know of any other holiday or celebration that
encourages people to come out of their house,
see their neighbors and say hello. We live in a
world where we don't take time to get to know
our neighbors. So I'm conflicted between that
and Jewish values."
ORTHODOX Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg of
Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center in
West Bloomfield: "Education is the most impor-
tant issue. Everything you do has a source or
root to it, and a proper source, and that's a very
important message for children, even when they
are young. I can relate to how people say
Halloween is just for fun, but on a deeper level,
Above: Pedodontists by
day, Dr. David Weine of
Farmington Hills and Dr.
as a parent, I believe that part of education is
Arnold Golnick of West
trying to make children understand that when
we do something for fun, there should also be a
A miniature Moses (Talia Lee Helfrick, 2 years
deeper reason for doing it. There are no reli-
gious overtones or undertones, and it's not nec-
Bloomfield will stop at
old in 1995) at home in Huntington Woods, has
nothing to bring smiles to
all she needs: the Ten Commandments and a
their patients' faces.
baby doll.
Left: Cat in the Hat fans
essarily a violation of anything in Judaism, but I
Melissa Seligman of Royal
don't think that's the issue. The issue isn't is it
prohibited or not, but is it the right thing to do?
Southfield channeled mis-
Oak and Jon Jacoby of
chief-makers Thing 1 and
Thing 2 in 2004.
The fundamental issue is how to educate a
child, and that they shouldn't do something just
for the sake of fun?'
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