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High school teens bring the

Shabbat table to young students.

SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN
Staff Writer

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2/15
2002

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candles. Classmate Golda Rosenstein, 16, of Oak
Park called upon one of the children to demon-
strate how to light Shabbat candles and say the
blessing. Led by Baila Lax, 16, of Texas, students
painted their own Shabbat candlesticks.
Pleased with the result of the event, Amzalak's
hope is to bring what she describes as "teaching
children about lighting Shabbat candles and the
beauty of the Shabbat candles" to other Jewish
school programs.

he inclusion of a flood, a lost child
and the darkness of night added just
the right amount of excitement to a
play that was part of a Chabad-
Lubavitch candle lighting program at
Congregation Beth Shalom Religious School.
The New York-based program was brought to
Detroit for the first time by Batsheva Shemtov
and Rochel Kagan, directors of Lubavitch
Women's Organization in Oak Park.
"The program started with a play, a
beautiful Shabbat table set with candles Clockwise: Goal Rosenstein, 16 of Oak Park helps Rachel
and grape juice, and a scenery backdrop Weinberg, 5, of Oak Park learn to light Shabbat candles.
of Shabbos candles," says Miriam
Eliana DuBrow, 16, of Missouri speaks to Beth Shalom students.
Amzalak, who coordinated the Jan. 6
program for Beth Shalom's kindergarten
Golda Rosenstein, 16, and Pesha Roetter (on floor), 15,
through second-grade students.
both of Oak Park, perform the Shabbat candle lighting
The play was narrated by Chavi
play for students at Beth Shalom.
Gourarie, 14, and starred Pesha Romer,
15, both of Oak Park and fellow stu-
Jacob Myers, 5, of Huntington Woods shows Program
dents at Beis Chaya Mushka High
Coordinator Miriam Amzalak of Oak Park the Shabbat
School in Oak Park. It presented the
candlestick he is painting.
scenario of a young girl, whose memory
loss included forgetting the beauty of
the Shabbat she had once observed. As
the show progressed, the girl was drawn
to the sight of candles burning in a
home that she later discovered was her
own.
"The Shabbat candles glowing in the
window had led her home," Amzalak
explains of the lesson presented.
Following the performance, Chaya
Mushka student Eliana DuBrow, 16, of
Missouri, taught the 30 children and
their teachers a song about Shabbat

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