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unlimited, He relates personally
and specifically to me. It always is
a one-to-one relationship, when I
am by myself as well as when I am
in a crowd; somehow, we are always
alone together.
That is why prayer, no matter
the form, is so important. Prayer is
always a conversation with God. It
is the way we relate feelings, fears or
aspirations or make requests. There
is also prayer for one's community,
for one's own nation or for the world
as a whole. And prayer can also be
a different sort of conversation: an
urge to say thank you, to say, "How
good it is that You are there'
We pray to God; in some ways,
He answers us with decisions about
our fates. Every person's private
reckoning, either for the good or
for the bad, is far too complex; and
no one is able to appraise oneself
properly, let alone appraise oth-
ers. Every year, there is a time of
Judgment (on Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur, and also later) in
which one's fate for the coming year
is generally determined.
But these judgments are not
absolutely decisive. Judgment and
verdict are according to man's
state at that particular moment in
time. When one makes a dramatic
change in life, either for better or
for worse, one's verdict changes
accordingly. The "book" in which
God "writes and seals" judgments
is, in a way, like word-processing
on a computer: On any day, at any
time, it is possible to change, delete
and rewrite.
More than that — we can appeal.
Human beings have the right (per-
haps also the duty) to converse with
God, to ask things from Him and
also to complain to Him, to claim:
"You're not right?' It is the same right
that a child has to cry and to say,
"Why do other kids get more?"
A human being is entitled to
complain. God wants us to be hon-
est with Him. But still and all, He
cannot be judged. ❑

I Community

Gala

Art Van aids
Henry Ford
Health System.

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rt Van Furniture presents
"Detroit Meets New York" on
Thursday, Oct. 21, to raise
money for Shoot for a Cure, benefit-
ing the Neuroscience Institute and the
Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at the
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
Karen Davidson and her family will
be honored at the event for their sup-
port of the Henry Ford Health System
and others within their communities.
All the sights, sounds and flavors
of the Big Apple will come to Art Van
Headquarters in Warren, from the
Rockettes and Broadway performers
to replicas of the Statue of Liberty,
Empire State Building and Times
Square. Guests will arrive to see the
New York City skyline projected on the
windows of the Art Van's 14 Mile Road
store and be greeted by uniformed
doormen and newsboys handing out
programs to guide them through the
event.
Inside, 15 separate vignettes will
reflect beloved New York neighbor-
hoods and novelties, with every stop
including food, drinks and entertain-
ment. Highlights include Soho, Little
Italy, Central Park and the Financial
District.
Entertainment includes a piano
man, caricaturist, saxophone player
and performers bringing to life a
30-minute performance of Broadway
musicals.
Tickets are available from $175 to
$1,000. Art Van Furniture is under-
writing the majority of the expenses
with ticket proceeds going directly
to benefit the programs at the Henry
Ford Health System.
The Henry Ford Neuroscience
Institute includes a National Institutes
of Health stroke care and research cen-
ter, an epilepsy and Parkinson's disease
treatment and surgery program, one
of the largest neurosurgery spine pro-
grams in Michigan, and the Hermelin
Brain Tumor Center.
Art Van Furniture's Tech Plaza is
at 6500 E. 14 Mile, Warren. For more
information or to purchase tickets, con-
tact Gloria Sirosky at (313) 874-6139 or
gsiroskl@hfhs.org or go to HenryFord.
com/shoot. ❑

