Why is every Tom, Dick and Esther studying Kabbalah? Cover Story Join Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg as he explores and reveals The Hidden Light in Creation: Connecting with the Infinite SUNDAYS HIDDEN TREASURE from page WEDNESDAYS 8:00 pm: (Level to be determined) 10:30 am: Intermediate Kabbalah 11:30 am: Beginning Kabbalah Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center 5595 Maple Road • West Bloomfield For more information call the Torah Center at 248-855-6170 or email at bctc770@aol.com 889300 • BAR-B-Q & BROASTED CHICKEN • RIBS •SALADS • FISH & SHRIMP DINNERS • MCICH MORE r 10% OFF LUNCH Sunday through Saturday Homemade & Freshly Prepared Dine In, Take Out, Full Catering Menu With coupon only • Excludes in-store specials One coupon per person • Expires 10/01/04 Cannot be combined with other discounts 20 PIECES CHICKEN FAMILY CHICKEN & RIB COMBO L 1 r r $999 10 Legs With coupon • Excludes in-store specials 1 coupon/person • Exp. 10/01/04 Can't be combined with other discounts L J $20 10 Thighs 1 95 8 Pcs. Chicken, Full Slab of Ribs Incl. Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Garlic Bread With coupon only • Excludes in-store specials One coupon per person • Expires 10/01/04 Cannot be combined with other discounts J L Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. • Sunday 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. 9 Mile Rd. fr•er4 In West River fr e. Shopping Center 30068 Grand River (bet. Target & Kohl's) • Farmington, MI 248-888-8490 • Fax: 248-888-8570 wvvw.blazersbbq.com 67930 Mel Ball and Colours VOTED #1 BEST BAND JEWISH NEWS READER'S CHOICE AWARDS • Specializing in Weddings and Corporate Events • Voted Best Band Mel Ball Entertainment Agency 248-851-1992 Support Israel! New Sukkah's Available! May You Be Inscribed for a Year of Health & Happiness... I I 1 GIFTWORLD 77 with it." Rabbi Shemtov stressed, "This is not just about a Torah — but about the people who kept the Torah. It is about Daniel, who lived with self-sac- rifice, who kept underground minyans and went more than 100 miles to buy kosher meat," he said. "He is an inspiration because he was able to keep the commandments through such difficult periods. He is also a great reminder of how much we can incorporate into our daily lives because we live a country that allows us religious freedom." A showing of that freedom was evident when Vladimir Sobolnitsky stood among oth- ers, including his new friend Howard Schwartz, to receive an aliyah at the Torah as it was unrolled and read for the first time in a very long time. "Vladimir and I bonded like brothers," Schwartz said. Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov of the Shul with Rabbi "Having an aliyah from the Yudi Mann, the Shul publications director, review Torah, with him, was unbeliev- a portion in the Torah. able. It's like we were standing in front of a Torah that had come back to life. This Torah Dedicated To Freedom has been through more than we'll ever On Sept. 9, the Shul held a celebration know. During my aliyah, I kept think- as the newly restored Torah was ing about all the people who read from marched into the building and placed this Torah and all the places it had been into the ark. throughout the years." "When I saw my father's Torah, I For Sobolnitsky, the thoughts were cried, because it was there in the memo- equally deep, but more specific. ry of my father," Sobolnitsky said. "Seeing the Torah being used," he "I was born in a country where they said, "was like watch- say there is no God. My family was very ing my father's religious, but much of my life we didn't dream come go to shul because we would be in trou- true." ble if we did. This is why we came to the United States — not for money — but for freedom, to be in a place where we can talk and walk and pray and show our Torah anywhere." To use the newly dedicated Torah on Yom Kippur conveys a very powerful message, according to Rabbi Shemtov. "The message of the Torah coming to the Shul on Yom Kippur is that every Jew can come home to God and can take on some of the mitzvot, no matter what trials and tribulations they have gone through," he said. "We're like the Torah that survived a great superpower trying to squash it. This is a Torah that showed it could go through distance, be under persecution, be hidden by the Russians and even be cracked. We might think, 'What hope does this Torah ever A new crown have?' But ultimately you fix it up and for a cherished pray from it and learn from it and dance Torah. " Esther's. Experience the difference! 9/24 2004 78 2411-B32-3377 In the Sugar Dee Plaza - Orchard Lake Road, North of Maple Road In West Bloomfield 0