Thursday. September 13.1979 — THE BULLETIN — 5
® ALEPH (Beginners) — Mdn. and Thurs., Sept. 17 and 20
• BET (Elementary) Thurs., September 20
• GIMMEL (Intermediate) — Tuesday, September 18
• DALET (Advanced) — Tuesday, September 18
TEN LESSONS HABET USHMA SYSTEM — AUDIO VISUAL TECHNIQUES
STIiT THE WEEK OF SEPTEMiEi 17
at. MMM 0U¥Ei SECONMiY Smmi
41st and Fraser
Registration: First Night of Ciasses Fees: $24 plus Books for 10 Lessons Times: All Classes 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Under Auspices of Vancouver School Board and CZF — Canadian Zionist Federation, Pacific Region
BETH Tl SPIRITUAL LEADER
Morris Harowitz, president of Beth Tikvah Congregation and Centre Association, has announced the appointment of Rabbi Michael Goldberg as Beth Tikvah spiritual leader for the coming year.
Rabbi Goldberg, a graduate of Yale university and University of Judaism, received his ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate Theological Union. Berkley, California.
Rabbi Goldberg was a founding member of the Student Coordinating committee. University Program department of the United Jewish Appeal and while in rabbinical school, served as first rabbinic intern to the Rabbinic Advisory Council of the U.J.A. He is presently the youngest member ever of that board.
He has been a lecturer at University of Judaism and has taught at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette. California and Lehrhatis in'Berkley. He has served as Rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim (Atlanta, Georgia). Beth-El Zedeck (Indianapolis,
RABBI MICHAEL GOLDBERG
Indiana) and Beth-Ami (Santa Rosa, California).
Rabbi Goldberg will commence his affiliation with Beth Tikvah at the High Holiday services.
Serving as cantor for the High Holidays will be Rabbi Sheldon Pennes. A graduate of UCLA and University of Judaism, he has.served as Rabbi for the Conservative congregation at Macon, Georgia and Temple Isaiah of Newport Beach, California.
Sponsoring a Vietnamese family
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Since its inception in early August, the Canadian Jewish Congress's Vietnamese Sponsorship committee has received many questions about sponsoring Vietnamese families.
In an effort to provide answers for those who may be considering sponsorship, the committee has prepared a list of the most frequently asked questions. Sophie Waldman, committee chairwoman, stated that she hopes the answers "will encourage more people to undertake the mitzvah of rescuing a Vietnamese family."
Who may sponsor? — A legally incorporated organization (i.e., a synagogue) or a group of five or more Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. Members of the Jewish community are being encouraged to act through the Canadian Jewish Congress committee.
How much does it cost? — The sponsoring group is financially committed to support the family for one year. The possible cost is about $500 to $600 per month per family. However, experience has shown that if employment is found quickly the cost will be minimal to the sponsoring group.
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is funneled through a local chaHty or the central charity fund. The Jewish community is being encouraged to sponsor through the committee and cheques may be made payable to the Jewish Community Fund and Council in favor of the Indo-Chinese
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Wliat are the obligations of the sponsor? — There are material, moral, and medical and educational
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commitments. Regarding the material obligation of housing, the group is required to arrange for accommodation. Food can be provided through donations of local grocers, a food allowance to the family, or each member of the sponsoring group may provide groceries oh a rotating basis. Pocket money — must be provided so that the family can go by bus to seek work or attend school. Clothing and furnishings can be obtained by donation and there is a city depot for these items at 1575 West 5th avenue.
Moral obligations of the sponsor include meeting the family at the airport, assisting in orientation to Canadian life, and offering friendship and moral support.
Regarding commitments, both federal and provincial governments offer help to the refugees. Medical care is available immediately upon arrival from the B.C. government and there is dental help available also. The city offers English language programs in a number of areas. The federal government offers job training programs as well.
Persons wishing to sponsor a family, or those desiring further information, are being asked to call Sophie Waldman at 263-7978 or the Canadian Jewish Congress at 261-
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TEL AVIV — Dismissal orders were issued against five police officers and five more are awaiting dismissal for their part in mass demonstrations protesting Knessefs decision to bar establishment of a police union.
TORONTO SM606UE HQS MOSLEM OIRL
TORONTO — A Sephardic synagogue here has raised $500 from its members to help defray the costs of a life-saving heart operation for a 15--year-old Moslem girl from Fez, Morocco.
Rashida Didouh, one of 13 children, requires long periods of rest after even the slightest activity. When doctors in her native Morocco couldn't perform the delicate operation to help her overcome this ailment, her parents sold their valuable possessions to pay for her flight to Toronto.
However. $6,000 is needed for the operation, and when Maurice Ben-zacar. president of the Magen David Sephardic Congregation, a synagogue whose members stem from Morocco, read of the girl's plight, he
enlisted the help of his synagogue's members.
"Morocco has been friendly to the Jews." Benzacar said. **On humanitarian grounds we wanted to help.
Many of our members come from that city."
Benzacar said the majority of the funds are being raised by Toronto's Moslem community, but he felt the $500 donation was the least his 150-member congregation could do.
Vancouver Chapter
Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University
Have moved their office from the Jewish Community Centre, across the street to:
Ste. 15 — 5763 Oak Street Phone: 263-0413
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. R/londay through Thursday
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Buy the largest sizie available: Most small mezuzoth are possul Almost all large mezuzoth are kosher.
Take an expert on mezuzoth with you to the.store where you buy your mezuzoth and let him select the best for you. Never rely on a storekeeper. He does not know and has no time to do the testing for you.
If you can't find a Rabbi or a teacher to go with you to the bookstore, ask the storekeeper to give you several mezuzoth for one day on approval. In the evening, go to the greatest expert on mezuzoth in town, and lethim decide which of all those available is the best.
4. Should you live in a community where nobody knows much about kashruth of mezuzoth, go to the nearest office where they make xerox-copies and have your mezuzoth xeroxed. Mail the xerox-copy to another city where a well recognized famous Rabbi lives, who will write to you, advising you which of those in the picture are good and which ones are bad. Before you put them into the xerox machine (use only 3 machine that makes perfectly clear copies) make sure to write a number under each mezuzah and keep the Originals on your sheet at home until the Rabbi's answer arrives. You may also attach numbers to the mezuzoth themselves (stickers) to make it possible to recognize them next week when the letter from the other city arrives.
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Actually you may have all your own mezuzoth tested by the same method. This will save you the trouble and the expense of calling a scribe to your house. So, go home, remove your mezuzoth from all the doors, paste them on a large sheet of white paper, or on two sheets, put a large number under each mezuzah, and go to th^ best xerox machine in town to have them xeroxed, and mail the copy to the greatest expert on mezuzoth in U.S.A. Costs: less than one dollar. You also may call long distance after your letter arrived at the Rabbi's house to get his answer immediately. „
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Avoid mezuzoth which are bright white from the inside and darker from the outside (the side where nothing is written except for the three words on top). Only mezuzoth with the same color on both sides are guaranteed to last for several years. Those with different colors have been smeared with artificial 8. colorings (chemicals), which cause the letters to crack very soon. So, today, your wonderful shining white mezuzah is kosher. Tomorrow^ many letters will break and split before you notice it. Make sure that the scribe wrote on the parchment, not on the chalk!
Over 50% of mezuzah cases in American Jewish homes are either empty or contain imitation mezuzoth printed on paper. Especially the Gift-Shops and the Ladies Auxiliary in most Synagogues sell paper instead of parchment inside the beautiful looking silver case. How 10. can you be sure, that your mezuzah is not printed but handwritten? Try to tear it. Tear it at the bottom where no letters are written and stop before you reach the letters. This way your mezuzah will still remain kosher
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as long as the letters are not damaged. You may also cut off a tiny piece from the bottom and take a match and burn it. Paper burns with a flame. Parchment simmers and shrinks without any flames.
Ignore any printed testimony from any Rabbi in the world, who gives you a printed guarantee that this particular mezuzah is 100% kosher. Printing is cheap. Any faker can do it. Only your own personal checking of each individual mezuzah guarantees its value.
Before you buy a new hoiihe, you have it examined by appraisers and experts. You don't trust the real estate man, who confirms that this is a good buy. Why not treat the purchase of a mezuzah with the same caution?
Watch out specially for three things in your mezuzah before you buy: a) If the left foot of the Hay (n) is as tall as a Yooi (') like this jff, b) If the Yood{->) has a little stick under the left bottom like this one ^ , c) If the crowns (fin) are on top of all letters fa rsevv like this |^
I do not sell mezuzoth, nor am I connected with anyone who does. I do this as a service vs"^^ to •<;o iewishpeopIe« without any financial reward.
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Rabbi M. Y. Bku
785 East 2Rd street BrookByn, N.Y. 11218 P.S. If you have any more questions, please call me after 10 p.m. (212) 633-6757.