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SHARON LUCKERMAN
Staff Writer

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For the first stage of a Lubavitch campus project,

the new Shul opens for Rosh Hashanah services.

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ou might have to
sweep a bit of the
dust aside or bring a
folding chair, but the
congregants of the Shul-Chabad
Lubavitch are determined to
open their new building in West
Bloomfield for Rosh Hashanah
services.
Late last week, construction
crews still were working to com-
plete the building's interior.
Regardless of
this race to be
finished, High
Holiday serv-
ices will be
held in the
building at
6890 W.
Maple,
between
Drake and
Rabbi Shemtov
Halsted, in
West
Bloomfield.
The synagogue is fulfillment
of a lifelong dream for Rabbi
Kasriel Shemtov and his wife,
Itty. "Both of us grew up know-
ing this is what we wanted to
do," she said.
For the past eight years, the
Shemtovs held services and pro-
grams at their West Bloomfield
home and High Holiday servic-
es at the nearby Jewish
Community Center.
The new building will allow
them to expand their holiday
programming,'Shabbatons and
Shabbat dinners, and programs
for children.
"The new Shul is a place we
can expand our services and
make people feel at home —
comfortable," said Rabbi
Shemtov. "That's our goal."
Two-hundred families have
joined services and programs at
the Shul over the year, he said.
Congregant Marilyn
Newman, 44, of Farmington
Hills, who has a husband and

Itty Shemtov discusses the new

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Shut's design with congregant
Marilyn Newman.