This Week For Openers Mixed Messages "Everything's got a moral if only you can find it." — Lewis Carroll here are any number of old, "wise" sayings. Often, however, the advice given in one seems to contradict the advice given SY in another. MANELLO For sentimentalists, "Absence makes Editorial the heart grow fonder." This, of course, is Assistant not always successful as a method of establishing closeness if you consider that "Out of sight, out of mind" is often true. If you think you ought to speak out about something, you may be reminded, "A closed mouth catches no flies." Yet, you may rejoin with, "A squeaky wheel gets the grease." Laughter is thought to be a boon to life as wit- nessed in "A day is lost if one has not laughed" or "If you don't laugh, you'll cry." Also consider, "Laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before din- ner" and "Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone. Trying to teach someone the value of waiting, con- sider "Patience is a virtue." If that it true, how do we validate "If not now, when"? If "A miss is as good as a mile," then why offer "Nothing ventured, noth- ing gained"? Keep in mind " that "He who hesitates is lost;" but if you "Act in haste, you repent at leisure." And though "Better late than never" is good, we know that "First come, first served" is an oft-quoted rule. Though "Every man has his price," always keep in mind "Buyer beware!" Speaking of price, you may be offered "A penny for your thoughts;" but "Even a fish would not get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut." And though "Charity begins at home" and "It is better to give than to receive"; "He who goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing" so "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." Yes, "Actions speak louder than words," but "A word to the wise is sufficient" because "Great ideas are the fuel of progress." For those who are concerned with looks, there are the reminders: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder;" "Beauty is only skin deep;" "Handsome is as handsome does." Yet, "Anything with scales counts as a fish" even though "Appearances are deceptive." If you are concerned about others, "Before healing oth- ers, heal yourself;" and in doing so, "An apple a day, keeps the doctor away." If you are tempted to "Do what comes naturally," you should "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" all the while recalling, "Forewarned is forearmed." All of you out there who think, "Birds of a feather flock together," should remember that it's "Different strokes for dif- ferent folks." ❑ wo months in the Jewish calendar are described with opposite descriptions. In one, joy increases as the month progresses; in the other, joy decreases. Can you name the months and the reasons? — Goldfein •1(01 QSED.TOQp 01 pigs S T. csurj (Avcci aisn) Av Jo asEj alp tplAm Suynp 'AV Jo tpuoul a1-LL -ssauTnyCor asuaapui of pus ST cspj arland gaignn Supnp qupv Jo tpuolu auauSuuds ata :iamstry - notables "The National Jewish Population Survey reveals the many important and diverse ways that Jews are con- nected to their faith and their com- munity. Still, the study underscores that for too many, those ties are tenu- ous. We have a great deal of work to do to make being Jewish more mean- ingful and relevant for those on the edges." — Stephen Hoffman, president and CEO of United Jewish Communities, the umbrella for the North American federated network. 'Yiddish Limericks Your bargain-store days will be gone. "He's kayach reich,** your boyfriend Shawn. That shmaltz goob** you fell in," I told my friend Helen, "Will mean life's g'shmeert*** from ” now on. — Martha Jo Fleischmann Shabbat Candlelighting "I pray that one day I will light Shabbat candles as a married woman with a family, and that my candlelighting be as meaningful as was our mothers' Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah." — Shulan2it Ahuvah Dashevsky, Oak Park 9/26 2003 10 Sponsored by Lubavitch Women's Organization. To submit a candlelighting message or to receive COMpliiiiCntaiy candlesticks and it rmation on Shabbat candlelighting, call Ii/liriam Amzalak of Oak Park at (248) 548-6771 or e-mail: mamzalak@juno.com Candlelighting [ Candlelighting Friday, Sept. 26, 7:05 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, 6:53 p.m. Shabbat Ends Shabbat Ends Saturday, Sept. 27, 8:04 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, 7:52 p.m. * (literal) strongly rich (idiomatic) very wealthy ** (literal) fat pit (idiomatic) tub of money ***(literal) smeared (idiomatic) greased, as with money Yiddish-isms behayma Literally: animal, especially used for a cow; also, a stupid man or woman, an ignoramus, a dumbbell. Source: From The New Joys of Yiddish by Leo Calvin Rosten, edited by Lawrence Bush, copyright 2001, by the Rosten Family LLC. Used by per- mission of the Rosten Family LLC.