Tapper's 12th Annual Coat Drive October 1st through 31st. Open Your Heart. Open Your Closet. Donate your clean wearable coats. This act of collecting coats for those who can not afford them is one way that we fulfill the mitzvah of V'Ahavta L'Reyecha Kamocha - Loving your neighbor as yourself." -Rabbi Dr. Yigal Tsaidi, Education Director, Akiva Hebrew Day School "I really see the beauty in the mixture of community organizations that are coming together to reach out and help each other..." -David Sorkin, Executive Director, Jewish Community Center [Jr...71,1.7n THE CENTER Tapper's, along with Hillel Day School, Akiva Hebrew Day School, The Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit, and the Jewish Community Center are collecting winter coats to be donated to adults and children in need. Please join with us to make this year our most successful coat drive yet. Coats may be dropped off at any of the locations below: DIAMONDS & FINE JEWELRY Michigan's most trusted jeweler since 1977 Orchard Mall . West Bloomfield, MI 48322 248-932-7700 . 800-337-GIFT MAKE THE CONNECTION @ WW\XT.TAPPERS.COM "Our blessings confer obligations upon us...the more one has, the more one has the obligation to give and do..." -Rabbi Lee Buckman, Head of School, The Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit 3. "One of the first mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah is to clothe the naked. This is an opportunity to make this mitzvah real." -Steve Freedman, Head of School, Hillel Day School JEWISH ACADEMY of Metropolitan Detroit Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit 10/17 2003 9