The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, October 31, 1986, Image 18

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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.