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Torah Extravaganza!

Kids turn into teachers for Shavuot.

T

o welcome Shavuot,
Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield plans a spe-
cial evening with several events.
Children are the focus of the third
annual Dvar Torah Extravaganza
beginning 4:30 pm. Sunday, June 8.
Students in grades K-12 will be the
teachers with each sharing a dvar
Torah (a lesson of
Torah) in honor
of Shavuot. For a
younger child, it
may be an explana-
tion of who is their
favorite person in
the Torah. An older
child may talk about
Rabbi
a tradition or ethical
Rubenstein
teaching meaningful
to them. The Dvar
Torah Extravaganza
is open to all fami-
lies without regard
to congregational
affiliation.
Following will
be
a dairy dinner
Howard
for
which advance
Lupovitch
reservations are
required. The cost
for dinner is $18 per family (parents
and children). Grandparents, other
family members and guests are wel-
come to attend for an additional cost
of $10 per person.
To sign up your children to teach
in the Dvar Torah Extravaganza or
for dinner reservations, call Amy
Appelman at (248) 851-8820 or e-mail
relschool@cbahm.org. Beth Ahm is
located at 5075 W. Maple.
After dinner at 9:30 p.m. , Beth
Ahm will daven Maariv followed by
a Tikkun Leil Shavuot, a kabbalistic
tradition of late-night Torah study ses-

sions for adults and teens. This
year's theme will be "Enriching Our
Understanding of Torah through Etz
Hayim (Tree of Life)."
Instructors will include Rabbi
Steven Rubenstein, Prof. Howard N.
Lupovitch and others, all focusing
on the Conservative movement's Etz
Hayim chumash (Five Book of Moses).
The event will run at least through
midnight. Light refreshments will be
served throughout the evening.
No knowledge of Hebrew is
required to participate, learn and
enjoy. Tikun Leil Shavuot is open
to all lifelong learners, regardless of
affiliation. There is no charge, and no
reservations are needed. Walk-ins are
welcome. For information call Rabbi
Rubenstein's assistant, Nancy Kaplan
at (248) 737-1931 or e-mail
nancyellen879@comcast.net.
Beth Ahm will hold Shavuot ser-
vices at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday-
Tuesday, June 9-10; Yizkor prayers
start at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday. All
are welcome. For information call
(248) 851-6880 or e-mail
director@cbahm.org .

Beth El Confirmands
Members of the Temple Beth El's 2008
Confirmation Class will be honored
at Shabbat services 7:30 p.m. Friday,
June 6, at a service written and led by
the confirmands and enhanced by the
TBE Choir. The temple is located at
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
Confirmands include Matthew
Samuel Ackerman, Dana Lauren
Benyas, Chandler Morgan Billes,
Elizabeth Brooke Canvasser, Seth
Alexander Castiglione, Benjamin

Jordan Cole, Emily Sara Ersher, Rachel
Samantha Fine, Steven Edward Girson,
Erin Nicole Greenberger, Sarah Kolin
Harper, Arielle Michelle Inwald,
Jaclyn Ann Israel, Lisa Ariana Kottler,
Jason Seth Leland, Paul Samuels
Lemire, Abigail Anne Levitsky, Samuel
Chaim Pernick, Jacqueline Brittney
Potash, Carolyn Rachel Resnick, Noah
Saperstein, Emily Kessler Shaw, Eric
Scott Singer, Hilary Nicole Sircus,
Sarah Rebecca Trigger, Daniel Weinger
and Mollie Leah Yarsike.

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