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Luncheon to raise funds for
U.S. Holocaust Museum
The Georgia corporate lunch
eon for the United States Holo
caust Memorial Museum, to be
built on federal land near the
Washington Monument in Washing
ton, D.C., will take place at the
Commerce Club in Atlanta on May
8 at noon, according to Edward E.
Elson, Georgia Steering Commit
tee chairman. Elson, chairman of
W.H. Smith and Son, (USA) Hold
ings Inc., said, “My co-hosts will
be Cecil Alexander, former Govs.
George Busbee and Carl Sanders,
J. Mack Robinson, Sidney Topol
and Mayor Andrew Young.”
Stuart Eizenstat, an attorney
with Powell, Goldstein, Frazier
and Murphy, will be the guest
Edward Elson
speaker at lunch. Eizenstat was
one of the early supporters of the
Memorial Museum and as former
special assistant to President Car
ter for domestic affairs from 1977-
1981, was instrumental in creating
the United States Holocaust Mem
orial Council.
The volunteer-led Campaign to
Remember has raised more than
$23 million in gifts and pledges to
date. Groundbreaking for the Mu
seum was held October 16, 1985,
and completion is scheduled for
early 1989.
Designed to serve visitors of all
ages and backgrounds, the facility
will integrate commemoration, docu
mentation and education.
Torah thoughts
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A lesson from Mount Sinai
Adapted (rom the works of Rabbi Menachem M. to b e chosen, emphasizing the
Sihnccrson. the 1 ubaviicher Rebbe, b\ Rabbi
Voss. New. Chabadol Georgia virtue of humility.
An obvious question presents it-
Between the festivals of Pesach
and Shavuot, the “Pirkei Avos,” a
tractate of the Mishnah, is studied
as a preparation to the Festival of
Receiving the Torah. The tractate
opens with the words: “Moses re
ceived the Torah from Mount Sinai.”
It is apparent that there is a lesson
to be learned from the fact, that the
Torah was given on Mount Sinai.
For if not, why does it not say:
“Moses received the Torah from
G-d?
The Midrash (the homilectic in
terpretation of the Torah) relates
that the various mountains quar
reled among themselves as to
which of them should merit that
the Torah be given on its Peak.
Mount Tabor claimed this honor
inasmuch as it was a high peak.
Mount Carmel maintained that it
deserved this privilege. G-d ended
their dispute by saying that high
and lofty mountains are not the
fitting place for receiving the
Torah. Instead, the lowliest of all
the mountains -Mount Sinai was
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stressed, then the Torah should
have been given in a low valley, or
at least on a plain, and not on a
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hand, the virture of pride is to be
emphasized, then the appropriate
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was surely on a peak higher than
Sinai?
The explanation is, that in order
to receive the Torah, and to study
it and observe its laws, one must
possess the two qualities of Sinai:
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hand, yet a mountain (and not a
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ity is required because Torah is the
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Torah with preconceived notions,
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but rather, with a feeling of hum
bleness. Arrogance and haughti
ness are anathemas to the Torah.
However, humility often has a
drawback. Many an unassuming
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outweigh his principles. He meekly
“follows the crowd” although he
may totally disagree on principle
with their conduct. Unfortunately,
many a Jew today possesses this
type of humility. Desperately
afraid of a spoken jibe, or even a
scoffing glance, he ashamedly tries
to suppress any outward expres
sion of his Judaism.
The Torah was given on a moun
tain, teaching us to have an ele
ment of pride and the strength of a
mountain. Indeed, the entire Code
of Jewish Law (Schulchan Aruch)
opens with the injunction: “Not to
be ashamed in the face of cynics.”
Yet this pride is in no way a con
tradiction tothe feeling of humility
required of us, because such pride
does not stem from one’s own
arrogance and self-importance.
It is, rather, the pride of a soldier
carrying out his king’s command,
the pride of a Jew carrying out
G-d’s orders.
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