25% - 50% OFF Thanksgiving Sale Monday Nov. 20 th - Saturday Nov. 25 th Though she understands the lasting eight days but of the victory appeal of the festival-like settings of a small band of Maccabees over a large army in history’s first battle for of Chabad’s annual Menorah in the religious freedom, which was taught D celebration, in her lifetime, she connected most with the holiday in to us by our sages and is contained Jerusalem, where nearly every within the Talmud,” Dubov ABOVE: family lights an oil-lit cha- said. “We can tackle darkness Chanukiyot in nukiah displayed in a glass and evil with the light of just one little candle. We add one Israel are often enclosure just outside their more each night as if we are displayed outside front window. adding to our efforts to bring in a glass case, Rabbi Mark Miller of like these in more good deeds into this Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Jerusalem. world. Today, our non-Jewish Hills also sees a difference neighbors have respect for between the “public nature” Jews who are proud of their religion. of Chanukah and public menorah This is exactly what the founding lightings. Miller said that it is the fathers of the United States wanted responsibility of each Jew — wheth- [ freedom of religion] to mean.” er they live alone or live with a fam- Just as ancient rabbis Hillel and ily — to “add a little bit of light to Shamai debated the correct way our neighborhoods, and play a vital to light a chanukiah — the former role in creating the ideals for which believed that we should add light we stand. each night and the latter believed “That beauty can be lost when, that we should begin the festival instead of each of us doing our small with eight lights and take one away part, we are all gathered together each night — our contemporary for one, large lighting in a public Detroit rabbis also have vary- setting,” Miller said. “Instead of ing opinions about very public many small gestures transforming Chanukah celebrations versus more the nature of our community, it intimate, private ones. becomes a solitary gesture aimed at Rabbi Marla Hornsten of Temple making a splash.” Israel of West Bloomfield interprets Rabbi Mitch Parker of the publicizing of the Chanukah Congregation B’nai Israel of West miracle as being about being able Bloomfield also thinks about the inti- mate beauty of the oil-lit chanukiyot to be more public with one’s Jewish in Jerusalem. He added that it is also identity without living in fear. She a good thing to be able to celebrate also recalls several times in this country, especially in recent years in this minor holiday within our private homes and among large, public cel- Montana, when entire towns placed ebrations in the United States. cut-out menorahs in their windows “How wonderful is it that we now after the Jewish community there live in a place and at a time when we was threatened when displaying can freely both carry out an impor- their own menorahs. tant mitzvah of Chanukah in public “I remember when at times I used to tuck my Jewish star necklace and not be afraid of retribution on into my sweater to hide my iden- the part of our neighbors,” Parker tity,” Hornsten said. “Now there are said. “All the more reason to cel- menorahs that are 10 feet tall in the ebrate this holiday in which we com- middle of Detroit. It is definitely a memorate the freedom to practice different time.” our religion.” • *excludes accessories + select designers SALLY’S D E S I G N B O U T I Q U E Inside Orchard Mall - Orchard Lake and Maple - West Bloomfield, MI 48322 - 248.626.0886 CHINESE PEOPLE EAT HERE MIDTOWN 4710 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201 UPTOWN 6407 Orchard Lake Road (15 Mile & Orchard Lake) 313.974.7669 248.626.8585 DAILY DIM SUM & SUSHI DAILY DIM SUM uptownshangri-la.com jn November 16 • 2017 45