Welcome to , Parshat Miketz ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazal tov to Chai Wilensky & Ash Zarkowsky on the birth of a baby boy on Thursday, December 10. The bris is expected to take place after shacharit on Thursday, December 17, at ASBI. If you would like at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation to help with meals, please visit TakeThemAMeal.com (Last Name: Wilensky/Zarkowsky, Password: Baby Z). May this child's life be filled with the insights of , the warm and supportive love of December 11 – 12, 2015 / 30 Kislev 5776 family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Amen! Mazal tov to Zahava & Ariel Berkowicz on the bris and naming of their son Emanuel Kiddush this week is co-sponsored by the Lopatin Hospitality Fund. Berkowicz. May this child's life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and supportive love of family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Amen! SCHEDULE FOR SHABBAT Saturday’s Women’s Hanukkah Celebration has been cancelled.Apologies for any inconvenience. Friday, December 11 Thank you to an anonymous donor for sponsoring latkes for this week’s Young Professionals Dinner. Light Candles 4:01 PM Stay updated on the status of the Eruv at twitter.com/lakefronteruv. Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv 4:05 PM To set up an appointment with Wolkenfeld, please email [email protected]. If there is something Young Professionals Dinner (by reservation only) 6:15 PM urgent that you need to discuss with him, please call his cell phone at 917-621-5678.

Saturday, December 12 ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES

Shacharit with sermon by Sarah Robinson 9:00 AM

Youth Tefillah Groups (see inside for details) 10:30 AM Georges Ucko Class with Sarah Robinson 3:05 PM In Honor No Kidding: Laughter and Jokes in and Halakha Naomi Berkove in honor of the daughter of Schwartz & Aronin

Rabbi Rosenberg in honor of the first birthday of Ayala, Asahel, and Elbaz-Eilon Women’s Mincha 3:50 PM In Memory Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudot 3:50 PM Naomi Berkove in memory of Ruth Zisook, a”h Yeladeinu & Na’areinu Family Learning (see inside for details) 4:15 PM Naomi Berkove in memory of Henya Shtern, a”h Shabbat ends, Havdalah at shul 5:01 PM Peter Friedman in memory of Henya Shtern, a”h

Deborah Mizrahi in loving memory of Dorothy & Jack Goldman, a”h Repeat Evening Sh’ma: December 11, after 5:05 PM Yahrzeit Harvey Schneider in memory of his beloved father, Louis Schneider, a”h Latest time to recite Morning Sh’ma: December 12, 9:26 AM Yizkor Roberta Glickman

Daily Services: December 13 – 18 Donations received after December 9 will be listed in next week's bulletin. Many thanks for these generous donations. Shacharit: Sunday 8:30 AM Women’s Mincha This Shabbat, 3:50 PM Monday & Thursday 6:45 AM Women and girls of all ages are invited. We encourage you to bring your daughters, sisters, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7:00 AM mother and friends, and spend a little time praying and learning together.

Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld and the minyanaires for Daf Yomi, the synchronized study Parsha Points by Liam Jankelovics of one Talmudic page each day, every weekday morning after Shacharit. Brought to you by the ASBI Education Committee

dreams of 7 fat cows that are swallowed by 7 lean cows, and 7 fat ears of grain swallowed by 7 Mincha, followed by Ma’ariv: sickly ears of grain. None of Pharaoh's advisors have success interpreting this dream. Sunday through Friday 4:05 PM  Yoseph is released from prison to interpret Pharaoh's strange dreams and explains that Egypt will have 7 Late Nite Ma’ariv-only Minyan: bountiful years in which there will be a surplus of food harvested, followed by 7 years of famine. Yoseph Monday through Thursday 9:00 PM advises Pharaoh to store grain during the bountiful years to be distributed during the following famine.  Pharaoh is impressed with Yoseph's interpretation and plan to save Egypt, and appoints Yoseph as his second-in-command. Yoseph marries and has two sons, and Menasheh.  The next 14 years go just as Yoseph foretold and when famine strikes the land, 10 of Yoseph's brothers Readings for Shabbat Hanukkah, Parshat Miketz, Rosh Chodesh Tevet (Binyamin, the youngest, stays at home) go to Egypt to buy grain and are accused of being spies. They Torah: Maftir: Haftorah: must bring Binyamin to prove that they are innocent and Yosef imprisons Shimon as a hostage. 41:1-44:17 Numbers 28:9-15 Zechariah 2:14-4:7  Yaakov agrees to let Binyamin go when Yehuda claims full responsibility over him. The brothers go back Hertz: Page 155 Hertz: Page 695 Hertz: Page 987 to Egypt. Kaplan: Page 200 Kaplan: Page 814 Kaplan: Page 1360  Yoseph gives his brothers gifts but plants his silver goblet into Binyamin's sack. The brothers are stopped on their way home and accused of stealing. The guards find the goblet in Binyamin's sack.

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540 West Melrose Street, Chicago, IL 60657 • (773) 248-9200 • www.asbi.org instead. read usually is Chanukkah Shabbas for The SUPPORT ASBI UPCOMING EVENTS Yom Kippur Appeal 5776

Yasher Koach to everyone who participated in YKA this year! Thanks to you, we have exceeded our goal for 5776 of $145,000!

As the end of 2015 approaches, you may consider making a donation to the Yom Family Hanukkah Celebrations at ASBI Kippur Appeal to support the shul and take advantage of a charitable deduction on Sunday, December 13 your 2015 income tax return. To donate, visit asbi.org/payment.php and make the appropriate donation. 4:30 - 5:15 PM Tot & Gan Families are invited to sing songs, eat Hanukkah food, and

KOREN MACHZORIM IN 5777 light candles at shul.

We are excited to bring the Koren machzor to ASBI for the High Holidays 5:15 - 6:30 PM 5777. The Koren machzor, with a translation and commentary by Rabbi Dr. Lord Jonathan Sacks, enables English-speaking worshippers to connect in Yeladeinu & Na'areinu families are invited to shul to light candles and new ways to one of 's oldest books and most powerful tools for make gelt with John Manchester from Windy City Sweets. Jewish spiritual life. The editorial choices of the Koren Publishing House make this machzor uniquely suited for a Religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox congregation. We invite you to honor your friends and loved ones and to support the spiritual life of the Latke Cook-Off shul by dedicating one or more machzorim sets, or making a donation. To learn more and At Milt’s BBQ (3341 N. Broadway) participate, visitasbi.org/machzor -5777.html. Sunday, December 13, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

2015 - 2016 ASBI Intern Visits Celebrate Hanukkah with Milt’s & ASBI! If you would like to host one of ASBI’s interns for a Shabbat meal or provide Up to 10 teams are invited to participate. Judges from Milt’s will overnight hospitality, please contact Rabbi Wolkenfeld at [email protected]. determine the winner.

Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinic Intern Eli Yoggev is a Ph.D. candidate at Bar Ilan University Not participating? Come cheer on your friends, eat some delicious food (Jewish Philosophy), and a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He studied in prominent Israeli from Milt’s*, and find out which team’s latke reigns supreme. yeshivot (Yeshivat Mercaz Harav and Yeshivat Har Etzion) and has taught in multiple religious high school programs. He will be visiting ASBI December 18-19, January 1-2, February 12-13, March 18-19, April 28- *Reservations are recommended. 30, May 6-7 & June 17-18.

Yeshiva University Intern Sarah Robinson is a student at YU’s Graduate Program in Advanced Congratulations to our incoming board officers and members Talmudic Studies (GPATS). Sarah has a BA in Jewish studies and Psychology from Stern College. In elected at our 2015 annual meeting! addition to teaching Torah in various capacities, Sarah is a fellow for Elijah's Journey: A Jewish Response to Suicide Awareness and Prevention and recently completed a fellowship with SOVRI: A Helpline for President: Jeremy Treister Orthodox Victims of Sexual Violence. She will be visiting ASBI January 22-23, with additional dates TBA. Recording Secretary: Ruth Lipman Vice President, House: Margalit Segal Support Team Cara & Chai Lifeline Vice President, Education: Ahuva Wiesenfeld (one year term)

Team Cara will be running in the Miami Half Marathon on January 24, 2016, to Vice President, Ritual: Dr. Ira Halper

raise money for Chai Lifeline in honor of Cara Lopatin. Chai Lifeline is an Board Members: Julia Aaronson, Linda Cohen, Herbert Eiseman, Aaron Feigelson, organization that helps support kids and their families who are facing serious Seth Greenberg, David Harris, Ira King, Jules Levenson, Jennifer Loeb, Ava Madoff, illness. Michael Newberger, Linda Saiger, Rabbi Mel Shapiro, and Alan Skidelsky.

Help Team Cara reach their goal of $100,000! Thank you to those who have served the board who are leaving this year: Visit teamlifeline.org/my/60986. Evelyn , Paul Freund, Iris Gafni-Kane, and Adam Levine. UPCOMING EVENTS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Beit Wednesdays Israel Movie Night Join us in the Beit Midrash at ASBI, Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, for an “Europa Europa” (1990) accessible and thought-provoking shiur. Snacks will be provided.

December 21, 7:00 PM at ASBI Join us for our final BMW class of the season with Dr. Malka 115 minutes Simkovich on Wednesday, December 16: “Jewish Conflicts with the : Based on the amazing true story of Perel, this gripping WW II Placing the Temple's Destruction in Context” drama tells the story of a Jewish teen in Germany who manages to This lecture will focus on the string of Jewish uprisings against the Roman Empire that were escape the Nazis and successfully change his identity. Unfortunately, the carried out in the first and early second century CE, especially those in the years 48, 66, 115, and 135. We will discuss what circumstances led to these rebellions, and how they may have ruse works too well and the boy ends up inducted into the military. impacted rabbinic approaches to military conflict.

Pizza will be served along with pop, popcorn, and chips. Dr. Malka Simkovich is a visiting instructor of Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological Union. She Sponsored by the Israel Committee. earned an MA degree in from Harvard University and a BA in Bible Studies and Music Theory from Stern College of Yeshiva University. She recently completed a doctorate at Brandeis University, where she studied Second Temple Judaism, early Rabbinic literature, and Tot Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner early Christian literature. Dr. Simkovich also works as an editorial assistant for the Harvard Friday, December 18, 5:00 PM Theological Review. in the ASBI Social Hall This Shabbat, we are pleased to welcome Sarah Robinson, Yeshiva University Intern, to ASBI. Sarah will give a D’var Torah at Friday night services, deliver the sermon on Shabbat morning, and teach a Shabbat afternoon class at 3:05 PM.

Mental Health and Judaism “No Kidding: Laughter and Jokes in Talmud and Halakha” Come join us for a fun, interactive Tot Kabbalat Shabbat program led by Tamar Cytryn, immediately followed by a delicious Shabbat dinner. Spend some time with ASBI families with young children for an early Yeladeinu & Na’areinu Family Learning Shabbat dinner, and then put the kids to sleep when you get home and with Israeli Shelichim Tammy & Yisrael Tsadok enjoy some Shabbat menucha (rest) afterwards! This Shabbat, December 12, 4:15 PM at ASBI

Adults and Children 2+ : $10 per person | Children under 2: Free Imahot and avot, sons and daughters, are invited to learn about the wisdom of our ancestors—Pirkei Avot. We welcome 1st through 5th graders and their Register at asbi.org by Tuesday, December 15. families to spend Shabbat afternoon together for communal learning led by our If you have any dietary restrictions, please list them in the “notes” section. Shelichim. Snacks will be provided. Hebrew Story Time Is Back! "The Use of Myth in Interpreting Sacred Texts” A weekly class with Rabbi Dr. Julian Ungar Next Shabbat, December 19, 3:30 PM Sundays, starting December 6, 7:00 PM at ASBI

Please join us for Hebrew Story Time with Lital Rosenberg Rabbi Dr. Julian Ungar is an interventional neurologist who trained in the next Shabbat afternoon, in the Social Hall. We will read U.K. with a prior degree in music from the Royal Academy. He earned his M.A. from the children's books in Hebrew together, while working on some of our Hebrew words. Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern studies from Brandeis Feel free to bring any Hebrew-language book you would like to share with the group. University. His projects include such topics as Pain and Spirituality, Chassidism and Post All kids age 4 and under are invited with their parents. Modernity, as well as a reconstruction of the musical notation of . Please review the following chart and let the office know if you would like either to read Torah or to sponsor or co-sponsor a Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot. We’ll be happy to help with the arrangements.

DATE KIDDUSH SHALOSH SEUDOT TORAH PORTION HAFTORAH

December 19

December 26 Vayechi Rabbi David Wolkenfeld January 2 [email protected] Steve Miller David Schwartz Hayley Leventhal Barbara Pjetrushi

Celebrate your own, your child’s, or a loved one’s birthday/anniversary/ Executive Director Director of Family Education & Programming Executive Assistant Custodian [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] milestone by sponsoring or co-sponsoring a Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot.

OFFICERS – 2015-2016 / 5776-5777 Kiddush Sponsorship Shalosh Seudot Sponsorship President – Jeremy Treister Starting at $950 Starting at $118 Immediate Past President – Rabbi Paul Saiger Vice President - Ways and Means – Ross Weisman You may co-sponsor a Kiddush by contributing a smaller amount. Vice President - House – Margalit Segal Vice President - Membership – Danielle Gershon Many menu and pricing options are available. Please call the shul office for details Vice President - Ritual – Dr. Ira Halper at 773-248-9200 or email [email protected]. Vice President - Education – Ahuva Wiesenfeld Vice President - Financial – Asher Zarkowsky Dedication Opportunities Honor your loved ones with a dedication plaque or book plate. BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2015-2016 / 5776-5777 New Siddur/ Koren Small Large Stone Memorial Dr. Stuart Sprague - Chair Ashlyn Gorlin Ava Madoff Chumash Mahzor Set Tree of Life Leaf Tree of Life Leaf Tree of Life Plaque Julia Aaronson Seth Greenberg Michael Newberger $54 $100 $180 $360 $1,080 $680 Beverly Agdern David Harris Scott Newberger Elyce Bader Toby Heizler Jacques Aaron Preis Linda Cohen Ira King Linda Saiger Youth Tefillah Groups Herbert Eiseman Michael Leib Rabbi Melvin Shapiro Aaron Feigelson Jules Levenson Alan Skidelsky Tot Shabbat (children 3 and under with a parent) Steve Feiger Norman Levitz Adam Smoler 10:45 AM in the Social Hall with Meredith Weprin Eytan Fox Jennifer Loeb Andrew Weprin Gan Shabbat (JK & K) ASBI COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS 10:30 AM in JCC Room 206 with Tara Holden Chesed: Linda Saiger & Sara Wolkenfeld Mikvah: Ruth Lipman Education: Ahuva Wiesenfeld Ritual: Dr. Ira Halper Yeladeinu (1st -2nd grade) 10:30 AM in JCC Room 204 with Roxie Zeller Family: Jennifer Loeb Security: Peggy Kaz Hospitality: David Eisenstein Young Professionals: Ariana Hotz, Ava Madoff, Na’areinu (3rd -5th grade) Israel: Herbert Eiseman Yoni Philipp & Schwartz

10:30 AM in the JCC Gym with Daniela Garzon Gabbai: Dr. Josh Ehrlich Gabbaiyot: Dr. Chai Wilensky & Judith Wolf Tefillah Off the Deep End (6th -7th grade) 10:30 AM in the Beit Midrash with Andrea Katz Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: [email protected]

Dedications and Donations Babysitting Services (For children ages 1 through 7) Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation is indebted to Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, a”h, for his With Sylvia Staples generosity to the synagogue and to the Marovitz Scholarship Fund.

9:30 AM until Kiddush in the ASBI Playroom The George Kranzler Library of Judaic Classics is donated in loving memory of Mr. George Kranzler by the Kranzler and Saltzman families. Kiddush until 12:30 PM in JCC Room 206 The Learning Center was dedicated on 29 Av 5761 in memory of Rose and Dr. Abe Aaronson who Group leaders and babysitter are subject to change. inspired us in learning and charity.

We acknowledge and thank the following funds for helping us celebrate our community's simchas: Security—If you see something, say something. the Frances “Freidl” Goodman Berger, a"h, Fund which presents menorahs to each newborn child; the William and Frances Goodman Mezuzah Fund which provides a mezuzah for newlyweds; and Alan Hepker: (847) 980-5630 the Rachel, Gabrielle, and Wren Berger Bat and Bar Fund which presents candlestick holders or a Kiddush cup to each Bat and Bar Mitzvah.

Prayer for the United States and Its Government There is a sense of wholeness and artistic integrity in our sanctuary, thanks to our beautiful stained-glass windows on the east wall, dedicated in memory of Bernard Preis, a”h. based on "deSola Pool Siddur" The windows on the south wall are dedicated in memory of George Friedman, a”h.

God on high, bless this our country, the United States of America, and all who dwell therein. Bless the The Louis A. Lerner Institute of Torah Texts sponsors all the Torah text classes at ASBI. constituted officers of government of this land. Set into their hearts the spirit of wisdom and understanding to The Kaufman Women Education & Leadership Endowment in memory of Rita Skydell Kaufman, Judith uphold peace and freedom. Kaufman Hurwich, Dr. Carol Fuchs Kaufman & Belda Kaufman Lindenbaum, a”h.