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sustained commitment to building
a 'community.' Our Community
Life department, as well as all our
other departments, is focused on
building relationships with our
residents and with members of
our community.

New Testament that must be taken out
of their home. They returned home,
searched and found it, took it out of
their home and shortly after, the woman
became pregnant.
It was then that my husband Yehuda
remembered that we, too, had a copy of
the New Testament in Hebrew that
somebody gave to him that was in a box
somewhere in our house. We found it,
took it out of our home and one month
later, I became pregnant with our now
3-year-old son, Meir Yisrael, named
after my paternal grandfather Meyer
Eisenberg and the Baba Sali whose full
name was Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzira.
Meir was born on a Friday, July 21,
2000, at 3:55 p.m. We had left the
gravesite of the Baba Sali also on a
Friday afternoon, at about 4 p.m. At
Meir's brit, we used the Kiddush cup
with the picture of the Baba Sali that
Mrs. Abergil gave us.
While on that same visit to Israel in
May 1999, we went to the Tomb of the
Patriarchs (Maarat Hamachpelah), where
there was an important rabbi consulting
with people and giving blessings. My
husband met with this rabbi and was
given a blessing that we should be able
to conceive. It was while I was pregnant
that we remembered that this rabbi was

actually a grandson of the Baba Sali.
Whether one is a believer or not in
these types of stories, I must tell you one
thing — this story is absolutely true
down to each and every little detail.
When Meir was 1, we went back to
Israel and returned to the grave of the
Baba Sali to pray and to give thanks to
God for answering our prayers.
Two months later, I became pregnant
with our second son, Yakir, who is now
16 months old.
In July, Meir turned 3 and we
returned to the Baba Sali for his upsh-
erin. It was held on Aug. 18 — our 7-
year wedding anniversary — and was
such a wonderful event, filled with lots
of happiness and good food, too.
My parents, Barry and Andrea
Eisenberg from Southfield, and my
uncle, Sanford Eisenberg of Southfield,
traveled to Israel with us to be at the
upsherin. Many of our friends and rela-
tives came from all around Israel,
including Yehuda's parents, former
Detroiters Yitzchak and Mad
Tatelbaum.
It was Yehuda's father who gave Meir
his haircut after each of our family
members and friends got to cut a piece
of hair. Meir was most happy to have
his long hair — which was down to his
lower back — cut off 0

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but Community Life will keep you
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—Jan Krist

Jan Krist, pictured in our library, is a folk music recording artist as

well as the Community Life Director at THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN.

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Meir, 3, and his father, Yehuda Tatelbaum, at the Baba Sali's grave.

11/ 7
2003

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