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MEMORIAL KADDISH Dr MEMORIAL KADDISH Dr. Polly Etkind Hochberg Wife of our esteemed President Herman Hochberg, mother of Marisa, sister of Barbara Etkind (Rabbi Jack A. Luxemberg). Her dedication, leadership, boundless love for our Synagogue, Sisterhood and Men’s Club, and her love for Torah studies, have been instrumental in transmitting our Jewish values to the next generation. A Woman of Valor, her life was a blessing and an inspiration. She will be sorely missed. SHABBAT SHALOM Rabbi Arthur Schneier • Senior Rabbi YAHRZEITS Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt • Assistant Rabbi Mr. Zoltan Lefkovits, brother • Mrs. Vivian Mook Baer, aunt • Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot • Chief Cantor Mr. Jack Pomeranc, parents, brother, sisters • Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky • Cantor Dr. Susan Nachamie, father • Mr. Moses and Mr. Jacob Sabbagh, father • Rabbi Harold Einsidler • Ritual Director Mrs. Simone Blum, husband • Toby N. Einsidler • Administrator Mrs. Helen Schlesinger, husband • Mr. Herbert Feinberg, son • Mr. Steven Thal, father • Mrs. Carla Rothman, husband • Saturday, September 2, 2017 Ms. Helga Abel, brother • Mrs. Gladys Kartin, father • 11 ELUL 5777 Mrs. Marilyn Dukoff, father-in-law • Mrs. Judith Banker, mother • KI TEITZEI Mr. Charles Maurer, grandmother • Mr. Larrry Rosner, mother • Ms. Diane Hewitt, father • Rabbi Jonathan Medows, father • Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Hertz p. 840 Artscroll p. 1046 PARSHAT KI TETZE HAFTORAH Isaiah 54:11-1-10 When you go out to war upon your enemies…and capture from them captives (21:10) Also from one’s spiritual enemies one must “capture captives.” Anything negative in man or in the Hertz p. 857 Artscroll p. 1201 world can be exploited for the good, if one can derive a lesson from it in the service of the Creator. DAILY SERVICES (Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov) Sunday and Monday • 9:00 am Tuesday - Friday • 7:45 am SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP Evening Services 6:30 pm We invite you to become a member of our historic landmark Synagogue. By doing so you will assist us in transmitting our precious heritage to the next generation. For 163 East 67th Street New York, NY 10065 more information, please contact the Synagogue office at 212-737-6900 www.parkeastsynagogue.org | [email protected] or register at www.parkeastsynagogue.org SCHEDULE RESERVE YOUR HIGH HOLY DAYS SEATS! SELICHOT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Saturday Night Rosh Hashanah – September 20-22 Evening Services, 6:30 pm September 16, 2017 Yom Kippur – September 29-30 RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER Main Sanctuary, Members Only SHABBAT, SEPTEMBER 2 State of World Jewry Address Rabbi Arthur Schneier Morning Services, 9:00 am “Israel and the Jewish People in a Rabbi Arthur Schneier World of Conflicts” Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky 9:00 PM Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot Sermon: Rabbi Elchanan Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky Poupko … CHIEF CANTOR Rabbi Harold Einsidler • Congregational Kiddush in the YITZCHAK MEIR HELFGOT Non-Members can purchase tickets for $150 to the Parallel Services in Goldberg Ballroom Selichot Service the Synagogue Auditorium, led by Rabbi Elchanan Poupko and Chumash class Rabbi Harold 10:30 PM Einsidler, 6:00 pm Cantor Laivi Freundlich Maestro Russell Ger & the Mincha, 7:00 pm Park East Synagogue Choir Seudah Shlishit Rosh Hashanah Dinner Dvar Torah: Rabbi Elchanan General Admission tickets - $50 Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Poupko VIP - $100 Evening Services, followed by Shabbat Ends, 8:12 pm Benefactor - $180 Festive Yom Tov Dinner RSVP: www.parkeastsynagogue.org Special Musical Presentation by Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS and Maestro Russell Ger Children Services,Third Floor Hitting the High Notes Toby Einsidler & Staff, 11:00 am Sunday, September 17, 2017 REGISTRATION 2017 - 2018 Monday, September 4 – Labor Day Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER PARK EAST DAY SCHOOL Davening Services 9:00 am, 6:30 pm www.parkeastdayschool.org A guide to the selection of Cantorial Early Childhood Tuesday, September 5 –First day classes- Pieces with 18 months old Mommy and Me, Taste of School – Kindergarten, Day School Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot Elementary School Grades 1 – 5, Middle School Grades 6 – 8 Sisterhood Events Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky Challah for the New Year Cantor Daniel Gildar LEON AND GINA FROMER YOUTH ENRICHMENT CENTER order through Sisterhood and support the 7:00 pm Pre-K – Grade 6 Bikur Cholim, Delicious Challah from “The RSVP | [email protected] https://parkeastsynagogue.org/childrens-education/youth-enrichment-center/ Challah Fairy” for more information 212- 737-6900 Remember your loved ones in the Book SUNDAY SHKOLA An evening with Rabbi Harold Einsidler of Remembrance for 5778. 2-13 Years Old Tuesday, September 26 The Book is currently being compiled. www.parkeastsynagogue.org/childrenseducation/sunday-shkola/ “The Tripod of the Succah Holiday Please contact Toby Einsidler in the Succah • Lulav •Water Libation” Synagogue office Light dinner, 7:00 pm Sections of the Main Sanctuary are being painted during the summer. In order to complete the work prior to the High Holy Days, Shabbat Services RSVP – 212-737-6900 Deadline September 1, 2017 will take place in the Charles Brook Ballroom. Thank you for your patience. .
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