Page 10-THE NEWS-March, 1986
LUBAVITCH OF N. C.
Thoughts From The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Celebrate **The Week of
The Jewish Woman’’
Puriiii and Jewish Identity
By Rabbi Yossi Groner
The story of Purim is told to
us in “Megillat Esther” (The
Scroll of Esther). The miracle
seems to start from the
chapter relating Haman’s
anger against Mordechai,
which was the reason for his
decree against all the Jews,
leading to the miracle of
Purim.
The MegiUah begins, how
ever, with a description of
Achashverosh’s kingdom and
the fact that he made a big
feast to celebrate his empire.
During this feast, the king
ordered that everyone should
be satisfied according to his
desire.
This order was to be carried
out to the fullest. That is, if
Mordechai the Jew, or one of
his people should come to the
feast, he would have kosher
food and drink.
The lesson from this is as
follows: A Jew may think that
when he is in the capital city
of a country, or in a position of
great influence, he should not
openly display his Judaism.
He should not, be asking for
kosher food, show that his con
duct is different from other
people. Why should he stick
out? Especially since we are in
the minority. Why touch on
non-Jews’ sensibilities by
showing that our religion is
different from all peoples?
The Megillah teaches us
otherwise: Even when a Jew is
in a position of great influence
and has clout in higher circles,
he must still openly display his
Jewishness and ask for kosher
food.
Every person’s desire is to
show that he is a complete and
whole person. If he is asham
ed of his identity, he is the
greatest cripple of all. So too
in our case: A Jew must be
proud of his Jewishness; and
if he is ashamed of his identity
and tries to hide it, he is
handicapped.
A gentile in any case knows
that a Jew’s religion and con
duct is different from others.
Hence when a Jew tries to hide
his identity and acts as if he
has no connection to the “one
people," the non-Jew con
siders him a hypocrite trying
to deceive them into thinking
that he is not a Jew.
On the contrary, if one
displays his pride in Judaism,
he will win honor and respect
from all who know him. This is
just as in the days of
Mordechai and Esther, when
Jews eventually were respect
ed by all nations in the great
empire.
“Saturday the Producer
Stayed Home” is the theme of
a special presentation by NBC
pr^ucer Mollie Resnick from
New York.
The presentation entitled
“Saturday Serenity” coincides
with the week of the Jewish
woman celebrated internation
ally during this time of the
year. This project is sponsored
by Lubavitch Women’s
Organization.
Speaking on the theme of
peace and tranquility will be
Fruma Rosenberg from Pitts
burgh, Pa. Mrs. Rosenberg is
considered an expert on stress
reduction and has lectured
nationwide on the topic of in
ner peace and Shabbat.
The program wiU be held on
April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Adams Mark Hotel. Dessert
and coffee will be served:
pastries are from New York.
Cost for the evening is $3 per
person. For more information,
call Mariashi Groner,
366-3984.
Purim
Blast
Preschoolers Enjoy Many Projects
The children at Lubavitch
Preschool have been kept busy
with a variety of projects and
programs that they have tho
roughly enjoyed. We have just
finish^ a session where the
children took part in the
Dancercise program from the
JCC. They were taught dif
ferent dance techniques and
were able to leam some simple
dances. Storyteller hour at the
library is a program the
children look forward to every
week.
We have just finished a sec
tion on food brochot (bless
ings). Our project included a
coloring book, magazine’col
lage, cooking or baking, all cor
responding to a particular
blessing.
For the coming eight weeks,
Susan Goff, from the
Children’s Theatre, will have a
class for the children in
creative drama and move
ment. Her goal is to build on
the child’s imagination, en
couraging creativity and body
awareness.
DON’T LET YOUR CHILD
MISS OUT....
on
Sunday,
March 16
12:30 p.m.
at
The Children’s Theatre
1017 E. Morehead St.
Admission: $1
Lunch Additional
See Page 16
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