To Life!
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TUAL
Wrap It Right
David Sachs
Senior Copy Editor
Angie Baan
Staff Photographer
C
onservative men's clubs across
several continents celebrated
the World Wide Wrap on Feb.
4. Locally, Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills and Congregations Beth
Shalom in Oak Park and B'nai Moshe and
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield participated.
"It was a great success;' said Rabbi
Steven Rubenstein of Beth Ahm, where
two dozen people participated. "Dads and
sons came and learned together about
putting on tefillin.
"Paul Darmon spoke about his experi-
ence since the last year's Wrap, where our
ritual director Mr. Mermelstein told how
he put on tefillin in the concentration
camps:' said the rabbi.
"Paul was inspired to start putting on
tefillin regularly and explained how it's
important for him spiritually." I
Beth Ahm Rabbi Steven Rubenstein, center, leads the way with, from left, Paul Darmon of Farmington Hills and Eli Mosseri,
Derek Wolfe, 12, Howard Lupovitch and Tom Begres, all of West Bloomfield.
Far left: Beth Ahm Ritual Director Rev.
Joseph Mermelstein gives a heads up
to Alex Adler, 12, and dad Mark of West
Bloomfield.
Attending the Wrap at B'nai Moshe are
Morse Taxon of Oak Park, Mel Friedman
of West Bloomfield and Rabbi Elliot
Pachter and son Jonathan, 12.
Far left: Paul Darmon of Farmington Hills
tells fellow Beth Ahm congregants what
wearing tefillin the past year has meant
to him.
Nancy Kaplan of West Bloomfield is Beth
Ahm's volunteer minyan coordinator.
Dr. Michael Cher of Huntington Woods
watches as son Benjamin, a Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit student,
learns how to lay tefillin at Congregation
Beth Shalom. Instructing is Richard
Racusin of Oak Park.
Photo courtesy Congregation Beth Shalom
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