"SUPER SUNDAY" AT KJ - THIS SUNDAY, NOV. 15 ANNOUNCEMENTS ב׳ כסלו תשע״ו ,November 13-14 פרשת תולדות Blood Drive 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Ramaz Middle School Gymnasium, 114 East 85th Street 8:30 a.m. pre-davening class with Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz Schedule your appointment to donate or volunteer by Reading the Responsa of Rabbi Ovadiah Yoseph: contacting [email protected] Is an Electric Menorah Acceptable for

Lighting Chanukah Candles? and Mezuzah Checking ****************************** with Rabbi Yosef Lasdun Sermon by Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. A Small Town Boy Comes to the Big City ****************************** Ramaz Middle School Lobby, 114 East 85 Street Men’s Club Discussion moderated by Sisterhood Pre-Chanukah Boutique KJ Social Worker Shira Felberbaum 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The of Bikur Cholim (Visiting the Sick): Ramaz Middle School Auditorium, 114 East 85th Street Training from Professionals and Reflections from Volunteers Shop for Hats, Clothing, Chanukah Gifts, and much more! Following 9:00 a.m. Main services and a hot kiddush Proceeds benefit Sisterhood's charitable work in our community and in Israel The New York Board of Rabbis 5776 Rabbi Israel and Libby Mowshowitz Kesher Chanukah Concert featuring “Shira & Friends” 11:00 a.m. Heyman Auditorium, 125 East 85th Street Award Ceremony Honors $10 per person/ $15 for Front Row Seats Rabbi Elie Weinstock Pizza lunch served! THIS Wednesday, November 18, 7:30 p.m. at 125 East 85 Street RSVP at WWW.CKJ.ORG/KESHER Dessert reception to follow ceremony RSVP to Rabbi Diana Gerson at 212-983-3521 Mitzvah Day with UJA@KJ or [email protected] 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. in the Riklis Social Hall, 125 East 85 Street. Guest Speakers NEXT Shabbat, November 21 In the Main Synagogue Join us as we pack school supplies for impoverished yeshiva students, create care packages for seniors in need, and put Seymour Propp Memorial Lecture during 9:00 a.m. services together beautiful crafts to keep wheelchair bound Featuring Professor Frederick M. Lawrence individuals warm and comfortable. Senior Research Scholar at Yale University RSVP to Rebecca Zimilover [email protected] “Israel and the American College Campus: Challenges and Opportunities”

Men’s Club Kiddush Discussion with with Ted Comet following 4:05 p.m. mincha Gary Kenzer from Honest Reporting: Honorary Associate Executive Vice-President, A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee NEXT Shabbat, November 21 “Resilience: the Mystique of Jewish Survival - following 9:00 a.m. Main Synagogue services and a hot kiddush. Highlights of 70 Years Addressing Global Jewish Challenges” He will show through real examples how the mainstream press Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun distorts Israel news with partial photographs, photos staged to be 125 East 85th Street (212) 774-5600 misleading, and other dishonest reporting techniques. New York, NY 10028 www.ckj.org Shabbat 9:30 AM SHEMINI ATZERETSHABBAT & YOUTH SIMCHAT GROUPS TORAH YOUTH GROUPS Parshat Toldot: Genesis 25:19 - 28:9 pp. 124 - 143 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Early Drop Off Pre-K to 7th Grade Middle School Room 405 Toldot: Malachi 1:1 - 2:7 pp. 1137 - 1138 Toddler 10:30 AM TOT SHABBAT IN MIDDLEMiddle SCHOOL School GYMNASIUM Room 501 Today’s Daf Yomi daf is Sotah, page 19 10:00Nursery a.m. Youth Groups Middle School Room 406 PreNursery-K Middle Middle School School Room Room 403 406 Shabbat Morning KindergartenPre-K Middle Middle School School Room Room 405 403 9:00 a.m. Main Service Main Synagogue Kindergarten Middle School Room 405 9:15 a.m. Sephardic Minyan Rohr Chapel Grades 1-2 Boys and Girls Middle School Room 504 9:30 a.m. Learners Service Major-Ward Beit Midrash Boys and Girls, grades 1-2 Middle School Room 504 9:30 a.m. Intermediate Service Riklis Social Hall GradesBoys and Girls,3-4 Boys grades and 3-4 Girls Middle Middle School School Room Room 505 505 10:00 a.m. Teen Minyan Middle School Room 501 GradesBoys, grades 5-7 5 -Boys7 Middle Middle School School Room Room 401 401 Girls, grades 5-7 Middle School Room 402 SHABBAT AFTERNOON IN THE MAIN SYNAGOGUE Grades 5-7 Girls Middle School Room 402 3:30 p.m. Class on Tractate Sanhedrin Open Gym: boys and girls in grades 1-4 play from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the Lower with Rabbi Roy Feldman in the Main Synagogue School's 8th floor Nakash Gymansium at 125 East 85 Street. Boys and girls in grades Mincha Services - Main Synagogue 4:10 p.m. 5-8 play from 3:00 - 4:10 p.m. in the Middle School's Lindenbaum Gymnasium at Seudah Shlishit Presentation by Sandra E. Rapoport 114 East 85 Street. Sandra is an attorney, author, and Bible teacher, and has lectured throughout the U.S., Canada, and London YOUTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS– WALK-INS WELCOME Making a Hero Out of a Trickster: Understanding Jacob TODAY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Shabbat Concludes 5:18 p.m. FALL YOUTH Shabbat Sponsors Congregational Kiddush in the Heyman Auditorium is co-sponsored by the KJ Bikur In the Ramaz Middle School, 114 East 85 Street Cholim Society in honor of Judge Jerome Hornblass’s many years of devoted service at 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., for boys and girls in grades 1-4. Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital; and by Adam and Jeanne Peldman in Fun kiddush, Shabbat lunch, , raffle prizes, sports, games, celebration of the first birthday of their daughter, Kayla. and much more. Only $25/child. Pay after Shabbat. Seudah Shlishit is co-sponsored by Judy Abel and Michael Brill in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Judy’s father, Bernard Abel; by Deborah and Mark Cooper “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!” AT 6:00 P.M. commemorating the yahrzeit of Mark’s mother, Naomi Cooper; by Marylene and in the Riklis Social Hall at 125 East 85 Street Alan Friedman commemorating the yahrzeit of Alan’s father, Sidney Friedman; by Join us for a beautiful musical led by Rabbi Roy Feldman, Ruth and Dr. David Musher commemorating the yahrzeits of Ruth’s father, Morris Weiss, David’s father, Sidney Musher, and David’s grandfather, Rabbi Mordecai M. a special arts and crafts project for younger children and parent-child Kaplan; and by the Propp family commemorating the yahrzeit of Anna Cohen learning for older kids, and a delicious ice-cream sundae Propp, mother of the late Ephraim, Seymour, and Mortimer J. Propp. Melaveh Malkah party to bid Shabbat farewell. No Charge.

SCHEDULE OF WEEKDAY SERVICES - NOVEMBER 15-20 At KJ, 125 East 85 Street (*Sephardic Minyan) KJ Annual Dinner: “Homecoming!” Sunday - Followed by Rabbi Wieder’s Shiur 8:30 a.m. *8:30 a.m. Saturday Night, December 5, 125 East 85 St.

Monday & Thursday 7:15 a.m. *6:50 a.m. RSVP AT WWW.CKJ.ORG Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 7:30 a.m. *7:00 a.m. Chaired By Wilma & Kenneth Aschendorf, Evenings 4:30 p.m. Yaira & Matthew Binstock, and Rhonda & Jeffrey Luxenberg Friday, November 13 Friday, November 20 Candle lighting 4:22 p.m. Candle lighting 4:16 p.m. Annual Kesher New Mothers' Brunch Main Service 4:35 p.m. Main Service 4:30 p.m. Featuring Tali Pines, MS, RD, Serve a Pre-Thanksgiving dinner to those in need with “UJA@KJ” discussing the importance of pre- and post-natal nutrition Next Sunday, Nov. 22, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., at the Sirovich Center, THIS Wednesday, November 18, at 10:00 a.m. 331 East 12th Street. RSVP to [email protected] at the home of Gealia Friend, 525 East 86 Street, Apt. 10D Tali is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who specializes in providing WIDOWS CONNECTION WITH JUDY TANZ Thurs. Nov 19, 6:30 p.m. nutrition therapy for weight loss, prenatal/postpartum nutrition, and in the Major-Ward KJ Library at 125 East 85 Street RSVP to 212-535-7571 sports nutrition. RSVP to [email protected]