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Aish's Man's Seder provided food for thought this Passover.

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bout 35 guys joined Rabbi
Simca Tolwin on April 12 for
Aish in the Woods' fourth
annual Man's Seder. The seder featured
scotch tasting, grilled steaks and a
healthy dose of ideas to enhance this
year's Passover seder.
Matt Egrin of Huntington Woods
said,"Rabbi Tolwin led the group in
some thoughtful debate, posed some
interesting questions and shared
some poignant analogies that defi-
antly changed the way I think about
story of Passover."
Egrin said he had become disen-
chanted with seders he has attened in
recent years.
"To my dismay:' he said, "they have
largely been no more than giggle fests
of lousy 'bread of affliction' jokes
culminating with a tongue-in-cheek
rendition of (Dayenu:
"I not only came away from the
Man's Seder with some thoughtful
morsels about the meaning and tradi-
tions of Passover that I could share
with my guests; but I also left with
a belly full of fine food and great
scotch, not to mention a Passover joke
that was actually unique, quite funny
and never mentioned the 'bread of
affliction.' 1

Helping Others

Rabbi Simcha Tolwin leads the Man's Seder at Aish in the Woods.

Lowell Friedman of Huntington Woods
enjoys the men's seder.

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Adam Burg of Farmington Hills, Eric Kushner and Matt Egrin, both of
Huntington Woods, listen as Rabbi Simcha Tolwin offers tips they can use in
their own seders this year.

Tony Baron and Russel Wisem, both of
Huntington Woods, follow along in the
Haggadah.

Bone marrow drive at Akiva draws hundreds of willing donors.

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n April 12, a bone mar-
row drive was held at Akiva
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Hebrew Day School in
Southfield to benefit 15-month-old
Ayelet Galena of New York. Even if there
are no matches from the more than 230
people who joined the Bone Marrow
Registry that day, their names were
added to the registry and they could
help others.
More than 50 who were already regis-
tered updated their contact information.
Howard Brown of Franklin said, "I
would not be alive today if I didn't have
a match." He came to thank organizer
Nancy Kleinfeldt of Huntington Woods.
Twenty volunteers worked the drive
and Jewish Federation intern Isaac
Aronson marketed the event.
"People came and registered with
so much compassion for the cause,"
Kleinfeldt said. "I can't tell you how
many times I heard someone say he or
she hopes to be the match. There were
so many amazing people with so much
heart. I was overwhelmed by goodness
in people. We have a very special Jewish
community." Li

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Ahron Katz of Oak Park fills out his
application.

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Beth Adler of Southfield informs Chagai Grinfeld of Oak Park about the process.

Robin Schwartz of West Bloomfield takes
a swab for the bone marrow drive.