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THE BETH HAMEDROSH HAGODOL
KESSER MAARIV ANSHE LUKNIK NEWSLETTER
SHEVAT / ADAR 5772
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2012
www.KesserMaariv.org
UPCOMING EVENTS & DATES TO REMEMBER
Melave Malka
Please join us on February 11 at 8:00 pm for our annualth
Melave Malka. Rabbi Avishai David, Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Torat Shraga in Jerusalem, will be returning toKesser
Maariv and will be the guest speaker. His topic will
be Beit Shemesh: The Eye of the Storm. The cost is $25 per
person, with sponsorships available. Please make
reservations to the shul office, (847) 679-9800 or
[email protected] David will also speak on Shabbat
morning,
February 11 , as our Scholar-in-Residence.th
Tree of Life Sale in ShevatDuring the month of Shevat (ending on
February 23 ), allrd
leaves, acorns and foundation stones on our Etty RubinowTree of
Life are 10% off. During Shevat, leaves are $90,acorns are $450 and
foundation stones are $900. An order
form is enclosed and is available online at
KesserMaariv.org.
ARK Food Drive
Please contribute non-perishable food and toiletries by
dropping them off at the shul by February 19 or call
LarryWeinger at 847-677-2198 to arrange pick-up. Lets reach
100% participation in light of the poor economy and the
community needs.
Fast of Esther and Purim
The fast of Esther is on Wednesday, March 7 . The fastth
begins at 4:53 am and ends at 6:20 pm. Purim falls onWednesday
night and Thursday, March 7 and 8. We will
read the Megillah on Wednesday night March 7 at 6:15 pm.On
Thursday, Purim Day, Shacharit will be at 5:30
am, with Megilla at 5:55 am. Later in the afternoon, we will
have the Last Chance Megilla Reading at 4:15 pm, followedat 5:15
by the Purim Seudah catered by Taboun with
entertainment by professional musician Jon Novi. Please
call Larry Weinger at (847) 677-2198 or the office
forreservations for the Seudah. Cost: $18 per person.
Join the Card Standings List
Join the Kesser Maariv Card Standings List. For only $50a year,
your name will automatically be included whenever
a card is sent from our shul to fellow members for a
refuashlayma, condolence or mazal tov. To join the standings,
please contact the office at (847) 679-9800 or
[email protected] or Wendy Hartz at (708) 205-5109.Current
Standings members, it is time to renew! Cards are
also available for purchase from the office for $1.50 each
or
13 cards for $18. If you would like us to send a card for youfor
$2, please contact Wendy Hartz at (708) 205-5109.
Weekday Minyanim
We have daily 6:00 am Shacharit. Please note that the
minyan will begin at 6:05 am the week of March 11.
Sunday, Mincha-Maariv 15 minutes before sunset.
MondayThursday, Maariv only at 7:00 pm.We hope to resume Daily
Mincha-Maariv in mid-March.
Stop By the Shul to...
! Pick up a Kesser Maariv Pushke (Tzedaka Box).
! Borrow books from our Lending Library, located onthe south
side of the Social Hall (for members only)
! Borrow Shiurim from the Tape Lending Library
! Check out our new Titles in the Malamud ReferenceLibrary! New
titles include books on Prayer, and
books by Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and D
Abraham S. Abraham.
E-mail List
We occasionally send e-mails with important informationTo
receive our emails, please send an e-mail [email protected]
indicating that you wish to be placed
on the e-mail list. We are happy to have more than onee-mail
address per family.
Rent the Shul for Your Simcha
For information regarding renting the Social Hall for yourevent,
please call Ben Zion Lazovsky at the Shul office at
(847) 679-9800. Also, book you childs Bar/Bat Mitzvah in
the Shul calendar!
Misheberach List
If you have names for a misheberach, please send them to the
shul office or e-mail to [email protected].
Rabbi Meyer Juzint Update
Rabbi Juzints Holocaust memoir Chain of Miracles andNechamas
Meyer on Breishis & Shemos have been editedand are now in
layout. We hope to publish them very soon
If you have contact information for former students of
RabbJuzint, please contact us at [email protected] so we
can
spread the word about this project.
Save the Date!
Our Annual Banquet & Ad Journal wil be on Sunday
May 20, 2012, honoring Jeffrey & Sandra Cagan! More
details will follow in upcoming weeks.
College Scholarship opportunities
See www.jvschicago.org/scholarship or call the JVS
Scholarship Secretary at (312) 673-3444 or
[email protected]. The application deadline
is
February 15, 2012.
PAST EVENTS
Chanukah Movie Night We watched An American Tail
and the Marx brothers in A Night at the Opera. Thanks tothe
Rebbitzin for arranging the evening.
Chanukah visits Many thanks to Brenda Kahn, CookieGoldrich,
Larry, Ben & Joe Weinger, Eleanor Greenspan
and Shelley & Sanford Schwartz for bringing Chanukah
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cheer to patients at Skokie Hospital.
Send-A-Kid-to-Israel We had an increased enrollment in
SKIP, whichallows parents to contribute money annually
inpartnership with the synagogue and the Jewish Federation for
an Israel experience for their children.
Adele Goldblum Womens Council
Upcoming Events
Dinner at Bagel Country On Tuesday night February 21,the Womens
Council will be having dinner at Bagel Country
at 6:00 pm. Bring a friend, relax and enjoy!
Knitting KMnitters are on Winter break. For emergency
help with fiber entanglements or slipped stitches, call
Wendy
Hartz at 708-205-5109.
HTC Women of Valor Luncheon Brenda Kahn is the
Kesser Maariv honoree at this years Luncheon, which willbe held
on Sunday, March 18 at the Orrington Hotel. Callth
Cheryl Karesh at (847) 982-2500 for reservations.
Past Events
Members of the AGWC enjoyed a cooking demonstrationat the Skokie
Library by Chef Laura Frankel...The AGWC
participated in the ARKs Chanukah Gift Wishes Program
GOOD & WELFARE
Mazel Tov to: Dinora Ingberman on the engagement of herdaughter
Anna Volobov to Oren Sigler...Dr. Henry & Lysee
Danko on the engagement of their son Eric to Holly
Serkin..Mrs. Jean Goldrich and Art & Cookie Goldrich onthe
Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Avigail Goldrich in
Israel...Pauline Richter on the engagement of her grandsonTuvia
Meir Newman to Sarete Klugerman...Rabbi Dr
Pinchas & Pauline Eisenbach on the birth of a grandson.
Refua Shleima to: Debbie Alexander, Ben Kaplan, and
AlanSlodki.
Special Good Luck to: Rabbi Harold & Naomi Landes Stern
on their extended trip to Israel. May you enjoy good healthand
being with your families.
Thank you to our recent Kiddush Sponsors: Rabbi Louis
&Saretta Lazovsky, Steve & Susan Goldrich, Bob &
Shery
Greenstein, Dr. Joel Feder, Rabbi Neil & Debbie Brill
Rabbi Harold & Naomi Landes Stern, David & AnneElovic,
Pauline Richter and anonymous sponsors.
Thank you to our recent Seudat Shlisheet Sponsors: Samue
& Sofia Gabay, Larry & Judy Weinger, Walter & Jo
WolfDan & Faith Harris, Maury & Tina Pressburger, Dr. &
Mrs
Jeffrey Grinblatt, Rabbi Louis & Saretta Lazovsky, Marty
&Sandy Miretzky and Aron Lavon.
To sponsor a Kiddush or Seudat Shlisheet, please contact the
office, or Judy Whisler at [email protected].
DVAR TORAH
Tu BShevat - Wednesday February 8 . The Jewish Newth
Year of Trees has Halachik significance in the Land oIsrael,
where the Year determines which tithes are
separated. Outside Israel, we emphasize our bonds to Israeon Tu
BShevat. Tu BShevat is nowadays also celebrated
as Jewish Arbor Day with large-scale plantings in Israel.
The Four Parshiot - Before Rosh Chodesh Adar we begin
a series of four special Torah readings and haftarot.
Parshat Shekalim is on Shabbat, February 18. It
commemorates the annual required donation of a one-half
shekel coin that every Jew made to maintain the Temple,
topurchase the daily sacrifices and to conduct a census of the
Jewish people.
Parshat Zachor, Shabbat, March 3, is always read on theShabbat
before Purim. All of us, even children, areobligated to hear every
word of the special maftir of Parshat
Zachor. In the special reading, we learn about our
obligation
to destroy Amalek, which is also one of the major themes inthe
Book of Esther. Haman is associated with Amalek, the
grandson of Esav, who was even worse than Haman in tha
he represented total and absolute evil. The Jewish peoplehave
been commanded to wage a never-ending battle agains
evil. This special Shabbat reminds us how and why.
Parshat Parah - Shabbat, March 17. In the time of the
Temple, everyone had to eat from the Paschal Lamb (korban
Pesach) on Passover. We read about the parah adumah to
Congregation B.H.H. Kesser Maariv A.L.4341 W. Golf
Skokie, IL 60076
(847) 679-9800
fax (847) 679-5041
e-mail: [email protected]
www.KesserMaariv.org
Rabbi Louis A. Lazovsky
Steven D. Goldrich,President
Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky,
Associate Rabbi & Executive Director
Nasrin Kheradyar & Saretta Lazovsky, Co-Presidents,Adele
Goldblum Womens Council
Committee Contact Information:
Bricks Saretta Lazovsky
(847) 676-0556 or [email protected]
Chesed Fund Anne Elovic (847) 673-2904
Donate Books & Siddurim Office
(847) 679-9800 or [email protected]
Endowment Michael Hartz (708) 366-7662
Happy Day Cards Wendy Hartz (708) 205-5109
Kiddush & Seudat Shlisheet Judy Whisler
(847) 677-2281 or [email protected]
Membership Bob Greenstein (847) 967-7408
Judy Whisler (847) 677-2281
Social Hall Rental Office
Tree of Life [email protected]
Yahrzeit Plaques (847) 679-9800
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remind everyone to ritually purify themselves with the ashesof
the Red Heifer (Parah Adumah) to be able to eat the
sacrifice. This reading, like that of Parshat Zachor, should
be heard by everyone, even children.
Shabbat, March 24 is Parshat Hachodesh. The additional
reading discusses laws pertaining to the Passover sacrificeand
the importance of time, which is the defining
characteristic of the Jewish people. The Almighty promised
that the Jewish empire will be one over time, as our
sagesexpressed: The nations of the world are like the sun and
the
Jewish nation is like the moon; despite waning,
alwaysregenerating.
Taanit Esther & Purim (Wednesday March 7 & ThursdayMarch
8)
As Megillat Esther teaches, Jews were hated in every
one of the 127 countries known in the ancient world.Haman, a
former stable worker who was originally a slave to
Mordechai, became the richest man in the world. He bribed
Achashverosh, King of Persia and emperor of the ancientworld,
for permission to annihilate the Jews. Unlike our
enemies during the time of Chanukah, who would havepermitted our
survival had we converted, Haman desired the
extermination of every Jew. Once permission was granted,
Haman drew lots, or Purim, to select the day to implementthe
final solution. Queen Esther prayed and fasted for three
days prior to her request of King Achashverosh that the
Jewsshould not be killed. The original fast began the night of
the
first Passover seder. Esther was only partially successful
in
that three-day fast; it led the King to issue a
proclamationpermitting the Jews to protect themselves, but the
Kings
original order for the extermination of the Jews was not
rescinded. As a result, we prepared for a defensive war onPurim.
As during all times of danger, we did teshuva, prayed
and fasted for Hashems help. This second fast, a communafast,
was held the day before Purim and eventually became
known as Taanit Esther to commemorate Hashems
answering the prayers of Esther and Am Yisrael.Four Mitzvot were
ordained especially for Purim
They are: 1) Reading or listening to the reading of the
Megillah at night and on the day of Purim to remindourselves of
the hidden but ever-present hand of the
Almighty; 2) Mishloach Manot, or giving at least two giftsof
food to at least one person; 3) Matanot Le'evyonim
giving two gifts of charity to at least two poor people; and
finally, 4) Purim Seuda, or eating the festive Purim feastwhere
we break bread together with family, friends and
strangers on Purim day. These mitzvot help promote
fellowship and love among Jews and are as valid now as theywere
then.
SHABBAT SCHEDULE
Date Candle Lighting Friday Mincha Shacharit Shiur Mincha
Beshalach 2/3-2/4 4:48 pm 4:50 pm 8:45 am 3:40 pm 4:40 pm
Yitro 2/10-2/11 4:57 pm 5:00 pm 8:45 am 3:50 pm 4:50 pm
Mishpatim-Shekalim 2/17-2/18 5:06 pm 5:10 pm 8:45 am 4:00 pm
5:00 pm
Terumah 2/24-2/25 5:14 pm 5:15 pm 8:45 am 4:05 pm 5:05 pm
Tetzaveh-Zachor 3/2-3/3 5:23 pm 5:25 pm 8:45 am 4:15 pm 5:15
pm
Ki Tisa 3/9-3/10 5:31 pm 5:30 pm 8:45 am 4:20 pm 5:20 pm
Vayakhel Pikudei - Parah 3/16-3/17 6:39 pm 6:40 pm 8:45 am 5:30
pm 6:30 pm
Vayikra-Hachodesh 3/23-3/24 6:47 pm 6:50 pm 8:45 am 5:40 pm 6:40
pm
If you have a chiyuv - obligation to daven or require an Aliya,
please inform Rabbi Lazovsky before Shabbat.
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
Minyan TimesMinyanim meet in the Kaufman Bais Midrash
Shacharit
Sunday: 8:00 am, Monday-Friday: 6:00 am
Mincha-Maariv
Sunday: 10 minutes before sundown
Monday Thursday Maariv only at 7:00 pm.
Classes
Sunday Morning at 9:45 am: Parsha Class in the
Weekly Sedra.
Given by Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik
For more learning opportunities, contact Rabbis B. or E.
Lazovsky
Malamud Reference Library Come and Learn from any of the
hundreds of titles in our library.
Lending Library Members may borrow books from our Lending
Library, located on the south side of the Social Hall
Tape Lending Library We have tapes and digital audio files on
many topics including Chumash, Talmud and Mussar.
