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ED CliNiC Owner, Director Accecrited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 9/19 2003 68 Sign Of The Times Teaching your children to love and honor others. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor S How did Gedaliah die? A fellow Jew turned him in to the enemy. "By three things the world is sus- tained," Avot 1:2 reads. "By the Torah, the Temple service and deeds of lov- ingkindness." In honor of Tzom Gedaliah, local rab- bis offer ideas on how parents can teach their children the mitzvah of "love your fellow." tart on Interstate 75 and you can go from the top of the United States (northern Michigan) to the bottom (southern Florida). About half way down 1-75, not too far from Atlanta, you may catch sight of a billboard. It is a letter from God. "That 'Love Your Brother' thing. I In The Beginning meant that." [Signed] God. rahavta l'rayach kamocha means Schoolchildren learning about synonyms "Love your fellow as yourself" and it's often are given a piece of paper with two not just a good idea or some interesting columns of words. Their job is to draw a quote to tape on the refrigerator next to line from one matching word to the a coffee coupon: It is a mitzvah, a corn- other: big and mandment. Yet what mitzvah could be large, for example, more challenging to observe. or smart and intel- Families who would be repelled at the ligent. very thought of a slice of cheese touch- When Rabbi ing a piece of meat, those who regularly Daniel Syme of give away thousands of dollars to Temple Beth El tzedakah, those who spend half their hears the word lives helping the homeless — all likely "Jewish," he sees no would be able to list more than a few of synonym, no their fellows who positively make their "Reform move- skin crawl. Love them? We don't even ment" or want to be in the same room with them. "Conservative Syme: A sense of Jewry" or On Monday, Sept. 29, we observe community. Tzom Gedaliah. On the surface, this is "Orthodox." the story of the life and death of a right- Instead, he sees in eous man, whose passing so many years Judaism bright and ago we still remember by fasting. diverse and beautiful beyond words: a But Tzom Gedaliah also is a day when tapestry we remember a fractured Jewish com- "I am one who loves everything munity, one marked by anger and fear, a Jewish," he says. 'As a dad myself, I have time when vahavta Prayach kamocha was raised my son to understand that forgotten. Judaism is a tapestry of traditions, laws, • • • • • Testing/Evaluation ITIEc First fully accredited Education Clinic in the United States to receive North Central Accreditation. (248) 545-6677 (248) 433-3323 Oak Park Bloomfield Hills wwwiddinic.corn The day immediately following Rosh Hashanah is Tzom Gedaliah. This is one of four fasts which begins at sunrise and ends at sun- down (as opposed to Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av, which are 24-hour fasts). Tzom Gedlaaih commemorates the murder of Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of Israel in the time of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. Nebuchadnezzar not only attacked and destroyed much of Israel (including the sacred Temple sanctuary), he exiled virtually the entire Jewish population there — except a few, including the man he appointed as governor, Gedaliah ben Achikarn. A rival king ordered the assassination of Gedaliah. His h ired itrnan was Yishmael ben Netaniah, a Jew. In their decision to institute a fast day in his memory, the rabbis said, "the death of the righteous is likened to the burning of the house of God."