BAR/BAT MITZVAH If you are making a Bar or Bat Mitzvah at KJ between September 2017 and June 2017, please contact Riva Alper in the synagogue office at
[email protected] to reserve specific rooms for your services, celebratory meals/kiddushes, and other functions. We are booking synagogue programming, and do not want you to be closed-out from your preferred venues. REGISTER NOW FOR THE KJ YOUTH DEPARTMENT'S SUNDAY MORNING BASKETBALL LEAGUE, "KJBL" KJBL is an incredible value, offering 21 weeks of fun, instruction and exercise for boys & girls in grades 1-7 starting September 11! IF YOU REGISTER NOW, WE OFFER AN "EARLY BIRD" DISCOUNT OF JUST $500/CHILD. Families registering multiple children receive even MORE discounts.
Contact Youth Director Aryana Ritholtz at
[email protected] or 917-658-5402 with questions or to register
Crash Course in Hebrew Reading with Sara Rosen
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 p.m. at 114 East 85 Street (Intermediate and Advanced Classes will resume in September) RSVP to
[email protected] SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS August 19 – 20, ט״ז אב תשע״ו פרשת ואתחנן \ שבת נחמו Shabbat Morning Class at 8:30 a.m. with Rabbi Elie Weinstock
“Shidduch Related Responsa” Sermon by Rabbi Elie Weinstock “What's Wrong with Too Much? SHABBAT AFTERNOON IN THE FALK AUDITORIUM
6:20 Pre – Mincha Shiur with Rabbi Hayyim Angel “Who Wrote Isaiah Chapters 40-66? ‘Isaiah II’ and Orthodoxy”
Mincha Services
7:20 p.m.
Seudah Shlishit with Rabbi Daniel Kraus Tisha B'Av to Tu B'Av: Restoring the Light to the Darkness.
Shabbat Concludes
8:24 p.m.
High Holiday Beginners Service At the Ramaz Middle School, 114 East 85 Street Led by George Rohr, Rabbi Daniel and Rachel Kraus, & Cantor Ruby Davis Questions and answers! Over 100 shofar blasts! No knowledge of Hebrew necessary! Traditional prayers and modern message! Kiddush following services!
Rosh Hashanah: October 3rd and 4th at 8:00 a.m. Kol Nidre: October 11th at 5:50 p.m. Yom Kippur: October 12th at 9:00 a.m. $60 per person Sign up online at https://www.ckj.org/kjbseats
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun 125 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028
(212) 774-5600 www.ckj.org
Shabbat Torah Reading Parshat Devarim: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11, pp. 958-978 Haftarah Reading: Isaiah 40:1-26, pp. 1196-1197 Today’s Daf Yomi is Bava Kamma 81 Shabbat Morning 9:00 a.m. Main Service 9:00 a.m. Sephardic Minyan 9:30 a.m. Combined Learners and Intermediate Service
Falk Auditorium MS Beit Midrash MS Room 501/503
Congregational Kiddush in the Lindenbaum Gymnasium is co-sponsored by Gail Suchman and Dr. Jerald Zimmerman in honor of the aufruf of their son Michael in advance of his upcoming marriage to Jessica Anne Wilson, daughter of Jill Becker Wilson and Dr. Robert Wilson of St. Paul, Minnesota. Seudah Shlishit in the Lindenbaum Gymnasium is co-sponsored by Sandy and Dr. Robert April in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Sandy’s father, Marcus Klien and Bob’s mother, Isabel April; by Pamela and George Rohr in commemoration of the yahrzeit of George’s father, Sami Rohr; and by Florence and Robert Rothman in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Florence’s father, Stanley Adler. KJ warmly welcomes all newcomers, visitors, and guests joining us for Shabbat. If the Rabbis don’t get a chance to greet you, please introduce yourself. SCHEDULE OF WEEKDAY SERVICES - AUGUST 14 14--19
At KJ, 125 East 85 Street (*Sephardic Minyan) Sunday followed by Rabbi Weider’s Shiur 8:30 a.m. Monday and Thursday 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 7:30 a.m. Evenings 6:45 p.m. Friday, August 19 at 114 East 85 St. Candle lighting 7:29 p.m. Main Service 6:45 p.m.
8:30* a.m. 6:50* a.m. 7:00* a.m.
Friday, August 26 at 114 East 85 St. Candle lighting 7:19 p.m. Main Service 6:45 p.m.
SHABBAT YOUTH GROUPS ARE IN THE RAMAZ MIDDLE SCHOOL 10:00 AM - YOUTH GROUPS Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten - Room 301 First Grade and up - Room 303 Contact Aryana Ritholtz at
[email protected] for more information about the KJ Youth Department.
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CHILDREN WITH AUGUST BIRTHDAYS Children with August birthdays are encouraged to donate a gift to a child in need. Please bring new, unwrapped gifts to the KJ office, 125 East 85 Street, with your child's name, grade and address so that they receive an acknowledgment of their mitzvah. Jewish Youth Connection at KJ Our Sunday Hebrew school for children of unaffiliated Jewish families is interested in contacting your colleagues, neighbors and acquaintances who may be considering such a program. If you know someone who may be interested, or you have lists ofpotential students, please contact 212-774-5692.