This Week For Openers Decorating Delights ust a fresh coat of paint is all it needs." These few words can strike terror into the hearts of men everywhere. If not, they are watching too much HGTV and something should be done about that. It is nice to have a bright, new-looking place in which to live. But the upheaval SY that decorating causes is something else MANELLO again. Editorial First, we have to decide on the colors. Assistant This is somewhat problematical since my wife is borderline color blind and I really do like white walls. It wouldn't be bad if a color choice could be made and left at that. But who knew, for example, there were. so many to choose from? There are eggyolk, goldenrod, daffodil, poupon and rainslicker. There is mud brown, tan, beige and the one that makes me tremble, taupe, which is a catch-all when you don't know the color. It is a purple, brown, tan sort of gray-beige. Then there are choices to be made as to the finish or texture effect. Whatever happened to shiny and dull? Now there are rag finish, sponge finish, stucco, linen and the let's-just-leave-handprints look. Once the colors are chosen (and doesn't everyone live with swatches on the walls for several weeks- while the decision-making is going on?), there is the task of readying the room(s). There has to be a direct correlation between the rooms needing paint and the number of items in those rooms that have to be moved out in order for the painting to take place. I saw the initial unpacking of books for bookshelves as necessary when we moved in. (Well, to tell the truth, my wife did not favor my idea of just keeping labeled cartons stacked on the floor.) Now we have to take them all down, repack them in boxes, store them and later look forward to reshelving them. Oh, joy. We went to great lengths to get all the pic- tures placed on walls in balance and level, which was a great feat for us. With the painter coming, all the wall decor has to come down with the hope that the nails or nail holes will remain identi- fiable. We also made an investment in slid- ers to put under the legs of the heavy furniture, so the items can be moved with relative ease over the carpeting. Getting the sliders in place is another story. It really takes three people to place these under the bulky furniture: two to lift and one to slide them under. Speaking of furniture, why is it that I only remember the things I need from my desk after the furniture has been moved to the center of the room and draped in tarps? When it is all over, we will have some lovely painted walls (our painter is talent- ed), and we will enjoy the fruits of our (his) labors. Then we'll have to get everything set to rights in two days because we are having a dinner party that was planned long ago when we neglected to check the paint- ing schedule. The fun just never ends! 0 Chaya Masha Stock and daughter Itta Henya Stock, 6, of Oak Park. Shabbat Candid tin "Lighting each candle for each neshamah [soul] of our family, including my own, I sense how clearly my role as a wife and mother is connected to God's role of nurturer and creator. With this awareness, I pray to God with a deep sense of grad- aide for that which I am blessed with and for the continued strength, health, chesed [lovingkindness], wis- dom and creativity that I require to build this Jewish home and family. — Elaine Kahn, mother, Oak Park - *TN 7/19 2002 10 Sponsored by Lubavitch Women's Organization.To submit a candlelighting message or to receive complimentary can- dlesticks and information on Shabbat candlelighting. call Miriam Arnzalak of Oak Park at (248) 967-5056 or e- mail: amzalak@juno.com T he use of animal parts in the creation of Jewish ritu- al objects is controversial to some Jewish vegetarians and animal rights activists. Can you name any of these objects? — by Goldfein .Jaweai are (urilual) sapaapetkqd •u.mq E sr IEJOLIS 3111, 1113111 -tp.rud Jo ap-eui sr quo" arlI :Jamstry Quotables "My dream would be that at some point in the future, if somebody were told that their child had Canavan dis- ease, they would be told, 'Here are the treatment options,' and not, 'There's nothing you can do, don't get attached to the baby.' One person is too many to hear that." — Ilyce Randell of Buffalo Grove, Ill., whose 4q2-year-old son Max has the debilitating neurological disorder, which strikes 1 in 5,000 children in the - Ashkenazi Jewish population, as quoted by JUF News of Chicago. "The cultural piece is very strong and an inherent part of the Hebrew pro- gram. Children leave with a very strong Jewish identity" — Laura Tighe, principal of the Brock- Corydon School, a Winnipeg, Manitoba, elementary school that offers partial-immersion Hebrew instruction in compliance with a provincial law requiring heritage languages to be taught in public schools, as quoted by JTA. Yiddish Limericks Staff photo by Krista Husa Candlelighting Candlelighting Friday, July 19: 8:47 p.m. Friday, July 26: 8:41 p.m. Shabbat Ends Shabbat Ends Saturday, July 20: 9:56 p.m. Saturday, July 27: 9:48 p.m. Admitted a troubled Coach Hoff, "Though I know es pahst nit* to scoff, I've got this kid, Kagan ... A real klutz mit ai gen.** I'd bench him, but he'd just fall off." — Martha Jo Fleischmann * it isn't proper or fitting ** (idiomatic) an extremely clumsy person (literal) a clumsy person with eyes