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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 kii 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 • Aerobics, all levels . Low Impact Classes . Hydra-Fitness Equipment . Jazz; Ballroom; Creative Movement for Children (Classes forming now) . Resident Jazz Company . Unique Boutique . Senior Citizen Discount self. If humility is the trait to be stressed, then the Torah should have been given in a low valley, or at least on a plain, and not on a mountain at all. If, on the other hand, the virture of pride is to be emphasized, then the appropriate place for the Giving of the Torah 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: “lowest of all the peaks” on the one hand, yet a mountain (and not a valley) on the other hand. Humil ity is required because Torah is the infinite Wisdom of the Infinite G-d. Man, with his finite intellect, cannot approach the study of the Torah with preconceived notions, or with an “I-know-it-all” attitude, 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 Rabbi Schneerson person allows his humbleness to 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. 3 MONTHS $99 00 Membership good for unlimited aerobics and full access to Hydra-Fitness Equipment. V Offer Good Thru 4 25/86 633-6785 1 ' ^ 1248 Clairmont Rd. at N. Decatur Rd. 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