RDER EARLY! For All Of Your Seder and Pesach Week Dinner Feasts Prepared By Our Fabulous Chefs! • Attend Rabbi Joseph Krakoff's lunch and learn about Passover following morning services Saturday, April 12. No Teens Lend Hand Volunteer for J-Serve 2008, scheduled Sunday, April 13, and be among the Jewish high school students from all denominations who will help the Motor City Blight Busters organization clean up and beautify neighborhoods in the city of Detroit. Day starts with kickoff and lunch 11:30 a.m. at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt in Farmington Hills. Volunteer at www.jserve. org/detroit or contact Jodi Gross: (248) 626-2153, jgross@adatsha- lom.org . charge for lunch, but requires a RSVP: (248) 357-5544. • Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Pkwy. in Troy: Let Rabbi Leiby Burnham tell ways to make the seder more meaningful 10 a.m. Sunday, April 13. Free for members, $10 for oth- ers. RSVP to Rabbi Aaron Starr: (248) 649-4418. • Temple Kol Ami, 5085 Walnut Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield: Join with mem- bers and guests, age 21 and over, for a Men's Seder 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. The temple's Brotherhood will use a new Haggadah that explores how men relate to being a husband, father and Jewish male during the Pesach season. $20. RSVP due by April 11: (248) 661- 0040. Passover Catering! • Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County, 2935 Birch Hollow in Ann Arbor; (734) 971-0990. Two events are planned: —Passover boutique: Purchase seder plates and other holiday items 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, April 17. —Intergenerational Passover seder: her husband, Beth El Rabbi David Castiglione, prepare to leave in July for his new senior rabbi position in California. Barbara Grant: (248) 851- 1100, ext. 3149. Rock the house at a musical Shabbat 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile in Farmington Hills. Rabbi Tamara Kolton will give a sermon on the future of Judaism. (248) 477-1410. Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein's Torah study group 9-9:30 a.m. Saturdays at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. He will focus on one "big idea" from the Torah weekly, using the book, The Bible's Top 50 Ideas, by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins. Purchase book ($12.50) through Beth Ahm office or Rabbi Rubenstein: (248) 851-6880, raysteven@cbahm.org . Gain insight into religious issues during Stay and Learn on Shabbat, follow- ing Saturday services and Kiddush at Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake in West Bloomfield. No charge. Drop-ins are welcome. Keren Toby: (248) 788- 0600. Celebrate with the Jewish Community Center Older Adults Program and the Early Childhood Center 11 a.m. Thursday, April 17. A "mystery guest from the past" will lead an interactive telling of the Passover story, and a free lunch will be served. Jewish Learning Explore "The Death of Moses," class topic for Lunar Learn 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, or Lunch and Learn noon Thursday, April 18, at Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield Township. Both sessions open to community and led by Keren Alpert, director of educa- tion. No charge; bring a brown bag lunch for Thursday. Registration: (248) 865-0612. Study Kabbalah with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg 10:30 a.m. Sundays or 8 p.m. Wednesdays, through April, at Sara and Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. The class utilizes Rabbi Adin Steinzalt's book, Understanding the Tanya. Details: (248) 855-6170; BCTC770@aol.com . Consider these options for studying Get ready for Passover, which starts at sundown Saturday, April 19. More items related to the holiday are found else- where in the calendar and Shul Food: Talmud: • Chabad House, 4718 Half Penny Court Calendar on page B26 TRADITION! TRADITION! Call Alicia R. Nelson (248) 557-0109 www.allthingsjewish.com 4 . r Banquets Weddings Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Showers Reunions Anniversaries Birthdays Etc WE CATER AT MOST SYNAGOGUES, TEMPLES, HOTELS AND THE HALLS OF YOUR CHOICE uIeEGGg . JEWEL CLASSIC CUISINE Approved by Council of Orthodox Rabbis KOSHER CATERERS PEP TUE, rood & Beverage Director Z48-6614050 IN Farmington II ills April 10 • 2008 B25