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December 8 - 2005
• The young family went to America,
to his brother in Springfield, Ill. Six
months later, they moved to Detroit.
fact, sees it as a key to longevity.
"I feel that the world needs me —
even though I am very well aware that
the world can go on without me he
Young Israel Legacy
says with a smile.
The Mittelmans have always been a
On the Shabbat Mittelman turned
Young Israel family — Young Israel of 80, YIOP Rabbi Reuven Spolter spoke
Dexter, then Young Israel Northwest.
about the Torah significance of that
But the neighborhood grew danger-. •
age. He noted that Moses was 80 when
ous."They used to hold us up in the
he spoke to Pharoah and began the
night at knife-point when we would go redemption from Egypt.
to shul," he recalled. So the family
"By telling us Moshe's age, the Torah
moved to Southfield, where they have
conveys an important message said
lived for 35 years.
- Rabbi Spolter. "We take it as a given
"I was always involved, from presi-
that only young people have the ability
dent to gabbai to cleaning the side ;
to instigate redemption, but that's
walk in winter when it was icy:' he
simply not the case.
says. "I find it exhilarating to be a
"If you feel that you have the
member in shul and see to it that the
strength and energy, then a Jew of 80
shul runs the way it should. It gives
can change the world as well."
me a good feeling that I'm contribut-
In his sermon, he thanked
ing to the pleasure of others."
Mittelman for leading the congrega-
He leads part of High Holiday dav-
tion in prayer. (`Mr. Mittelman, you
ening and helps members connect
were purified in the fires of God and
with the somber mood of Tisha b'Av,
came out pure, and our shul has been
when he recites kinot (poetry) about
blessed with your tefillot-on our
the Holocaust. Last year, he led 350
behalf for many years now [We are]
people through the Holocaust
hoping that your tefillot will again
Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.
carry ours into the inner courtyard of
For all the anguish of the Holocaust, heaven.
Mittelman learned the most impor-
"And our brachah [blessing] to you
tant -lesson of his life in Auschwitz,
is that we share the blessing of your
from a professional thief.
-
voice, your passion, your wit and your
"In 1944, this man said, 'I'm happy .
wisdom for many, many years to
I'm in Auschwitz.' We looked at him
come
like he was crazy. He said, (If I would
Recently, Rabbi Spolter said
be happy, where would I be? I'd still be Mittelman is "a model of dedication to
in Auschwitz.'"
our shul and to the Jewish communi-
That's when Mittelman realized that ty. From visiting the sick to leading
joy comes not from. circumstance but
davening to serving as our gabbai
from state of mind. "You are always
sheini for longer that anyone can
above the problem:' he says, "[You
remember, Manny's devotion to yid-
must think],`Thank God the world
dishkeit and his ability to see the good
doesn't stop by the calamity that just
in and make the best of every situa-
happened to me.
-
tion has inspired our community. I °
"I, God forbid, don't wish anybody a feel privileged that he is not just a
Holocaust, but [I wish them] what it
congregant, but a friend."
has taught me he says. "I don't get
His wife, Bessie, says, "He's the per-
scared for an ailment. I always have
son with the most integrity in every
hope because, if you can come out
aspect of life. His religion applies to
from the hell of Auschwitz, nothing in
family, to business, and he has more
this world can shake you:"
energy than any other .person."
Her husband watched with a melan-
Measure Of Devotion
choly gleam in his eye as she spoke.
It's the middle of a weekday and
The couple share a deep bond that has
Mittelman strides through the halls of weathered years and experiences.
Providence Hospital. He has come to
"He can overcome anything;' she
visit a sick shul member. Later, he will says. "We are the richest people in the
stop by a shiva house to ensure that
world." I I •
there is a rninyan (prayer quarum) for
davening. He loves being busy and, in