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WE WARMLY WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS
Nancy and Raymond Silverman to our synagogue family.
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Ki Tetze contains a very wide assortment of laws and instructions for the Jewish people, covering rules for ethical warfare, family life, the prompt burial of the deceased, property laws, the humane treatment of animals, fair labor practices, and proper economic transactions.
The parashah ends with the famous command to remember what Amalek did to the Israelites when they left Egypt; this paragraph is traditionally read on the Shabbat before the holiday of Purim.
In Focus
"When you go to war against your enemies and the Adonai your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her" (Deuteronomy 21:10-15).
Pshat
As my teacher R. Eddie Feinstein wrote regarding this passage, all is not fair in love and war--the Torah recognizes the reality of war, but demands that even in the insanity of battle, a human being be recognized as a human being. That women were captured in war was non-controversial in the patriarchal cultures of the ancient world; the Torah, however, says that even this sexist cultural norm must be subject to some kind of moral regulation. Rape is condemned, and a ritual of bringing the woman into the soldier's house slowly, and allowing her to mourn, is instituted in its place. Many commentators assume
for additional insights on this week's parsha and others, visit The JTS Torah Commentary archive:
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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing
SEPTEMBER YAHRTZEITS
Reinald Freedman
Ernest Gans
Arthur Markowitz
Alex Kuhn
Pearl Leah Naimark
Rabbi Carl L. Manello
Yosef Garber
Leo Orel
Abraham Hurvich
Douglas Cohen
Lawrence Sklar
Mary Friedman
Lawrence Sklar
Ida Goode
Sophie Blau Konek
Robert Nusholtz
Malkah Muchkies
Nathan (Bob) Crone
Tillie Kershenbaum
Abraham Lewis
Louis Glazier
Moishe Haar
Ruth Elbling
Paul Feiner
Please click here if you wish to permanently memorialize a loved one by purchasing a yahrtzeit plaque.
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SHABBAT SHALOM!
Shabbat Ki Teitzei
Friday, September 5th
6 p.m. Chapel
9 a.m. Services,
Sanctuary
Ruby Robinson will deliver the D'var Torah, "Strangers in the Land: Understanding the Humanitarian Situation of Children Fleeing Central America." Ruby will lead further conversation on this topic before mincha in the chapel. To hear more about Ruby's work, you can listen to his recent interview on WDET by clicking here.
10 a.m. Supervised Youth Room, lower level
Kiddush Lunch* is sponsored by the following Kiddush Lunch Group Families:
Abramsons, Rosenbergs, Levy-Elrom, Susan Knoppow-David Saperstein, Orels, Wolfs, Graubs, Febers, and Kozlowskis. Kiddush Lunch is also sponsored by DeDe and Warren Robinson in honor of Ruby delivering the D'var Torah.
*Kiddush Lunch is available through donations to the Kiddush Lunch Fund, the generosity of weekly sponsors, and volunteer efforts of our congregants and regular attendees. Please e-mail or call the synagogue office if you would like to sponsor a kiddush lunch. To sponsor as part of a "group," please e-mail Joanna Abramson or Mindy Shuback. You may also make a donation to the Kiddush Lunch Fund by clicking here.
SATURDAY NIGHT LEARNING. Making Sense of the Mahzor (part I of III), September 6th, 6:30 p.m., including seudah shleesheet , is at the home of Laurie and Robert Kimmel. Please rsvp here.  HIGH HOLIDAY SET UP BEGINS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 1 p.m. at Covenant Baptist Church. PLEASE E-MAIL JOHN MARCOTTE if you can assist in set-up, or to sign up for additional help that is needed.
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Cookbook Recipes Needed!
We are collecting recipes for a future B'nai Israel Cookbook. Please send these to Linda Foster: lindaefoster@gmail.com.We also want to publish our Shabbat in the Park recipes on our Facebook page. Please e-mail your Shabbat in the Park Recipes to the synagogue office: info@bnaiisraelwb.org
 Tiger Baseball Game Jewish Heritage Day at Comerica Park
Sunday, September 14th
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HIGH HOLIDAY PACKETS TICKETS.
Members requiring additional tickets, or guests needing to purchase tickets for the high holidays, please
Please order your tickets prior to the 9/12 deadline to allow time for processing.
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COMMUNITY-WIDE SELICHOT SERVICE
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Adult Education
"Making Sense of the Machzor"
A 3-Part Series as part of SNL, Saturday Night Learning
Shabbat, September 6, 13, 20 - 6:30 pm
Prepare for the Yamim Noraim over Seudah Shlishit, as we wrap up the season's Saturday Night Learning sessions.
9/16 LOCATION: Kimmel home.
Adult Shabbat morning study with Dr. Mitch Parker
"Reflections on the Siddur: Hallel, Birkat Hamazon and Beyond"
September 6th., 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Future dates: 9/13, 10/18, 11/8, 11/22, 12/6, 12/20, 1/10, 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/7, 3/21, 4/11, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23.
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Upcoming Youth and Family Activities
 D'var Torah Cocoa Cafe (8-12 graders) and Shabbat Children's Workshop (ages 7-12) have returned!
September 6th, 11 a.m., lower level.
Future dates: 10/18, 11/8, 12/76, 1/10, 2/7, 3/7, 4/11, 5/9
COMMUNITY EVENTS
 Fall Events for Camp RamahSunday, September 7th
Camp Heremelin, 12:30 p.m. at the home of Doreen Hermelin
September 14th
Welcome Back from Camp Ramah
To stay current on all youth and family activities, contact Ilana Glazier to join the B'nai Israel Families Facebook Group.
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Mazel Tov
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
4 Brenda Soverinsky
5 Stephanie Singer
9 Donna Sklar
10 Alan Taub
11 Beverly Avadenka
11 Julia Feber
11 Bernice Jacobson
11 Michael Rosen
12 Adam Baruch
12 Samantha Dines
12 John Marcotte
13 Maxwell Rosen
13 Benjamin Rosenberg
15 Adena Wolf
17 Linda Jacobson
17 Renee Kozlowski
18 Daniel Chudnow
19 Carol Wiseman
19 Karyn Zeff
20 Madeline Jacobson
20 Edith Kozlowski
20 Samuel Saperstein
23 Allan Lovinger
25 Frances Chudnow
27 Erika Finn
27 Warren Lada
If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
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Caring Community Information
Refuah Sh'leimah/Wishing a Speedy Recovery.
Please e-mail Michael Golob or call the synagogue: 248-432-2729 to add a name to our communal mishebeirach list.
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