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Number, Please
DOER
PROFILE
ELAINE GR
RG
City: West Bloomfield
Kudos: Healing Melodies
What inspired you to
create "On a Wonderful
Day Like Today," a CD
of jazzy, uplifting, songs?
'As a music and voice
teacher recovering from
ovarian cancer, I began
singing for audiences
fia b htinc, b cancer. Their
positive reaction made
me know it was time to
record my music."
Without experience, how did you create the CD?
"My husband, Shelly, contacted publishers, found a
recording studio and worked on marketing. For first-
timers, I think we did pretty well."
Where will you donate proceeds from 1,000 CDs ?
"They will go to organizations engaged in cancer
research, treatment, education and various healing
arts programs."
How does the CD reflect links to Temple Israel,
where you were a cantonal soloist, Junior Choir
conductor and religious school music coordinator?
"When Rabbi Paul Yedwab told me my cancer
wasn't a death sentence, it turned me around. I knew
. I could fight and I could live. Cantor Lori Corrsin
came over and prayed with me and when we discov-
ered I had no Hebrew middle name, she gave me the
name "Devorah." Rabbi (Harold) Loss reminded me
not to lose my sense of humor. The picture on the
CD cover, taken by my husband in the gardens at
Temple Israel, shows how important Temple and my
clergy were to my healing."
How has your life changed?
"My sense of humor, my music, my very strong
belief in God and my wonderful family and friends
pulled me through. My life and relationships are
more precious now. I am now singing from my heart
and with more emotion than I ever experienced in
my life."
— Shelli Liebman Dolman, staff writer
To order "On a Wonderful Day Like Today" access the
Web site at: livingformusic.com
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1/16
2004
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oy, do I have his num-
ber." "His number was
up. "I number them
among my friends."
As familiar we may be with
these expressions involving the
word "number," have you given
any thought to actual numbers as
SY they crop up in our lives? Well,
MANELLO start your thinking with some of
these:
Editorial
• If I've told
Assistant
you once, I've
told you a
thousand times ... never exag-
gerate. (That was one of my
favorites with the kids as they
grew up.)
• Twice burned, third time
shy. (I wonder why it would
take two burnings?)
• Three forefathers. (At a
recent seder, I asked one of my
grandkids to name the forefa-
thers and, as a hint, I said,
"Abraham ..." He replied,
"Lincoln." Oh, well, at least
the theme of slavery was kept
intact.)
• Four cups of wine, four
questions, four sons (hey, I
wasn't going to just let that
seder reference go without
milking it.)
pun appeals, too.)
• Remember the old "game": I saw a snake in the
road. I one it. I two it. Etc. Until, if you were
stuck with eight, you would say, "I jumped over it
and you ate 'eight' it." To be followed by hysterical
laughter. (OK, so I'm still 7 at heart.)
• The Masonic order is replete with importances
of the number nine: nine elected knights, nine
roses, nine lights, nine knocks. (I can't give a con-
temporary application to them all!)
• Consider all the bills and legislation our gov-
ernments have issued at the
national and local levels and
note that no one has really
improved on the Ten
Commandments.
.
Exponentially Yours
After these basic ones, there
are some randomly selected
numbers of import.
• The Bible tells us of the
40 days and nights of rain that
Noah experienced on the ark.
There were also the 40 years
of wandering in the desert,
which are not really attributa-
ble to the fact that Moses, as a
man, was loathe to ask for
directions.
• Think of all the wonderful
tales that have emanated from
Scheherazade's 101 Nights!
If this column has stimulat-
ed your interest in numbers,
which goes without saying, I
suggest you make a study of
gematria, the system of
numerical values based on
Hebrew letters and words in
the Torah. If you didn't like it,
keep your two cents to your-
self or I'll put you down for
the count. TI
• Five Books of Moses.
• Six of one, half-dozen of
another. (Why not just say it
doesn't matter. All this "math
stuff" gets confusing.)
• Seven days of this make
one weak. (I still like the ideas
of this "saying" that I first
found inscribed in one of my
textbooks when I was in
school. I not only like and
agree with the idea; but the
Shabbat Candlelighting
"-When I light the Shabbos candles, I remember my grandmother lighting hers and the Shabbos
— Sheila Glantz, Oak Park
meal with my grandparents and parents."
Candlelighting
Candlelighting
Friday, Jan. 16, 5:07 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 23, 5:16 p.m.
Shabbat Ends
Shabbat Ends.
Saturday, Jan. 17, 6:13 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 24, 6:21 p.m.
To submit a candklighting message, call Miriam Anrzalak of the Lubavitch Women's Oiganization at (248) 5'18-6771 or e-mail: manizalakeluno.com