125 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028

(212) 774-5600 www.ckj.org

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun

SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS September 11-12, כ״ח אלול תשע״ה

פרשת נצבים

We’re Home! Many thanks to our friends in the NYPD,

FDNY, and Hatzolah.

Sermon of Thanksgiving by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein

Rosh Hashanah 5775 Sunday, September 13, Erev Rosh Hashanah ~ Morning Services: beginning with “Z’chor Brit” selichot at 7:30 a.m. in the Main Synagogue. ~ Candle Lighting at 6:50 p.m. ~ Mincha at 6:45 p.m. in the Main Synagogue. Monday, September 14, Rosh Hashanah I ~ All Morning Services at 8:00 a.m. ~ Tashlich at 5:30 p.m. in Central Park and Carl Schurz Park. ~ Mincha at 6:50 p.m. in the Main Synagogue. ~ Candle Lighting after 7:44 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, Rosh Hashanah II ~ All Morning Services at 8:00 a.m. ~ Mincha at 6:50 p.m. in the Main Synagogue. ~ Yom Tov ends at 7:42 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, Tzom Gedaliah ~ Fast begins at 5:25 a.m. ~ Morning services at 6:45 a.m. in the Rohr Chapel. ~ Mincha at 6:35 p.m. in the Rohr Chapel. ~ Fast ends at 7:37 p.m.

SPREAD THE WORD! KJ Beginners

High Holiday Service Rosh Hashanah:

September 14th & 15th at 8:00 a.m.

Kol Nidre: September 22nd at 6:20 p.m.

Yom Kippur: September 23rd at 9:00 a.m.

ONLY $60 per person Location: 114 East 85 Street

For Tickets, go to www.ckj.org

There's room for YOU at our Rosh Hashanah table! Join KJ Beginners for delicious holiday food, apples and

honey, and New Year spirit! Sunday night, September 13 following 6:45 p.m. services at 125 East 85th Street

RSVP at www.ckj.org $40 per person

Diary books have been mailed to the Congregation courtesy of the KJ Benevolent Fund, to which we

encourage donations as a great many needy individuals and institutions benefit from the fund at this time of year. Donate online at www.CKJ.org/pay

HIGH HOLY DAY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Yom Kippur Workshop With Rabbi Daniel and Rachel Kraus THIS Wednesday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Gottesman Center Room 304

Florence Fishel Cohen Memorial Teshuva Shiur by Rabbi Saul Berman

“The Closure of a Shemittah Year: Spiritualizing Our Material World” Thursday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m.

Heyman Auditorium, 125 East 85th Street

Shabbat Shuva Drasha by Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder “Teshuvah: An Opportunity to Repair, a Challenge to Re-Turn”

Sponsored by Suzy & Larry Present Saturday, September 19, at the conclusion of 6:10 p.m. services in the

Main Synagogue, 125 East 85th Street

Aseret Y'mei Teshuva Shiur with new Ramaz Head of School Rabbi Eric Grossman

Sunday, September 20, following 8:30 a.m. Selichot and Shacharit services in the KJ Main Synagogue, 125 East 85 Street.

Shabbat Torah Reading

Parshat Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9 - 30:20 pp. 1086 - 1093

Haftarah Reading: Isaiah 61:10 - 36:9 pp. 1202 - 1204

Today’s Daf Yomi daf is Tractate Nazir page 21

Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning 7:15 a.m. Hashkama Minyan Middle School Room 501 9:00 a.m. Main Service Main Synagogue (Hallelujah!) 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Rohr Chapel 9:30 a.m. Learners and Intermediate Services 8th Floor Nakash Gymnasium

SHABBAT AFTERNOON IN THE GOTTESMAN CENTERSHABBAT AFTERNOON IN THE GOTTESMAN CENTERSHABBAT AFTERNOON IN THE GOTTESMAN CENTER Class at 5:40 p.m. “Pruzbul: Just a Halakhic Trick?”

with Rabbi Roy Feldman in the Main Synagogue Mincha Services - Main Synagogue 6:40 p.m.

Seudah Shlishit Dvar Torah by Rabbi Hayyim Angel “Sephardic and Ashkenazic Prayer:

What We Can Learn From One Another” Shabbat Concludes 7:48 p.m.

Shabbat Sponsors Congregational Kiddush in the Heyman Auditorium and Riklis Social Hall is co-sponsored by Dr. Jennifer and Michael Kaplan in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Joseph; by Dr. Miera and Professor Alan Rechtschaffen upon the birth of their fourth child and daughter, joining big sisters Eve, Ronit, and Sarah; by Eleanore Reznik commemorating the yahrzeit of her husband, Barry Reznik, and her father, Abraham Cohen; in honor of the engagement of her grandson, Samuel K. Reznik, son of Elizabeth and Dr. Alan Reznik of Milford CT, to Danielle Bitterman, daughter of Sherrie and Dr. Jeffrey Bitterman of Woodbridge CT; and the engagement of her granddaughter, Atara L. Beller, daughter of Michael Beller and Beth Reznik Beller z”l of Jamaica Estates, to Jonathan Gastwirth, son of Ellen and Joseph Gastwirth of Flushing; and by Florence and Robert Rothman in celebration of the engagement of their son, Stanley, to Dara Maidenbaum, daughter of Iris and Sholem Maidenbaum of Lawrence, Long Island.

Seudah Shlishit is co-sponsored by Wilma and Kenneth Aschendorf commemorating the yahrzeit of Kenneth's mother, Gladys Aschendorf; by David Bernstein commemorating the yahrzeit of his father, Murray Bernstein; by David Fields commemorating the yahrzeit of his father, Albert Fields; by David Goldman commemorating the yahrzeit of his father, Joseph Goldman; by David Rapaport in commemoration of the 25th yahrzeit of his father, Mark H. Rapaport; by Marian and William Rosner commemorating the yahrzeit of Marian’s mother, Sarah Probst; by Florence and Robert Rothman commemorating the yahrzeit of Bob’s mother, Mildred Rothman; and by Adrianne and Avi Shapira commemorating the yahrzeit of Avi’s mother, Lea bat Aliza.

SCHEDULE OF WEEKDAY SERVICESSCHEDULE OF WEEKDAY SERVICESSCHEDULE OF WEEKDAY SERVICES --- SEPTEMBER 13SEPTEMBER 13SEPTEMBER 13---181818 At KJ, 125 East 85 Street

Sunday-Wednesday– SEE BACK PAGE FOR FULL SCHEDULE Thursday 6:45 a.m. Friday 7:00 a.m. Thursday– Friday Evenings 6:45 p.m.

Friday, September 11 Main Service 6:45 p.m. Candle lighting 6:54 p.m.

Friday, September 18 Main Service 6:45 p.m. Candle lighting 6:42 p.m.

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun mourns the loss of:

Dr. Jacob L. Brener, husband of Goldie Brener, father of KJ Members Judy (& Marty) Grumet, Michelle (& Yitzchak) Teitelbaum, and Stanley Brener, and brother of

Rabbi Pynchas Brener. Shiva, ending Sunday afternoon, Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 13, is at the Brener home in Jamaica Estates, 180-11 Tudor Road, Queens,

NY 11432. The phone number there is 718-380-2564, and Judy will also be reachable on her cell phone, 917-597-2586. The family welcomes visitors on Saturday night

from 8:45 - 10:30 PM and Sunday from 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM. Services there are Sunday morning at 7:30 AM. Notes of condolence may be sent to the shiva home and to Judy

& Marty Grumet, 178 East 70 Street, Apt. 5F, NYC 10021.

PJ@KJ: A Tashlich to Remember THIS Monday, September 14 at 4:30 p.m.

Join other families with young children for a special program at Carl Schurz Park. Holiday stories, snacks, shofar blowing, and

loads of fun! RSVPs welcome to PJLibrary@ckj.org

SHABBAT YOUTH GROUPS 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Early Drop Off Pre-K to 7th Grade Middle School Room 405 10:00 a.m. Youth Groups Toddlers Middle School Room 301 Nursery Middle School Room 406 Pre-K Middle School Room 403 Kindergarten Middle School Room 405 Grades 1-3 Boys and Girls Middle School Room 304 Grades 4-7 Boys Middle School Room 401 Grades 4-7 Girls Middle School Room 402

Open Gym in the Ramaz Lower School, 125 East 85 Street: Boys and girls in grades 1-3 play from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Boys and girls in grades 4-7 play from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

DOROT's Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery Sunday, September 20, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Deliver a package and visit with a DOROT senior on the Upper East Side to share memories and hope. Meet at Sutton Place

Synagogue, 225 East 51 Street NYC 10022 . Adults must present valid Photo ID.

RSVP to 212-769-2850 or visit www.dorotusa.org

DAYTIME “TOT SHABBAT” ON SEPTEMBER 19 10:30 a.m. in the Gottesman Center at 114 East 85 Street.

Join the All-Star Youth Department team for Shabbat and Holiday songs, stories and activities, and our world-famous Torah

parade followed by a delicious hot kiddush. For children 3 and under (older siblings welcome). No charge. RSVP to Esther@CKJ.org