ihN.k.,

To The West

A

new

home is dedicated for

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Jewish life in Commerce.

High Holidays, we used an empty

"For the

I

storefront:'

Shelli Liebman Dorfman

The

Writer

Contributing

Greenbergs launched the center as
and still the only
synagogue

the first

of the June 7

Guests

in the Commerce/Walled Lake

grand opening

unexpected sight when a photographer's
appeared overhead.

drone

"The kids

take

flight;'

excited to watch the drone

were

said Estie

to it and

Greenberg, who, with
Greenberg,

The

her husband, Rabbi Schneor

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«Bill Adams from www.midrone.usvol­

unteered his services and flew the drone

during

new

renovated.

cation

building;'

a

classes, and

multi-purpose

a

sanctuary that serves

room

she said, adding that the resulting video
"made the event come to life as only aerial

and Shabbat Kiddush.

photography can do"

synagogue

The celebration

a

was

the culmination of

in Walled Lake and then the lower level of

home in Commerce;'

open to all, regardless of back­
affiliation
implements a user­

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Greenberg said.

-

a

gift

from Rabbi Schneor and Estie

Greenberg.

tance as well as kosher meals and Shabbat

food when needed to

patients

and their

families, and Rabbi Greenberg serves

ground
friendly, traditional prayer book, printed
both in Hebrew and English.
In close proximity to Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital, the congregation provides assis-

or

in 2002. "We first met out of a townhouse

our

as

for programs, events

Located in the heart of Commerce, the

congregation that began

dream for the

Synagogue "pillar" Edward Shapiro receives

1,800-square-foot building houses

space for the Commerce Chabad Hebrew
School, b'nai mitzvah lessons and adult edu­

directs the center.

the dedication of our

area.

Township does not have
and the goal of
establishment,
Jewish
any
Chabad is to go to places where there is no
Jewish community and to establish one;' she
said. They bought a foreclosed home, added

"Commerce

of the Chabad Jewish Center of
Commerce/Walled Lake viewed

an

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-

volunteer

chaplain.

learn is held at the

A

as a

hospital for Jewish medi­

thought.

Attracting New Members
approximately 100 member-family con­

The

Fridays, the Greenbergs host Shabbat
Greenberg

dinners in their home, and Rabbi

and women from the

Torah

monthly lunch-and­

cal staff.

On

program that includes challah and grape

juice, singing Jewish songs and sharing a

congregation

gregation continues to grow, attracting new

members

through word of mouth, events,

visit

nearby nursing facilities to do a Shabbat

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