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To Reflect, To Atone

The richness of the Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur lies in challenging and inspiring us to move from
reflection on our shortcomings as a people, as a community
and as individuals in months past to casting aside our sins col-
lectively and individually on Tashlich followed by seeking God's
forgiveness on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
As we gather this Sunday night to observe Yom Kippur, one
of the holiest of days, let us affirm our determination to repel
forces of evil, wherever they arise. The haunting melody of,Koi

If You Build It ...

The educational outreach group
Aish HaTorah has been known
to hold meetings and events
in unexpected sites, like corn-
edy clubs and yoga studios. So,
maybe it's not so unusual that
this week a program will take
place in a lumberyard.
The 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28,
sukkah-building workshop com-
bines a lesson in Jewish guide-
lines for creating a
sukkah and help with
building instructions
and purchasing of
materials.
"The program will
include a five-min-
ute outline of what
makes a sukkah hala-
chic (consistent with
Jewish law), and then
the guys from the lumber yard
will make their presentation and
take questions and help people
get materials," said Rabbi Simcha

Tolwin, executive director of Aish
Huntington Woods, who will run
the workshop.
The program will include
such important lessons as how
to attach a sukkah to the side of
a house, bolt the walls together,
build on grass and uneven
surfaces and how to keep a free-
standing sukkah standing.
The workshop will take
place at Ace Hardware-Durst
Lumber, 11 Mile at
Coolidge, Berkley.
(248) 542-2010.
For information
on the workshop,
call Rabbi Tolwin
at (248) 948-9908.
There is no
charge to attend
and participants
will receive a 5
percent discount on all sukkah
supplies.

- Shelli Liebman Dorfman,

staff writer

Mitzvah Sighting

More than 150 volunteers of all ages did a day of good deeds Sept. 17 at
Itsa Mitzva Day, an annual event sponsored by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit.
Projects included baking cookies for residents of the Lillian and
Samuel Hechtman Jewish Apartments in West Bloomfield, sorting items
at Gleaners Community Food Bank and the Yad Ezra kosher food pantry,
gardening on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community
Campus in West Bloomfield and fall cleanup at Tamarack Camps in
Ortonville.
In its 11th
year, the event is
co-sponsored by
the Federation
Women's
Campaign
and Education
Department and
Alliance for Jewish
Education. Co-
chairs were Joanne
Aronovitz and
Miles Berlin of Huntington Woods brings
Stefany Freeman.

cookies to Hechtman resident Birdie Barris.

10 September 28 a 2006

Nidrei, which asks for release from vows or promises that can-

not be kept in accordance with Jewish law, gives pause for us
to reassess what is truly important in our lives.
G'mar chatimah tovah. May you be sealed for a good year.
And Shabbat shalom!

Robert A. Sklar, editor

Certified Kosher

Contrary to the misinformation of callers to Harvard Row Kosher
Meat and Poultry in West Bloomfield, the shop continues to be super-
vised by the Vaad HaRabonim, the Council of Orthodox Rabbis of
Greater Detroit. Owner John Katz doesn't know why he received inqui-
ries about the kosher supervision of the store, which also sells pre-
pared foods, but according to Rabbi Joseph Krupnik,kashrut director
for the Southfield-based Vaad, "Harvard Row Kosher Meats is under
our supervision as it has been for many years."

- Shelli Liebman Dorfman, staff writer

Photo by Shelli Liebman Dorfman

This Week

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Latest From Israel

John Katz, in
front of a certifi-

cate, completed

by the Vaad,
certifying the

store's products

are kosher.

JAS Elevates Shabbat

To better serve Shabbat observant residents of Prentis Jewish
Apartments in Oak Park, a new Shabbat elevator, which stops auto-
matically at every floor, was dedicated on Aug. 27.
"The addition of the Shabbas elevator is wonderful example of the
cooperation that exists between JAS and the traditional community,"
said Rabbi Reuven Spolter of Young Israel of Oak Park. "We hope to
continue the beautiful relationship to enhance the lives of the seniors
throughout our communities."
Building administrator Larry Machlis said, "Like our kosher meal
program, we feel it's important
that we do everything possible
not to exclude observant Jews
from enjoying community life
in the Prentis building!'
At the dedication, JAS
President Cheryl Guyer wel-
comed everyone and JAS board
member and director of the
Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy
Network Rabbi Bunny
Freedman spoke about the con-
cern JAS has for the needs of all
people in the community.

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Poll Results:

Will you go to synagogue on the
High Holidays?
With immediate family? 67%
With extended family? 17%
Alone? 16%
Don't go? 0%

This week's question:
Will you build a sukkah this year
for Sukkot?
Yes?

No?

Resident Alex Falcon cuts the ribbon officially dedicating the new

Shabbat elevator at Prentis Jewish Apartments in Oak Park.

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