Shabbat Speakers and Shiurim
January 1 - 8, 2016 21 -27 Tevet 5776 Shabbat Shemot Shabbat Tefilla Times The KMS office will be closed on Friday, January 1. Shabbat Candle Lighting 4:38 pm (Plag 3:57 pm) Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 4:40 pm (Sanctuary) 4:40 pm Youth-Led Ruach Minyan (Beit Midrash)
Shacharit 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 8:45 am, 9:15 am Shabbat Mincha 4:30 pm (Sanctuary)
Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 5:41 pm Candle Lighting Next Shabbat: 4:45 pm (Plag 4:03 pm)
Shabbat Speakers and Shiurim Hashkama: Mordecai Bienstock 8:00 am: Leora Morgenstern 8:45 am: Saadya Levitt
Mechy Frankel's Gemara Shiur: 9:00 am Review of this week's Daf Yomi: 10:30 am
David Eisenman's Gemara Shiur: 4:50 pm Between Mincha/Maariv Rabbi Weinberg
Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Judy and Eliot Cohen on the birth of a grandson to Miki and Ari Moskowitz of Aspen Hill. Mazal tov also to siblings, Raya and Lenny, and to great-grandparents, Shoshana and Jerry Rosenberg who are visiting this Shabbat Mazal Tov to Maris and Kevin Liss on the engagement of their son Jeremy to Neeti Deoras, daughter of Savita and Mukul Deoras of New York City. Mazal tov to Debby and Avi Levitt on the occasion of Saadya’s becoming a Bar Mitzva. Mazal tov to siblings Sammy, Nesya, and Yamin; to grandparents Libby and Larry Levitt, Joan Aharon, and Gamliel Aharon; and to all the relatives and friends from near and parts elsewhere who have joined with Saadya for the occasion.
Hakarat Hatov Thank you to everybody who came to KMS on December 25 with donations of bras and feminine hygiene products for "Support the Girls" and to make toiletry packets and cards with messages of hope. It was an amazing event--we more than 225 toiletry packets! KMS has now concluded our collection effort with the "Support the Girls" initiative. If you would still like to contribute, please contact [email protected]. .
Weekday Tefilla Times January 1 - 8 Halachic times for this week Earliest tallit and tefillin: 6:30 am Latest Kriat Shema: 9:50 am Earliest Mincha: 12:39 pm A full listing of zmanim is available at kmsynagogue.org Sunday Shacharit: 8:00 am (Sanctuary)9:00 am (YouthLed Sanctuary) Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Monday Shacharit: 6:45 am Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Tuesday Shacharit: 7:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Thursday Shacharit: 6:45 am, Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Wednesday Shacharit: 7:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Friday Shacharit: 7:00 am
Educational Programming January 3 - 8 Please click here for a complete schedule of continuing programs and special educational events happening throughout this year. Five minutes of study per day: listen to Rabbi Weinberg's daily Divrei Mitzva and Divrei Halacha from the daily minyanim. Go to http://www.spreaker.com/show/kms-daily-divreihalacha-and-mitzva and http://www.spreaker.com/show/daily-divrei-halacha to listen in. Want to subscribe? Android owners can download the spreaker app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spreaker.android) and then subscribe to this and other podcasts. iPhone owners can go to the iTunes store and search for "KMS divrei" and find the two podcasts for subscription.
Sunday 7:30 pm: Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman's weekly class explores a theme associated with the coming week's parshah, at KMS 8:30 pm: Nechama Porat, "Building a G-D fearing, moral society," based on the text of Baba Batra, Chapter 1, at KMS
Monday 8:00 pm: Dina Haramati, Stories of Agnon, at the Haramati home Tuesday 8:00 pm: Rabbi Amnon Haramati, Torah and Commentaries, Ancient and Modern, at KMS
Wednesday 8:00 pm: Rabbi Amnon Haramati, Prophets and Biblical Poetics, taught in Hebrew, at KMS (Classroom C) 8:00 pm Rabbi Weinberg, Halacha in-Depth, at KMS (Classroom F) Thursday 1:00 pm: Erica Brown, Women’s Shiur on Sefer Devarim, at the Soltz home
Kiddush ~Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is provided by KMS. ~8:00 am Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Judy and Elliott Cohen in honor of the birth of a grandson to Miki and Ari Moskowitz. ~8:45 am Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Saadya’s grandparents Libby and Larry Levitt in honor of his becoming a Bar Mitzva. ~Youth Minyan Kiddush is provided by KMS.
Kiddush Duty
Security Duty
This Week: Schreiber Next Shabbat: Kotz/Tabin
This Week: Plotinsky Next Shabbat: Schreiber
.
Current Events January 8-9, 2016: Youth Scholar-in-Residence weekend. We are excited to welcome Rav Binny Freedman of Yeshivat Orayta, who will join us for our next Elana Reitberger Memorial Youth Scholar-in Residence Shabbat. Events will include Friday night dinner and shiur for everyone of youth minyan age (6th-12th grade), an oneg for high schoolers following the dinner, shiur at youth minyan, and seudah shlishit. There is no charge for the dinner, but we are asking everyone to sign up by contacting Ariella Wolf, at [email protected].
Save the Date January 9, 6:30 pm: Parent-Child Learning, led by Menachem Porat, the Torah Mitzion Kollel, and the Bnot Sherut. January 15 - 16: Rabbi Hayyim Angel will be Scholar in Residence. Rabbi Hayyim Angel is the National Scholar of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org) and a professor at YU. Generously sponsored by Michelle and Jonathan Schneck. January 22: Yoetzet Halacha Bracha Rutner will join us for Shabbat. She will give a talk for women only on Friday night at 8:30 pm at the home of Shanna Winters, 714 Hermleigh Road. Her topic will be “Intimacy in Marriage; Part 2 -Questions from the community”. She will be joined by by Esti Taragin, a physical therapist specializing in women's health. If you have a question for Bracha related to intimacy in marriage please email her at [email protected]. All questions will remain anonymous January 30: JDS is celebrating its 50th anniversary in all the greater Washington communities. The celebration weekend at KMS will be Shabbat Yitro with a community dinner Friday night and a celebratory Kiddush on Shabbat morning. Head of School Rabbi Malkus will be joining us for the weekend too! To sponsor the Shabbat Kiddush, please email Peninah Gershman at [email protected] Details regarding the Friday night dinner and opportunities to become involved will follow soon. For more information contact Karen Wasserstein at [email protected].
Helping Those Affected by Recent Acts of Terror in Israel We all feel the pain of all of those affected by recent terror attacks around the world. Our thoughts and prayers are certainly with them during this difficult time. Click here to see ways to help or contact the office.
KMS in the News The New York Jewish Week Recently published and article about our "quick turn-around" tzedakah campaign to provide R&R for Israel's Border Patrol. Working together, the three congregations (KMS, Temple Sholom of West Essex in Cedar Grove, NJ and the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton, NY) raised just over $16,000 to meet the current needs of the Border Patrol who are on the front-lines protecting Israel's residents. You can see the article here.
Youth News Youth Minyan Kiddush: If you are interested in sponsoring a Youth Minyan Kiddush please contact Max Elikan at [email protected], or click here to sign up on the KMS website. Cholent option available. KMS Is Seeking a Youth Director: As our youth population continues to expand, KMS is seeking a dynamic and creative individual to serve on our staff as a part-time Youth Director. The Youth Director will be responsible for developing, planning, and managing our youth programming, including supervising the Youth Minyan; Shabbat and Yom Tov children’s groups, including training and supervision of group leaders; oversight of Bnei Akiva activities; and coordinating special educational, chesed, and social programs throughout the year. Hours will vary from month to month, and salary will be commensurate with experience. Please submit a cover letter and resume [email protected], or contact Gary Winters, KMS Youth VP, at (202) 4914181for further information.
Opportunities to Get Involved and Help The KMS Tzedaka Fund helps people in need in the greater Kemp Mill Community.Donations to the Tzedaka Fund would help us meet these requests. Please give generously to the KMS Tzedaka Fund by sending your tax-deductible donation to the KMS office. Checks should be made payable to the KMS Tzedaka Fund. If you are in need of financial assistance, please contact Karen and Jeff Wasserstein([email protected], [email protected]) Yad Yehuda (formerly Yehuda Mond Foundation) provides assistance to more than 200 individuals in the region through a Tomchei Shabbos program and assists several dozen more families through the Capital Kosher Pantry. Go tohttp://www.tomcheishabbosgw.org and http://www.capitalkosherpantry.org for more information. If you need assistance or know someone who could use Tomchei Shabbos, please call Rabbi Moshe Arzouan at 301-905-2937. For the Food Gemach, please call Shani Leiman at 240-274-7652.
The Chesed Committee provides support for members in need (health, family problems,
disabilities that prevent people from attending shul, etc.). If you or anyone you know might be in need of help, or would like to volunteer to assist others, please contact the Beth Lichy, the Chesed coordinator for January, at 301-326-4715 or [email protected].
Refua Shleima Nechama Yenta bat Raizal, Yehoshua Dan ben Naomi, Binyamin ben Sara, Bayla Tova bat Rivka, Rachel Blimah bat Freydel, Levi Yitzchock ben Rachel HaCohen, Baruch Yosef ben Riffel, Menucha bat Aharon, Chaim ben Rachel, Tova Necha bas Rifka Sipa, Yehoshua Gavriel ben Bracha, Mordechai Ozer Yoseph ben Chaia Rochel, Sarah bat Chana, Chana Kayla bas Shoshana Ruchel, Adina bat Sarah, Tzvia Hinda bat Chaya Gittel, Aliza Henya bat Rivkah. Please keep these names in mind during recitation of the misheberach for cholim. Please email the office at [email protected] if you would like to add names to this list.
Community Connection The KMS Community Connection is online! Visit www.kmsynagogue.org/community to keep up with events and community programs. To submit a Community Connection item, please visit: http://www.kmsynagogue.org/submit-a-community-connection.html
Shacharit 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 8:45 am, 9:15 am Shabbat Mincha 4:30 pm (Sanctuary)
Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 5:41 pm Candle Lighting Next Shabbat: 4:45 pm (Plag 4:03 pm)
Shabbat Speakers and Shiurim Hashkama: Mordecai Bienstock 8:00 am: Leora Morgenstern 8:45 am: Saadya Levitt
Mechy Frankel's Gemara Shiur: 9:00 am Review of this week's Daf Yomi: 10:30 am
David Eisenman's Gemara Shiur: 4:50 pm Between Mincha/Maariv Rabbi Weinberg
Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Judy and Eliot Cohen on the birth of a grandson to Miki and Ari Moskowitz of Aspen Hill. Mazal tov also to siblings, Raya and Lenny, and to great-grandparents, Shoshana and Jerry Rosenberg who are visiting this Shabbat Mazal Tov to Maris and Kevin Liss on the engagement of their son Jeremy to Neeti Deoras, daughter of Savita and Mukul Deoras of New York City. Mazal tov to Debby and Avi Levitt on the occasion of Saadya’s becoming a Bar Mitzva. Mazal tov to siblings Sammy, Nesya, and Yamin; to grandparents Libby and Larry Levitt, Joan Aharon, and Gamliel Aharon; and to all the relatives and friends from near and parts elsewhere who have joined with Saadya for the occasion.
Hakarat Hatov Thank you to everybody who came to KMS on December 25 with donations of bras and feminine hygiene products for "Support the Girls" and to make toiletry packets and cards with messages of hope. It was an amazing event--we more than 225 toiletry packets! KMS has now concluded our collection effort with the "Support the Girls" initiative. If you would still like to contribute, please contact [email protected]. .
Weekday Tefilla Times January 1 - 8 Halachic times for this week Earliest tallit and tefillin: 6:30 am Latest Kriat Shema: 9:50 am Earliest Mincha: 12:39 pm A full listing of zmanim is available at kmsynagogue.org Sunday Shacharit: 8:00 am (Sanctuary)9:00 am (YouthLed Sanctuary) Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Monday Shacharit: 6:45 am Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Tuesday Shacharit: 7:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Thursday Shacharit: 6:45 am, Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Wednesday Shacharit: 7:00 am Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Maariv: 9:00 pm
Friday Shacharit: 7:00 am
Educational Programming January 3 - 8 Please click here for a complete schedule of continuing programs and special educational events happening throughout this year. Five minutes of study per day: listen to Rabbi Weinberg's daily Divrei Mitzva and Divrei Halacha from the daily minyanim. Go to http://www.spreaker.com/show/kms-daily-divreihalacha-and-mitzva and http://www.spreaker.com/show/daily-divrei-halacha to listen in. Want to subscribe? Android owners can download the spreaker app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spreaker.android) and then subscribe to this and other podcasts. iPhone owners can go to the iTunes store and search for "KMS divrei" and find the two podcasts for subscription.
Sunday 7:30 pm: Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman's weekly class explores a theme associated with the coming week's parshah, at KMS 8:30 pm: Nechama Porat, "Building a G-D fearing, moral society," based on the text of Baba Batra, Chapter 1, at KMS
Monday 8:00 pm: Dina Haramati, Stories of Agnon, at the Haramati home Tuesday 8:00 pm: Rabbi Amnon Haramati, Torah and Commentaries, Ancient and Modern, at KMS
Wednesday 8:00 pm: Rabbi Amnon Haramati, Prophets and Biblical Poetics, taught in Hebrew, at KMS (Classroom C) 8:00 pm Rabbi Weinberg, Halacha in-Depth, at KMS (Classroom F) Thursday 1:00 pm: Erica Brown, Women’s Shiur on Sefer Devarim, at the Soltz home
Kiddush ~Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is provided by KMS. ~8:00 am Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Judy and Elliott Cohen in honor of the birth of a grandson to Miki and Ari Moskowitz. ~8:45 am Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Saadya’s grandparents Libby and Larry Levitt in honor of his becoming a Bar Mitzva. ~Youth Minyan Kiddush is provided by KMS.
Kiddush Duty
Security Duty
This Week: Schreiber Next Shabbat: Kotz/Tabin
This Week: Plotinsky Next Shabbat: Schreiber
.
Current Events January 8-9, 2016: Youth Scholar-in-Residence weekend. We are excited to welcome Rav Binny Freedman of Yeshivat Orayta, who will join us for our next Elana Reitberger Memorial Youth Scholar-in Residence Shabbat. Events will include Friday night dinner and shiur for everyone of youth minyan age (6th-12th grade), an oneg for high schoolers following the dinner, shiur at youth minyan, and seudah shlishit. There is no charge for the dinner, but we are asking everyone to sign up by contacting Ariella Wolf, at [email protected].
Save the Date January 9, 6:30 pm: Parent-Child Learning, led by Menachem Porat, the Torah Mitzion Kollel, and the Bnot Sherut. January 15 - 16: Rabbi Hayyim Angel will be Scholar in Residence. Rabbi Hayyim Angel is the National Scholar of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org) and a professor at YU. Generously sponsored by Michelle and Jonathan Schneck. January 22: Yoetzet Halacha Bracha Rutner will join us for Shabbat. She will give a talk for women only on Friday night at 8:30 pm at the home of Shanna Winters, 714 Hermleigh Road. Her topic will be “Intimacy in Marriage; Part 2 -Questions from the community”. She will be joined by by Esti Taragin, a physical therapist specializing in women's health. If you have a question for Bracha related to intimacy in marriage please email her at [email protected]. All questions will remain anonymous January 30: JDS is celebrating its 50th anniversary in all the greater Washington communities. The celebration weekend at KMS will be Shabbat Yitro with a community dinner Friday night and a celebratory Kiddush on Shabbat morning. Head of School Rabbi Malkus will be joining us for the weekend too! To sponsor the Shabbat Kiddush, please email Peninah Gershman at [email protected] Details regarding the Friday night dinner and opportunities to become involved will follow soon. For more information contact Karen Wasserstein at [email protected].
Helping Those Affected by Recent Acts of Terror in Israel We all feel the pain of all of those affected by recent terror attacks around the world. Our thoughts and prayers are certainly with them during this difficult time. Click here to see ways to help or contact the office.
KMS in the News The New York Jewish Week Recently published and article about our "quick turn-around" tzedakah campaign to provide R&R for Israel's Border Patrol. Working together, the three congregations (KMS, Temple Sholom of West Essex in Cedar Grove, NJ and the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton, NY) raised just over $16,000 to meet the current needs of the Border Patrol who are on the front-lines protecting Israel's residents. You can see the article here.
Youth News Youth Minyan Kiddush: If you are interested in sponsoring a Youth Minyan Kiddush please contact Max Elikan at [email protected], or click here to sign up on the KMS website. Cholent option available. KMS Is Seeking a Youth Director: As our youth population continues to expand, KMS is seeking a dynamic and creative individual to serve on our staff as a part-time Youth Director. The Youth Director will be responsible for developing, planning, and managing our youth programming, including supervising the Youth Minyan; Shabbat and Yom Tov children’s groups, including training and supervision of group leaders; oversight of Bnei Akiva activities; and coordinating special educational, chesed, and social programs throughout the year. Hours will vary from month to month, and salary will be commensurate with experience. Please submit a cover letter and resume [email protected], or contact Gary Winters, KMS Youth VP, at (202) 4914181for further information.
Opportunities to Get Involved and Help The KMS Tzedaka Fund helps people in need in the greater Kemp Mill Community.Donations to the Tzedaka Fund would help us meet these requests. Please give generously to the KMS Tzedaka Fund by sending your tax-deductible donation to the KMS office. Checks should be made payable to the KMS Tzedaka Fund. If you are in need of financial assistance, please contact Karen and Jeff Wasserstein([email protected], [email protected]) Yad Yehuda (formerly Yehuda Mond Foundation) provides assistance to more than 200 individuals in the region through a Tomchei Shabbos program and assists several dozen more families through the Capital Kosher Pantry. Go tohttp://www.tomcheishabbosgw.org and http://www.capitalkosherpantry.org for more information. If you need assistance or know someone who could use Tomchei Shabbos, please call Rabbi Moshe Arzouan at 301-905-2937. For the Food Gemach, please call Shani Leiman at 240-274-7652.
The Chesed Committee provides support for members in need (health, family problems,
disabilities that prevent people from attending shul, etc.). If you or anyone you know might be in need of help, or would like to volunteer to assist others, please contact the Beth Lichy, the Chesed coordinator for January, at 301-326-4715 or [email protected].
Refua Shleima Nechama Yenta bat Raizal, Yehoshua Dan ben Naomi, Binyamin ben Sara, Bayla Tova bat Rivka, Rachel Blimah bat Freydel, Levi Yitzchock ben Rachel HaCohen, Baruch Yosef ben Riffel, Menucha bat Aharon, Chaim ben Rachel, Tova Necha bas Rifka Sipa, Yehoshua Gavriel ben Bracha, Mordechai Ozer Yoseph ben Chaia Rochel, Sarah bat Chana, Chana Kayla bas Shoshana Ruchel, Adina bat Sarah, Tzvia Hinda bat Chaya Gittel, Aliza Henya bat Rivkah. Please keep these names in mind during recitation of the misheberach for cholim. Please email the office at [email protected] if you would like to add names to this list.
Community Connection The KMS Community Connection is online! Visit www.kmsynagogue.org/community to keep up with events and community programs. To submit a Community Connection item, please visit: http://www.kmsynagogue.org/submit-a-community-connection.html
