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JSGD Jain Vani Publication # 6 October 2008

JAIN VANI

Jain Society of Greater Detroit 29278 W. 12 Mile Road,

Farmington Hills, MI 48334-4108 (248) 851-JAIN (5246)

Tax ID: 38-2368360

Temple Hours: Monday - Saturday 9:30am - 12:30pm 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Sunday 8:30am - 12:30pm 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Aarti & Mangal Divo 11:30am & 7:30pm

Executive Committee

President Rajiv Maheshwari (248) 488-1332

[email protected]

Vice President Anand Bora

(248) 661-6698 [email protected]

Financial Officer Peenal Shah


Secretary Rahul Shah


Publication Officer Chirag Jhaveri (201) 925-2447

[email protected]

Event Coordinators Rachna Parakh (248) 865-4401

[email protected]

Bharti Shah (248) 539-3856

[email protected]

Board of Trustees

Chairman Praful Shah

(248) 851-1978

Vice Chairman Jayesh Mehta

(248) 474-3389

Treasurer Jagdish Shah

(248) 347-4576

Public Relation Raj Jain

(248) 539-4569

Trustees

Ramesh Shah (248) 661-4250

Bipin Shah (248) 442-9474

Rajiv Maheshwari (248) 488-1332

Pujari

Pankaj Shah (248) 865-0908

Jai Jinendra! Time really flies – fall is already here. We hope all of you had a fantastic summer. Keeping our aim of “No Ratri Bhojan” at the temple, Diwali Celebrations that normally took place on Saturday evenings is scheduled for Sunday morning. This year’s Diwali Celebration is on Sunday, 26th October. It starts off with Snatra Puja at 10AM. Then the General Body Meeting will start at 11:30AM followed by Swamivatsalya lunch. This is the last major program of the year. A lot of information for the entire year will be shared with the General Body by EC, BOT and all the sub-committees. Please plan on being there on time so that you don’t miss out on all the important information. Another special event has been planned for 7th November at the temple – a 24 hour Navkar Jaap. This Jaap would start at 3PM on Friday, 7th November and end at 3PM on Saturday, 8th November. We would like to encourage ALL the society members to participate in this one of a kind occasion. Signup sheet has been placed on the notice board in the temple. Please sign up your name for the 2-hour time slot that would be most convenient to you. We completed the celebration of the Paryushana Parva during Aug 27th thru Sep 3rd, ending with Parna for Sakal Sangh on September 4th. We had 42 adults & youth who completed Atthai (8 fasts) or higher tapasya with good 'Shata'. Narendrabhai Nandu’s lectures were well attended and he along with his group not only performed all the Pujas but also did the daily Bhavanas. We hope every member had a very good Paryushan. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee, we want to offer our Michchhami Dukkadam to all of you. We seek forgiveness from all of you for any transgressions through Man (Thoughts), Vachan (Words) and Kaya (Actions). We were very fortunate to have 2 more Jain Sanghs visit us around Paryushan – one right before the Paryushan and one right after – making it a total of 6 Sanghs visiting us this year. On August 17th Jain Samaj of Toronto and on September 13th Jain Sangh of New Jersey visited us. Both the Sanghs were given a warm welcome by the available member at the temple. They all performed Puja and Bhavana. We had the fortune of serving both the Sanghs with Swamivatsalya Lunch. Since New Jersey Sangh stayed overnight, our members also took care of their breakfasts. We would like to thank Rajbhai Jain for leading the entire lunch efforts for the Toronto Sangh along with the help from Sarojben Jain, Shashiben Bapna, and Ashaben Jain. We would like to thank Bhanuben Shah, Tarulataben Shah, Reepal Shah, Pratiksha Shah, Jagrutiben Patrawala, Neeyati Shah, Sonal Shah, Mamata Maheshwari, and Sangeen Shah for taking care of the New Jersery Sangh’s meals. Continued on Page 2…

Publication # 6 October 2008

Jain Society of Greater Detroit www.jain-temple.org of 12

Monthly Bhavna H

Invitation to Sakal Sangh for Shree Panch-Kalyanak Puja Sakal Sangh is invited for Shree Panch-Kalyanak Puja at Shreyasbhai and Purviben Shah’s home on November 2nd, Sunday, at 1:30 pm

Their home is located at 3374 Shakespeare Drive in Troy. Please come in puja clothes if you want to participate in the puja. Swami Vatsalya dinner will be served after the puja. If you have any questions, please contact them at 248-643-0072.

EC Sub-Committees

Building Maintenance Shashi Shah Rahul Munot Pravin Shah

Education Vinay Shah

Mahendra Kapadia Mahendra Shah

Religious

Sharad Shah Snehal Shah

Swadhyay Mahesh Vora Shashi Shah

Web Development Rajiv Maheshwari

Hall Management Open

Audio/Video Mahendra Doshi Saurabh Shah

Bipin Shah

Site Management Open

Hall Rental Anand Bora

Inventory Management

Sohini Shah Shital Shah

Library Heena Shah

JOY Advisors Meena Shah Ashok Jain

BOT Sub-Committees

Constitution Girish Shah

Audit Bhupendra Shah

Long Range Planning

Nalin Shah

Fund Raising Arvin Shah

Social Services Hemant Shah

JAINA Directors

Manish Mehta Raj Jain

Accounting Shreyas Shah

Continued from Page 1… Then came our turn to go on Yatra. 95 of our members in two busses went on the East Coast Yatra from September 19th thru 21st. It was a fantastic trip. Talk to anyone of them and they would say it was one of the best yatra trips that our Sangh has ever gone on. Sincere thanks to Vinaybhai Shah and Vastupalbhai Shah for taking full responsibility of this yatra and executing it successfully. We are hoping to make it a yearly tradition of going on a yatra. Ahimsa Day Ayambil was organized on September 28 and was very well co-ordinated by Girishbhai & Ashaben Shah. If you want to sponsor and co-ordinate next Ahimsa Day Ayambil, please contact any EC member. The 2nd Ayambil Oli of the year was from October 05th thru 14th, followed by parna on 15th. About 40 people did the entire Oli. We hope all the Ayambil tapasvis are in good shata. A lot of people put in a lot of efforts to make sure that anyone wanting to do the Ayambil is able to do it with ease. Sincere thanks to all the volunteers for all the efforts. If you are interested in sponsoring the Ayambil Oli, the next open slot is in the Spring of 2010. Sponsorship is only $500 per family with a limit of 8 total families for a given Oli. By the way, this year we distributed Rs. 51,000/- each to 3 different “Ayambil Shalas” in India from the excess Ayambil fund that our society had. Diwali and our New Year are soon approaching. On behalf of entire EC and BOT, we wish you all a very Happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year. Thank you and Jai Jinendra. Rajiv Maheshwari Praful Shah President, Executive Committee Chairman, Board of Trustees

Yatra To East Coast (September 19, 20, and 21, 200 8) With the blessings of the 'Shashan Dev', continued support and encouragement from our BOT/EC and wonderful cooperation from 95 yatris, we had a safe, enjoyable and successful Panch Tirth Yatra from our temple to Siddhachalam-NJ, Queens's-NY, Pittsburgh-PA and Cleveland-OH Temples. Ninety Five Yatris joined in this Yatra and learned a lot with fun and enjoyment. Quite a few yatris visited these tirth places for the first time. We were very well received by all the Sanghs. After reaching Siddhachalam, we did darshan-puja and performed Snatra Puja. In the evening, we did Bhakti. Mihir Zaveri’s Tabla playing was the highlight of the Bhakti.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

OCTOBER Day Date Timing Program Sunday

10/19/2008 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Hindi Puja

11:00 AM-01:00 PM Study Class

Sunday

10/26/2008 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Snatra Puja

11:30 AM onwards

General Body Meeting followed by Swamivatsalya Lunch

Tuesday 10/28/2008 08:00 PM-09:30 PM Mahavir Nirvan/Gautam Swami Jaap

Wednesday 10/29/2008 07:00 AM-10.00 AM New Year Dhwar Opening / Snatra Puja

NOVEMBER Sunday 11/2/2008 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Hindi Puja

Monday 11/3/2008 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Gyan Pancham / Dev Vandan

Friday 11/7/2008 03:00 PM onwards 24 Hour Navkaar Jaap

Sunday 11/9/2008 11:00 AM-01:00 PM Study Class

Wednesday 11/12/2008 06:30 PM-09:00 PM Chaumasi Chaudas Pratikraman

Thursday 11/13/2008 N/A Palitana Yatra

Friday 11/14/2008 07:30 PM-09:00 PM Monthly Bhavna, Aarti & Mangal Divo

Friday 11/16/2008 11:30 AM-02:00 PM Ekasana

Sunday 11/23/2008 11:00 AM-01:00 PM Study Class

Thursday 11/27/2008 To Be Announced Thanks Giving Navkar Jaap (JOY)

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

• Monica and Raju Shah (living in Silver Spring, MD) who are LT members of JSGD would like to share their joy with the society by announcing the birth of their son Jainam on October 2, 2008. Also, congratulations to Praful and Pratima Shah on becoming Nana and Nani.

• Rahul and Anjali Shah (living in Princeton, NJ) who are LT members of JSGD would like to share their joy with the society by announcing the birth of their son Jayen on October 4, 2008. Also, congratulations to Mahendra Shah on becoming Grand-father (Dadaji).

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On the way to Queens, we travelled through China Town and all the ladies did window shopping (from bus windows)!! We had a glimpse of the Empire State building from far. The Queens temple is very unique (diversity in one united place). We were given a tour by Jaymikbhai Shah along with the DVDs of Art Work displaced at the NY temple along with the booklet Jainism (A Pictorial Guide of the temple). We were treated with lunch at the Queens temple.

The Pittsburgh Sangh welcomed us with singing and dancing. Following the delicious lunch, there was a procession marching to the temple with singing and dancing. We did Darshan and Chaityavandan in the temple.

We also received a warm welcome with chanting of Sanskrit Shlokas’ recital by priests and Cleveland Sangh. We performed darshan and chaityavandan at Hindu-Jain Temple of Cleveland followed by dinner.

Last phase of our yatra from Cleveland to Detroit temple brought us back to Farmington Hills at 11:00 PM. On the way from Siddhachalam to Pittsburgh, we stopped in rest area for Navkarshi and that was an early morning picnic for all. It was a memorable event too.

Overall, we all had real good time and almost all the yatris committed to join next year. The total collection was $22,300 (including $6,000 individual sponsorships). The expense was $16,089 (including donations from our Sangh to all the temples we visited). Refund of $60 per person was given back to all the yatris resulting in final cost of yatra to be $115 per person.

All the yatris have been requested to provide their feedback with constructive suggestions to make it better for future yatras.


PARYUSHAN GHEEBOLIS Daily Sponsors During Paryushana – 2008

Date Amount Names

8/27/2008 Aarti $201 Annonymous

Divo $201 Annonymous

S.K. $201 Annonymous

Bhavna $251 Jagdish & Bhanu Shah

8/28/2008 Aarti $101 Kirti & Bhavna Shah

Divo $201 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal

S.K. $401 Shailesh & Sohini Trivedi

Bhavna $251 Peenal & Niral Shah

8/29/2008 Aarti $251 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal Divo $101 Annonymous

S.K. $501 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal

Bhavna $251 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal

Bhavna $251 Hiraben Manmohan Shah (Chandra Kothari)

8/30/2008 Aarti $501 Jayant & Heena Shah

Divo $301 Arvind & Jaya Shah

S.K. $451 Binish, Subir, Bipin & Sohini Shah

Bhavna $251 Ketur & Sejal Doshi

8/31/2008 Aarti $111 Annonymous

Divo $111 Sharad & Nalini Shah

S.K. $171 Annonymous

Bhavna $251 Shreyas & Purvi Shah (Sagar & Sapna)

9/1/2008 Siddachakra $3,333 Rajiv & Mamata Maheshwari

Pujan Anand & Mona Bora

Rahul & Gayatri Munot

Aarti $351 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal

Divo $301 Bhupendra & Neena Shah

S.K. $351 Bipinbhai Dalal

Bhavna $251 Shirish & Rekha Shah

Bhavna $251 Shailesh & Sohini Trivedi

9/2/2008 Aarti $151 Kalpesh & Tarang Shah

Divo $175 Hasmukh & Bharti Shah

S.K. $251 Hasmukh & Bharti Shah

Bhavna $251 Kirti & Bhavna Shah

Bhavna $251 Binish & Mital Shah

Bhavna $251 Rajendra & Pratibha Modi

9/3/2008 Aarti $301 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal Divo $101 Girish & Asha Shah

S.K. $401 Neel Mehta c/o Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal

Pratikraman $251 Dinesh & Sunita Dagli

Pratikraman $251 Bharat & Geeta Tolia

Pratikraman $251 Kokila Kirtikant Sheth

Pratikraman $251 Rajendra & Pratibha Modi

Total $13,286

Samvatsari Day Amount Names Michhami Dukkadam $1,001 Hasmukh & Bharti Shah

Barsa Sutra $901 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal Vanditu # 2 $351 Shailesh & Sohini Trivedi

Pratikraman Bhanavavanu $251 Rohit & Punita Shah Vanditu # 3 $301 Shashi & Shital Shah

Samayik Levanu $451 Annonymous Ajit Shanti $401 Mahendra & Indira Doshi

Saklahrath $251 Mahendra & Indira Doshi Moti Shanti $401 Pravin & Jyoti Shah

Snatasya Thoy $225 Bipin Dalal Santikaram $151 Manoj & Minaxi Shah Sat Lakh $301 Hasmukh & Bharti Shah Samayik Parvanu $151 Bipin & Sohini Shah

Vanditu # 1 $251 Bipin & Vijaya Shah Total $7,509

Atichar $2,121 Hasmukh & Bharti Shah

Other Gheebolies Mahavir Swami Murti $2,525 Nirja c/o Gunvant & Anila Shah

Guru Gautamswami Murti $1,212 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal Total $3,737


SWAPNA DARSHAN DAY SUNDAY August 31ST, 2008 at 9.30 AM

# SWAPNA ITEM

Amount Name

1 LION

FLOWER MALA

$101 Hasmukh and Bharati Shah $101 Rashmikant and Renuka Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Rajesh and Vanita Mithalal DARSHAN $201 Mahendra and Indira Doshi

2 ELELPHANT

FLOWER MALA

$101 Uday and Anita Varde $101 Vinay and Sneha Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Shailesh and Sohini Trivedi DARSHAN $651 Shailesh and Sohini Trivedi

3 BULL

FLOWER MALA

$101 Rajesh and Vinita Parekh $101 Hitesh and Jyoti Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Arvind and Jaya Shah DARSHAN $301 Jagdish and Shaila Shah

4 LAXMIDEVI

FLOWER MALA $1,001 Arvind /Jaya - Akshay/Sweta Shah

PEARL MALA $1,001 Arvind /Jaya - Akshay/Sweta Shah DARSHAN $11,111 Arvind /Jaya - Akshay/Sweta Shah

5

GARLAND OF

FLOWERS

FLOWER MALA

$101 Rupa Domadia $101 Pravin and Surbhi Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Hasmukh and Bharti Shah $151 Dipen and Kavita Shah

DARSHAN $501 Kalpesh and Tarang Shah

6 MOON

FLOWER MALA

$101 Ramesh and Sheela Shah $101 Nimesh and Sonal Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Pravin and Jyoti Shah $151 Shailesh and Priti Shah

DARSHAN $601 Bipin and Sohini Shah

7 SUN

FLOWER MALA

$101 Ishani and Bhavin Dalal $101 Gunvant and Anila Shah

PEARL MALA

$151 Jagdish and Bhanu Shah $151 Kalpesh and Tarang Shah $151 Deven and Hiral Fadia

DARSHAN $501 Rajesh and Vanita Mithalal

8 FLAG

FLOWER MALA

$101 Girish and Asha Shah $101 Rahul and Neeyati Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Hasmukh and Bharti Shah $151 Nagin and Priya Shah, c/o Bipin/Sohini

DARSHAN $1,111 Hasmukh and Bharti Shah

9 URN

(KALASH)

FLOWER MALA

$101 Nehal and Pratik Shah $101 Bipin and Sohini Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Rajiv and Reepal Shah $151 Ankit and Kinnari Shah

DARSHAN $1,111 Hasmukh and Bharti Shah

10 PADMA

SAROVAR

FLOWER MALA

$101 Ketan and Janki Shah $101 Poorvi P. Shah - Pravin / Jyoti

PEARL MALA $151 Bhavna and Kirti Shah (Windsor) $151 Binish and Mital Shah (Windsor)

DARSHAN $1,001 Swati and Sonali Shah

11 MILKY OCEAN

FLOWER MALA

$101 Anantbhai/Jayaben - Chetan/Smita Koradia

$101 Kinal and Kaushal Mehta

PEARL MALA $151

Anantbhai/Jayaben - Chetan/Smita Koradia

$151 Bhupendra and Nina Shah DARSHAN $4,001 Anantbhai and Jayaben Koradia

12 VIMAN

FLOWER MALA

$101 Arvind and Ramila Shah $101 Rohit and Jyoti Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Shirish and Vidya Shah $151 Arvind /Jaya - Akshay/Sweta Shah

DARSHAN $1,515 Arvind /Jaya - Akshay/Sweta Shah


13 HEAP OF JEWELS

FLOWER MALA

$101 Peenal and Niral Shah $101 Pratik and Nehal Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Deepak and Usha Shah $151 Shailesh and Sohini Trivedi

DARSHAN $4,001 Rajiv and Mamta Maheshwari

14 SMOKELESS

FIRE

FLOWER MALA

$101 Hasmukh and Bharti Shah $101 Janki and Ketan Shah

PEARL MALA $151 Neha and Corey Dean $151 Rohit and Punita Shah

DARSHAN $1,212 Rajiv and Mamta Maheshwari

PARNA Flower Mala $551 Manoj and Minaxi Shah Pearl Mala $1,001 Rashmikant and Hemlata Shah

Bhagvan

Padharavavanu $3,201 Nilkesh and Neena Shah

Darshan/Taking

Home $8,181 Hasmukh and Bharti Shah Raja & Rani $1,111 Anantbhai and Jayaben Koradia Ami Zarna $651 Girish/Asha, Rohit/Devyani Shah Aarti $3,001 Arvind and Jaya Shah

Mangal Divo $5,555 Rajiv and Mamta Maheshwari Rajjesh and Vanita Mithalal

TOTAL $59,323

Ekashana Sponsors List

No Name Amount No Name Amount 1 Arvind & Jaya Shah & Family $2,501.00 28 Jitu & Dimple Shah $101.00 2 Koradia Family $1,001.00 29 Kalpana Jasumati $101.00 3 Kalpesh & Tarang Shah $501.00 30 Ketan & Janki Shah $101.00 4 Bipin & Vijaya Shah $251.00 31 Mahendra & Indira Doshi $101.00 5 Ekta & Dharmesh Kansara $251.00 32 Mahendra J. Shah $101.00 6 Girish & Asha Shah $251.00 33 Manesh & Meena Shah $101.00 7 Lalit & Usha Doshi $251.00 34 Nanda Gajrawala $101.00 8 Manish & Sunita Zaveri $251.00 35 Pravin & Jyoti Shah $101.00

9 Nirav c/o Narendra & Damini Shah (PA) $251.00 36 Pravin & Surbhi Shah $101.00

10 Pankaj & Raksha Shah $251.00 37 Rahul & Neeyati Shah $101.00 11 Rajesh & Vanitha Mithalal $251.00 38 Rajiv & Reepal Shah $101.00 12 Rajiv & Mamata Maheshwari $251.00 39 Ramaben Haria $101.00 13 Ramesh & Sheela Shah $251.00 40 Rashmi & Hemlata Shah $101.00 14 Shailesh & Jyoti Jain $251.00 41 Rohit & Nilpa Shah $101.00 15 Shailesh & Sohini Trivedi $251.00 42 S.M. Khapra $101.00 16 Sharad & Nalini Shah $251.00 43 Shashi & Shital Shah $101.00 17 Ajay Dagli & Nilesh Dagli $201.00 44 Shirish & Rekha Shah (Toledo) $101.00

18 Atul, Jagruti, Robin & Samit Patrawala $151.00 45 Suresh & Ila Shah $101.00

19 Gunvant & Anila Shah $151.00 46 Suresh & Rekha Shah $101.00

20 Jayant & Heena Shah $151.00 47 Sushilaben Arvindkumar Shah c/o Nimesh Shah $101.00

21 Kumarpal & Indiraben Shah $151.00 48 Vinit & Anuja Shah $101.00 22 Ankit & Bina Shah $101.00 49 Vinit & Leena Shah $101.00 23 Bhupendra & Neena Shah $101.00 50 Yogesh & Nita Shah $101.00 24 Binish & Mital Shah $101.00 51 Ankit Shah $51.00 25 Chirag & Angel Shah $101.00 52 Chirag Jhaveri $51.00 26 Dipen & Kavita Shah $101.00 53 Nilesh Shah $51.00 27 Divyakant & Mina Shah $101.00 TOTAL $11,153.00


Parna Day Pledges

No. Name Amount

1 Koradia Family (for Ayambil Oli) $777.00

2 Parna Team 2008 $701.00

3 Kirti & Bhavna Shah $501.00

4 Natvarlal & Manjula Shah $251.00

5 Sonal & Kaushik Patel $251.00

6 Pradip & Hema Shah $151.00

7 Anay, Avi, Anya, Arya, Arvind & Ramila Shah $101.00

8 Binish & Mittal Shah $101.00

9 Kanaiyalal Bhalgat $101.00

10 Shantaben Shah $101.00

Total $3,036.00

Tapasya During Paryushan 2008

Name Spouse's Name # of Days - Fasting 1 Purviben Shah Shreyasbhai Shreni Tap (84 Fasts+28 Besna) 2 Narendrabhai Nandu Damyantiben 12 Varshitap 3 Bhartiben Shah Hasmukhbhai 4 Varshitap 4 Monil Shah s/o Nikeshbhai / Ninaben 16 5 Hemendrabhai Shah Pratibhaben 11 6 Kalpeshbhai Shah Tarangben 11 7 Vishwas Shah s/o Jagdishbhai / Gitaben 10 8 Harsukhbhai Doshi Bhadraben 9 9 Ranjanben Shah Vijaybhai 9 10 Pravinbhai Shah Surabhiben 60 Ayambil + 8 Fast 11 Anandbhai Bora Monaben 8 12 Ashaben Shah Girishbhai 8 13 Bhavnaben Shah Kirtibhai 8 14 Harshben Shah Minoobhai 8 15 Hemaben Bafana Rajendrabhai 8 16 Jagdishbhai Shah Shailaben 8 17 Jaswantbhai Shah Mitaben 8 18 Jyotiben Shah Rohitbhai 8 19 Jyotsnaben Shah Rajnibhai 8 20 Kanaiyalal Bhalgat Jyotiben 8 21 Kavina Jhaveri d/o Sanjaybhai & Sejalben 8 22 Kirtiben Vora Maheshbhai 8 23 Kokilaben Khapra 8 24 Lalitbhai Shah Bhartiben 8 25 Manishbhai Zaveri Sunitaben 8 26 Manjuben Bafana Ravibhai 8 27 Manjuben Shah Natubhai 8 28 Manojbhai Shah Minaxiben 8 29 Nutanbhai Shah Alkaben 8 30 Pankajbhai Shah Rakshaben 8 31 Prafulbhai Shah Pratimaben 8 32 Punitaben Shah Rohitbhai 8 33 Rajivbhai Maheshwari Mamtaben 8 34 Rameshbhai Shah Ranjanben 8


35 Ranjanben Shah Rameshbhai 8 36 Rashmibhai Shah Hemlataben 8 37 Rohitbhai Shah Devyaniben 8 38 Rohitbhai Shah Punitaben 8 39 Sharadbhai Shah Naliniben 8 40 Shashibhai Shah Shitalben 8 41 Snehalbhai Shah Payalben 8 42 Sohiniben Shah Bipinbhai 8 43 Sunitaben Zaveri Manishbhai 8 44 Ushaben Shah Dipakbhai 8 45 Vinitaben Parekh Rajeshbhai 8

Plymouth United Way Foundation

JSGD has received $1218 from Plymouth Community United Way Foundation. We would like to thank following members for their donation thru United Way.

1. Girish & Shashi Bapna 2. Deepak & Sujata Jhaveri 3. Kalpesh & Tarang Shah 4. Manoj & Surbhi Modi

Please continue your contribution and encourage others to do so.


Jain Study Class Corner Jai Jinendra,

Quote for the month: “One should strive to destroy the karmas by practic ing non-violence, truth, non-stealing, chastity, non-possessiveness, restraints in sensual and worldly pleasure and performing penance and meditation Until we completely shed al l karmas, we shall never be able to attain salvation.”

Students’ Tapasya During Paryushan – Quite a few students did tapasya during Paryushan and collected 16 or more points. A list of these students is posted on the bulletin board. 2008 Essay Competition Results – The results of essay competition is posted on bulletin board. 108 students (from Group AA through Group G) participated in this competition. The first prize winner is Vishal Modi from Group F (son of Manojbhai and Surabhiben Modi). Vishal received Linda Mahendra Kapadia scholarship of $500. Congratulations Vishal and our best wished for future studies. From his prize, Vishal donated $100 for Jiv-Daya. - A list of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners from each group is posted on the bulletin board. - Some of the 1st and 2nd prize essays are on JSGD website – “www.jain-temple.org ” Bihar Flood Fund Collection – By now all of you are aware of the flood in Bihar and we made an appeal to the students, teachers, and volunteers of study class for donation. Everyone donated very generously and we collected $2522. Our plan is to funnel this money through Veerayatan International. Annual Day Program DVDs – We still have quite a few DVDs of 2008 Annual Day Program. The cost of DVD is only $2.00/each. Please contact Mahendra J. Shah (734-453-2968) or Vinay C. Shah (248-641-5975) OR the best way is to stop by during one of the study class. Class sponsors for month of September were – Anuj & Rupal Choksi, Sonal Shah, Ramesh & Sucheta Gandhi, Pravin & Surbhi Shah, Manish & Varsha Mehta, Dimple & Dipa Shah, Kamal & Sunitha Jain, Jayant & Heena Shah, (7 life time sponsors) and Manoj & Surabh Modi, Walchand Manikchand Shah, and Neel & Puja Chokshi (Neel was once a study class student) – (3 monthly sponsors). Class sponsors for month of October are – Jagdish & Shaila Shah, Rajiv & Bhavna Shah, Rajendra & Meena Patil, Pannalal & Anokhidevi and Mohanlal & Kanudevi Daga, Dharmendra & Rachna Parakh, Mahendra & Saroj Shah, Pravin & Jyoti Shah, Sanjay & Anjani Shah, Raju & Monica Shah (9 life time sponsors), and Aeraj & Avni Shah, Bharat & Jyotsana Ajmera, and Dalichand & Umi Devi Bhojani (3 monthly sponsors). As of today, we have 92 Life Time sponsors – Recently, we received 4 new life time sponsorships – Jitendra & Rama Sanghvi, Sam & Pia Reddy, Sanjay & Anjani Shah and Raju & Monica Shah (Sanjay as well as Monica both were study class students). More Information about the class is posted on bulletin board.

Study Class Dates for year 2008 (Time 11 AM to 1 PM) October 19 November 9 December 7 November 23 December 21


JOY Board 2008-2009

President: Neil Shah

(586)604-2242 [email protected]

Vice President:

Neal Gandhi (586)216-0306

[email protected]

Treasurer: Anshul Mehta (734)355-8246

[email protected]

Secretary: Kajal Ravani


Publications:

Kinari Shah (734)455-5260

[email protected]

Public Relations: Anuj Shah


Vishal Mehta


Historian: Saloni Jain


Web Director:

Vishal Modi (248)860-2675

[email protected]

Advisors: Ashoka Jain


Meena Shah


Become a JOY Member!Become a JOY Member!Become a JOY Member!Become a JOY Member! Interested in coming to one of these awesome events? Thirteen or older? Become a JOY member! Contact any of the board members or advisors! If you haven’t paid your membership dues, you might want to, because you don’t want to miss out! Remember, if you are 12, but your thirteenth birthday is within the next two months, you can still come to these events.

General Body

Meeting On September 28th, we

had our annual

General Body meeting

after study class at

Heritage Park. We

thoroughly revised the

JOY bylaws, and made

important changes. If

you want to come to

events like this in the

future, make sure you

become a JOY

member!

Upcoming Events!

We are planning to have a community service event soon, so if you need community service, look for more details.

Also coming up is our annual Navkar Jaap and Breakfast, on Thanksgiving Day. Look for more details about this exciting classic event in the next Jain Vani!

Good Luck 2008 JOY Graduates!

Although last years’ seniors are already working hard at college, we’d like to wish the following JOY Alumni good

luck and thank them for their contributions to JOY: Neal M.

Shah, Minjel Shah, Freyal Shah, and Nilesh Dagli.

New Year, New Board, New Events, and More Fun! Jai Jinendra! Although last year’s board did a terrific job, JOY is off to a wonderful start for our new year, and we’ve got a ton of exciting events planned for the rest of the year! Don’t miss out!


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Condolence It is with deep sorrow we inform you that Ajayraj Shah, father of Rama Jeet Sanghvi, grand father of Sumira & Neal Sanghvi, has passed away at the age of 77 years. He lived a wonderful and meaningful life sharing his worldly possessions and desires with others. Hope that supreme element of the universe led his soul to the next higher level. .


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