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Wishing All Our Friends and Customers A Year Filled With Blessings, Joy, and Good Health l&odJiouJ&i- r TuXrutuxa % Unc. 6329 Roswell Rd at Marshall's Plaza Shopping Center HOURS 10-6 WEEKDAYS FRIDAY 10-9. SATURDAY 10-6 252-3434 -o > o M A hug for good health Ida Milgrom (center), recently permitted to leave the Soviet Union and join her son Natan (Anatoly) Shcharansky in Israel, gets a hug from her daughter-in-law, Avital, after getting a check-up by Dr. Mervyn Gotsman, head of the cardiology department of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center at Ein Karem. Gotsman said the mother of the former Soviet dissident is in “satisfactory” condition. Teshuva: Maintaining the connection Adapted from the works of Rabbi Menache.n M. Schnecrson. the l.ubaxitcher Rcbbe. by Rabbi Yossi New. Chabad ol Georgia Introduction: The following is a scattered series of ideas, concepts and analogies excerpted and adapt ed from a long and profound essay on a somewhat mystical topic. For a proper examination of the ideas and their inter-connection the read er is referred to the original. The Rope: Sidra Ha'azinu is often read on the Shabbat between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. The Sabbath is called Shabbat Shuva, a Shabbat connected with the command of Teshuva, sincere repentance and return. A signifi cant verse in the Sidra is "...For the portion of G-d is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance..." The Hebrew word for “lot” is chevel which can also mean “a rope.” Chassidic teachings explain the verse as indicating the relationship between the soul and its source within G-d; the relationship or connection is like that of a rope, one end of which is tied “above” (the source) and the other attached “below” (man’s soul). The connecting rope between soul and G-d is woven of 613 threads, each one corresponding to one of the mitzvot. Transgressing any one mitzva cuts that particular thread. Transgressing a major pro hibition punishable by koress brings about a break in the overall rope of connection. (This itself is the pun ishment; the word koress means to be cut-off, and the punishment is that the connection between the soul and its G-dly source is im paired). The Breath of Life: Another analogy to the connection of the soul with its source centers around the creation of Man: “...and he blew into his nostrils a nesharna (soul) of life...” Chassidism explains this as a continuous process. At a certain level of soul a continuous “inbreathing” of the soul, from G- d into man, is required. But if a sheet of some hard material is placed in the path of the breath, the blown air will not reach its target. Sin is analagous to the sheet of material; it “blocks” the G-dly breath blowing into the nostrils of man. Never too late: Man always has the capacity for Teshuva: The “source of the soul” does not be come completely entrapped within the area of evil and can always be rescued from it. When the person has sincere remorse for his deeds and good resolutions for the future he rescues the source of his soul from evil. In doing so he contrib utes to “rescuing” the Shechina (G-d’s Divine Presence) from the state of galus (exile), which in turn leads to the complete and true redemption through our righteous Mashiach (the Messiah). Mazel Tov Our best wishes to your favorite young man or young woman. Celebrate them with pride. After all, a Bar or Bat Mitzvah only comes once in a lifetime. And, let us make that occasion a memorable one. Our banquet facilities can accommodate groups of almost any size. A professional catering staff handles even the most unique requirements including beverages, cakes, pastries, decorations, and flowers. Arrangements for quality entertainment are also available, as well as special guest room rates for your out-of-town guests. A convenient location off 1-85 and Clairmont Road means easy access. And, of course, there is our free parking. Sheraton Century Center Hotel The Hospitality People of ITT" 1-85 at Clairmont Road—Exit 32 Atlanta. Georgia 30345 / 404-325-0000 HE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 10, 1986