THE BETH HAMEDROSH HAGODOL KESSER MAARIV ANSHE LUKNIK NEWSLETTER ELUL 5773 / TISHREI 5774 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER

2013 UPCOMING EVENTS & DATES TO REMEMBER HIGH HOLIDAYS 5774 Membership We invite you to join us for the High Holidays. We recite Selichot on Saturday evening August 31 at 11:00 pm preceded by refreshments and a shiur at 10:00 pm. Rosh Hashana begins on Wednesday evening September 4th! Please refer to the enclosed flyer for information about membership and seats for the High Holidays. ORDER YOUR LULAV AND ETROG NOW!! The shul will once again sell top quality Lulav sets from Israel. To order your set please contact the office by Monday, September 9th. For additional information, or to order an upgraded set, please call Ben Zion Lazovsky at (847) 679-9800. Sets will be available for pick-up after Yom Kippur. Order Form is later in this newsletter. Shabbat Shuva Shiur On September 7, 2013, Rabbi Louis Lazovsky will deliver his annual special Shabbat Shuva shiur in lieu of the Shabbat afternoon class at 5:15 pm. Hakafot on Simchat Torah Hakafot will be held on Thursday evening and Friday morning, September 26th and 27th. We are looking for a host or hosts to sponsor our refreshments. Please call the office to make arrangements. Simchat Torah Communal Luncheon On Friday, September 27th we will have our annual Simchat Torah Lunch. Thanks to a generous sponsor, there will not be a per person charge for lunch, though reservations are requested. Call the Shul office at (847) 679-9800 or email bhhkmal@yahoo.com by Sept. 22 with your reservations. Yizkor We recite Yizkor on Yom Kippur, Shabbat, September 14th at about 11:30 am, and on Shmini Atzeret, Thursday September 26th at about 10:30 am. Misheberach List If you have names for a misheberach, please send them to the shul office or e-mail to bhhkmal@yahoo.com. With Rosh Hashana approaching, we will make a new list. Please resubmit any names you may have previously submitted to ensure they will be included. Happy Day Cards & Standings Join the Kesser Maariv Cards standing 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. Also, cards are 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. Rabbi Meyer Juzint Books The Chain of Miracles, an amazing Holocaust memoir www.KesserMaariv.org written by a teacher of Rabbi Louis Lazovsky and a friend of Kesser Maariv is available for purchase from the office and our website for $20 or from Rosenblums and Kesher Stam. Final preparations for Nechamas Meyer, Mussar on Parsha, Breishis and Shemos, are almost complete, and will be ready, with G-ds help, within the next few months. Send-A-Kid-To-Israel Partnership (S.K.I.P.) Kesser Maariv is proud to be a participating Congregation in S.K.I.P. The program allows parents to contribute money annually in partnership with the synagogue and the Jewish Federation for an Israel trip for their children. For details please contact Ben Zion Lazovsky at (847) 679-9800. PAST EVENTS Our Annual Luncheon and Ad Journal was a great success! We honored Alan & Heather Busch and Family, and presented the Chesed Award to Rabbi Eli Lazovsky. Thank you for placing ads in the Ad Journal, attending the luncheon, and soliciting ads on behalf of the Shul and the deserving honorees...On Tisha Bav Rabbi Ben Zion gave a shiur on the themes of Seas and Storms in Kinnot. We showed Names, Not Numbers, interviews with Holocaust survivors by students of Hillel Torah...Mazel Tov to our gradates, in whose honor we celebrated a festive Graduation Kiddush Luncheon... At an Oneg Shabbat Shira Roth, Ed.D. spoke about "The Conversion Process: Personally, Halachikly and Historically ... Shavuot Mishmar - thanks to Michael and Wendy Harz for arranging the two Mishmars, the signs, and to speakers Faith Harris who discussed The Seven Prophetesses and Dr. Steve Steniberg who discussed Brit Torah at the Womens Mishmar ... Rabbi Benzie gave a shiur about "Celebrating King David's Birthday and another shiur about Haircuts in Halacha. Rabbi Louis Lazovsky taught the Book of Ruth at the Mishmar. Yasher Koach to all who attended the early Minyan at 4:40 am, and to the sponsors of the extensive refreshments. ADELE GOLDBLUM WOMENS COUNCIL UPCOMING EVENTS For general information on upcoming events, send Saretta your email address to lazovsky@juno.com. KM Knitters For meeting information and to be placed on the email list please call Wendy Hartz at (708) 205-5109. PAST EVENTS Bonfire at Emily Oaks. Women's Learning during Nine Days - Sarah Kramer "A Yuntif of Learning" and Dr. Steve Steinberg "Tisha B'Av and Jewish Memory." Chesed Evening - for Chai Lifeline, KosherTroops, the Lieberman and the Robineau. Womens Seudat Shlisheet thanks to guest speakers Ariella Haymberg in May; and Mindy Schiller who presented "The Age of Technology: Will It Strengthen Jewish Identity?" in July. Cafe ARK Yasher Koach to Cookie Goldrich, Larry

Rosen, Brenda Kahn Carmella Bega, Larry, Ben & Joe Weinger for serving dinner at Caf Ark. Shavuot Plants - Thanks to Brenda Kahn and Evlyene Sternfeld for chairing, organizing and delivering the plants to brighten the Shavuot of residents of the Lieberman and Robineau. GOOD & WELFARE Mazel Tov to: Marty & Sandy Miretzky on the engagement of their son Ira to Samantha Serfati...Dr. Joel Feder on the marriage of his son Nathan to Rebecca Feder...Dr. Dinora Ingberman on the engagament of her daughter Anna to Oren Sigler...Nate Serlin on the birth of a granddaughter, Nava Simcha Serlin...Evelyne Sternfeld on the engagement of her grandson Ephraim Rosenberg to Sorala Biala...Lester Farber on the birth of a grandson...Gene & Lily Cherny on the engagement of their son Dmitri to Katya Dribinsky...Jeff & Eleanor Greenspan on the marriage of their son Michael to Brooke Singer, and on the birth of a grandson, born to Eva & Zach Zussman...Art Goldrich on his 90th birthday. Mazel Tov to our Graduates: Judd Goldrich, Jeff Goldrich, Congregation B.H.H. Kesser Maariv A.L. 4341 W. Golf Skokie, IL 60076 (847) 679-9800 fax (847) 679-5041 e-mail: bhhkmal@yahoo.com 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 lazovsky@juno.com (847) 673-2904

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Donate Books & Siddurim Office (847) 679-9800 or bhhkmal@yahoo.com Endowment Michael Hartz (708) 366-7662

Happy Day Cards Wendy Hartz (708) 205-5109 Kiddush & Seudat Shlisheet Judy Whisler (847) 677-2281 or j5awhisler@aol.com Membership Bob Greenstein (847) 967-7408 Judy Whisler (847) 677-2281 Office bhhkmal@yahoo.com (847) 679-9800

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Josh Goldrich, Sasson Gabay, Yonatan Gabay, Korey Pressburger, Leeya Pressburger, Eitan Miretzky, Solomon Lowenstein, Rena Weisen, Heather Busch, Rivka Weiser, Yossi Orloff, Batsheva Orloff, Oren Abramov, Jadon Abramov and Tzippora Malka Ben-Ari. Condolences to: Alan Herbach on the loss of his brother Barry...Dr. Teri Steinberg on the loss of her mother, Zelda Chapnick. Thank you to our recent Kiddush Sponsors: Sanford & Shelley Schwartz; Dr. Dinora Ingberman; Dotty & Yitzchak Chakiris; Stanley Cup Kiddush - the Goldrich, Greenstein, Pressburger, Herbach, Cagan, Miretzky and Cagan Families and Dr. Joel Feder and Yaakov Gabay; Yoni & Aliza Blumofe; Jeff & Eleanor Greenspan; Pat and Arnold Hartz; Pamela Yoelin and anonymous sponsors. Thank you to our recent Seudat Shlisheet Sponsors: Sharon Friedman; Dinah Rubinoff; Gilda Allswang; Rabbi Louis & Saretta Lazovsky; Marty & Sandy Miretzky; Arkady & Ellen Kats; Cookie Goldrich; Simona Cheskis and anonymous sponsors. DVAR TORAH Rosh Chodesh Elul - August 6-7 is the beginning of the month of Elul. Moshe Rabbeinu went up on this day to receive the second Luchot (Tablets), which he brought down 40 days later, on Yom Kippur. To commemorate this, there is a custom to blow the Shofar every morning in Shul during Elul, with the exception of Shabbat and Erev Rosh Hashana. Selichot - begin August 31. We recite special penitentary prayers in the days leading up to Rosh Hashana through Yom Kippur, highlighted by the recitation of the 13 Attirbutes, imploring G-d to forgive us in the merit of the covenant He made with our Forefathers. Rosh Hashana - September 4-6. On Wednesday evening September 4th we begin the Jewish New Year of 5774. We also begin the period known as the Aseret Yemay Teshuva, Ten Days of Repentance. A most solemn time, Rosh Hashana commemorates the anniversary of mankinds creation after the creation of the world six days earlier. During the two days of Rosh Hashana, G-d judges the entire world and inscribes the fate of all life. As Jews, we recite various prayers to express our aspirations, and we eat many symbolic foods in hopes of bringing special blessings. During Rosh Hashanah, we observe the custom of Tashlich, in which we go to living bodies of water and recite prayers, thus symbolically casting off our sins, as well as to seek merit for the deeds of our forefather Abraham who, according to the Midrash, was forced to cross a sea in order to fulfill G-ds command to bring his son Isaac to Mount Moriah. A major focus of Rosh Hashana is the blowing of the shofar. One hundred kolot, or notes, blown during various portions of the service remind us of the Almightys coronation as King of the Universe, awaken our sleeping hearts from their lethargy to return to the Almighty and help us recount the story of Abraham sacrificing a ram in place of his son. We pray for forgiveness for the previous years transgressions and implore the Creator for a year where we will perform Mitzvot unstintingly, a year of good health, peace and prosperity on the merit of our teshuva repentance. And Repentance, Prayer and Charity remove the unfavorable judgement. Kesser Maariv Pushkas (Tzedaka Boxes) Are Available. Call the Office to pick one

up. We make an Eruv Tavshillin before candle lighting on September 4, 18 and 25. This allows us to warm up food on Yom Tov for Shabbat, which begins immediately after Yom Tov. A special bracha is made over two rolls or matzot and a cooked food, commonly a piece of fish or chicken. The Bracha, which can be found in the ArtScroll Siddur (p. 654), is Baruch Ata Ad-nai (G-ds Name) El-heinu melech haolam asher kidishanu bmitzvotav vitzivanu al mitzvat eruv. The accompanying Bdin Eruvah declaration should also be recited. This food must be set aside and eaten on Shabbat. We do this each Wednesday Sept. 4, 18 and 25. Tzom Gedaliah - Sunday, September 8. The fast day of Tzom Gedaliah is usually on the day after Rosh Hashana unless, like this year, that day is Shabbos, in which case we fast on Sunday. The fast commemorates the murder of Gedaliah ben Achikam, who was a Jewish leader appointed by our conquerors after the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C.E. With his assassination by one of his countrymen, Jews lost their stake in self-rule even in the Diaspora. The fast begins at 4:58 am and ends at 7:38 pm. Yom Kippur - September 13-14. Yom Kippur is the unique day of the year dedicated to forgiveness, mercy and conciliation between G-d and the Jewish people. This year it begins on Friday evening, September 13, with the ceremony of Kol Nidre, a prayer to annul any unfulfilled oaths or vows. Speech is the attribute that distinguishes man from the rest of the animal kingdom. Accordingly, we are very concerned with the punishments that may occur for deliberate or accidental transgressions concerning our speech. The holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, commemorates G-ds forgiveness of the Israelites, whose sin was the worship of the golden calf after they received the Ten Commandments. It is a day when we are commanded to shed our earthly limitations and aspire to emulate the angels. Accordingly, we abstain from eating, drinking, wearing leather shoes, using lotions, washing and marital relations. By observing these prohibitions, we transcend our physical existence and are elevated to a higher spiritual state, so we are better able to pray for ourselves, our loved ones, our families and for all of Israel. On Yom Kippur, G-d evaluates our actions during the Ten Days of Repentance and determines whether our actions were sincere or empty. On the merit of repentance, prayer and charity, we are able to avert the severe decree that may have been ordained during Rosh Hashanah. Sukkot begins Wednesday evening, September 18, and continues through September 25. It commemorates the time when G-d took the Jewish people out of Egypt and housed them in the Annanei Hakavod - Clouds of Glory that

protected the Jewish people; therefore we dwell in sukkot, or temporary huts.The first two days of Sukkot are known as yom tov (holidays) where most melechah (creative activity) is prohibited. They are followed by Chol Hamoed (Intermediate Days), which are hybrid, in that they have aspects of both holidays and regular week days. When eating in the succah, we invite seven Ushpizin or guests, essential leaders of the Jewish people: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and King David who each represents one of the seven spiritual attributes needed to perfect our souls in service of the Creator. Every day of Sukkot, with the exception of Shabbat, when they are not touched, one blessing is recited over the four species - the Etrog, Lulav, Hadasim and Aravot. The first time we take them on the holiday, we also recite Shehechiyanu. On the last of the intermediate days, known as Hoshanah Rabbah, we make seven circuits around the Bimah, after which willows are beaten on the floor to symbolize the end of the high holiday period of judgement. Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah September 25-27 At Sukkots end, Jews immediately celebrate the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. The Midrash, or Bible commentary, teaches that on Sukkot we are concerned with all humanity because in the Temple we offered 70 sacrifices during Sukkot, corresponding to the 70 nations of the world. However, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah is a holiday just for the Almighty and the Jewish people. The holidays remind us that material needs and wants are fleeting illusions; the realm of the spirit is the only true and permanent domain. We recite the Yizkor, or memorial prayer, during Shemini Atzeret to remember those who have gone before us and set out paths for us to follow. On Simchat Torah, Jews dance and rejoice with their entire being as we conclude the reading of the Torah, and then, immediately begin reading the Torah once again. In spite of tremendous adversity, oppression and exile, we have been promised that the Torah will always guard and protect us. Even if all else is taken away from the Jewish people, the Torah will always remain.

```````````````Detach and return with your payment By September 9 `````````````````````````````````` LULAV ORDER FORM Name:___________________________ E-mail: _______________________________Phone:_________________________ Number of Sets:__________ Total enclosed: $________ Price Per Set is $50.00 for members and $55.00 for non-members with deluxe $75 sets also available. My check in the amount of $ ____ is enclosed. Please call Ben Zion Lazovsky to make specific arrangements to pick up your set(s) which will be available after Yom Kippur.

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Date Re'eh Shoftim Ki Tetzei Ki Tavo Nitzavim-Vayeilech 1st Day Rosh Hashana 2nd Day Rosh Hashana Haazinu (Shuva) Yom Kippur 1st Day Sukkot 2nd Day Sukkot Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot Shmini Atzeret Simchat Torah 8/2-8/3 8/9-8/10 8/16-8/17 8/23-8/24 8/30-8/31 9/4- 9/5 9/5-9/6 9/6-9/7 9/13-9/14 9/18-9/19 9/19-9/20 9/20-9/21 9/25-9/26 9/26-9/27 Candle Lighting 7:48 pm 7:39 pm 7:30 pm 7:19 pm 7:07 pm 6:59 pm* 7:59 pm 6:56 pm 6:44 pm 6:35 pm* 7:35 pm 6:31 pm 6:22 pm* 7:23 pm Erev Mincha 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 6:55 pm Mincha 2:30 pm Kol Nidrei 6:45 pm 6:35 pm 6:35 pm 6:35 pm 6:25 pm 6:25 pm Shacharit 8:45 am 8:45 am 8:45 am 8:45 am 8:45 am 8:30 am 8:45 am 8:45 am 8:00 am Yizkor 8:45 am 8:45 am 8:45 am 8:45 am Yizkor 8:45 am Shiur 6:35 pm 6:30 pm 6:20 pm 6:10 pm 5:55 pm no shiur no shiur 5:15 pm Drasha no shiur no shiur no shiur no shiur no shiur no shiur Mincha 7:35 pm 7:30 pm 7:20 pm 7:10 pm 6:55 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 6:45 pm 5:45 pm Neila 6:45 6:35 pm 6:35 pm 6:30 pm 6:25 pm 6:25 pm 6:20 pm

Breishit 9/27-9/28 6:19 pm 6:20 pm 8:45 am 5:20 pm * Make Eruv Tavshillin before lighting candles (see Dvar Torah for details) If you have a chiyuv - obligation to daven or require an Aliya, please inform Rabbi Lazovsky before Shabbat. To sponsor a kiddush or shalashudos, please call Judy Whisler at (847) 677-2281. WEEKDAY SCHEDULE Minyan Times Minyanim meet in the Kaufman Bais Midrash Shacharit Sunday: 8:00 am; Monday-Friday: 6:00 am Earlier for Selichot Mincha-Maariv Sunday-Thursday: 15 minutes before sundown Classes Sunday Morning at 9:45 am: Parsha Class in the Weekly Sedra. Given by Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik Wednesdays before Maariv: Melachos of Shabbos, given by Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky.

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.

$@2" July 28, 2013 Dear Members and Friends: We hope this letter finds you well, and safely enjoying the summer. By now we hope you are familiar with the many programs and milestones that we have achieved since our arrival in Skokie. It is with great pleasure that we invite you, your family and friends to reserve your high holiday seats and worship with us for the upcoming New Year of - 5774. We are confident that the upcoming holiday services will be truly moving and meaningful. Selichot services will be held on Saturday night, August 31, 2013, at 11:00 p.m., at 4341 W. Golf in Skokie, with a special program and refreshments held at 10:00 p.m., immediately preceding the services. Please come, get acquainted with our congregation and allow us to welcome you and include you as part of our extended family. We will once again use the ArtScroll Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Membership and Ticket Rates Family Rate (2 tickets) $1000 $475 Single Rate (1 ticket) $525 $265 $525 $200 Additional Seat $200 $200 Dependent Child $75 $75 $200

Membership First Time Good Neighbor Tickets Tickets only, no membership

Friend of Kesser Maariv (no tickets or membership)

The membership rates have not increased in the past seven years. To encourage new memberships this year, we will again waive the building fund obligation for new members. To serve you better, we accept payments of $500 and above by Visa, Master Card or Discover. If you have any further questions, please call Bob Greenstein at (847) 967-7408, Judy Whisler at (847) 677-2281, or the synagogue office at (847) 679-9800. The congregation and officers want to extend our warmest best wishes for a New Year filled with good health, peace, prosperity, and happiness to our members, worshipers, families and friends. Please tell your friends, neighbors and relatives about our shul, and encourage them to join us for the upcoming high holiday season. L'Shana Tova Tikatevu V'Tachatemu, Steven Goldrich, President Rabbi Louis Aryeh Lazovsky Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: _______________________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ City, State & Zip Code: _________________________________________ Phone : __________________ E-mail: _______________________________________ and __________________________________________ Number of Men's Seats: _________________ Number of Boys Seats: __________________ Total Number of Seats: __________________ Number of Women's Seats: __________________________ Number of Girls Seats: _____________________________ Amount Enclosed : _________________________________.

Credit Card Payments: Name on Card_______________________ Amount to be charged: ________________ Card # _________-_________-_________-_________ Exp: ____ ____ 3-digit Security Code:__________