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Torah thouqhts A momentous week Adapted from the works of Rabhi Mcnachcm M. Nchnccrson. the l.ubavitcher Rebbe. by Rabbi Yossi New, C'habad of Georgia Ushering in our new year are the Ten Days of Teshuva (repentance or return) which begin with the two days of Rosh Hashana and culmi nate with Yom Kippur. Within these 10 special days, if we count the days from the termination of Rosh Hashana up to the beginning of Yom Kippur, we find exactly one week. The Torah has given us, within the Ten Days of Repent ance, and between the most solemn days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, a period of exactly seven days, containing every day of the . week—one Sunday, one Monday and so forth. This complete week, neither more nor less, is given to us to enable us to atone and repent for any wrong deeds of the previous year, and to better our way of life in the new year. That we have been given a complete week in which to accom plish this is significant. Spending the Sunday of this week as we should, and making the most of the time, serves as a repentance and atonement especially for all the wrong done on all the Sundays of the previous year. When we spend this Monday properly, we effect an atonement for all the Mondays of the previous year, and so on. However, repentance implies two essential conditions: regret for the past and resolution for the future. Therefore this seven-day period is also a means of planned prepara tion for the forthcoming year. On the Sunday of this week we should plan especially for. better Sundays in the new year. Tihis will give us the strength and ability to carry out and fulfill our obligations on the Sundays to come. Likewise with regard to the Monday of this Rabbi Schneerson week, and all the rest of it. In thinking of ourselves alone, however, we would only deal with part of our obligations. As em phasized many times in the past, one should not and must not be content with leading a proper Jew ish life personally, in one’s own home and family. One must recog nize and fulfill his duty to the environment, influencing everyone in it to adhere to the Torah and to its precepts. This duty is particu larly required of youth, to whom G-d has given an extra measure of natural energy, enabling them to become leaders, particularly among their own youth groups, to inspire others in the ways of our Torah and the Torah-true way of life. EXPRESSIONS FOR HAIR L’Shana Tova call about our frequent specials! TOCO PROMENADE 2995 NORTH DRUID HILLS RD. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30329 321-0665 Temple Emanu-EI presented Holocaust Torah by Fradkins Temple Emanu-EI was recently presented a Holocaust Torah by Maury and Janice Fradkin in honor of Mrs. Fradkin’s mother and father, both survivors of the Holo caust of World War II. The “Holocaust Torahs” are Torahs which were taken from Czechoslovakian synagogues by the Nazis and put aside. They were eventually going to be placed in a museum as “relics of an extinct race." After the war, these Torahs were found and stored in London. For the past few years, a trust administered by the West London Synagogues, has taken responsi bility to distribute the Torahs to synagogues throughout the world. Technically, the temples do not own these Torahs, but rather are loaned them, on a permanent basis, provided they are treated properly. When the Fradkins heard about these Torahs, they felt they wanted to present one of these homeless Torahs to their own Temple E- manu-El. Mrs. Fradkin said in her letter to the Foundation, she wanted to offer a “strong reminder to our children,” David, 14, and Michael, 11, “and the community of our her itage and the roots of many of us in European Jewry.” “To study from the Torah would enable us to form a personal bond between our six million lost and the sons and daughters of our children, study ing those same profound laws in the years to come,” she added. Right now the Torah sits in Temple Emanu-El’s ark but can not be used because it is not “kosher.” Some letters are blurred, while some papers are torn. Scribes will be coming to Atlanta soon to see if it can be made kosher, or usable. Barbara Rucket, a member of Temple Emanu-EI, is weaving a Torah cover for this special gift. The cover will display a woven barbed wire. When Mrs. Fradkin was handed the tag identifying the Torah as one from Czechoslovakia, she said, “I was overwhelmed...being handed the card...I couldn’t pick it up for a while. I felt a kinship to all those people who lived then.” Mrs. Fradkin’s mother, Herta Mainzer Hubert, is the only survi vor of her immediate family, losing both her parents and her sister. Leo Hubert also lost many rela tives to the war. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert now live in Baltimore, and have not yet seen the Torah. “They feel good about the gift,” Mrs. Fradkin explained, “but it is still a painful subject for them.” Temple Emanu-EI is planning a dedication for the Torah in the near future. A Public Service d This Newspaper Ml A The Advertising Council (n«S We need your type. Donate Blood. ♦ American Red Cross © The American National Red Cross 1981 May you be inscribed for a good year in the Book of Life. The Light family and staff wish you a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. w=- OFFICE SUPPLIES. FURNITURE & GIFTS 1851 PIEDMONT RD NE • ATLANTA. 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