Welcome to Shabbat Shekalim, Parshat Mishpatim ANNOUNCEMENTS at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation Purim Shpiel: If you have a complete or almost complete sketch or song that you think would be hilarious and relevant for ASBI’s Purim Shpiel, email Aviv Maman at [email protected]. February 9 – 10, 2018 / 25 Shevat 5778 Lost & Found: If you’re missing something or left something at shul, please pick it up ASAP from the top of the downstairs coat rack. Remaining items will be removed from the Kiddush is sponsored by the ASBI Young Professionals as a thank you to the shul building soon. for everything it does. Thank you to our generous co-sponsors: Thank you to this week’s volunteer Tot Shabbat leader, Joseph Goodman, and volunteer
Anonymous, Jodi Alperstein, Camila & Matt Altman, Meytal Chernoff, Daniel & Mindy Chiat, readers, Binyamin Cohen, Jonathan Eskreis-Winkler, Josh Levine & Adam Pershan. Salen Churi, Binyamin Cohen, Joshua Dingott, Jeremy Elkins, Daniela Garzon, Rich & Roxie ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES Goldberg, Adam, Lia & Serena Goldfarb, Seth Greenberg, Elisheva Grob, Meir Hauser, Tara Holden, Ben Hyman, Avigail & Adam Kass, Jenna Katz, Jeremie Lappe, Elizabeth Lavin, Ann Aliyah Levenson, Arielle & Jacob Lewis, Daniel Ludvig, Ava Madoff, Aviv Maman & Nir Gadish, Amy Sid Kaz Pappas, Elana Pentelnik, Robbie Philipp, Yoni Philipp, Tzvi & Davita Robinson, Debi, Benji & Norm Levitz Kalena Rubin, Rachel Schwartz, Benjamin Silver & Melanie Goldberg, Ariel Silverstein, Isabel Michael Nooromid Singer & Sara Fried, Rikki & Lawrence Valverde, Katherine Vargas, Tali & AJ Varon, Etana Zack Marcel Theboul Mi Shebeirach Welcome to our newest members, Jonathan & Alexandra Zizmor, who have joined our Marilyn Rest, for various people ASBI community. Yahrzeit Elliot Cohen SCHEDULE FOR SHABBAT Donations received after February 7 will be listed in next week's bulletin. Many thanks for these generous donations. Friday, February 9 Light Candles 4:58 PM ASBI welcomes the University of Chicago Yavneh this Shabbat for their 2018 Mincha, Festive Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv 5:00 PM Lakeview Shabbaton. Thank you to the ASBI Hospitality Committee for their
Saturday, February 10 hard work and many hours finding hosts and to all of our members who are Hashkama Minyan 8:00 AM hosting Yavneh students! Shacharit with sermon by Rabbinic Intern Daniel Atwood 9:00 AM Parshat Mishpatim and the American Political Ethos Mizmor Shir: Festive Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma'ariv for Shabbat Mevarchim Youth Tefillah Groups (see inside for details) 10:30 AM Participate and be moved by Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv this Shabbat (and on Daf Yomi & Parsha Discussion with Dr. Leonard Kranzler 12:30 PM the Friday night of every Shabbat Mevarchim), with added singing, added spirit, Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudot 4:45 PM and added inspiration. Sparkling wine, grape juice, and cookies will send you out Havdalah 5:59 PM the door in good spirits to spread the Shabbat joy! Repeat Evening Sh’ma: February 9, after 5:58 PM ASBI is excited to welcome back Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinic Intern Daniel Atwood this Shabbat. Latest time to recite Morning Sh’ma: February 10, 9:29 AM Daniel will give a D’var Torah Friday night and deliver the sermon Daily Services: February 11 – 16 Shabbat morning. Shacharit: Sunday 8:30 AM Daf Yomi at ASBI Monday, Thursday & Friday (Rosh Chodesh) 6:45 AM Participants from all backgrounds and all levels of experience are welcome and Tuesday & Wednesday 7:00 AM encouraged to join us each weekday morning following Shacharit for the Mincha, followed by Ma’ariv: synchronized and coordinated study of Talmud, based on a 1923 standardized Sunday through Thursday 5:05 PM calendar in which the entire Talmud is studied and completed, one Friday 5:10 PM double-sided page each day, by Jews around the world, every 7.5 years.
Readings for Shabbat Shekalim, Parshat Mishpatim STAY IN TOUCH WITH ASBI Stay updated on the status of the Eruv at twitter.com/lakefronteruv. Torah: Maftir: Haftorah: To set up an appointment with Rabbi Wolkenfeld, email [email protected]. If there is an urgent Exodus 21:1-24:18 Exodus 30:11-16 II Kings 11:17-12:17 matter that you need to discuss with him, please call his cell phone at 917-621-5678. Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: To make an appointment, email [email protected] at Hertz: Page 306 Hertz: Page 352 Hertz: Page 992 least 48 hours in advance. Kaplan: Page 356 Kaplan: Page 440 Kaplan: Page 1270 Get Social with ASBI: “Like” ASBI’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/asbichicago and search Stone: Page 416 Stone: Page 484 Stone: Page 1213 “ASBI Congregation” atYouTube.com . JPS Commentators: Page 168 Artscroll: Page 267 Inclusivity at ASBI: We have a Braille siddur available above the chumashim and an accessible bathroom on the other side of the lobby from the Sanctuary. If there are other 540 West Melrose Street, Chicago, IL 60657 • (773) 248-9200 • www.asbi.org resources that would be helpful, please email [email protected]. PURIM 5778 PURIM 5778 Calling All Women—Purim Is Just Around the Corner! Annual Mishloach Manot & Raffle Fundraiser 5778
We are looking for readers for two ASBI Women's Megillah Visit ASBI.ORG/PURIM to participate! Readings, by women and for women: Wednesday, February 28, at 10:00 PM at the Wolkenfeld home, and Thursday morning, March 1, at 7:40 AM at shul. MISHLOACH MANOT
To read Wednesday night, email Sara Wolkenfeld ([email protected]). Part of the mitzvah of observing Purim is to give gifts of food called Mishloach To read Thursday morning, email Rachel Slutsky ([email protected]). Whether Manot. ASBI offers members the chance to fulfill this mitzvah with the entire you've read in the past or want to learn, please contact us to get involved! congregation by donating to the Mishloach Manot Fundraiser. Mishloach Manot bags will be distributed at shul Wednesday night, February 28, and will We look forward to seeing you and your sisters, daughters & mothers there! include a list of contributors and an array of sweet and savory treats. The proceeds from the program are also used to help support the shul and ASBI Mishloach Manot Packing Party programming throughout the year. Sunday, February 25, 6:00 - 7:00 PM at ASBI
Please join our annual Mishloach Manot A percentage of the money raised will go to support The ARK here in Chicago packing party! Yeladeinu kids, Na’areinu kids, and Leket Israel—Israel's National Food Bank. For the fifth year, ASBI is also TODE kids, and all teens and adults are partnering with Jerusalem's Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi to help provide a hearty and festive Purim meal (burgers, fries, drinks) to an entire IDF base. The more we invited. Free pizza for volunteers. each give, the more support we can offer these important efforts! If you cannot give at the suggested giving levels, we still very much appreciate your ASBI MEMBERS: LESS THAN THREE WEEKS UNTIL PURIM! participation. Update Your Account Now at ASBI.ORG
The shul will be distributing Mishloach Manot bags in shul on Purim, which include The Five Levels of Recommended Giving are: a printed ASBI Member Directory. $180 - Hamentashen
Now is a great time to make sure that your information is correct in our database! $360 - Shpiel All members already have an existing account at asbi.org. If you’ve never logged in $540 - The Whole Megillah before, just click the gray “Login” button, enter in your email address, and click $1,000 - Half the Kingdom “Forgot My Password” to create a new password and access your account. $1,800+ - The Whole Kingdom
Once logged in, you will also have access to our online Directory, which always The deadline for having your name listed as a donor is Tuesday, February 27, at 10:00 AM. features the most up-to-date information. Be sure to add a picture of you or your family to your account to make it easier for members to get to know one another! PURIM RAFFLE FAMILY PURIM PROGRAM We have six exciting prizes that will be raffled off, and you can determine how Wednesday, February 28, 4:30 - 6:00 PM many tickets you would like to purchase towards each prize. Tickets cost $10 each. For every $100 worth of tickets you purchase towards a single raffle Tot & Gan Families - join us at ASBI to make groggers, item, you get one extra free ticket. masks, and Mishloach Manot, and then hear stories! Be sure to wear your costumes and stay afterwards Prizes include: for the Costume Parade. •CUBS Tickets •WHITE SOX Tickets Groggers for Good •Gift Certificate to MILT’S This Purim, please bring a box of kosher dry rice to the Megillah •Gift Certificate to MILT’S EXTRA INNINGS reading and shake it as your grogger when you hear THAT NAME •5-Class Package & Branded T-Shirt at Runn Chicago
read. After the reading, we will collect the rice boxes and donate Purchase tickets in advance at asbi.org/purim, or at shul Wednesday night, February them to The ARK. 28. The deadline to pre-purchase raffle tickets is Wednesday, February 28, at 9:00 AM. UPCOMING EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS Yeladeinu Family Dinner “Defiant Requiem” (2012) Friday, February 16, 5:30 PM Monday, February 12, 7:00 PM, at ASBI 85 minutes
“Defiant Requiem”, a feature-length documentary film, highlights the most dramatic example of intellectual and artistic courage in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) Concentration Camp: the remarkable story of Rafael Schächter, a brilliant young Czech conductor who was sent to Terezín in 1941. He All Yeladeinu (K - 2nd Grade) families are invited to enjoy a Shabbat demonstrated moral leadership under the most brutal circumstances, dinner at ASBI! Hope to see you there! determined to sustain courage and hope for his fellow prisoners by enriching their souls through great music. He recruited 150 fellow prisoners and taught $15 per adult (13 & up) | $9 per child 3 - 12 | Free for children under 3 them Verdi’s “Requiem” by rote, after grueling days of forced labor. The most Register at asbi.org by 11:59 PM on Monday, February 12. infamous performance of Verdi’s “Requiem” occurred on June 23, 1944, before high-ranking SS officers from Berlin and the International Red Cross, to support the charade that the prisoners were treated well and flourishing. City Congregations JUF Event on behalf of the 2018 Jewish United Fund Annual Campaign With testimony provided by surviving members of Schächter’s choir, soaring Sunday, March 11, 7:00 PM, at Temple Sholom (3480 N. Lake Shore Dr.) concert footage, cinematic dramatizations, and evocative animation, this
Dessert Reception Featuring Guest Speaker unique film explores the singers’ view of the Verdi as a work of defiance and resistance against the Nazis. The text enabled them, as Schächter told the Dan Shapiro chorus, to “sing to the Nazis what they could not say to them.” Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, and Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv “Defiant Requiem” was named Best Feature-Length Documentary at the Big
Register now at asbi.org. Apple Film Festival in New York City and was the runner-up for the Audience Award in January 2013 at the Palm Springs Film Festival. In 2014, “Defiant Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation • Anshe Emet Synagogue • Chicago Loop Synagogue • Requiem” was nominated for two News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Chicago Sinai Congregation • Congregation Rodfei Zedek • Emanuel Congregation • KAM Isaiah Outstanding Historical Documentary Long Form and Outstanding Writing. Israel • Lake Shore Drive Synagogue • Mishkan Chicago • Temple Sholom of Chicago Sponsored by the Israel Committee. SAVE THE DATE! Pizza, pop, popcorn, and chips will be served. JCFS Shabbaton at ASBI Featuring Rabbi David M. Rosenberg March 10, 2018 Volunteer at the Uptown Café: Monday, February 26 Shabbat Morning Drasha The Uptown Café is a JUF-sponsored kosher restaurant serving low-income “Mental Health: We're In It Together” people on the North Side. For over 15 years, ASBI members have Shabbat Afternoon Shiur, 4:35 PM volunteered once a month—setting tables, serving and chatting with “Seeking the Good In Others and In Ourselves” clients, and cleaning up.
David serves as Coordinator of Jewish Educational Services and Orthodox Community Join us for our upcoming volunteer date, Monday, February 26. Liaison at Jewish Child & Family Services in Chicago. He directs the unique Yeshiva There is no obligation to participate every month. Program of the JCFS Therapeutic Day School and co-facilitates the Orthodox Network, comprised of social-service professionals who serve members of the Orthodox Jewish If you are interested in participating or want more information, contact communities in Chicagoland. He is active in a number of JCFS projects, including Jewish Herb Eiseman at 773-255-6481 or [email protected]. Community Abuse Resources, Education and Solutions (JCARES). ASBI YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CHAIM SEIDLER-FELLER Young Professionals Tacos Gingi Shabbat Scholar-in-Residence Chaim Seidler-Feller Friday, February 23 February 24 at ASBI Rabbi, Director Emeritus, Director of the Hartman Fellowship for Campus Professionals
We are excited to welcome Chaim Seidler-Feller to ASBI this month! Please join us to hear him speak on Shabbat, February 24.
Shabbat Morning Drasha “Violence, Morality and the Book of Esther”
Afternoon Shiur, 4:20 PM “Searching for God in Judaism: A Rational Quest for a Mystical Presence” Let's welcome the newest Kosher restaurant in the Chicagoland area This discussion constitutes a personal effort at articulating a meaningful notion of and enjoy a taco bar from the new Tacos Gingi! Create your dream taco God that is spiritually fulfilling and at the same time intellectually uncompromising. and excite your taste buds with Mexican flavors. The search ranges across the Jewish tradition from the fundamentals of Biblical
Come celebrate Shabbat with your favorite Jewish Young Professionals, monotheism to Maimonides’s rationalism and onto Hasidic mysticism. The result is and join us after dinner for an oneg at one of our own YP's homes. a contemporary notion of God that is both inspiring and humbling.
Kabbalat Shabbat 5:20 PM Chaim Seidler-Feller recently Dinner 6:30 PM celebrated his fortieth year of Followed by an Oneg working with students and faculty as the Executive Director of the Yitzhak ASBI Members: $15 per person / Non-Members: $18 per person Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at Please register at asbi.org by Monday, February 19. UCLA. He is currently Director ASBI Members: Log into your account to redeem your member discount. Emeritus and also serves as Director Please note: a limited number of seats may be available after Monday, February 19, but be sure of the Hartman Fellowship for to register early because the price increases to $20 on Tuesday, February 20. Campus Professionals.
Registration is required to attend. He was ordained in 1971 at Yeshiva University where he completed a The ASBI Young Professionals Committee organizes Shabbat dinners and social events for young adults in their 20's and 30's. Masters in Rabbinic Literature. Chaim has been a lecturer in the Departments of Sociology and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Torah on Tap UCLA and in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is also a faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Tuesday, February 13, 7:30 PM North America, the Harvey Fields Institute, and the Wexner Heritage at Beermiscuous Foundation. He was a founding member of Americans for Peace Now. 2812 N. Lincoln Ave. The International Hillel Center has granted Chaim the Hillel Professional Recognition Award “for blending the love of Jewish tradition with the Come for a drink, stay for some Torah! modern intellectual approach of the university.” Chaim was a rabbinic consultant to Barbra Streisand during the making of the film “Yentl”. He is ASBI Young Professionals are co-hosting Torah on Tap with Anshe Emet married to Dr. Doreen Seidler-Feller, a clinical psychologist, and is the and Temple Sholom. Join us at Beermiscuous to learn with Rabbi Scott father of Shulie, a photojournalist, and Shaul, recently ordained and Gellman of Temple Sholom. We hope to see you there! currently pursuing a doctorate in Jewish History at the Hebrew University. GET INVOLVED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Calling All Babysitters! Beit Midrash Wednesdays Join us at ASBI for a series of accessible and thought-provoking shiurim. Do you babysit or have a teenager who babysits? ASBI is updating our Babysitter List as a resource for members of the community. Please THREE-PART SERIES WITH JEREMY FRIEDMAN email David at [email protected] to be added to the list. Class II: February 14, 8:00 PM The Kohen & the Nazir: Antiquated Institutions or Models of Piety?
Class III: February 21, 8:00 PM Unwarranted Stringencies or Applying the Content of the Law: Can I Clean on Shabbat?
Jeremy Friedman has been both a science and Jewish educator for over seven years, teaching classes to adults and children at locations such as Congregation Hachnasat Orchim - Hospitality at ASBI Ezras Israel, the Walder Science Center, Limmud Chicago, Bernard Horwich JCC Help strengthen ASBI’s commitment to the mitzvah of Hachnasat Summer Camp, and Ida Crown Jewish Academy. He studied at the Pardes Kollel in Orchim (Hospitality) by setting extra places at your Friday night dinner Jerusalem, Yeshivat Maale Gilboa, Yeshivat Hadar, Yeshivat Hakotel, and Yeshivat table for those interested in being guests! Hamivtar. Jeremy earned a BS in biology from Brandeis and an MS in education from Northwestern. He is currently completing a Master's in materials science and Visit asbi.org/hospitality to learn more about this initiative or to sign up engineering at IIT. Jeremy is a former member of ASBI. as a host. Please feel free to let the hospitality committee know if you have any questions by emailing [email protected]. Introduction to Jewish Life & Practice
Tuesday, February 13, 7:00 PM at ASBI
PRE-PESACH READCYCLING BOOK SWAP Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld as we launch a new cycle of this Sunday, March 11, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ongoing class on the fundamentals of Jewish life and practice, for those interested in conversion to Judaism All community members are invited to drop off books for adults and and open to all in the community. New participants children in the ASBI lobby by Wednesday, March 7. are always welcome throughout the series.
Whether or not you have books to contribute, be sure to stop by the Join NILI and ASBI this spring for a series of classes in Lakeview, continuing in March. book swap on Sunday, March 11, from 3:30 - 5:00 PM. We will have a storyteller for kids - stay tuned for details! “Making a Super Seder for Kids” with Rabbi Reuven Brand, Rosh Kollel Tuesday, March 13, 8:00 PM, at the home of Libby Smoler: 507 W. Roscoe St. #2 All leftover books will be donated to Cradles to Crayons or the JCC. “A Paradigm Shift on Prayer” with Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky, Director, Midwest Center for Jewish Learning Tuesday, April 24, 8:00 PM, at the home of Sara Wolkenfeld: 745 W. Buckingham Pl.
“Women of the Torah: Messages for Modern Times” with Mrs. Tamar Shames, NILI Assistant Director Tuesday, June 5, 8:00 PM, at the home of Maya Bass: 3420 N. Lake Shore Dr. #12LM
About NILI: Chicago Institute of Women’s Learning is a community of learning offering engaging, challenging and inspirational Torah-based classes and programs tailored to the specific needs and interests of women. Using the resources of the Yeshiva University Torah Mitzion Kollel and of local and visiting scholars, NILI provides women of all ages and backgrounds in the greater Chicagoland area a unique array of learning opportunities and the ability to connect with others on their journeys in Torah. The diverse Torah offerings of NILI enable women to develop and enhance their Jewish lives, celebrating a commitment to halacha and tradition that includes an appreciation of general society and religious significance of the State of Israel. SPONSORSHIP & DEDICATION OPPORTUNITIES
Contribute to ASBI by leining or sponsoring Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot! Sponsorship or co-sponsorship* is a great way to celebrate your own or a loved one’s birthday/anniversary/milestone. Many menu and pricing options are available. Please email [email protected] at least one week in advance for details. Rabbi David Wolkenfeld Email [email protected] if you are interested in reading Torah. [email protected] Kiddush Sponsorship Shalosh Seudot Sponsorship Coffee Bar Sponsorship Steve Miller David Schwartz Hayley Leventhal Barbara Pjetrushi Starting at $950 Starting at $118 $72 for 1 month Executive Director Director of Family Education & Programming Executive Assistant Custodian [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] DATE KIDDUSH SHALOSH SEUDOT TORAH PORTION HAFTORAH February 17 OFFICERS – 2017-2018 / 5778-5779 Terumah President – Jeremy Treister February 24 Immediate Past President – Rabbi Paul Saiger Tetzaveh; Zachor Taken Vice President - Ways and Means – Ross Weisman March 3 Taken Taken Vice President - House – Margalit Segal Ki Tisa Vice President - Membership – Danielle Gershon *You may co-sponsor a Kiddush by contributing a smaller amount. Vice President - Ritual – Dr. Ira Halper Vice President - Education – Anna Pomson Dedication Opportunities Vice President - Financial – Asher Zarkowsky Honor your loved ones with a dedication plaque or book plate. Recording Secretary – Ruth Lipman New Koren Small Leaf Large Leaf Stone Memorial BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2017-2018 / 5778-5779 Siddur Tree of Life Tree of Life Tree of Life Plaque Dr. Stuart Sprague - Chair Eytan Fox Scott Moses $54 $180 $360 $1,080 $680 Julia Aaronson Richard Goldberg Michael Newberger Beverly Agdern Joseph Goodman Scott Newberger YOUTH TEFILLAH GROUPS Jayme Besser Seth Greenberg Erica Phillips Group leaders and babysitter are subject to change without notice. Daniel Chiat David Harris Jacques Aaron Preis Tot Shabbat (children 2 and under, with a parent) Linda Cohen Ira King Jennifer Saba Oren Dekalo Michael Leib Linda Saiger 10:45 AM in the Social Hall with Joseph Goodman Herbert Eiseman Norman Levitz Adam Smoler Gan (ages 3-JK) Aaron Feigelson Jennifer Loeb Naomi Sugar 10:30 AM in the JCC Lower Gym with Tara Holden Steve Feiger Ava Madoff Andrew Weprin assisted by Sidonia Ohringer & Maayan Jankelovics ASBI COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS Yeladeinu (K-2nd grade) Chesed: Linda Saiger & Sara Wolkenfeld Mikvah: Ruth Lipman 10:30 AM in JCC Room 204 with Tracey Meyers Education: Anna Pomson Ritual: Dr. Ira Halper assisted by Aaron Faier & Shira Newberger Family: Jennifer Loeb Security: Oren Dekalo Na’areinu (3rd-5th grade) Hospitality: Josh Grob Social Action: Irene Lehrer Sandalow 10:30 AM in JCC Room 104 with Meira Bismark Israel: Herbert Eiseman Young Professionals: Ann Levenson, Tefillah Off the Deep End (6th-7th grade) Kiddush: Beverly Agdern Ava Madoff, Elana Pentelnik, Debi Schrimmer
10:30 AM in the Beit Midrash with Daniela Garzon Gabbai: Dr. Josh Ehrlich Gabbayit: Karli Salinger Babysitting Services (for children ages 1 through 7 only) No babysitter this week. We apologize for the inconvenience! Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: [email protected] Dedications and Donations Security—If you see something, say something. As part of our ongoing effort to improve safety and security at ASBI, all members of the Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation is indebted to Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, a”h, for his generosity to the synagogue and to the Marovitz Scholarship Fund. Congregation are invited to submit recommendations, comments, questions, or The George Kranzler Library of Judaic Classics is donated in loving memory of Mr. George Kranzler by concerns to the Security Committee at [email protected]. the Kranzler and Saltzman families.
The Learning Center was dedicated on 29 Av 5761 in memory of Rose and Dr. Abe Aaronson who Prayer for the United States and Its Government inspired us in learning and charity. based on "deSola Pool Siddur" There is a sense of wholeness and artistic integrity in our sanctuary, thanks to our beautiful stained-glass God on high, bless this our country, the United States of America, and all who dwell therein. Bless the windows on the east wall, dedicated in memory of Bernard Preis, a”h.
constituted officers of government of this land. Set into their hearts the spirit of wisdom and The windows on the south wall are dedicated in memory of George Friedman, a”h.
understanding to uphold peace and freedom. The Louis A. Lerner Institute of Torah Texts sponsors all of the Torah text classes at ASBI.