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THE BETH HAMEDROSH HAGODOL

KESSER MAARIV ANSHE LUKNIK NEWSLETTER

SHEVAT / ADAR 5773

JANUARY / FEBRUARY / MARCH 2013

www.KesserMaariv.org

UPCOMING EVENTS & DATES TO REMEMBER

Tree of Life Sale in Shevat

During the month of Shevat (ending on Sunday, February10 ), all leaves, acorns and foundation stones on our Ettyth

Rubinow Tree of Life are 10% off. During Shevat, leaves

are $90, acorns are $450 and foundation stones are $900.

An order form is on the back page, and is available online

at KesserMaariv.org.

Oneg Shabbat January 25

Please join us on Friday night January 25 at 7:30 pm at the

Shul for an Oneg Shabbat and to celebrate Tu BShevat.

ARK Food Drive

Please contribute non-perishable food and toiletries by

dropping them off at the shul by February 17 or by calling

Larry Weinger at 847-677-2198 to arrange pick-up. Lets

reach 100% participation in light of the poor economy and

the community needs.

Please bring in certified kosher non-perishable Kosher

Food Items, including: Canned vegetables & fruits; Canned

and boxed meals (i.e., soup, macaroni & cheese); Canned

or dried beans and peas; Pasta, rice; Low sugar cereals;

Peanut butter, jelly/jam; Condiments (i.e., ketchup,

mustard); Baby formula & baby foods; Cake, cookie, pastry

mixes; Instant mixes like potatoes, gravies and sauces;

Canned tuna, salmon. Toiletries Needed include Shampoo,

conditioner, body wash; Hand soap, deodorant; Plasticbags; Diapers, baby products; Toothbrushes, toothpaste,

floss.

Tuesday Night Shiur Begins Learning The Sanctity

of Shabbat on January 22 at 7:15 pm

Please join Rabbi Ben Zion in learning about the special

sanctity of Shabbat, how that sanctity manifests itself, and

the special things we do on Shabbat. We will also study

the concept of Melacha (creative activity) which we do not

perform on Shabbat, and briefly describe the 39 categories.

The Tuesday night Shiur has previously studied

Techiyat Hameitim (Resurrection), completing Drush Ohr

Hachayim and Rambams Iggeret Techiyat Hameitim.Join the Card Standings List

Join the Kesser Maariv Card Standings List. For only

$50 a year, your name will automatically be included

whenever a card is sent from our shul to fellow members

for a refua shlayma, condolence or mazal tov. To join the

standings, please contact the office at (847) 679-9800 or

bhhkmal@yahoo.com 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

you for $2, please contact Wendy Hartz at (708) 205-5109.

Fast of Esther and Purim

The early Fast of Esther is on Thursday, February 21 . Thest

fast begins at 5:15 am and ends at 5:57 pm. Purim falls on

Saturday night and Sunday, February 23 and 24. We wil

read the Megillah after Shabbat is over on Saturday night

February 23 at 7:00 pm. Make havdalah at home, and you

may drive to shul for Megilla. We will have a Chesed

project after Megillah reading.

On Sunday, Purim Day, Shacharit will be at 8:00

am, with Megilla at 8:25 am. Later in the afternoon, we

will have the Last Chance Megilla Reading at 4:15 pm.

Make Your Purim Seudah Reservations Now!

On Sunday, February 24 please join us at 5:00 pm for the

Purim Seudah! Cost for the Seudah is $23 per adult, $10

per child under 13, with sponsorships available for $50

$100 and $250. Entertainment will be magician Gary

Kantor. Please call Larry Weinger at (847) 677-2198 or

email weinger@sbcglobal.net, or the office, for

reservations for the Seudah.

JUF Brunch - April 7th

Our Annual JUF Brunch on behalf of the 2013 Jewish

United Fund - Israel Emergency Fund will take place on

Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 9:00 am. Couvert: $10 per person

Please RSVP to Sandi Kaplan at the JUF at 312-444-2841

or email SandiKaplan@juf.org. Our guest speaker will beYaakov Katz, a military correspondent and defense analys

for The Jerusalem Post and the Israel correspondent for

Janes Defence Weekly, the international military

magazine. He is the author ofIsrael vs. Iran The

Shadow War.

Weekday Minyanim

As of January 21, Shacharit is at 6:05 am, and effective

January 28, Minyan will begin at 6:00 am.

Sunday, Mincha-Maariv 10 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

on the south side of the Social Hall (for members

only).

! Borrow Shiurim from the Tape Lending Library

E-mail List

We occasionally send e-mails with important information

To receive our emails, please send an e-mail to

bhhkmal@yahoo.com indicating that you wish to be placed

on the e-mail list. We are happy to have more than one

e-mail address per family.

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Rent the Shul for Your Simcha

For information regarding renting the Social Hall for your

event, 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 bhhkmal@yahoo.com.

Rabbi Meyer Juzint Update

Rabbi JuzintsNechamas Meyer on Breishis & Shemos has

been edited and will soon be in layout. If you have contact

information for former students of Rabbi Juzint, please

contact us at rabbijuzint@gmail.com so we can spread the

word. Rabbi Juzints Holocaust memoir The Chain of

Miracles is available from the office, at local Jewish

bookstores and from www.kessermaariv.org/Juzint.

College Scholarship opportunities

See www.jvschicago.org/scholarship or call the JVS

Scholarship Secretary at (312) 673-3444 or e-mail

jvsscholarship@jvschicago.org. The application deadline

is February 15, 2013.

PAST EVENTS

Scholar-in-Residence We were honored to host Rabbi

Dr. Aaron and Malkah Rakeffetin November. After a nice

Friday Night Dinner, Rabbi Rakeffet spoke about The

Post-Holocaust Miracle: The Baal Teshuva Movement.

At the Melave Malka he spoke about The Long Hand of

the Mossad: The Revival of Russian Jewry, and that

speech is available online at http://bit.ly/UeULdG.

Oneg Shabbat in honor of the 19 anniversary of our moveth

to Skokie.

Chanukah visits Many thanks to Saretta Lazovsky

Brenda Kahn, Cookie Goldrich, Larry, Ben & Joe Weinger

Eleanor Greenspan, and Shelley & Sanford Schwartz for

bringing Chanukah cheer to patients at Skokie Hospital.

Send-A-Kid-to-Israel We had another strong enrollment

in SKIP, which allows parents to contribute money

annually in partnership with the synagogue and the Jewish

Federation for an Israel experience for their children.Adele Goldblum Womens Council

Upcoming Events

Please join us for a Stress Management Class for Minds

Body and Spirit, given by Mielcah Allswang, Licensed

Massage Therapist on Monday January 28 at 7:30 pm ath

the shul. Refreshments will be served. Bring friends fo

this relaxing program. No charge.

We invite you to join us for a fascinating program

Button, Button, who's Got the Button? on Tuesday

February 12 a 7:30 pm at the shul. Sonni Helmer andth

Beverly Eisenstein A.K.A. The Button Ladies of

LeBouton will present< a hands-on trip into the history and evolution of buttons

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granddaughter, Netanya Golda Casper; Heather & Alan

Busch on the birth of triplets - girls Zemira Shoshana and

Hallel Jocheved, and boy Guriel Shemtov; Dr. Alvin

Fensterheim on the Bar Miztvah of his grandson in

Washington, D.C.

Condolences to: Shelley Schwartz on the loss of her

brother, Dr. Joel Levine; Dr. Dinora Ingberman on the loss

of her father, Chaskel Ingberman.

Welcome to Skokie: Moysha Kipnis

Thank you to our recent Kiddush Sponsors: Sally Aaron,

Steve & Susan Goldrich, Bob & Sheryl Greenstein, Rabbi

Neil & Debbie Brill, Sandy & Marty Miretzky, David &

Anne Elovic, Mivhae & Wendy Hartz, and anonymous

sponsors.

Thank you to our recent Seudat Shlisheet Sponsors: Samuel

& Sofia Gabay, Levi Asher Sidel, Dan & Faith Harris,

Rabbi Louis & Saretta Lazovsky, Zach & Eva Zussman,

Dotty & Yitzchok Chakiris, Marty & Sandy Miretzky, and

anonymous sponsors.

To sponsor a Kiddush or Seudat Shlisheet, please contact

the office, or Judy Whisler at j5awhisler@aol.com.DVAR TORAH

Tu BShevat - Shabbat, January 26 . The Jewish Newth

Year of Trees has Halachik significance in the Land of

Israel, where the Year determines which tithes are

separated. Outside Israel, we emphasize our bonds to Israel

on 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 9. 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, February 23, is always read on

the Shabbat before Purim. All of us, even children, are

obligated 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 in the Book of Esther. Haman is associated

with Amalek, the grandson of Esav, who was even worse

than Haman in that he represented total and absolute evil.

The Jewish people have been commanded to wage a

never-ending battle against evil. This special Shabbatreminds us how and why.

Parshat Parah - Shabbat, March 2. 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 remind everyone to ritually purify themselves

with the ashes of the Red Heifer (Parah Adumah) to be able

to eat the sacrifice. This reading, like that of Parsha

Zachor, should be heard by everyone, even children.

Shabbat, March 9 is Parshat Hachodesh. The additiona

reading discusses laws pertaining to the Passover sacrifice

and 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 sages expressed: The nations of the world are like the

sun and the Jewish nation is like the moon; despite

waning, always regenerating.

Purim (Saturday night February 23 & Sunday February 24)

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

ancient world, for permission to annihilate the Jews

Unlike our enemies during the time of Chanukah, who

would have permitted our survival had we convertedHaman desired the extermination of every Jew. Once

permission was granted, Haman drew lots, or Purim, to

select the day to implement the final solution. Queen

Esther prayed and fasted for three days prior to her request

of King Achashverosh that the Jews should 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 proclamation permitting 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 on Purim. As during al

times of danger, we did teshuva, prayed and fasted forHashems help. This second fast, a communal fast, 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 remind

ourselves of the hidden but ever-present hand of the

Almighty; 2) Mishloach Manot, or giving at least two gifts

of 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

they were then.

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SHABBAT SCHEDULE

Date Candle Lighting Friday Mincha Shacharit Shiur Mincha

Beshalach 1/25-1/26 4:37 pm 4:40 pm 8:45 am 3:30 pm 4:30 pm

Yitro 2/1-2/2 4:46 pm 4:50 pm 8:45 am 3:40 pm 4:40 pm

Mishpatim-Shekalim 2/8-2/9 4:55 pm 4:55 pm 8:45 am 3:45 pm 4:45 pm

Terumah 2/15-2/16 5:04 pm 5:05 pm 8:45 am 3:55 pm 4:55 pm

Tetzaveh - Zachor 2/22-2/23 5:13 pm 5:15 pm 8:45 am 4:05 pm 5:05 pm

Ki Tisa - Parah 3/1-3/2 5:21 pm 5:25 pm 8:45 am 4:15 pm 5:15 pm

Vayakhel Pikudei -

Hachodesh

3/8-3/9 5:30 pm 5:30 pm 8:45 am 4:20 pm 5:20 pm

Vayikra 3/15-3/16 6:38 pm 6:40 pm 8:45 am 5:30 pm 6:30 pm

If you have a chiyuv - obligation to daven or require an Aliya, please inform Rabbi Lazovsky before Shabbat.

WEEKDAY SCHEDULE

Minyan Times

Minyanim meet in the Kaufman Bais MidrashShacharit

Sunday: 8:00 am,

Monday-Friday: 6:05 am (week of January 21)

6:00 am (effective January 28)

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 theW e e k l y S e d r a . G i v e n b y R a b b i M o s h e

Soloveichik

Tuesday n igh t a t 7 :15 pm: The Sanct i ty o f

Shabbat. Given by Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky.

For more learning opportuni t ies , contact Rabbis

Ben Zion or Eli 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.

TREEMENDOUS SAVINGS

ON OUR TREE OF LIFE* Honor a relative or friend * Mark a special occasion * Memorialize a loved one *

During the month of Shevat (January 16 - February 14) you will save 10% on all leaves, acorns and foundation stones on our

Tree of Life (ordered and paid for). Wording can be in English, Hebrew or a combination of both.

ORDER FORM

Name:_________________________________

Phone Number: (_____)______________

Amount Enclosed: $________

Please check one:

[ ] Leaf $100 $90 During Shevat

[ ] Acorn $500 $450 During Shevat

[ ] Foundation Stone $1000 $900 During Shevat

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