Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein, Board Chairs Betsey Lane, President Stephen Lessnick, Vice President Matan Gutwaks, Vice President Stuart Appelbaum, Secretary Michael Broidy, Treasurer Gary Blumberg, Past President
Rabbi Howard Zack, Rabbi Rabbi Ari Neuman, Associate Rabbi Frances Gellman, Office Manager Jorge Flores, Facilities Manager
Friday 7:00 AM Shacharit 4:45 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 4:53 PM Candle Lighting ***Please note schedule change for Shabbat afternoon*** Shabbat 9:00 AM Shacharit 10:30 AM Children's Programming Siyyum by Rabbi Yosef Hauser and Alan Shatz on Masechet Kiddushin 1:00 PM Early Mincha* 5:57 PM Shabbat Ends 6:10 PM Maariv at shul*
*Due to the forecasted inclement weather, we will have early Mincha following kiddush at 1pm.
There will be rolls at kiddush for those who wish to have lunch, otherwise one should have lunch and Seudah Shlisheet at home.
Maariv will take place after Shabbat at 6:10pm. Please recite "Baruch Hamavdil bein Kodesh L'chol"at the conclusion of Shabbat at 5:57pm. You may then drive to shul for Maariv.
Weekday Schedule Shacharit
8:00 AM Sunday & Monday 7:00 AM Tuesday-Friday Mincha/Maariv 4:50 PM Sunday-Friday
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Calendar Corner December 23rd Last Day of the End of the Year Match Campaign! December 24th & 25th Rosh Chodesh Tevet December 25th Movie Night & Chinese Dinner Starring: Rabbi Zack's Famous Eggrolls! January 3rd Fast of the 10th of Tevet January 21st Trivia Panoply January 23rd Rosh Chodesh Shevat
Todah Rabbah Special thanks to Ari Bandler for helping with kiddush / kitchen cleanup while Jorge is away
Mazel Tov! to Rebecca and Hal Levy, Terri and Rick Barnett, Alison and Matan Gutwaks, and Shimra and Jonathan Bernstein on the birth of a daughter, granddaughter and niece
Refuah Shleyma to Miriam Goldmeier and Yehudit Rut Bat Aliza
Condolences to Marlene Brisk, Joan and Paul Brisk, and Jane Rabe and families on the passing of husband, son and brother Jim Brisk
to Diana and Emi D'Angelo-Wolff on the untimely passing of niece and cousin, Miriam Davis Kessler
to Joyce and Barry Starr and family on the untimely passing of son and brother, David Allen Starr
to Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz and family on the passing of matriarch, Rochel Zlotowitz
to Ely Zofan and family on the passing of cousin, Sam Baker
Kiddush & Seudah Shlisheet Kiddush (meat) this week is co-sponsored by:
Yoetzet Shira and Rabbi Ari Neuman in honor of Yoshi's 3rd Birthday & Upsherin, and in honor of Moshe's completion of Seder Zeraim
Alan & Sara Shatz and Rabbi Yoseph and Tova Hauser in honor of their siyum tractate Kiddushin which will be completed in memory of Alan's father, Avraham Ya'acov ben Shlomo
Following kiddush we will have early Mincha at 1pm
There will be rolls at kiddush for those who wish to have lunch, otherwise one should have lunch and Seudah Shlisheet at home. There will be no Seudah Shlisheet at shul this week.
Kiddush Team Captain: Marge Ciranni - Welcome back Marge! Baruch Hashem, we are delighted to have you leading your team again!
Donations
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN in memory of Mildred Blumenfeld from Karen & Avi Mikalov
CHESED FUND in memory of Mildred Blumenfeld from Leslie Rosen
KIDDUSH FUND in commemoration of the yahrzeit of daughter, Sarah Ciranni from Marge & Nick Ciranni, Minnie Gartsman from Greff, Herbert & Francine in memory of Mrs. Solange Fretas from Terry & David Goldmeier, Mrs. Millie Blumenfeld from Terry and David Goldmeier
LAURI PODELL ZOFAN MEMORIAL YOUTH FUND in commemoration of the yahrzeit of sister, Millie Krooth Gore from Julia Modes
RABBI'S FUND in memory of Jim Brisk from Mark Mitzman wishing a mazel tov to Yaakov Mayerhoff on his double chai birthday! from Rebecca Mayerhoff
SYNAGOGUE FUND in appreciation of everyone who provided meals and transportation during Roberta's recovery from surgery from Roberta Rosenblum & David Mayer in appreciation of receiving an honor from Murray Weinberg in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Bob Lane from Lynn & Joel Fisher, mother, Esther Ferman Heitin from Mark Heitin in honor of Rabbi Zack being honored at the CTA dinner from Sarah Frank, Victoria and Roman Ilin being honored at the CTA dinner from Sarah Frank in memory of Mildred Blumenfeld from Lynn & Joel Fisher, Mildred Blumenfeld from Marcia & Avrom Epstein & Family, Solange Fretas from Marcia & Avrom Epstein & Family, Mildred and Ted Blumenfeld from Marilyn & Roger Friedman, Mildred Blumenfeld from Marilyn & Stuart Cole, David Allen Starr from Marlene & Stuart Weltz, Mildred Blumenfeld from Rochel & Henoch Millen, Bob Lane from Rochel & Henoch Millen, Mildred Blumenfeld from Sarah Frank, Millie Blumenfeld from Terri & Rick Barnett
*Please note, donations made while the office is closed next week will be listed in the January 5th Weekly Emes
Happy birthday this week to: 12/23: Zoe Blumenfeld, Jeffrey Rosenberg, Yoshi Neuman; 12/25: Ephraim Epstein; 12/27: Miriam Shenkar, Ingrid Epstein; 12/28: Joyce Margolis; 12/29: Daniel Broidy
Yahrzeits for this week are Edward Wroe, father of Victoria Cantor Esther Ferman Heitin, mother of Mark Heitin David Green, uncle of Eric Schottenstein Carl Blumenfeld, grandfather of Michael Blumenfeld Alfred Goldstein, father of Paul Goldstein Charlotte Pincus Palay, mother of Hillard Abroms; grandmother of Stacy Bandler Esenta Worshil, grandmother of Richard Barnett; great grandmother of Alison Gutwaks Shirley Mazer, grandmother of Jeff Buren Carol Cowen Peyser, aunt of Lawrence Kaufman Millie Krooth Gore, sister of Julia Modes Thelma Z. Rogovin, mother of Victoria Rogovin-Dobkin; grandmother of Sara Dobkin Yaakov Cohen, father of Alegria Bitton; grandmother of Dalia Koppes and Micha Bitton
Thank you to to for their financial assistance in reopening the synagogue for services, and partnering with us to provide our security for Shabbat and Holidays, and for Donate to their annual campaign here.
Synagogue Announcements
Only 1 day left, the light is bright but with your help we can make it BRIGHTER!! Over 158,000 raised so far! We are so close to our goal of $180,000, who will put us across the finish line and keep this going? Please click HERE to make your pledge!
Thank you once again to our Triple Match sponsors: The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Family Don, Eydie and Jennifer Garlikov Lori Schottenstein
Our facilities manager, Jorge Flores, is taking a well deserved vacation and will be returning on January 4th.
Our office manager, Frances Gellman, will also be away from December 24th through January 2nd, returning on January 3rd. Please note that the synagogue office will be closed while she is away.
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