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Three
Prescriptions For
The New Year
I
exaggerating until I attended the
n Judaism, there is an age-old
tradition of religious leaders sum- AIPAC convention in Washington,
D.C., this past spring and heard con-
ming up their most important
gressman
after congressman, senator
lessons about life in sets of three.
after
senator,
attribute his or her votes
The prophet Micah, for instance,
in
favor
of
Israel
to the education and
distilled his philosophy down to this
information
that
AIPAC
provides.
profound prescription: "to do justly,
As president of the Michigan Board
love mercy, and walk
of Rabbis this year, I am
humbly with your God."
going
to ask my organiza-
In the Pirke Avot,
tion
to
set a goal of dou-
Yehoshua ben Perachyah
bling
the
membership of
advises that you should
AIPAC
in
our area by Rosh
"accept a teacher upon your-
Hashanah of 5764. Please
self, acquire for yourself a
help your rabbis in making
friend, and judge everyone
this goal a reality. You can
favorably." Shammai coun-
join
AIPAC simply by call-
ters with "make your study a
ing
Lisa
Acker at the AIPAC
fixed practice, say little and
Midwest
Region Chicago
RABBI
PAUL
do much, and receive every-
office
at
(312)
236-8550 or
YEDWAB
one with a cheerful face."
logging on to their Web site
Temple Israel
Now, I am no Micah, but
at wwwAIPAC.org .
I have come up with my
2. Contribute to the
three prescriptions for the
Israel
-
Emergency
Fund of the Jewish
year 5763. Unfortunately, they are not
Federation
of
Metropolitan
Detroit. As
as spiritually inspiring as any of the
Hillel
said
as
part
of
his
three-fold
pre-
above, but we are living in politically
scription
for
life
in
the
Pirke
Avot,
"if
challenging times, and my three are a
not now, when?"
reflection of that reality.
Just call (248) 642-4260 and ask for
1. Join AIPAC. At lunch a year ago,
the Israel Emergency Fund office or
a friend of mine claimed that the
log on to
American Israel Public Affairs
vvww.thisisfederation.org
if you would
Committee is the single most effective
like
to
help
Israel
directly
in
this, its
organization safeguarding the State of
time
of
need.
the
Ist-c.rd
Israel outside of Zahal,
3. Show your solidarity with, and
Defense Forces. I thought uict,. _...e was
support for, the victims of Sept. 11, by
joining your rabbis at one of the two
memorial services that will be taking
place in our community that evening.
There will be a service held at
Temple Israel at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,
Sept. 11, co-sponsored by the
Michigan Board of Rabbis and the
West Bloomfield Clergy Association,
and one held at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield, also at 7 p.m., co-
sponsored by the MBOR and the cler-
gy associations of Farmington Hills
and Southfield.
The Michigan Board of Rabbis is
also asking you to light a yahrtzeit can-
dle in your home in memory of the
victims of Sept. 11. The Jewish funeral
homes of our community have kindly
donated 3,024 yahrtzeit candles that
will be distributed to area congrega-
tions and can be obtained by calling
your local synagogue.
We are asking that these candles be
lit on Sept. 11. Alternatively, we also
suggested lighting candles on the
Hebrew date of the memorial, 23 Elul,
which began this year on erev Shabbat,
Aug. 30:
Because we know the requests for
these candles will exceed the supply
each congregation will have, you
may purchase your own yahrtzeit
candle and ask your synagogue for a
specially designed label to be affixed
to the candle. The congregations will
have an unlimited supply of these
labels
These are my three prescriptions for
5763. Not as profound as "Torah, wor-
ship and deeds of loving-kindness,"
but important, nonetheless.
Please join the rabbis of our com-
munity in making a difference in our
world by supporting Israel and
America in our mutual war against ter-
rorism. May this year, 5763, be a hap-
pier and a sweeter year than the one
that came before.-0