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KESSER MAARIV ANSHE LUKNIK NEWSLETTER
AV / ELUL 5776 / TISHREI 5777
AUGUST / SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2016
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HIGH HOLIDAYS 5777
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condolence or mazal tov. To join the standings, please
We invite you to join us for the High Holidays. We
contact the office at (847) 679-9800 or
recite Selichot on Saturday evening September 24th at
bhhkmal@yahoo.com. Renewing or joining now will
11:00 pm preceded by refreshments and a shiur at 10:00
keep you on the list through 2017.
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Also, cards are available for purchase from the
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office for $1.50 each or 13 cards for $18. If you would
about membership and seats for the High Holidays.
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ORDER YOUR LULAV AND ETROG NOW!!
office at (847) 679-9800.
The shul will once again sell top quality Lulav sets from
Rabbi Meyer Juzint Books
Israel. To order your set please contact the office by
Nechamas Meyer - Mussar on Parsha, Breishis and
Thursday October 6th . For additional information, or for
Shemos is in press right now. We hope it will be
upgraded sets, please call Ben Zion Lazovsky at (847)
available for purchase by the end of Simchat Torah, the
679-9800. Sets will be available for pick-up after Yom
last week of October, in time for Parshas Breishis. The
Kippur. Order Form is later in this newsletter.
Chain of Miracles, an amazing Holocaust memoir
New Year Greetings
written by a teacher of Rabbi Louis Lazovsky and a
Be part of the Kesser Maariv Family's New Year greeting
friend of Kesser Maariv is available for purchase from the
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poster in the Shul's front lobby. It's a great way to extend
Send-A-Kid-To-Israel Partnership (S.K.I.P.)
your good wishes! Call Sheryl Greenstein at (847) 967Kesser Maariv is proud to be a participating
7408 or email oogiah@aol.com by Sunday, September
Congregation in S.K.I.P. The program allows parents to
25th to have your name included.
contribute money annually in partnership with the
Shabbat Shuva Shiur
synagogue and the Jewish Federation for an Israel trip for
th
On Shabbat October 8 Rabbi Louis Lazovsky will
their children. Children in grades 3-6 can be registered
deliver his annual special Shabbat Shuva shiur in lieu of
for SKIP. For details please contact Ben Zion Lazovsky
the Shabbat afternoon class at 4:20 pm.
at (847) 679-9800.
Pushkas
Hakafot on Simchat Torah
And Repentance, Prayer and Charity remove the
Hakafot will be held on Monday evening and Tuesday
unfavorable judgement.
Kesser Maariv Pushkas
morning, October 5th and 6th.
(Tzedaka Boxes) Are Available. Call the Office to pick
Yizkor
one up.
Parsha Podcasts
We recite Yizkor on Yom Kippur, Wednesday, October
Rabbi Louis Lazovsky's morning Vorts on the Parsha are
12th at about 11:30 am, and on Shmini Atzeret, Monday
available as podcasts online at KMvort.podomatic.com (a
October 24th at about 10:30 am.
link is on our homepage, www.KesserMaariv.org). On
For information about ordering Yahrzeit plaques, please
the Podomatic page you can subscribe via iTunes. Aliza
call the office at (847) 679-9800.
Bulows speech (see below) and other special shiurim are
Simchat Torah Luncheon
also available there.
We will again have a luncheon following davening on
Gemara Brachos Shiur
Simchat Torah, Tuesday October 25. Thanks to a
Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky's Gemara Brachos Shiur (open
generous sponsor there is no charge, but reservations are
to all) is studying the third chapter. The class meets
required, email the office bhhkmal@yahoo.com.
Wednesdays before Mincha, and soon will be meeting
Misheberach List
immediately following Maariv.
If you have names for a misheberach, please send them to
Many of these shiurim along with other hundreds of
the shul office or e-mail to bhhkmal@yahoo.com. With
shiurim, including Rabbi Moshe Soloveichiks parsha
Rosh Hashana approaching, we will make a new list.
and other shiurim, are available from our Tape Library
Please resubmit any names you may have previously
some on audio tape, and some digitally
submitted to ensure they will be included.
Weekday Minyanim
Happy Day Cards & Standings
Please join us for daily minyanim. Shacharit is at 6:00
It is time to renew or become join the Kesser Maariv
am Monday through Friday, and 8:00 am on Sunday.

Mincha-Maariv on Sunday through Thursday is 10

minutes before sunset. After Yom Kippur we will switch
to weekday Maariv only at 7:00 pm (winter schedule).
E-mail List
If you would like to be added to our email list, please
send an email to bhhkmal@yahoo.com.
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! Please contact Judy Whisler at
(847) 677-2281 or j5awhisler@aol.com
Past Events
Skokie First Responders Kiddush - Members of the
Fire and Police Departments joined us on Shabbat August
13 at a Kiddush honoring our First Responders. About
15 firefighters, police officers and detectives joined us.
Thank you to all our sponsors.
Adele Goldblum Women's Council Upcoming Events
Dont fret on what to get! To enhance your holiday the
AGWC is excited to offer a lovely gift bag for Rosh
Hashana. Buy for yourself, friends and family. For
more information call 847-400-4341 or email
dogisraelpurple@yahoo.com and put Rosh Hashana
Bag in the subject line.
We hope to have a Shabbat Luncheon with the Libenu
women on Shabbat, September 17th. Stay tuned for this,

Congregation B.H.H. Kesser Maariv A.L.

4341 W. Golf
Skokie, IL 60076
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(847) 679-9800
fax (847) 679-5041 KMvort.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 Womens Council
Committee Contact Information:

Happy Day Cards

Saretta Lazovsky

(847) 676-0556 or lazovsky@juno.com

Chesed Fund Anne Elovic (847) 673-2904

Donate Books & Siddurim Office
(847) 679-9800 or 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

and other AGWC events, via email. Please send your

email addresses to Saretta at lazovsky@juno.com.
Past Events
Thank you to everyone who sponsored plants for the
Shavuot Plant Sale, which were delivered to residents of
the Robineau, Lieberman Geriatric Center and the ARK
to brighten up their Shavuot. Thank you to Brenda Kahn
& Natalie Meerovich for chairing and delivering the
plants.....Thanks to all who participated in our Women's
Seudot Shlisheet. Thanks to Shana Greenstein Lipsky
for speaking on The Torahs View of Work and
Retirement, and to Rebbetzin Saretta for presenting on
the book The Secret Life of Gershon Burd. ... Thanks
to Larry & Judy Weinger, Eleanor Greenspan and Larry
Rosen for serving at Caf ARK and to Cookie Goldrich
for the arrangements... The Womens Bonfire at Emily
Oaks, with singer Miriam Suffrin, was a beautiful event
on a lovely July evening. Thanks to Sandy Miretzky for
all her work to make the evening a success .... The
Wendy J. Hartz Memorial Lecture featured
international lecturer Aliza Bulow who spoke on
Strengthening Relationships with G-d, Self, Family and
Community. It is available on our Podomatic and
Facebook pages. Thanks to Sandy Miretzky & all who
volunteered and worked hard.
Thanks to our Recent Kiddush Sponsors: Sheryl
Greenstein; Brenda Kahn; the Lazovsky Family; Robert
& Eileen Wishner; Yoni and Aliza Blumofe; anonymous
sponsors.
Thanks to our Recent Seudat Shlisheet Sponsors: Gilda
Allswang; Sandy & Marty Miretzky; Beth Gottesman;
Dinah Rubinoff; Cookie Goldrich; Sharon Friedman;
Ellen & Arkady Kats; the Lazovsky family; and
anonymous sponsors
GOOD & WELFARE
Mazal Tov to: Rabbi Ben Zion & Channah Lazovsky on
the birth of their daughter Chemda Bracha, and to
grandparents Rabbi Louis & Saretta Lazovsky and Lisa
Solomon, and great-grandmother Gilda Allswang; Dr. Ed
Kaplan on the marriage of his daughter Michelle to Jake
Friedman; Evelyne Sternfeld on the birth of great
grandsons Meir in Lakewood and Yisroel Yehuda in
Israel; Cookie Goldrich on the Bat Mitzvah of her greatgranddaughter and on the birth of a great-grandson,
Dovid, in NY; Gilda Allswang on the birth of a greatgranddaughter in Israel; Steve and Sue Goldrich on the
engagement of their son Judd to Tiffany Clotfelter, and to
grandparents Jean Goldrich and Cookie Goldrich.
To Rabbi Louis & Saretta Lazovsky on their 32 years of
service to Kesser Maariv.
Celebrate your simcha on the Etty Rubinow Tree of Life!
Leaves are $100, Acorns are $500 and Foundation
Stones are $1,000. Call Ben Zion at (847) 679-9800 to
order, or print the order form off of our website.
Refua Shleima to: Joel Ushkow, Adeline Katz, Joe Fagan.
Condolences to: Dr. Joel & Sally Feder on the passing of
his father, Dr. Harold Feder.
Good Luck to: Pauline Richter on her Aliya to Israel.

Good Luck to: Sara Gaynes on moving to her new home.

Do you have a new neighbor who might enjoy
davening at Kesser Maariv? Please call the office so we
can welcome them.
DVAR TORAH
Rosh Chodesh Elul - September 3-4 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 September 24. We recite special
penitentary prayers in the days leading up to Rosh
Hashana through Yom Kippur, highlighted by the
recitation of the 13 Attributes, imploring G-d to forgive
us in the merit of the covenant He made with our
Forefathers.
Rosh Hashana - October 2-4. On Sunday evening
October 2nd we begin the Jewish New Year of 5777. 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 (this year on the first day
of Rosh Hashana), 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.

Tzom Gedaliah - Wednesday, October 5. The

fast day of Tzom Gedaliah is usually on the day after
Rosh Hashana and 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 5:30 am and ends at
6:55 pm.
Yom Kippur - October 11-12. 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 Tuesday evening, October 11, 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 Sunday evening, October 16, and
continues through October 23. 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.

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When eating in the Sukkah, 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 October 23-25 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
A Little Bit About Kesser Maariv
Welcome to Kesser Maariv. Our full name is Beth
Hamedrosh Hagodol Kesser Maariv Anshe Luknik. We
have a long name reflective of our long history. Our first
minyan took place in Chicago in 1865, and Beth Hamedrosh
Hagodol officially opened in 1867 in downtown Chicago.
Eventually the Shul moved to the West Side, and we have
several congregants who celebrated their Bar Mitzvah at
that site. After several mergers, in the 1950s BHH moved
to East Rogers Park when it merged with Kesser Maariv.
Due to shifting demographics, Kesser Maariv sold their
building in East Rogers Park in 1989, determined to
continue in a new neighborhood. In the following years,
High Holiday services were held in West Rogers Park.
In 1993, we held High Holiday services in Skokie, and we
were able to purchase our current property in Skokie.
Regular minyanim began in an existing farmhouse on
December 31, 1993. In autumn 1999 the first phase of our
building was completed, consisting of the Social Hall and
kitchens. The second phase of the Main Sanctuary and Bais
Midrash were completed in 2004.
Leadership
Rabbi Louis Lazovsky has been Rabbi of Kesser Maariv
since 1984, when he succeeded Rabbi Zev Wein, who
retired. Rabbi Lazovsky has served the Jewish community
in many capacities for over 40 years, including leading
educational programs and organizations to benefit
immigrants and the underprivileged.
In January 2011 the Board of Directors appointed Rabbi
Ben Zion Lazovsky to serve as Associate Rabbi in addition
to serving as Executive Director.

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, 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.

Our Davening
For the High Holidays, we use the ArtScroll Machzor.
Thanks to the generosity of Bob & Sheryl Greenstein, we
have many Machzorim available for use.
We have a live auction of aliyas on Rosh Hashana, Yom
Kippur and Simchas Torah. This practice is mentioned in
the Shulchan Aruch, the Code of Jewish Law. The auction
is conducted immediately prior to taking out the Torah.
Yizkor Appeal
There is an ancient custom, mentioned in the Talmud, that
even those who have passed away need atonement. How
can those souls, who are no longer on this earth, achieve
atonement? The Talmud says that charity should be given
on their behalf. Accordingly, Kesser Maariv has a live
Yizkor Appeal. If you would like to have your pledge
announced at the beginning of the appeal, please contact
Rabbi Ben Zion before Yom Tov and make your pledge
before Yom Tov. For those who would like to make a
private pledge, see Rabbis Ben Zion or Eli to make a matan
bseser.

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.

Lulav order form is on the reverse side.

Brief Laws of the Month of Tishrei

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, In the morning we read in the Torah about Gd 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 7:10 pm, which is the
earliest time to prepare and warm food for that night's
meal. We do recite Shehicyanu 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 Yiztchak (Akeidah). After
Rosh Hashana we make Havdala, just with wine and the
final Havdala Bracha.
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 the pieces.
Sukkot has two special mitzvot associated with it
- the Four species (Lulav, Etrog, Hadas, Arava) and
eating in the Sukkah (see reasons above in the Dvar
Torah). 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 exepmt 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 Brach Leishev Basukkah.
The second night we may not light candles or
prepare for that night's meal before 6:47 pm. We make
Kiddush, then shehechiyanu, then Leisheiv Basukah
(different than last night) and have a Yom Tov meal.
After Yom Tov on Tuesday night we make Havdala, just
with wine and the final Havdala Bracha.
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-drawgin 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 Hashoeivas 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 23 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 joyfullly
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. After Maariv
we make Havdala, just with wine and the final Havdala
Bracha.

SHABBAT & HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

Please Note: Through the end of August we will be welcoming Shabbat early and will begin davening Mincha on Friday
nights at 7:00 pm. remember to: light candles early and repeat Kriat Sh'ma of Maariv after nightfall.
Parsha

Date

Candle Lighting

Erev Mincha

Shacharit

Shiur

Mincha

Vaetchanan - Nachamu

8/19-8/20

7:25 pm

7:00 pm

8:45 am

6:15 pm

7:15 pm

Eikev

8/26-8/27

7:14 pm

7:00 pm

8:45 am

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

Reeh

9/2-9/3

7:02 pm

7:00 pm

8:45 am

5:50 pm

6:50 pm

Shoftim

9/9-9/10

6:50 pm

6:55 pm

8:45 am

5:40 pm

6:40 pm

Ki Teitzei

9/16-9/17

6:38 pm

6:40 pm

8:45 am

5:25 pm

6:25 pm

Ki Tavo

9/23-9/24

6:26 pm

6:30 pm

8:45 am

5:15 pm

6:15 pm

Nitzavim

9/30-10/1

6:11 pm

6:15 pm

8:45 am

5:00 pm

6:00 pm

Rosh Hashana 1

10/2-10/3

6:10 pm

6:15 pm

8:30am

TBA

6:10 pm

Rosh Hashana 2

10/3-10/4

7:10 pm

6:10 pm

8:30 am

TBA

6:10 pm

Vayelech-Shuva

10/7-10/8

6:01 pm

6:05 pm

8:45 am

Drasha 4:20

5:50 pm

Yom Kippur

10/11-10/12

5:55 pm

Mincha 2:30

8:00 am*

Mincha 4:30 pm

Kol Nidrei5:55

Haazinu

10/14-10/15

5:50 pm

5:55 pm

8:45 am

4:40 pm

5:40 pm

Sukkot Day 1

10/16-10/17

5:47 pm

5:50 pm

8:45 am

5:15 pm

5:45 pm

Sukkot Day 2

10/17-10/18

6:47 pm

5:45 pm

8:45 am

5:15 pm

5:45 pm

Shabbat Chol

10/21-10/22

5:39 pm

5:45 pm

8:45 am

5:15 pm

5:45 pm

Shmini Atzeret

10/23-10/24

5:36 pm

5:40 pm

8:45 am*

TBA

5:40 pm

Simchat Torah

10/24-10/25

6:37 pm

5:40 pm

8:45 am

TBA

5:40 pm

Breishit

10/28-10/29

5:29 pm

5:35 pm

8:45 am

4:20 pm

5:20 pm

Noach

11/4-11/5

5:21 pm

5:25 pm

8:45 am

4:10 pm

5:10 pm

Lech Lecha

11/11-11/12

4:13 pm

4:15 pm

8:45 am

3:00 pm

4:00 pm

Vayeira

11/18-11/19

4:07 pm

4:10 pm

8:45 am

2:55 pm

3:55 pm

*Yizkor is Recited
If you have a chiyuv (to daven or for an aliya), please inform Rabbi Lazovsky in person or at (847) 676-0556 before Shabbat.

To sponsor a kiddush or shalashudos, please call Judy Whisler at (847) 677-2281 or j5awhisler@aol.com.
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
Minyan Times
Classes
Minyanim meet in the Kaufman Bais Midrash
Sunday Morning at 9:15 am: Parsha Class
Shacharit
Given by Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik
Sunday: 8:00 am
Wednesday evenings before Mincha - Gemara Brachos
Monday-Friday: 6:00 am Earlier for Selichot
Given by Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky
Shabbat Afternoon 1 hour before Mincha: Pirkei Avot
Mincha-Maariv
Given by Rabbi Louis Lazovsky
Sunday-Thursday: 10 minutes before sundown

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August 4, 2016
Dear Members and Friends:
We hope this letter finds you well, and safely enjoying the summer. We are proud of 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 - 5777. We are confident that the upcoming
holiday services will be truly moving and meaningful.
Selichot services will be held on Saturday night, September 24, 2016, 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 & Ticket Rates

Family (2 tickets)

Single (1 ticket(

Additional Seat

Dependent Child

Membership

$1,000

$525

$200

$75

First Time Good Neighbor Tickets

$475

$265

$200

$75

Tickets Only, no membership

$525

Friend of Kesser Maariv (no tickets or membership)

$200
$200

The membership rates have not increased in the past ten 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 Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky at (847) 679-9800 or Judy Whisler at (847) 677-2281.
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

LouisAryehLazovsky

Ben Zion Lazovsky

Steven Goldrich, President

Rabbi Louis Aryeh Lazovsky

Rabbi Ben Zion Lazovsky

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Number of Men's Seats: _________________

Number of Women's Seats: __________________________

Number of Boys Seats: __________________

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