who devoted themselves to the construction project, and praised metro Detroit's Orthodox community for its generosity, enabling the build- ing to become a reality. The $1.75 million mikvah, in the 10 Mile-Greenfield corridor in Oak Park, is on land donated by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. According to Mikveh Israel presi- dent Dr. Saul Weingarden, all but $130,000 of this amount to date has been raised and paid. Besides the major donors, more than 500 local families gave $1,000 toward the build- ing fund. A mikvah is considered the most essential institution in a Torah obser- vant community. The laws of Tarahat haMishpachah (family purity) forbid intimacy between spouses from the onset of the wife's menstrual cycle until she immerses in a mikvah pool; the mikvah is thus vital to maintain family life and harmony. Plans to build the new mikvah began in 1997, necessitated by the growth of the observant community and the difficulty maintaining the old facility, which was built in 1962. The new building, named in memory of Joanne (Zahava) Zuroff, is much larg- er than the previous mikvah facility, with 18 changing rooms rather than four. Beautiful tile work, elegant acces- sories and other decorative flourishes have created a serene, spa-like environ- ment for the observance of this critical mitzvah. Guest speaker at the dinner, held at Congregation Dovid ben Nuchim in Oak Park and attended by more than 400, was Rabbi Feivel Wagner. Rabbi Wagner, currently rabbi of Young Israel of Forest Hills, N.Y., was for- merly the rabbi of Young Israel of Oak Park (then called Young Israel of Greenfield) for eight years and a board member of Mikveh Israel. He toured the new mikvah with his wife before dinner. "We were overwhelmed by the beau- ty of your new mikvah," he said. "The hiddurim (halachic enhancements) have no equal anywhere." Rabbi Michoel Baum, chairman of the mikvah building committee, said, "The mikvah that we have built is the product of a dream." ❑ Ideas for under $100.00 Tree of Life Candlesticks The Tree of Life 5" candlesticks will add elegance to your Sabbath or Holiday table. The silverplated branches reach up to enfold the goldplated candle cup. Gift boxed in velvet. $98.00 Sunrise Semester Early morning study group gets a head start on learning. Floating Star of David This 14k gold contemporary highly polished Star of David appears to float on the chain. $24.99 WE SHIP ANYWIIERE IN THE USA!! EMS H. COM/STORE BOOKS, MUSIC, JEWELRY, JUDAICA, NOVELTY ITEMS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News N o time to learn Torah? Try a class that meets from 6:05 - 7:05 a.m. For a growing group of men, Kollel Dirshu provides the perfect opportuni- ty to get in some serious learning before a hectic workday. The chavurah (study group) began after Pesach. They learn one amud (one side of a Talmud page) a day, and recently completed their first tractate. A festive siyum, or completion cere- mony, was celebrated Oct. 30 at the newly renovated Young Israel of Oak Park. The event was a joint venture, held in conjunction with the first annual dinner of Congregation Yagdil Torah, the new shul in Southfield where Kollel Dirshu meets each morning. Rabbi Dovid Hofstetter of Toronto, founder of Kollel Dirshu International, was guest speaker. About 250 people attended the