DESIGNS IN DECORATOR WOOD & LAMINATES, LTD.

It Doesn't Have
To Cost A Fortune…
Only Look Like It!

jews d

in
the

Complete kitchen and
bathroom remodeling as well
as furniture design and
installations including granite,
wood and other materials.

Lois Haron Allied Member ASID 248.851.6989

2152860

Ami Goldenberg and his dad, Etai, on their way to the upsherin

Join Fox Run for an

Open House

Get an inside look at vibrant retirement living

in Novi. Come and tour our beautiful campus and
maintenance-free homes. Experience top-notch
amenities and learn about all Fox Run has to offer.
Plus enjoy event-day-only specials!

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Ami’s Upsherin

3-year-old marks birthday with Jewish tradition.

BEVERLY KENT GOLDENBERG SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

A

lthough they are not reli-
gious, Etai and Caroline
Goldenberg love Jewish
traditions, customs and celebra-
tions. This Lag b’Omer, they marked
their son, Ami’s (Amichai Barak
Goldenberg) third birthday with an
upsherin.
Ami’s upsherin took place at an
Israeli-style Lag b’Omer celebration
at Congregation Bais Abraham in St.
Louis, Mo., where the Goldenberg
family resides. His father, Etai,

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

41000 13 Mile Road, Novi, MI 48377

Call 1-800-917-8169

for more information and to RSVP.

Novi

12866179

FoxRunNovi.com

22

Rabbi Ben Greenfield dips the letters, as Ami
waits with his brother, Leo, and father, Etai.

May 10 • 2018

jn

was raised in Huntington Woods
and attended Hillel Day School
and Berkley High School, then
University of Michigan and Wayne
State Medical School. He met his
wife, Caroline, a St. Louis native,
while doing his residency in urol-
ogy at Washington University. Etai
is currently in private practice, spe-
cializing in male infertility. He and
Caroline have two sons, Leo, 5, and
Ami.
The word upsherin means “hair-
cutting” in Yiddish. It is an age-old
custom to allow a little boy’s hair to
grow untouched until he’s 3, and on
his third Jewish birthday, to invite
friends and community members to
a festive haircutting ceremony. The
upsherin ceremony marks a new
stage in a child’s life, an intellectual
coming-of-age and the passage from
babyhood to childhood and is the
beginning of a child’s formal Jewish
education,
Because it is an introduction to
Hebrew study, Hebrew letters are
dipped into honey. The child licks

continued on page 24