Torah Portion

May Chanukah's Message
Light Our Lives All Year

CONGREGATION BETH EL

2525 Mark Ave., Windsor; (519) 969-2422. Rabbi:
Jeffrey Ableser. Cantor: Marci Shulman. Services: 5:45
p.m. the first and last Friday of the month; 8 p.m.
intermediate Fridays.

TEMPLE BETH EL

7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township, 48301, (248)
851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel B. Syme, David Scott
Castiglione. Cantor: David Montefiore. Services: Friday
6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. Sunday 9:40
a.m.

TEMPLE BETH EL (FLINT)

5150 Calkins, Flint, 48532, (810) 720-9494. Rabbi:
Karen Companez. Cantorial soloist: Aleksander
Chernyak. Services: First Friday of the month 6:15
p.m.; second Friday 8 p.m.; all other Fridays 8 p.m.

TEMPLE BETH EL (MIDLAND)

2505 Bay City Road, Midland, 48642, (517) 835-4822.
Guest teacher: Hal Greenwald. President: Stuart J.
Bergstein. Services: Friday 8 p.m. once a month.
Regularly scheduled High Holiday services for the tri-
city area.

TEMPLE BETH EMETH

2309 Packard, Ann Arbor, 48104, (734) 665-4744.
Rabbi: Robert D. Levy. Chazzan: Ann Zibelman Rose.
Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. Family serv-
ice once a month at 7:30 p.m. replaces 8 p.m. Friday
service; call for specific dates.

BETH ISAAC SYNAGOGUE

2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, 48183, (734) 675-0355.
Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. Congregational leaders
conduct services throughout the year.

TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL

801 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson 49202; (517) 784-
3862. Rabbi: Jonathan V. Plaut. Rabbi emeritus: Alan
Ponn. Chazzan: Evette Lutman. President: Dr. Cathy
Glick. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. the
first Saturday of the month.

CONGREGATION CHAYE OLAM

4875 W. Maple Road, Bloomfield Twp. 48301-2805,
(248) 851-7485. Cantor: Stephen L. Dubov. Services:
Friday 7:30 p.m.

TEMPLE EMANU-EL

14450 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 967-4020.
Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein. Cantor: Norman Rose.
Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.

TEMPLE ISRAEL

5725 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248)
661-5700. Rabbis: Harold S. Loss, Paul M. Yedwab,
Joshua L. Bennett, Marla Hornsten. Cantor: Lori
Corrsin. Cantorial soloist: Neil Michaels. Rabbinic
intern: Jennifer Tisdale. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday baby naming of Lilly
Brooke Geller, daughter of Michelle and Louis Geller.

TEMPLE KOL AMI

5085 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248)
661-0040. Rabbi: Norman T. Roman. Rabbi emeritus:
Ernst J. Conrad. Cantorial soloist: Susan Greener.
Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK

1924 Coolidge, East Lansing 48823, (517) 351-3570.
Rabbi Emeritus: Morton Hoffman. Rabbi: Richard
Baroff. Cantor: Pamela Jordan Schiffer. Services:
Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.

TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM

3999 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248)
737-8700. Rabbis: Dannel Schwartz, Michael L.
Moskowitz. Cantorial soloist: Penny Steyer. Services:
Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Friday celebration of
Music Month.

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CONGREGATION SHIR TIKVAH

3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy, 48084, (248) 649-
4418. Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg. Services: Friday 7:45
p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.

SECULAR
HUMANISTIC

THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE

28611 W. 12 Mile, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 477-
1410. Rabbis: Tamara Kolton, Adam Chalom. Founding
rabbi: Sherwin T. Wine. Services: Friday 8 p.m.

JEWISH CULTURAL SOCIETY

2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor, 48108-2301,
(734) 975-9872. Board president: Karla Rice. School
principal: Ramona Brand. Shabbat services first Friday
of every month 7:30 p.m.; cultural Jewish celebra-
tions, secular bar/bat mitzvah programming, cultural
Sunday school.

JEWISH PARENTS INSTITUTE

JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248)
661-1000. Director: Marilyn Wolfe. Alternative cultural
Jewish celebrations; secular bar/bat mitzvah cere-
monies; adult programming; cultural Sunday school
from nursery through teen.

SHOLEM ALEICHEM INSTITUTE

28690 Southfield, Suite 293, Lathrup Village, 48076,
(248) 423-4406. Co-presidents: Alva Dworkin, May
Moskowitz. Holiday observances; Friday night oneg
Shabbat; cultural events.

WORKMEN'S CIRCLE ARBETER
RING

26341 Coolidge, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 545-0985.
Chair: Arlene Frank. Michigan district director: Ellen R.
Bates-Brackett. Year round holiday observances, Nokh
Shabbes Havdalah once a month; secular bar/bat
mitzvah; Sunday school.

SEPHARDIC

KETER TORAH SYNAGOGUE

5480 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, (248) 681-
3665. Rabbi: Michael Cohen. Services: Friday at can-
dielighting time; Saturday 9 a.m., Minchah 1 1/4
hours before the end of Shabbat; Sunday 9 a.m.;
Monday 7 a.m.; Wednesday 9 p.m., Thursday 7 a.m.,
9 p.m.

TRADITIONAL

B'NAI DAVID

6346 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 100, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 855-5007. Cantor: Ben-Zion Lanxner.
Services: Saturday 9 a.m. Haftorah, William lcikson.

MINTANS

FLEISCHMAN RESIDENCE

6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 661-
2999. Rabbi: Avie Shapiro. Services: Saturday and
Sunday 9:15 a.m. Minchah Monday-Friday 4:30 p.m.;
Saturday 1:30 p.m. Maariv Monday-Saturday 5:30
p.m.

YES H IVAT AKIVA

21100 W. 12 Mile, Southfield, 48076 (248) 386-1625.
Services: During the school year, morning services at
7:30 a.m.; afternoon services at 2:40 p.m. The com-
munity is invited.

Both of these readings eventually
end with a promise of continued holy
acts. So it should be with Chanukah.
In Pharaoh's dream as recorded in
this week's parshah, Pharaoh said to
Joseph: "In my dream, behold I am
standing on the Nile River and behold
out of the water come seven cows."
I have always been struck by the fact
that Pharaoh said "behold," heenay,
twice. Perhaps he said this because
here is no holiday on the
standing by the Nile was, in and of
Jewish calendar which ends
itself, an integral part of his dream.
as quietly as Chanukah.
Perhaps Pharaoh loved the
The end of Yom Kippur
fact that he had a chance to
stand on the Nile, if only
is marked by the blast of the
in his dreams. He must
shofar. The end of Pesach is
have missed that opportu-
marked by careful clock-
nity that he wished he had
watching to determine the
proper time to eat pizza.
more often: to stand by the
river he loved and contem-
But Chanukah ends not
plate his and his people's
with a bang, but with a
future.
whimper. In fact, truth is,
And so, even if our
for many it seems like
home life is filled with the
Chanukah ends the night
various home rituals that
before with the lighting of
the eighth candle.
make the rhythm of the
RABBI ROBERT
Interestingly, while
Jewish day and year the
DOBRUSIN
central rhythm of our life,
Chanukah comes to an end
Special to the
we
have been blessed over
rather abruptly, the maftir
Jewish News
the past week with the
portion for this Shabbat, the
chance to stand by the win-
eighth day of Chanukah,
dow with our family or friends and
never seems to end at all.
take an extra- 10 Minutes out of the day
It begins with a description of the
to do something which brings us
gifts brought on the eighth day of the
together in a Jewish context. We have
dedication of the tabernacle in the
brought light in increasing amounts
desert. It continues to describe the gifts
into our homes and have allowed our-
brought by the tribes on the ninth,
selves the chance to sing an extra song
10th, 11th and 12th days. It then goes
and calm ourselves from the pressures
on to the paragraph that describes the
of the world for 10 minutes more.
total given on all of the 12 days of the
A suggestion: This Saturday night,
dedication.
each family should go back to the place
But it doesn't stop there. It goes on
where the menorah stood. Let's stand
to the beginning of the next parshah,
for 10 minutes or so and celebrate the
Behaalotcha, which focuses on the
miracle of who we are and how we
lighting of the menorah in the
choose to live.
Tabernacle.
Let's help the spirit of Chanukah
These sections have to be included
continue by continuing our dedication
in the reading because the dedication
to our faith and our people and by
of the Tabernacle is only important in
that it allows it to be used. The lighting making use of the time and the light
we have been given. El
of the menorah is the first "official act"
involved in the Tabernacle.
The Haftorah also speaks of endings.
Hirom is said to have completed the
utensils of the first Temple and the
Haftorah goes on to describe the uten-
What are the lessons of
sils in great detail and then it comes to
Chanukah you would want to
an end, finally, with the Temple ready
take with you through the year?
to use.
Did you learn anything new

Shabbat Mikketz
(Chanukah, Day 8):
Genesis 41:1-44:17;
Numbers 7:54-8:4;
I Kings 7:40-50.

Conversations

Robert Dobrusin is rabbi of Beth
Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor:
His e-mail address is
rdobrusin@bethisrael_aa.org

about the holiday this year? Does
Chanukah feel different when it
overlaps with Christmas as it
does this year?

