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KESSER MAARIV ANSHE LUKNIK NEWSLETTER
TISHREI / CHESHVAN 5780
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2019 www.KesserMaariv.org
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UPCOMING EVENTS & DATES TO REMEMBER
High Holidays 5780 & Memberships saved by Divine Providence many times during the
Rosh Hashana will begin Sunday night Holocaust, is available for $20. Rabbi Juzint’s yahrzeit is
September 29, and continue on Monday the second day of Sukkot.
September 30 and Tuesday October 1. Yom Scholar-in-Residence & Melave Malka
Kippur will be Tuesday evening and November 15-16th with Rabbi Dr.
Wednesday October 8th and 9th. Membership information David Hertzberg, who is the
is enclosed! principal of the Yeshivah of Flatbush
Selichot - September 21 Middle Division and an adjunct
Please join us on Saturday evening September 21 at assistant professor of History at
10:00 pm for refreshments, a shiur at 10:40 pm and Touro College. His research has
focused on intelligence sharing in
Selichot, penitential suplications at 11:00 am.
counter-terrorism, diplomacy and epidemiology. He writes
Upcoming Yizkor a monthly column for the Jewish Press. Details to follow!
We will recite Yizkor on Yom Kippur, Wednesday October
Parsha Podcasts - For High Holidays!
9th at about 11:30 am, and on Shmini Atzeret, Monday,
Rabbi Louis Lazovsky's morning Vorts on the Parsha are
October 21st at about 10:45 am. To order Yahrzeit plaques, available as podcasts at KesserMaariv.podomatic.com (a
please call the office at (847) 679-9800. link is on our homepage, www.KesserMaariv.org). Last
Lulav and Etrog Sets - Deadline October 3 year we posted Rabbi Lazovsky’s podcasts on the entire
The shul will once again sell top quality Lulav sets Rambam Hilchos Teshuva in 33 sub-5-minute chunks.
from Israel. Please order your set from the office Facebook: Fb.me/Kesser Maariv Twitter: @KesserMaariv
by October 3rd. Cost per set is $50 for members or
Stop By the Shul to...
$55 for non-members Upgraded sets available.
•Pick up a Kesser Maariv Pushke (Tzedaka Box).
Please call Rabbi Benzie at (847) 679-9800 or
•Borrow books from our Lending Library, located on the
email bhhkmal@yahoo.com . Sets will be available
south side of the Social Hall (for members only).
for pick-up after Yom Kippur. Order Form is later
•Borrow Shiurim from the Tape Lending Library
in this newsletter.
•Study from books in the Malamud Reference Library and
New Year Greeting Card -
the Max Katz Memorial Library.
You can join the Shul’s New Year
E-mail List
Greeting Card for $26. Please contact
To receive our emails, please send an e-mail to
Sheryl Greenstein at oogiah@aol.com, or
bhhkmal@yahoo.com indicating that you wish to be placed
use the enclosed Membership flyer, by
on the e-mail list. We are happy to have more than one e-
September 22nd. The festive card, pictured
mail per family
at left, will be posted in the Shul lobby.
Send-A-Kid-To-Israel Partnership (S.K.I.P.)
Shabbat Shuva Shiur
Kesser Maariv is proud to be a participating Congregation
On Shabbat October 5th Rabbi Louis
in S.K.I.P. The program allows parents to contribute money
Lazovsky will deliver his annual special
annually in partnership with the synagogue and the Jewish
Shabbat Shuva shiur in lieu of the Shabbat afternoon class
Federation for an Israel trip for their children. Students in
at 4:25 pm.
grades 3-6, enrolled in a day or afternoon school, who have
Kids Sukkah Party!
finished paying their annual membership to the shul are
All kids are invited to a Sukkah Party on Shabbat Sukkot
eligible to participate. For additional details, a registration
(October 19) at 4:30 pm at the Shul.
kit or to enroll your child(ren) for the first time, please
Hakafot on Simchat Torah
contact Ben Zion Lazovsky at (847) 679-9800.
Hakafot will be held on Monday evening and Tuesday
Partners in Torah
morning, October 21st and 22nd.
Kesser Maariv is proud to host “Partners” on Mondays
Rabbi Juzint’s Nechamas Meyer & Chain of Miracles
from 8-9:00pm. Men and women are invited to come learn
Get authentic Slabodka Mussar explanations on the weekly
Torah with a partner, and hear short inspirational remarks
Parsha (Breishis & Shemos) by Rabbi Meyer Juzint z”l,
at the end. Refreshments are served. Questions? Contact
Purchase from the office and on our website for $25. The
Dovid Sukenik at dsukenik@fulcrumcm.com
Chain of Miracles, which describes how Rabbi Juzint was
 Misheberach List
If you have names for a misheberach, please send them to
the shul office or e-mail to bhhkmal@yahoo.com.
Mark a special occasion, milestone or memory with
a leaf, acorn or foundation stone on our Etty Rubinow
Tree of Life! Forms are online or in the Shul.
All-Occasion Cards
Beautiful All-Occasion Cards (designed by Wendy Hartz
z“l) are available for purchase from the office.
PAST EVENTS
Skokie First responders Kiddush - We thank the many
families for sponsoring a huge kiddush in honor of first
responders. About 18 police, ambulance personnel, and
firefighters joined us.
Annual Meeting - On August 27 we discussed our many
important accomplishments and voted in a new board. The
officers were all reelected. May Hashem allow us to
continue offering many programs and services to the
community.
Chesed Project at the ARK - Thanks to Dalia, Orrin,
Jayden & Nathan Abramov, Lauren Fensterheim, Lora
Frazin, Cookie Goldrich, Myra Goldstein, Susan Schreck
Greer, Brenda Kahn, Yvette Katz, Nasrin Kheradyar,
Saretta Lazovsky, Rita Lowenstein, Bonnie Moss and Joyce
Sacks for putting on 1,150 of 15,000 stickers on bags for
the ARK’s recent food drive.
ADELE GOLDBLUM WOMEN’S COUNCIL
Rosh Hashana Bags
Please see the enclosed flyer to order a beautiful Rosh
Congregation B.H.H. Kesser Maariv A.L.
4341 W. Golf
Skokie, IL 60076 Fb.me/KesserMaariv
(847) 679-9800 twitter.com/KesserMaariv
fax (847) 679-5041 KesserMaariv.podomatic.com
e-mail: bhhkmal@yahoo.com
www.KesserMaariv.org
Rabbi Louis A. Lazovsky Steven D. Goldrich, President
Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky,
Associate Rabbi & Executive Director
Sandy Miretzky, Nasrin Kheradyar & Saretta Lazovsky,
Co-Presidents, Adele Goldblum Women’s Council
Committee Contact Information:
Chesed Fund Anne Elovic (847) 673-2904
Donate Books & Siddurim Office
All-Occasion Cards (847) 679-9800 or
Pushke bhhkmal@yahoo.com
Endowment Rabbi Louis Lazovsky
Kiddush & Seudat Shlisheet Judy Whisler
Membership 8/677-2281 j5awhisler@aol.com
Social Hall Rental Office
Tree of Life bhhkmal@yahoo.com
Yahrzeit Plaques (847) 679-9800
Hashana Gift Bag. Buy for yourself and as a gift for
others! It includes baked goods, a meaningful book, a dish
and other goodies.
Serve at Café ARK on Wednesday, December 11th. Please
contact Cookie Goldrich at (847) 401-8149 to volunteer.
Past Events
August Women's Seudat Shlisheet. Saretta Lazovsky
spoke on “Remembering Chevron 1929 - 90 Years Later.
A different version of her talk is available on our podcast
page at https://bit.ly/2KRuEsH
September - We had a nice gathering in honor of our
neighbor Chana moving to Israel.
Summer Bonfire in July at Emily Oaks Nature Center was
a lot of fun. Thanks to musician Miriam Brousseau for
entertaining, and to Julie Rosenheim for leading Bonfire
Yoga.
Trip to Botanical Gardens - thanks to all who attended,
and to CBG volunteer Sally Aaron for her guidance.
Serve Dinner at Café Ark in August - Thanks to Cookie
Goldrich, Brenda Kahn, Sharon Friedman, Carmella Bega,
Beth Gottesman and Larry Stein.
In July - Cookie Goldrich, Brenda Kahn, Carmella Bega,
Saretta Lazovsky and Larry Rosen.
GOOD & WELFARE
Thanks to our Kiddush Sponsors: Nathan Serlin, Yoni &
Aliza Blumofe; Sandy & Jeff Cagan; Sally Aaron; Jeff &
Judy Whisler; Lazovsky & Allswang families; Howard &
Barbara Pomper; and anonymous sponsors.
Thanks to our Seudat Shlisheet Sponsors: Rabbi Louis &
Saretta Lazovsky; Samuel & Sofia Gabay; Steve & Teri
Steinberg; Larry & Judy Weinger; Moshe Kipnis, Maya
Kucher & Simona Cheskis; and anonymous sponsors.
Mazal Tov to: Cookie Goldrich on the birth
of great-granddaughters, Toba Rivka and
Nava Bella, and on the engagement of her
granddaughter Shykee Goldrich in
Israel...Rabbi Arthur & Pearl Cohen on the
marriage of their granddaughter...Yoni &
Aliza Blumofe on the engagement of their
daughter Tirza to Avichai Ayishe... Lynn and
Zevulun Stein on the birth of a granddaughter, Eliana
Tzivia, to Daniel & Mati Stein...Susan Schreck Greer on
the birth of a granddaughter, Leah Sheindel...Howard &
Barbara Pomper on the engagement of their granddaughter
Elisheva Pomper to Mordechai Keslassy...Sanford &
Shelley Schwartz on the birth of a great-grandson...David
Finch & Julie Rosenheim on the marriage of their son
Nathan Finch to Stacy Smoler.
Refua Shleima to: Bella Perlman, Alvin J. Goodman, Alan
Slodki.
Condolences to: David Elovic on the loss of his father,
Ernest Elovic... Dr. Steve Steinberg
on the loss of his father, Dr. Arnold
Steinberg... Aron Lavon on the loss
of his father, Chaim Tzvi Lavon.
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 child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the Shul calendar! Contact
Judy Whisler at j5awhisler@aol.com
Brief Laws of the Month of Tishrei - 2019 / 5780
On Rosh Hashana night after we
come home from shul we make Kiddush
with Shehechiyanu. After hamotzi, many
have the custom to eat an apple dipped in
honey, as well as other symbolic foods.
Please note that despite what the Machzor
says, it is proper to make the bracha
Ha'eitz on dates (or pomegranates if you
don't eat dates) and eat them before eating
the apple dipped in honey.
As Rosh Hashana is the beginning of our Judgement,
we start davening early as we add special prayers describing
G-d as King. In the morning we read in the Torah about G-d
remembering Sarah and in the haftorah how He remembered
Chana (mother of the prophet Samuel) hoping that G-d will
remember us for good. We blow the Shofar, which is the
special mitzvah of Rosh Hashana, and the special Mussaf we
mention Biblical verses accepting G-d as King, about G-d
remembering people for good, and about Shofar blasts. After
Shul we have Yom Tov meals at home. Some have the
custom to say Tashlich at a body of water.
Monday afternoon we daven Mincha and Maariv.
Candle lighting is not before 7:17 pm, which is the earliest
time to prepare and warm food for that night's meal. We do
recite Shehechiyanu at candle lighting and kiddush (some
have a custom to have a new fruit for the second night). The
second day is like the first, except we read about the Binding
of Yitzchak (Akeidah).
During the 10 Days of Repentance culminating with
Yom Kippur we repent for our actions from the previous
year, commit to not repeating them, and do as many good
deeds and give as much Tzedaka as possible. We also make
several changes to Shmone Esray.
On Erev Yom Kippur we have a mitzvah to eat, in
order to strengthen ourselves for the fast. We daven Mincha
early with the Viduy confession, as Rambam says one may
choke while eating out of the fear and dread of Yom Kippur.
We gather at Shul before sunset for Kol Nidrei. On Yom
Kippur we abstain from eating, drinking, wearing leather
shoes, using lotions, creams, ointments or perfumes, washing
past the knuckle and marital relations. After Yom Kippur we
make Havdala over wine, candle and the last bracha of
Havdala.
After breaking our fast there is a custom to
immediately do more mitzvot, so some begin building their
Sukkah, or at least gathering its pieces.
Sukkot has two special mitzvot associated with it -
the Four species (Lulav, Etrog, Hadas, Arava) and eating in
the Sukkah. The Lulav is the tallest of the species; we hold
it with its spine (the darker green vertical line) towards us,
with the three hadasim on the right (as we look at the lulav)
and the two aravot on the left.
On the first night of Sukkot, we make Kiddush,
the bracha “Leisheiv Basukkah,” then Shehichaynu. While
we are exempt from eating in a Sukkah in the rain, on the
first night there is a special mitzvah to eat in the Sukkah
and if it rains we wait out the storm, even until midnight.
(Remember Yaaleh Veyavo in Birkat Hamazon.)
The first day we make kiddush, leisheiv basukah,
wash, hamotzi and eat a Yom Tov meal. During Sukkot
whenever we eat any mezonos or hamotzi food in the Sukkah
we make the Bracha “Leishev Basukkah.”
The second night we may not light candles or
prepare for that night's meal before 6:53 pm. We make
Kiddush, then shehechiyanu, then Leisheiv Basukah
(different than the first night) and have a Yom Tov meal.
During Sukkot G-d decides how much rain we will
have for the year (which will water the crops, ensuring our
food needs are met). In the Beit Hamikdash, there was a
special water-drawing ceremony called the Simchat Beit
Hasho'eivah, which was the most joyous ceremony all year
in the Beit Hamikdash. In our community we find some
Simchat Beit Hasho’eivas with music and dancing to
commemorate that.
(Many books with the Laws of Yom Tov [like
cooking] and Chol Hamoed, and the Lulav may be found in
the Malamud Reference Library.)
The last day of Sukkot is Hoshana Rabbah, which is
important day according to the Kabbalah, as in the Beit
Hamikdash they performed a special, lengthy ceremony, and
our prayers that day, as well as beating the Hoshana bundle,
are to commemorate that special service.
Sunday night October 20 begins Shmini Atzeret, a
distinct holiday from Sukkot, and therefore we do make
Shehechiyanu at candle lighting and in Kiddush. However,
outside Israel we are required to eat in the Sukkah on Shmini
Atzeret but we do not make the bracha Leishev Basukkah.
On Monday morning we recite Yizkor. Later in the
afternoon, before Mincha, we make a special prayer when we
leave the Sukkah after eating in it for the final time.
The final day is called Simchat Torah. It is the day
we complete the annual cycle of reading the Torah, and begin
it again. Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik's grandfather taught that
our joy comes from starting the Torah again with new depth
and insight, not from finishing the Torah. On Monday night
we have seven Hakafot (circling the Bimah) where we dance
joyfully with the Torahs which we repeat the next morning,
along with all males above Bar Mitzva receiving an aliya, and
we have a special aliya for all children. We finish the Torah,
begin it again, and finish davening.
 SHABBAT & HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Date Candle Erev Mincha Shacharit Shiur Mincha
Lighting

Shoftim 9/6-9/7 6:56 pm 7:00 pm 8:45 am 5:45 pm 6:45 pm

Ki Teitzei 9/13-9/14 6:44 pm 6:50 pm 8:45 am 5:35 pm 6:35 pm
Ki Tavo 9/20-9/21 6:32 pm 6:35 pm 8:45 am 5:20 pm 6:20 pm
Nitzavim 9/27-9/28 6:20 pm 6:25 pm 8:45 am 5:10 pm 6:10 pm
1st Day Rosh Hashana 9/29-9/30 6:16 pm 6:20 pm 8:30 am no shiur 6:20 pm
2nd Day Rosh Hashana 9/30-10/1 7:17 pm 6:20 pm 8:30 am no shiur 6:20 pm
Vayeilech (Shuva) 10/4-10/5 6:08 pm 6:10 pm 8:45 am Drasha 4:25 pm 5:55 pm
Yom Kippur 10/8-10/9 6:01 pm Mincha 2:30 pm 8:00 am during break Mincha 4:50
Kol Nidrei 6:00 Yizkor Neila 6:20

Ha’azinu 10/11-10/12 5:56 pm 6:00 pm 8:45 am 4:50 pm 5:50 pm

1st Day Sukkot 10/13-10/14 5:53 pm 5:55 pm 8:45 am TBA 5:55 pm
2nd Day Sukkot 10/14-10/15 6:53 pm 5:55 pm 8:45 am TBA 5:55 pm
Shabbat Chol Hamoed 10/18-10/19 5:45 pm 5:50 pm 8:45 am TBA 5:40 pm
Shmini Atzeret 10/20-10/21 5:42 pm 5:45 pm 8:45 am TBA 5:45 pm
Yizkor Hakafot
Simchat Torah 10/21-10/22 6:42 pm 5:45 pm 8:45 am TBA 5:45 pm

Breishit 10/25-10/26 5:35 pm 5:40 pm 8:45 am 4:25 pm 5:25 pm

Noach 11/1-11/2 5:25 pm 5:30 pm 8:45 am 4:15 pm 5:15 pm
Lech Lecha 11/8-11/9 4:17 pm 4:20 pm 8:45 am 3:05 pm 4:05 pm
Vayeira 11/15-11/16 4:10 pm 4:15 pm 8:45 am 3:00 pm 4:00 pm
If you have a chiyuv (to daven or for an aliya), please inform Rabbis Benzie or Eli Lazovsky before Shabbat.
To sponsor a kiddush or shalashudos, please call Judy Whisler at (847) 677-2281 or j5awhisler@aol.com.

WEEKDAY SCHEDULE - Minyanim meet in the Kaufman Bais Midrash

Minyan Times Classes Special Shacharit Schedule

Shacharit
Sunday: 8:00 am
Monday-Friday: 6:00 am
Mincha-Maariv
Sunday-Thursday: 10
minutes before sundown
Sunday Morning at 9:30 am: Parsha Class September 23-27: 5:40 am
Given by Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik Oct 2 (Fast day) 5:20 am
Wednesday evenings after Maariv - Gemara
Oct 3,4,7: 5:35 am
Brachos (8th chapter). Given by Rabbi BLazovsky
Shabbat Afternoon
Oct 8: 5:50 am
1 hour before Mincha: Weekly Parsha

Partners in Torah - Every Monday at 8:00 pm. Questions? Dovid at 773-656-4244 or dsukenik@fulcrumcm.com
Malamud Reference Library - Come and Learn from any of the hundreds of titles in our library, located in the Kaufman
Bais Midrash.
Lending Library - Members may borrow books from our Lending Library, located on the south side of the Social Hall.
For hours of operation, more details or to donate books, please call the office.
Tape Lending Library - We have tapes and digital audio files on many topics including Chumash, Talmud and Mussar.
 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
KM NEW YEAR GREETING ORDER FORM
LULAV SET ORDER FORM

On behalf of the Board of Directors, President Steven Goldrich and Rabbi Louis Lazovsky, we are proud to invite
you to join us for our High Holiday 5780 Services this year, beginning with Selichot on Saturday evening,
September 21st. Rosh Hashana begins Sunday night, September 29th.

Membership & Ticket Rates Family (2 tickets) Single (1 ticket) Additional Seat Dependent Child
Membership $1,100 $550 $200 $75
First Time Good Neighbor Tickets $500 $275 $200 $75
Tickets Only, no membership $550 $200
Friend of Kesser Maariv (no tickets or membership) $200
To serve you better, we accept payments of $500 and above by Visa, Master Card, Discover, and American Express.

Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky at (847) 679-9800 bhhkmal@yahoo.com or Judy Whisler at (847) 677-2281
j5awhisler@aol.com will be happy to help accommodate you and give more information about membership.

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 R O S H HA S HA N A H 5 7 8 0
GIFT BAGS
The Adele Goldblum Women’s
Council of Kesser Maariv is once
again offering a lovely gift bag for
Rosh Hashanah. Bag contains fresh
baked goodies and other assorted
noshes. We are also including a
paperback copy of Twerski on
Machzor Rosh Hashanah by world-
renowned psychiatrist, bestselling
author, and beloved rav, Rabbi
Abraham J. Twerski, MD. This bag
makes a wonderful gift. Buy one for
yourself, friends and family.

(Contents may not be

exactly as shown but will
be of equal or greater
value).

Gift Bags are $32 each. Gift Bag includes:

Orders must be placed by September
15, 2019 and can be picked up at 2 mini challahs, mini loaf cake, apple,
Kesser Maariv on September 22, 2019 honey, popcorn, Craisins, Rabbi Twerski
book, and keepsake bowl.
between 8:30-11:00 a.m. We will
deliver locally for $5 per bag.
Questions, call 847-400-4341.

Detach and return bottom portion along with your payment.

GIFT BAG ORDER FORM

Name: ______________________________________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________ Phone: ____________________________

Number of Bags: ____________

☐ Cash or ☐ Check in the amount of $________________is enclosed.

Make checks payable to: KESSER MAARIV

Please return this form to:

Congregation B.H.H. Kesser Maariv A.L., 4341 W. Golf Road, Skokie, IL 60076