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Page 18 THF. SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 31, 1986 Synagogue Directory Candle Lighting Time: 5:27 p.m. Ahavath Achim (Conservative), 600 Peachtree Battle Ave., N.W., 355-5222. Arnold Goodman, rabbi; Dr. Harry H. Epstein, rabbi emeritus; Marvin Richardson, asst, rabbi; Isaac Goodfriend, cantor. Daily services, 7:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Fri day, 6p.m. and 8:15 p.m.; Saturday 8:35 a.m., Minha, 7:30 p.m. (followed by kiddush); Sunday, 8:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Anshe S’Fard (Orthodox), 1324 North Highland Ave., N.E., 874-4513. Label Merlin, president; Nathan Katz, rabbi. Satur day, 9 a.m. (followed by kiddush). Atlanta Hillel (Non-denominational), Drawer A, Emory Uni versity, Atlanta 30322, 727-6490. Zvi Shapiro, rabbi; Dr. Aaron Shatzman, program director. Friday, 6 p.m. (followed by dinner, Oneg Shabbat). Beth David (Reform), Meeting at 869 Cole Dr., Lilburn, But ton Gwinnett United Church of Christ. Mailing address, P.O. Box 865, Snellville 30278, 662-4373. Student Rabbi Daniel Schiff. Harry Bloch, cantor. Friday, 8 p.m.; Call for Sun day/Hebrew school hours; bar/bat Mitzva classes available. Beth Jacob (Orthodox), 1855 LaVista Rd., N.E., 633-0551. Emanuel Feldman, rabbi; Ilan Daniel Feldman, asst, rabbi- educational director. Daily morning minyan, Monday and Thursday, 6:50 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m.; Daily evening minyan, 5:30 p.m. (Class in Halacha nightly between Mincha and Ma’ariv); Friday 5:30 p.m.; Shabbat morning, 8:30 a.m. (followed by kiddush); Shabbat evening, 5:10 p.m. (Talmud group one hour prior to Minha, followed by Shalosh Seudot); Sunday, 8 a.m. (followed by breakfast). Beth Shalom (Conservative), 3147 Chamblee Tucker Rd., 458- 0489. Leonard H. Lifshen, rabbi, 451-9414 (h). Friday, 8 p.m., followed by Oneg; Saturday, 9:30 a.m., (followed by kiddush). Beth Tefillah 5065 High Point Rd., 843-2464. Rabbi Yossi New. Friday, 6:15 p.m.; Saturday, Torah discussion, 9 a.m., service 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow. B’nai Israel (Reform), P.O. Box 383, Riverdale, 30274, 471 - 3586. Meeting at Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church, 2165 Hwy. 138, Riverdale. Student Rabbi Debbi Pipe-Mazo. Fri day, 8 p.m.; Religious school Saturday, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hebrew school, Wednesday. B’nai Torah (Traditional), 700 Mt. Vernon Hwy., Atlanta, 30328, 257-0537. Juda H. Mintz, rabbi. Morning services, Monday and Thursday, 6:50 a.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m.; evening services, Tuesday and Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday morning, 8:45 a.m. Kiddush follows Friday and Sat urday services. Shabbat evening Minha, Shalosh Seudot, Hav- dalah begin at the candlelighting time of the week. Etz Chaim (Conservative), 1190 Indian Hills Pky., Marietta, 30067, 973-0137. Shalom Lewis, Rabbi. Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Torah study, 10:15 a.m.; Monday and Thursday, 7 a.m. Jewish Home 3150 Howell Mill Rd., N.W., 351-8410. Nathan Becker, chairman, Religious Committee. Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Relatives and friends of residents are welcome. Kehillat Chaim (Reform), Office: 141 W. Wieuca Rd., N.W., Suite 202-A, Atlanta, 30342, 252-4441. Harvey J. Winokur, rabbi. Friday, Northwest Unitarian Congregation, 1025 Mt. Vernon Hwy., 8:15 p.m. Kol Emeth (Reform), P.O. Box 71031, Marietta, 30007-1301, 3822 Roswell Rd., Suite 6, Marietta, 30C62. Services with Rabbi Steven Lebow this Friday, 8 p.m. at the Jewish Home. For information, call Marsha Friedberg, 973-3533. Or VeShalom (Sephardic), 1681 North Druid Hills Rd., N.E., 633-1737. S. Robert Ichay, rabbi. Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8:45 a.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Reform Jewish Students Committee, Drawer A, Emory Uni versity 30322, 727-6496. Beth Fleet, director. Shabbat service, 6 p.m. Nov. 21 and Dec. 5, Turman. Shearith Israel (Traditional), 1180 University Dr., N.E., Atlanta, 30306, 873-1743. Judah Kogen, rabbi. Weekday Minha, Monday-Thursday, 5:40 p.m.; Weekday mornings, Monday, Thursday, 6:50 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m.; Friday night, 5:30 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m., 4:10 p.m. (fol lowed by Minha and Havdalah); Sunday, 9 a.m. Temple Emanu-EI (Reform), 1580 Spalding Dr., Dunwoody 30338, 395-1340. Barry R. Friedman, rabbi. Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. Temple Sinai (Ketorm), 5645 Dupree Dr., N.W., 252-3073. Philip N. Kranz, rabbi; Sid Gottler, Cantor. Friday, 8:15 p.m. (except November-May, when first Friday of the month is at 7:30 p.m.); Saturday, 10:30 a.m. The Temple (Reform), 1589 Peachtree Rd., 873-1731. Alvin Sugarman, rabbi; Samuel Weinstein, assoc, rabbi. Friday, 8:15 p.m.; Saturday, 10.30 a.m. United Jewish Congregation of Rockdale-Newton (Tradition al): Services at 7 p.m. Friday evenings, at Oxford College Chapel. Yeshiva High (Orthodox), 1745 Peachtree Rd., N.W., 873- 1492. Rabbi Herbert Cohen, dean. Weekday services, 8 a.m. at the AJCC: Minha, 2:10 p.m. Community Beit Midrash meets at Beth Jacob Synagogue Sunday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Torah thoughts The last moment Adapted Irom the works of Rabhi Menachem M. Schneerson. the Lubavitcher Rcbbe, by Rabbi Yossi New, Chabad of Georgia “And G-d completed on the seventh day His work which he had made.” On this well-known verse Rashi comments that the Almighty finished His work of creation not before Shabbat (the seventh day), but a hair’s breadth into Shabbat. Why did the Al mighty choose to act in this way? What teaching can we derive from this action? Each of us is required to devote time to Torah study as far as his individual occupation per mits. Some may fulfill their obli gation of Torah study with only one verse in the morning and another at night, and there are others. Torah scholars, of whom it is demanded that they occupy themselves with uninterrupted Torah day and night. To such a scholar the thought might occur, “Granted that I must study more than the businessman, because of the time I have available, but why to such an extreme? He ful fills his duty with a verse by day and again by night, yet if I occupy myself with Torah for almost the entire day, why is idling away a trifle of time so terrible?” G-d did not create anything purposeless in the universe. Time, too, is a creation; every smallest instant of time has a particular, meaningful purpose for which it was created. If a person willfully wastes a moment of time, which G-d brought into being specifi cally for him to spend purpose fully, it is indeed a crime. This was what the Almighty indicated by ending creation a hair’s breadth into Shabbat—how precious ev ery moment is, how vital it is to make full use of every instant! As long as there is an opportunity to serve G-d and man, the oppor tunity should be fully utilized, to the last possible moment. Another point: As it is with the individual so is it also with the Rabbi Schneerson community at large—our entire present generation. One might think, “All the richly endowed previous generations have passed on, the generations of the great tzadikim and the lofty souls, the patriarchs, Moses, the prophets, the scholars of the Talmud, Rashi and Maimonides. They have a- chieved and taught so much, contributed so much to Israel’s mission. What possible value can there be in the hair’s breadth of accomplishment that our last-of- the-last-generation can achieve?” But it was the hair’s breadth of G-d’s last-of-the-last stroke of creation that brought the entire universe to the Sabbath of fulfill ment; it is our efforts that can be the final “finishing touch” elevat ing the world to the Messianic state of eternal Shabbat-like peace. Have sukka, will travel The Chabad Sukkah Mobile makes a stop as it traveled throughout Atlanta giving Jews the opportunity to make the blessing over the Four Kinds as well as performing the mitzva of eating in a sukkah. The route included a stop to the Atlanta Federal Prison Camp and Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta. Rabbinical students from New York and local Chabad manned the mobile. Congregations A.A. Synagogue Ahava Ahava, the older adults group at Ahavath Achim Synagogue, will meet at noon Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the synagogue. Pat Minors, director of man agement engineering at Saint Joseph Hospital, and Denise Jones, CPA, director of manage rial accounting at Saint Joseph Hospital, will discuss “Medicare Reimbursement: Effects on Pa tients and Hospitals.” Lunch is $2.50 a person. For reservations, call the synagogue, 355-5222. Transportation is avail able if needed. For more information, call Dot Cohen (home) at 233-8776 or (office) 525-6158, or Jennie Moret at 252-3313. Congregation Etz Chaim Sisterhood dinner The Sisterhood of Congrega tion Etz Chaim will hold its sixth annual paid-up membership dinner at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at the synagogue. Dues can be paid at the door. For reservations and more in formation, call Peggy Freedman at 396-1645. Ahavath Achim Synagogue Youth Department The Ahavath Achim Synagogue Youth Department will sponsor a program on suicide prevention from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, in Ellman Chapel. Nancy L. Kriseman, MSW, a family and individual therapist, will discuss the problems of teen age suicide and its effects. After the initial presentation, parents and teenagers will hold separate sessions, then meet again for closing comments. For more information, call the Youth Office, 355-3324.