DETROIT METRO AREA BATS CHABAD OF NORTH OAK PARK Oak Park SAS CHABAD TORAH CENTER West Bloomfield CHABAD HOUSE FARMINGTON HILLS Farmington Hills CHABAD LUBAVITCH OUTREACH Oak Park CHABAD STUDENT OUTREACH Oak Park CHEDER OHOLEI YOSEF YTTZCHOK LUBAVITCH Oak Park FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE Southfield CIRCLE FRIENDSHIP West Bloomfield THE LURAVITCHER REBRE, OF BLESSED MEMORY GANEINU West Bloomfield WBAVITCH CENTER Oak Park LUBAVITCH FOUNDATION Oak Park MICHIGAN JEWISH INSTITUTE Oak Park THE SHUL West Bloomfield YESHIVAS MENACHEM IVIENDE. LUBAVITCH Oak Park CHABAD HOUSE Ann Arbor CHABAD OF COMMERCE Commerce CHABAD HOUSE OF EASTERN MKHIGAN Flint CHABAD HOUSE OF WESTERN MICHIGAN Grand Rapids CAMP GAN ISRAEL Lubavitch City CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF NOVI-NORTHVILLE Novi SHLUCHIM OF MICHIGAN Rabbi Beret Shemtov-Regional Director Rabbi Yakov Amzalak Rabbi Chaim M. Bergstein Rabbi Shimon Druk Rabbi Hershel Finman Rabbi Aaron Goldstein Rabbi Alter Goldstein Rabbi Menachem M.Gotlieb Rabbi Yosef Y. Gourarie Rabbi Schneur Greenberg Rabbi Levi Kaplan Rabbi Josef Y. Kesselman Rabbi Yitzchok Mann Rabbi Yudi Mann Rabbi Yosef Y. Mishulovin Rabbi Yisroel Pinson Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov Rabbi Levi Shemtov Rabbi Mendel Shemtov Rabbi Yossi Shemtov Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg Rabbi Bentzion Stein Rabbi Dov Stein Rabbi Yecheskel Stein Rabbi Chaim Gershon Steinmetz Rabbi Avraham Susskind Rabbi Yisroel Weingarten Rabbi Yossi Weingarten Rabbi Yehoshua Werner Rabbi Moshe Zaldikofsky Rabbi Zalman Zwiebel 7 Head First tshrei. The first month of the Jewish new year. A month that is not just the beginning -, ofa new calendar, but the "head" and nerve center, setting the pace for the entire year. Head First. A month of beginnings. A month in which an act, a thought, a resolve, is that much more effective. A month of reassessment of our objectives and priorities in life —our own lives, our families, friends and community. And it is in this spirit that the festivals of this month are celebrated. On 7 ) . sh 1-faShanah_, and Tom' Kippur we renew our acceptance of G-d Almighty's authority and our respon- sibility to make this world a better place.A time for sober self-appraisal and the firm re- solve to improve our lives. A time to intensify the study and observance of the Torah and its Commandments. But our accomplishments of 7)s1) liaShanalb and Tont) Kippur come to fruition on the festival of Sukkot: What we achieved then in somberness,we celebrate on ,S)ukkot" through joy. Introspection leads to elation, solemnity to joy, climaxing in a celebration in song and dance of that very special relationship between man and G-d we call life. Tishrei. The month in which the awe of Rosh 1-faShanah_,,the fast andprayer of Tom, Kippur, and the joy ofSukkot- meld into a harmonious renewal out of which the new year is born. May this month bring blessings of a happy, healthy and sweet year for everyone FROM A PUBLIC ADDRESS OF THE REBBE Chabad Lubavitch of Michigan Headquarters CHABAD-LUBAVITCH q/MICHIGAN 6890 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 14100 West Nine Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237 248.545.o200/FAX: 248.545.8686 LubaMich@comcast.net 5718 - 5768 195$ - 2008 1302160 September 13 • 2007 79