KAJ NEWSLETTER A monthly publication of K’hal Adath Jeshurun

August 29, ‘18

תשע''ח אלול י"ח

Volume 49 Number 1

We extend best wishes for a כתיבה וחתימה טובה to all our members and friends

WELCOME BACK

The KAJ Newsletter welcomes back all its readers from what we hope was a pleasant and restful summer. At the same time, we wish a Tzeischem LeSholom to our members’ children who have left, or will soon be leaving, for a year of study, whether in Eretz Yisroel, America or elsewhere.

As we begin our 49th year of publication, we would like to remind you, our readership, that it is through your interest and participation that the Newsletter can reach its full potential as a vehicle for the communication of our Kehilla’s newsworthy events. Submissions, ideas and comments are most welcome, and will be reviewed. They can be emailed to newsletter@kajinc.org. Alternatively, letters and articles can be submitted to the Kehilla office.

MAREH MEKOMOS

בענין מעמיד דמעמיד בסוכה

ט דר' יהודה וכו'"מהסומך סוכתו וכו' וגמ' שם 'מתני ב"א ע"דף כסוכה ה הסומך סוכתו"ף ד"הרי יפדבדף י' מן "ר

וכולו' ד ואני אומר"בא ות שםובמלחמ שמעמידה ניפה מ"ב ד"ע א"כא דף טב"ירו

ה הא דתנן העושה סוכתו וכו'"ב ד"ט ע"א סוכה דף יריטב" א"ור הגראיט' וב ק"סאברהם שם גן ומח'. וז' ט סעיף "ח ס' תרכ"ע אושו"

ב' ק"ס ג"מח ס' ק"א אוחזו"

CHOSON BEREISHIS

The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Rabbi Yisroel Strauss will be our Choson Bereishis of Simchas Torah 5779. We wish Rabbi and Mrs. Strauss and their entire family heartiest Mazel Tov.

THREE WEEKS

The Kehilla, and Klal Yisroel, once again unfortunately experienced the days of 17 Tamuz through 9 Av (Nidche) as the Bein HaMetzorim, as opposed to the Moadim Tovim which we await.

The somber mood of the Three Weeks was perceptible in the davening, through the melodies of Birkas Yerusholayim, the ends of Brochos, HaShem Elokei Yisroel, Shomer Yisroel, Keil Erech Apayim and, on Shabbosos, in Lecho Dodi. Likewise, Rav Mantel devoted the daily Divrei Halocho following Shacharis to timely laws.

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On Monday, July 16 / 4 Av, Rav Mantel spoke on Inyanei Tisha B’Av. The Rav focused on one idea behind .מועד s being called a’תשעה באב

The following evening, Tuesday July 17 / 5 Av, the Kehilla showed this year’s installment of the Yizkereim video series. The videos, which present both documentary information and interviews with Holocaust survivors, seek to present a Torah-true perspective of the Churban HoAcharon, a part of the tragic Golus experience which must never be forgotten.

TISHA B’AV

Tisha B’Av was observed in somber fashion, in Moller Hall. Chazon Lasdun davened Maariv and Mr. Michael Gutmann led the Tzibbur in the reading of Megillas Eicho on Leil Tisha B’Av. Rav Mantel recited the special Kinno composed by Rav Schwab. Written at Rav Breuer’s request, this Kinno commemorates the Kedoshim of the Churban HoAcharon, the Holocaust, and has not only become a part of our Kehilla’s Tisha B’Av service, but that of many other communities as well.

Chazon Ezra Hes led the davening of Tisha B’Av morning, and Chazon Lasdun joined him in the saying of Kinnos. In the afternoon, our Kehilla hosted the local presentation of the annual Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation video. Our thanks go to Rabbi and Mrs. Raphael and Julia Weis for organizing this most appropriate event in our Kehilla, as well as to Rabbi Avrohom Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. Yosef and Sari Levi for arranging the showing of the CCHF’s children’s video presentation, earlier in the afternoon.

CHODESH ELUL

For Kehillla members, and all who daven in our Beis HaKnesses, the approach of the Yomim Noroim has been felt in increasingly perceptible ways, beginning from Shabbos Nachamu, with the insertion of the appropriate melodies at the end of the Friday night Kaddish, and the entire concluding Shabbos Musof Kaddish. Lefonnov Naavod was added as well on Friday nights during Elul. Likewise, for the morning Divrei Halocho, Rav Mantel has continued learning the Orchos Chaim from where he had left off last year. The Rav

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will IYH deliver his annual Yomim Noroim lecture to the Sisterhood on Wednesday evening, August 29/ 18 Elul. Thanks go to Mr. Ben Ettlinger, Rabbi Avrohom Hoffman, Mr. Jacob Lowenthal, Mr. Gavriel Strauss and Rabbi Yisroel Strauss who provide the Kehilla with a twice-daily “wake up call”, by their Shofar blowing.

DAF YOMI SIYUM MESECHES ZEVACHIM

The Kehilla’s Daf Yomi Chaburos celebrated their having completed Meseches Zevochim with a siyum which took place on Sunday morning, Rosh Chodesh Elul, August 12th. Rabbi Dr. Johny Hellmann was mesayeim. Rabbi Elchonon Stern addressed those present, and made note of the loss of Rabbi Yoseph Lasdun ז''ל, a long-time and integral member of the Chabura, a Talmid Chochom who was always willing and able to say the daf.

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“COOL THE SHUL” CAMPAIGN

Although our goal has not yet been reached, the response to the Kehilla’s Cool the Shul Campaign has been gratifying, as members and friends—both near and far—contributed generously. The old compressors on the roof were removed with a crane and the new units were lifted up onto the roof and installed.

Due to the lack of functioning air-conditioning, most Tefillos—both Shabbosos and weekdays—this summer were held in Moller Hall. If all goes according to plan, we look very forward to returning to our Beis Knesses in time for the Yomim Noroim.

RABBI KASRIEL KAUFMAN ז''ל

It was with feelings of great sadness and loss that the Kehilla and Yeshiva received the news of the petiro of Rabbi Kasriel B. Kaufman ז''ל, beloved and long-time Rebbi, teacher, and Assistant Principal of Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch.

Scarcely a Talmid or Talmida who went through our Yeshiva in a span of some sixty-three years, was not affected by Rabbi Kaufman, through his various roles of rebbi, teacher and assistant principal (as well as his tenure in Camp Ahavah) and, above all, someone to whom one could go with any problem, and be guaranteed a sympathetic, wise, and listening ear.

Rabbi Kaufman had the zechus to work closely with our previous Rabbonim—Rav Breuer, Rav Schwab and Rav Gelley—and was also a very close Talmid of the great Roshei Yeshiva Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky and Rav Gedalya Schorr. His quiet acts of Chessed and tremendous care helped and in some cases literally saved Talmidim.

יהי זכרו ברוך

SENIOR SOCIAL CLUB

Those arriving for the Senior Social Clubs’ supper and slides on Sunday evening, August 19th, found the rear half of Moller Hall beautifully set up in a summery palette of lavender tablecloths and pastels. Since the topic of the evening was Chazonus, it was not at all inappropriate that the front of Moller Hall was serving in its summer daily role as our Mokom Tefilla. In fact, hose who arrived early could daven Mincha-Maariv on site.

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Some fifty people enjoyed the fresh rye bread cold-cut sandwiches, coleslaw, and macaroni salad, as well as fresh cut fruit and cookies, all the while listening to a fascinating lecture by veteran Chazonus expert Mr. Charles Bernhaut. A technical glitch required Mr. Bernhaut to change his lecture topic from the life and works of Reb Yossele Rosenblatt to a general review of Chazonus. We were privy to the beautiful sound of various Chazonim through the ages, via the available recording.

Everyone left satiated and enchanted. As usual Mrs. Molly Resnick did a great job of producing a very enjoyable and harmonious evening.

NEWS FROM MORIAH SENIOR CENTER

It has been a very busy summer at Moriah Senior Center. Along with our regular exercise classes such as Pilates, fit ‘n fun and yoga, the Center offered two evidence-based fitness programs – programs that are clinically proven to have a positive impact on health. Walk with Ease was our summer walking program and Tai Chi for Arthritis brought several new members into our ranks.

Our annual Patriot’s Party was held in the end of June in deference to the three weeks. Patriotic spirit abounded as attendees arrived decked out in their red, white and blue finery. Live music by Cantor Eric S. Freeman had many commenting on how much they loved hearing such an extensive selection of “oldies”. Everyone in attendance received a timely bottle of sunscreen and patriotic themed candy.

Dr. Paul Breuer, everyone’s favorite eye doctor, held a three-part Senior Eye Health seminar in July. Topics included: “Your Eyes and the Miracle of Vision”, “The Most Common Eye Diseases” and “Save Your Precious Eyes – Sight-Preventive Eye Care”.

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Color coach Betsy Karp presented a seminar illustrating how color can shift your energy, your mood and lift your spirit within seconds. In this workshop attendees learned the properties of colors and how they relate to your emotions. Everyone walked away with a new understanding on how to incorporate color into their everyday lives.

Tucked inconspicuously along the outskirts of Van Cortlandt Park sits the Arthur Ross Citywide Nursery, an organic farm that is a model of sustainability. Not generally open to the public, the nursery supplies New York City parks with much of their living landscaping needs. The Director himself, Richard Cabo, gave Moriah seniors an exclusive tour and regaled them with fascinating feats of plant propagation and horticultural heroism. Citywide was also the home of the iconic “9/11 Survivor Tree”, as it was meticulously nursed back to health. The nursery now features three full-size clones, which were grown from six inch cuttings taken from the survivor tree prior to its return to Ground Zero and installation at the 9/11 Memorial. The seniors even came away with a suggested reading list – Jane Goodall’s Seeds of Hope, which examines the critical role that trees and plants play in our world and features Citywide in its pages as well.

Moriah’s 7th Annual Health Fair took place in July and featured several important diagnostics including glaucoma, depression and blood pressure screenings, as well as some lovely free gifts from thirteen different vendors.

Virtual tour guide Martin Schneit returned to the Center for another walk down memory lane. In his multimedia presentation, Marty highlighted New York during World War II to rave reviews. Everyone left on an emotional high, filled with nostalgia.

Enthusiastic praise followed our summertime Paint Party. Fine artist Nechama (Cohnen) Markowitz and Ahuva (Cohnen) Berkowitz, both alumnae of our Yeshiva, from Paint with Nechama, walked the seniors through step by step instructions for the creation of a complete painting of a cherry blossom tree. So much laughter and fun filled the hall as the seniors were amazed by their own talent. Everyone agreed that Moriah must hold another paint party in the future!

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SAVE THE DATE! Moriah will be offering free flu shots to seniors on Wednesday, October 17th. Advance registration is required and will begin on Thursday, October 4th. Please bring your Medicare and/or other insurance cards to the office, along with your doctor’s name and phone number.

SHIURIM NOTICES

Rav Mantel’s Tuesday evening Minchas Chinuch shiur takes place in the Sulzbach Shiur Room 45 minutes before the second Maariv.

Thursday Night Chumash Shiur

The following shiurim will take place in Shul following Maariv at times indicated:

Maariv Sept. 6 נצבים Rav Lipa Geldwerth 8:10 PM Sept. 13 וילך Rav Yaakov Perlow 8:00 PM Sisterhood Shabbos Shiur

The following shiurim take place in 90 Bennett Avenue, at 5:00 in September

Sept. 1 כי תבוא Dr. Paul Breuer Sept. 8 נצבים Mr. Michael Gutmann Sept. 15 וילך Mrs. Sara Wiederblank The following shiurim will take place in the Sonn Shiur Room on the lower level of the Shul building. Oct. 6 בראשית Mr. Albert Blank Oct. 13 נח Dr. Rivka Blau Oct. 20 לך לך Mrs. Esther Katz Oct. 27 וירא Miss Rivka Greenberg Fort Tryon Nursing Home Shiur

Sept. 1 6:25 כי תבוא Dr. Paul Breuer Sept. 8 6:15 נצבים Dr. Rivkah Blau Oct. 6* בראשית Mr. Albert Blank *Note: Mr. Blank will be speaking in the Nursing Home following the morning Minyan.

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Tuesday Morning NaCh Shiur

Rebbetzin Mantel’s Tuesday morning NaCh Shiur for ladies will resume after the Yomim Tovim. The shiur takes place in the Agudah Shul at 10:15 on Tuesday mornings.

Recordings of the shiurim given on Zemiros (and Selichos) by Miss Rochel Alpert during the summer, are available on the Kehilla’s website.

DAF YOMI SCHEDULE ELUL-TISHREI 5778-5779 SUZBACH SHIUR ROOM

DATE DAF YOMI SCHEDULE Notes Monday Aug 27 -Friday August 31 AM: After davening

PM: 7:40 pm after Mincha Mincha 7:25 pm Maariv 8:25 pm

Shabbos Sept 1 AM 7:45 am PM 6:25 pm

Sunday Sept 2-Monday Sept 3 After Shacharis (about 8:00 am) Tuesday Sept 4-Friday Sept 7 AM: After 1st Minyan

PM: 7:25 after Mincha Mincha 7:10 pm Maariv 8:10 pm

Shabbos Sept 8 AM 7:45 am PM 6:10 pm

Sunday Erev Rosh Hashonah After Hatoras Nedorim (about 8:15 am) Monday First Day Rosh Hashonah 7:10 pm Maariv 7:55 pm

Tuesday Second Day Rosh Hashonah 6:20 pm Mincha 7:10 pm Wednesday Tzom Gedalyah AM: After 1st Minyan

PM: 6:00 pm Mincha 6:40 pm

Thur Sept 13-Friday Sept 14 AM: After 1st Minyan PM: 7:15 pm after Mincha

Mincha 6:55 pm Maariv 8:00 pm

Shabbos Shuvoh AM 7;45 am PM 5:20 pm

Mincha 6:20 pm

Sunday September 16 AM: After davening PM TBD

PM: TBD

Monday September 17 AM after davening PM 7;15 pm after Mincha

Mincha 6:55 pm Maariv 8:00 pm

Tuesday Erev Yom Kippur After davening ( 7:00 am) Yom Kippur 6:40 am Shacharis 7:25 am

Thurs Sept 20 and Fri Sept 21 AM After davening PM After Mincha

Mincha 6:45 pm Maariv 8:00 pm

Shabbos Sept 22 AM 7:45 am PM 5:50 pm

Mincha 6:50 pm

Sunday Sept 23 AM 6:45 am Monday & Tuesday First Days of Sukkos Before Mincha TBD Mincha Mon 6:55 pm

Mincha Tue 6:20 pm Wednesday,Thursday and Friday Chol

Hamoed AM: 6:45 Before 2nd Minyan PM: TBD

Mincha 6:35 pm

Shabbos Chol Hamoed AM 7:45 am PM 5:00 pm

Mincha 6:00 pm

Hoshanna Rabbah Motzoe Shabbos 9:00 pm 90 Bennett Avenue Shemini Atzeres 5:50 pm Mincha 6:40 pm Simchas Torah 4:45 pm Mincha 5:30 pm

Wed Oct 3-Friday Oct 5 AM after davening PM 7:10 pm

Maariv 8;00 pm

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SOCIAL REGISTER

Our heartiest mazel tov wishes to Rav and Rebbetzin Mantel on the birth of their granddaughter. Mazel tov to the parents, Rabbi and Mrs. Aryeh Leib Levy and the grandmother, Rebbetzin Miriam Levy of Zurich. At the same time, we are happy to extend mazel tov wishes to the Rav and Rebbetzin on the birth of a grandson in Eretz Yisroel. Mazel tov to the parents, Rabbi Yechiel and Shoshana Gerstel and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Aryeh Gerstel.

It gives us pleasure to extend mazel tov wishes to Rav and Rebbetzin Meir Levi on the birth of their grandson. Mazel tov to the parents, Yosef Dov and Goldie Levi. At the same time, we are delighted to wish another mazel tov on the engagement of their granddaughter, Yocheved Finkel to Yitzchak Yosef Brody.

All our good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Avram Cahn on the engagement of their son, Shimon to Rochel Golden. Mazel tov to the Kallahs’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Golden and the grandparents, Hon. and Mrs. Herman Cahn.

Mazel tov to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lehmann on the birth of their son. All the best to the grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Johny Hellmann and Mr. and Mrs. Naftoli Lehmann.

Mazel tov to Mr. and Mrs. Julius J. Klugman on the birth of their great-granddaughter. Mazel tov to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dovid Posen and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Avraham Yaakov Schwab of Eretz Yisroel.

Our heartiest mazel tov wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Simons on the birth of their grandson. Mazel tov to the parents, Nesanel and Penina Simons, the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Avi Bernstein and Ms. Adina Reichman and the great-grandparents, Mrs. Chavie Bernstein and Mr. and Mrs. Ezriel Reichman.

It gives us pleasure to extend mazel tov wishes to Dr. and Mrs. David Simons on the birth of their granddaughter. Mazel tov to the parents, Tzvi and Miriam Goldman, the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Melech Goldman and the great-grandparents, Mrs. Celina Garfinkel and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hostick.

All our good wishes to Rabbi and Mrs. Binyomin Klugmann on the birth of their grandson. Mazel tov to the parents, Menachem Gershon and Chedva Tress and the great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hillel Gross.

Heartiest mazel tov wishes to Rabbi and Mrs. Shmuel Glazer on the birth of their two granddaughters. Best wishes to the parents of the first little girl, Rabbi Binyomin and Shoshana Rubinfeld, and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Kaddish Rubinfeld. Mazel tov to the parents of the second little girl, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe and Shoshana Glazer and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Doniel Cohen. We are happy to extend another mazel tov to the Glazers on the birth of their great-granddaughter born to their grandchildren, Mr. Yaakov and Rochel Leah Stefansky. Mazel tov to the grandparents, Rabbi Moshe and Devori Matz and Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua and Chaya Rivky Stefansky.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Helmreich happily announce the birth of their great-granddaughter and great-grandson. Mazel tov to the parents of the little girl, Shmueli and Faigy Helmreich and the grandparents, Benny and Dina Helmreich. Mazel tov to the parents of the little boy, Shulamis and

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Shloimy Drazin and the grandparents, David and Estee Helmreich and Aaron and Pearl Drazin. At the same time, we are delighted to wish Mr. and Mrs. Helmreich another mazel tov on the marriage of their granddaughter, Sarala Helmreich to Avi Farber. Best wishes to the parents, Benny and Dina Helmreich and Yehuda and Shoshana Farber.

It gives us pleasure to extend mazel tov wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Shmuel Bodenheim on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Naftoli Czeisler. Our best wishes to the parents, Duvi and Tova Czeisler, the grandparents, Tommy and Debby Czeisler and the great-grandmothers, Mrs. Hansi Bodenheim and Mrs. Sora Adler. At the same time, we are delighted to wish another mazel tov to Mr. and Mrs. Bodenheim on the birth of their granddaughter. Best wishes to the parents, Menachem and Penina Moller and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Avrohom Shimon Moller and the great-grandparents, Mrs. Hansi Bodenheim, Mrs. Sora Adler, Mrs. Judith Kaufman and Rebbetzin Twersky of Chicago.

Our heartiest mazel tov wishes to Mr. Chaim and Ita Rochel Goldstein on the birth of their son. Mazel tov to the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Strauss, Mrs. Phyllis Goldstein and the great-grandmother, Mrs. Esther Silbermintz.

All our good wishes to Rabbi Yossie and Mrs. Chaya Krieger on the marriage of their son, Shmuelozer to Samantha Hollander. Mazel tov to the parents, Robert and Debbie Hollander of Great Neck.

It gives us pleasure to extend our mazel tov wishes to Mrs. Ilse Adler on the engagement of her great-granddaughter, Brachah Tamar Adler to Yaakov Wolfson. Mazel tov to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avi Adler and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Yitzchok Adler and Rabbi and Rebbetzin Kopel Paretzky.

All our good wishes to Dr. and Mrs. Martin Katzenstein on the birth of their grandson. Mazel tov to the parents, Tzvi and Nomi Mocton and the great-grandmother, Mrs. Martha Hexter.

Our heartiest mazel tov wishes to Rabbi and Mrs. Elchonon Stern on the marriage of their daughter, Leah, to Mr. Dovid Braham. Mazel tov to the choson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. SYdney Braham.

Mr. and Mrs. Nosson Baumann happily announce the birth of their grandson. Mazel tov to the parents, Shmuel and Sara Miller.

Mazel tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Avrohom Hoffman on the birth of their grandson. Our best wishes to the parents, Rabbi and Mrs. Binyomin Hellman and the great-grandmothers, Mrs. Margot Lasdun and Mrs. Ruth Hoffman. At the same time we take pleasure in extending another mazel tov to the Hoffman and Lasdun families on the Bar Mitzvah of Yisroel Osher, son of Rabbi Levi and Mrs. Shulamis Finkelstein.

Rabbi and Mrs. Yaakov Bechhofer and Mrs. Meta Bechhofer on the birth of a son to Naftoli and Shoshana Bechhofer.

We are delighted to wish Mrs. Lottie Herrmann mazel tov on the birth of her great-granddaughter. Mazel tov also to the parents, Yaakov and Malka Arieli and the grandparents, Dr. Ronny and Mrs. Carrie Wachtel.

Mazel tov to Mrs. Karla Wertheim on the engagement of her granddaughter, Nomi Landman to Gershon Lapidoth. Mazel tov to the parents, Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Landman and Rabbi and Mrs.

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Aaron Chaim Lapidoth and to the other grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Israel Lapidoth, Mr. and Mrs. David Wolf and Mrs. Sora Leah Landman.

All our good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Hillel Kirschner on the marriage of their daughter, Atara, to Yisroel Sussman. Mazel tov to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heshy Sussman and the grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. Kirschner.

Mr. and Mrs. Nosson Baumann happily announce the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Koby. Best wishes to the parents, Eli and Shevi Baumann of Manchester.

Mazel tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Stern on the birth of their grandson. Best wishes to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Zvi Strauss and the great-grandparents, Mr. Leon and Dr. Shiela Strauss.

It gives us pleasure to extend mazel tov wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Yehuda Levy on the birth of a granddaughter and to Rabbi Ronald and Mrs. Helen Levy on the birth of their first great-grandchild. Mazel tov to the parents, Yoni and Ruti Epstein and to the Epstein, Bulka and Forst families.

Mazel tov to Mrs. Agnes Goldsmith on the engagement of her great-granddaughter, Aviva Hess to Moshe Kahn of Cincinnati. All the best to the parents, Naftoli and Sara Hess and Mayer and Chaya Kahn and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Nachman Feldheim.

Our heartiest mazel tov wishes to Dr. Menachem Cohn on the birth of his grandson. Our best wishes to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zvi Aryeh Cohn.

Mazel tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Pinchos Munk on the birth of their grandson. All the best to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yoel Munk and the great-grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Edwin Katzenstein and Mrs. Raye Munk.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Katzenstein happily announce the birth of their grandson. Mazel tov to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avi Katzenstein, the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Avrohom Katz and to the great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Katzenstein.

It gives us pleasure to extend mazel tov wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Bachrach on the birth of their son. Mazel tov to the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Taffel and Dr. and Mrs. Steve Bachrach.

Heartiest mazel tov wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Elan Rieser on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Meishar Shimon. Our good wishes to the grandparents, Mr. Henry and Tehilla Rieser, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kunofsky and Mrs. Dorothy Bromberg.

Best wishes to Dr. and Mrs. Tuvia Breuer on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Mordechai. Mazel tov to the grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. Kirschner and Mr. and Mrs. Meir Kushner and to the great-grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Avraham Tzvi Kushner and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Loebenstein.

Mazel tov to Mrs. Bertha Trepp on the birth of her great-granddaughter. All the best to the parents, Yitzy and Miriam Aliza Strauss. At the same time, we are delighted to wish Mrs. Trepp another mazel tov on the birth of her great-grandson, born to her grandchildren, Shimon and Malky Strauss and the grandparents of both babies, Ellen and Allen Strauss.

All our good wishes to Rabbi and Mrs. Moshe Jacobovits on the birth of their son and to the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Solomon Jacobovits.

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All the best to Rabbi Dr. and Mrs. David Neufeld on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Menachem Aryeh Rosenberg. Mazel tov to the parents, Pnina and Aron Zelig Rosenberg, the grandparents, Rabbi and Rebbetzin Boruch Ber Yoffe and the great-grandmother, Mrs. Goldie Jaroslawics.

It gives us pleasure to extend mazel tov wishes to Mrs. Edith Erlbach on the birth of her great-grandson. Mazel tov to the parents, Yehuda and Leah Baum and the grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Dovid and Baila Willig and Mr. and Mrs. Baum.

Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Amsel are happy to announce the marriage of their granddaughter, Rochel Amsel of Oak Park, Michigan to Mordechai Yoffe of Lakewood. Mazel tov to the other grandparents, Rabbi and Mrs. Akiva Stefansky.

Mazel tov to Mr. and Mrs. Yaakov Potesky and Mrs. Sonya Loeb on the marriage of their daughter and granddaughter, Aliza to Louis Rosenberg.

Our heartiest mazel tov wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Avrohom Neufeld on the engagement of their grandson, Menachem Pfeiffer to Ayala Szenberg. All our good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Ron Shacham on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Bentzion. Mazel tov to the grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Nachum Shacham and Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Glinert. Heartiest mazel tov wishes to Zalman and Ruth Schoenberg on the engagement of their son, Yissochor to Shani Yoffe. Best wishes to the parents, Binyomin and Toby Yoffe and the grandmother, Mrs. Judith Emanuel.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Whenever Maariv is recited before nightfall, as it is in Shul on Friday evenings and the first Maariv on weekdays, one is obligated to repeat the three Parashiyos of Shema after night.

• Mincha Gedola in Shul Mo-Th: 1:30 PM thru March 7, ‘19 • Nationwide Yom Iyun – Monday, September 3 – 9:30 AM – All Purpose Room • The second Sunday Shacharis Minyan will resume Erev Sukkos, Sunday, Sept. 23rd. • The Semi-Annual Luach – for Rosh Hashana through mid-March 2019 will be emailed to our members

shortly. Please email or call the office if you wish to receive a hard copy. YOMIM NOROIM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Dates Auctioning of Mitzvos and Aliyos o For Rosh Hashana: Motzoei Shabbos Nitzovim, September 8, after Maariv. o For Yom Kippur and Yayin L’Kiddush Ul’Havdalah: Motzoei Rosh Hashana, Tuesday, September 11, after

Maariv. o For Sukkos and Shabbos Chol Hamoed bidding will be done online:

Submit bids for the first day of Sukkos at https://www.kajinc.org/form/sukkos-first-day-mitzvos-and-aliyos-2018.html Submit bids for the second day of Sukkos at https://www.kajinc.org/form/sukkos-second-day-mitzvos-and-aliyos-2018.html Submit bids for Shabbos Chol Hamoed Sukkos at https://www.kajinc.org/form/sukkos-shabbos-chol-hamoed-mitzvos-and-aliyos-2018.html

o For Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah: Motzoei Shabbos Vayelech, September 15, after Maariv.

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• The annual communal visit to the Beis Olam will take place on the first day of Selichos, Sunday, Sept. 2 at 9:30 AM. Please register with the Kehilla Office.

• The Mikveh will be open for men on Erev Rosh Hashana and Erev Yom Kippur from after davening until 1:30 PM. The fee for using the Mikveh is $10 for men and $8 for students.

• Shofar will be blown again on the afternoon of both days, before Tehillim and before Mincha; the first day at 4:05 and 4:55 PM and on the second day at 6:15 & 7:05 PM.

• Tehillim will be said on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashana at 4:10 PM and on the second day at 6:20 PM.

• Drosho on Shabbos Shuva will take place between Mincha and Maariv (Mincha at 6:20 PM). • On Erev Yom Kippur the lighting of the candles takes place no later than 6:45 PM. If women want to light

the candles earlier so that they can still carry their machzorim to Shul, they should make a silent provision that for them the lighting of the candles does not mean the beginning of Yom Kippur, otherwise they may no longer carry after they have lit the candles. In this case, שהחינו should not be said at the time of lighting the candles, but should be said later with the Shliach Tzibbur in Shul. Beginning of fast 6:45 PM.

• Kol Nidrei begins at 6:55 PM.

• Women who leave Shul immediately after Neila should say לברוך המבדיל בין קודש לחו if they wish to carry or do any melacha before they hear Havdalah. YOM TOV and CHOL HAMOED ANNOUNCEMENTS

• ·We will again provide catered meals in the Kehilla Sukkah for our members and friends provided there is sufficient demand. Please make your reservations early. See attached letter and menu.

• The community Sukkah will be open every day from after the first minyan until 11 PM. • Security will be provided at the two Kehilla Sukkos from 11 PM through the night on Yom Tov and

Shabbos. Donations to help defray the cost are appreciated.

• The Kehilla Sukkah is available for rent for private affairs, upon prior reservation only with the Kehilla office.

• The Yom Tov Lecture will take place on the second day of Sukkos in Moller Hall between Mincha and Maariv (Mincha in Shul at 6:20 PM).

• Simchas Beis HaShoeva – Due to the shortage of available days, the Simchas Beis HaShoeva will not take place this year,

• Shabbos Chol Hamoed Seudoh Shelishis will take place in the Kehilla Sukkah following Mincha at 6:00 PM. Sponsorships are welcome.

• Hoshana Rabba learning on Motzo’ei Shabbos, September 29, will begin at 9:00 PM and the Rav will speak at 10:00 PM.

• The Matnas Yad Reception will take place on Shemini Atzeres at the Sukkah of Rav and Rebbetzin Mantel from 5:15 – 6:30 PM.

• The Simchas Torah Party will take place in Dr. Moller Hall after Mincha on Simchas Torah (Mincha at 5:30 PM in Shul).

• Rabbi Reisman’s Novi Shiur will resume on Motzoei Shabbos Bereishis, October 6 at 9:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room.

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FROM THE KEHILLA

Mrs. Rochel Klein and Mrs. Gila Lifshitz mourn the passing of their mother, our member, Mrs. Eva Vorchheimer (3208 Fountainview Drive, Monsey)

Mrs. Rochel Oppenheim and children (1676 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn) mourn the passing of her husband, their father and our member, Rabbi Raphael Oppenheim

Mrs. Miriam Suss (6840 No. Sacramento Ave, Apt. 230, Chicago) and Mr. Chaim Suss (2901 W. Fargo, Chicago) mourn the passing of her husband and his father, our member, Mr. Joseph Suss

Mr. Nathan Hellmann (10 Tokay Lane, Monsey) and children, Mrs. Selma Desser, Mr. Yechiel Rothschild and siblings mourn the passing of his wife, their mother, daughter and sister, our member, Mrs. Rebecca Hellmann

Mr. Alan Stern, Mr. Mark Stern and Mrs. Robin Kahan mourn the passing of their mother, our member, Mrs. Fay Stern Zabrowsky (5961 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale)

Mrs. Naomi Fulda and family (701 W. 177th Street) mourn the passing of her husband, their father and our member, Rabbi Dr. Manfred Fulda

Mrs. Lucy Hess (100 Overlook Terrace) mourns the passing of her brother, Mr. Bert Koenig Mr. David Gilbert (182 Bennett Avenue) mourns the passing of his father, Mr. Sanford Gilbert

GEMILLUS CHASSODIM & FREE LOAN FUND Zum Andenken an Frau Rabbiner Rika Breuer, o.h. (Tishrei) .................................................. 86.40 Gisella and Rochel Alpert לעלוי נשמת Rabbi Dr. Manfred Fulda, 180.00.................................... ז"ל Mrs. Lucy Hess in loving memory of her husband, Joseph Hess, z.l. (20 Sivan) ................... 50.00 Dr. and Mrs. Seymour Perlstein in loving memory of Arnold and Else Haas, a.h. .............250.00 Rabbi and Mrs. Elchonon Stern for the Yahrzeit of ז"ל מאיר בן יוסף (20 Tamuz) ............... 25.00 Rabbi and Mrs. Elchonon Stern for the Yahrzeit of יצחק בם משה ז"ל (25 Tamuz) ............. 25.00

בס"דI wish to express my deep appreciation to Rav Mantel and the many members of the community who visited, called and inquired about my wellbeing following my hip replacement surgery. May we share only שמחות in the future.

Harvey Basker

COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. Margot Hersh

Is currently in the Isabella Home, 515 Audubon Avenue, Room 1136 She would enjoy phone calls and visits.

------------ Rabbi Moshe Ashen appreciates phone calls – 917-714-7592

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SUKKOH MEALS

We are pleased to advise you that we are planning to have complete full course meals served during Sukkos. However, in order to be able to make arrangements with the caterer, we must have a minimum of 25 reservations for each meal.

MEAL # 1: Sunday night, September 23, after davening MEAL # 2: Monday lunch, September 24, 12 noon MEAL # 3: Monday night, September 24, after davening MEAL # 4: Tuesday lunch September 25, 12 noon MEAL # 5: Friday night, September 28, after davening MEAL # 6: Shabbos lunch, September 29, 12 noon MEAL # 7: Sunday night, September 30, after davening MEAL # 8: Monday lunch, October 1, 12 noon

The cost per meal is $36.00 per person ($31 for children under the age of 13) and must be paid in advance. The menu appears on the next page.

In order to avail yourself of this service we ask you to indicate your choice on the slip below and return it with your check payable to K'hal Adath Jeshurun or submit your order online at http://members.kajinc.org/sukkah-reservations.html. The menu appears on that page. Please send in your reservations by September 12 in order that we may ascertain that we will have sufficient reservations to provide catered meals. In the event we do not have enough reservations to offer full course meals, we expect to offer other meal alternatives.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I/We reserve the following Sukkah meals:

Meal # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 No. of Adults: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ No. of Children:___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Total Reservations: ____@ $36.00 ____@ $31.00 Total Amount: $_____ (Make checks payable to K’hal Adath Jeshurun, Inc.) Name: __________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________

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MENU FOR KEHILLA SUKKAH 2018 Lechayim Catering Corp. (212) 304-4852

Meal # 1 – 9/23 Dinner Gefilte Fish Chicken Soup with Matzo Ball Pot Roast or Roast Chicken Roast Potatoes, Green Peas Forestiere Dessert Meal #2 – 9/24 Lunch Stuffed Cabbage Baked Chicken

Roasted Baby Carrots Honey Glazed, Noodle Kugel

Dessert Meal #3 – 9/24 Dinner Fruit Cup Vegetable Soup Grilled Chicken

Rice Pilaf, String Beans & Baby Carrots Dessert Meal #4 – 9/25 Lunch

Poached Salmon with Dill Sauce Potato & Noodle Kugel Chicken Schnitzel Corned Beef & Roast Turkey Dessert

Meal #5 – 9/28 Friday Night Dinner Gefilte Fish

Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls Pot Roast or Roast Chicken Potato Kugel, Farfel with Mushrooms String Beans Almondine

Dessert Meal #6 – 9/29 Shabbos Lunch

Salmon Potato & Noodle Kugel Grilled Chicken Strips

Pastrami & Turkey Chulent

Dessert Meal #7 – 9/30 Shemini Atzeres Dinner

Gefilte Fish Chicken Soup with Matzo Ball

Pot Roast & Roast Chicken Roast Potatoes String Beans

Dessert

Meal #8 – 10/1 Shemini Atzeres Lunch

Stuffed Cabbage Grilled Chicken Strips

Pastrami & Turkey Potato & Noodle Kugel

Dessert

Note: Challah rolls, sliced challah, salads (cole slaw, cucumber salad), family style gefilte fish & soda will be served at all meals.

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From the Memorbook of our Kehilla

TISHREI 1 Joshua Goldberger-NY 1 Max Gutmann-

Burgpreppach 1 Clara Weil-Ffm 2 Rosette Kruskal-Ffm 2 Bertha Goldman-Leipzig 2 Jacobine Wohlfarth-Ffm-

Theresienstadt 2 Amalie Kugelman-NY 2 Rosy Bondi-Baltimore 3 Helene Offenbacher-NY 3 Sophie Baumann-Karlsruhe 3 David Strauss-Ffm 3 Henny Strauss-Ffm 3 Max Blattner-Schwanfeld 3 Sara Blattner-Schwanfeld 3 Luise Blattner-Schwanfeld 3 Fritz Nussbaum, Herta

Nussbaum and children 3 Gustav Hoechster-Fuerth 3 Paula Hoechster-Fuerth 3 Hermann Schornstein-

Mainstockheim 3 Emilie Schornstein-

Mainstockheim 3 Louis Grebenau-Ffm 4 Rebecca Levisohn-NY 4 Bjorn Bamberger-NY 5 Babette Bamberger-NY 6 Regina Adler-Burghaun 7 Meta Mariam-Ffm-

Theresienstadt 7 Levi Oppenheim-NY 8 Moses Stern-Fulda 9 Ferdinand Ehrmann-Ffm 9 Valentine Kaufmann-Irlich

(Neuwied) 9 Rose Stone-Long Beach-NY 9 Ilse Katzenstein-Jerusalem 10 Adolf Oberndoerfer-

Creglingen 10 Moritz Adler-Niedenstein

10 Selma Raphael Mariam-Blackpool (England)

10 Max G. Schlessinger-Mainz-Auschwitz

10 Benno Levita-Ffm-Holland 10 Karl Baumann-Zuerich 10 Eva Neufeld-Nurnberg 10 David Freund-NY 10 Bertha Katz-Guxhagen-

Kassel 10 Gertrude Heckscher-

Hamburg 10 Ludwig Katzenstein-

Baltimore 11 Eli Ascher-NY 11 Josef Birk-Sterbfritz 11 David Ginsberger-Ffm 11 Gerda Bamberger-NY 11 Sigmund Hammelburger-NY 11 Else Lehmann-Hamburg-

London-Melbourne 12 Gertrud Warburg-NY 12 Salomon Andorn-NY 12 Emma Morris-NY 13 Levy Wallheimer-NY 13 Max Strauss-NY 14 Dir. Dr. Gerson Lange-Ffm 14 Jakob From-Muenchen 14 Jeannette Loewy-Kuestrin-

NY 15 Bertha Ehrmann-Ffm-NY 15 N.Homburger-Ffm 15 Moritz Fuld-NY 15 Simon Ullman-Gelnhausen-

NY 17 Joseph Goldman-NY 18 Max Klein & Family-Berlin 18 Markus Goldschmidt-Fulda 19 Bernhard Bechhofer-NY 19 Max and Blanka Stern and

daughters-Voelkersleier 19 Herman Eschwege-Fulda 19 Fannie Saenger-NY 19 Sender Ehrman-NY

20 William Moeller-Hamburg 20 Dina Bamberger-NY 21 Jettchen Apt-Angerod 21 Selma Loewenstein-NY 21 Claire Wiesenfelder-

Bamberg-NY 21 Josef Marx-NY 21 Alice Neufeld-NY 22 Ruben Suessfeld-

Hengstfeld 22 Selma Siegel-NY 22 Max Herz-Reichelsheim 22 Dora Stern-NY 23 Rosie Halberstadt-

Hamburg 24 S. L. Bodenheimer-

Biblis 24 Samuel Cahn-NY 24 Max Rosenthal-Ffm 24 Harry Katzenstein-NY 24 Selma Jonas-NY 25 Leo Stern-NY 25 Siegfried Max Bier-NY 25 Clothilde Weglein-

Nuernberg-Theresienstadt 26 Ida Goldschmiedt-Fulda 26 Therese Singer-Ffm-

Theresienstadt 27 Walter M. Strauss-NY 27 Frieda Neu-NY 28 Isidor Goldschmiedt-NY 28 Isidor Kaiser-Ffm 28 Bertha Kaiser-Ffm 28 Siegfried Salomon-Ffm 28 Erika Goldsmith-NY 29 Ruth Fulda-Loewenthal-

Mainz 29 Martin Bondi-Berlin-

Theresienstadt 29 Gutta Freudenberger-

Darmstadt 30 Gustl Goldman-NY 30 Meta Schwartz-Ffm

Photo credits: We thank the following individuals for the photographs featured in this issue of the KAJN: Mr. Alan Ettlinger, Mr. Ben Ettlinger, Mr. and Mrs. Avram and Shuli Gutmann, Rabbi Dr. Johny Hellmann and Mrs. Molly Resnick.

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Feldheim Publishers is pleased to announce that

The Hirsch Tehillim with Translation and Commentary by

Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch

is once again available.

This edition is dedicated to the memories of our members

Julius and Clara Klugmann and

Mrs. Claire Hess

Copies of the above may be ordered through our office $28 per volume, including shipping.

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Feldheim Publishers is pleased to announce that

Volume VII of the Collected Writings of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch

Jewish Education — Torah im Derech Eretz

is once again available as a separate volume.

This 458 page work is in two parts: (1) Principles of Education with 14 articles and (2) Thoughts on Education with 13 articles. In this book, Rav Hirsch outlines his Torah im Derech Eretz philosophy and it is of great value for educators, parents and students.

This special edition is dedicated to the memory of Michael Strauss ז"ל. In addition, the entire 9-volume set of Collected Writings of Rav Hirsch is also again available. Copies of the above may be ordered through our office. Jewish Education — Torah im Derech Eretz $23 including shipping Collected Writings (9 volumes) $190 including shipping

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SHAATNEZ Shaatnez (wool and linen) is often found in garments bought even from a reliable Jewish clothing store. Therefore, it is forbidden to wear any man’s, woman’s or child’s garment that contains wool or linen until it has been determined not to contain shaatnez. To determine whether your garment is shaatnez-free, garments may be dropped off at the Kehilla office, 714 W. 186th Street at the following times:

Weekdays 10:00 – 4:30 Fridays 10:00 – 12:00

If you are not available at these times, please make an appointment by emailing shaatnez@kajinc.org. If you do not have email, call 212-795-5693 and leave a message.

Rabbi Kalman Strauss will test the garments on our premises.

Please note that it is important to leave on tags with information where garment is manufactured and list of materials contained in it.

Chevra Kadisha When the services of the Chevra Kadisha are required - Bar Minon - kindly

contact any of the following immediately:

OFFICE OF THE CONGREGATION 1-212-923-3582

RABBI EDWIN KATZENSTEIN-730 Ft. Washington Avenue 201-579-0483

LEON GERSTLE – 100 Bennett Avenue Cell: 917-733-3639

All levaya arrangements must be made verbally with the Chevra Kadisha or the Kehilla office. Family members should not contact the Plaza Jewish Community Chapel. To avoid mix-ups, the Chevra Kadisha will communicate with the Plaza Jewish Community Chapel regarding levaya arrangements.

CONTACT INFORMATION Synagogue, 85-93 Bennett Avenue, New York, NY 10033

Office: 700 W. 186 Street 212-923-3582 212-923-5936

Rav Yisroel Mantel (Study) 212-781-1345

E-mail office@kajinc.org Rav Jacob Posen 212-740-0020 Fax 212-781-4275 Rav Chaim Kohn 718—252-3343 Email: rabbikohn@gmail.com

Phone in Shul 212-923-3614 Rabbi Moses Edelstein 845-425-9089 Mikveh - 4351 Broadway 212-923-1100 Fax 845-356-2938 Yeshiva Executive Office 212-568-6250 Email: kashrus@kajinc.org Beth Hamedrash Payphone 212-928-9981 Mr. Victor Sussman 212-568-2867 Yeshiva Office 212-568-6200 Kehilla Maintenance maintenance@kajinc.org Mesivta Office 212-781-3399 Moriah Senior Center 212-923-5715

Jewish Community Council 212-568-5450 www.moriahseniorcenter.org

HATZOLOH: 1-212-230-1000 or 1-212-387-1750