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HIGH HOLY DAY ISSUE (Schedule on Pages 6-7) KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Volume LXXVI, Number 1 September 6, 2006 13 Elul 5766 AN EXTRAORDINARY AND COMMENDABLE RESPONSE PREPARE YOURSELF FOR AROSH HASHANAH MESSAGE THE HIGH HOLY DAYS BY RABBI HASKEL LOOKSTEIN SELICHOT SERVICES In late July, about two weeks after the conflict and the removal of all threats to Saturday, September 16 at 10:00 PM IDF's defensive struggle against Israel's security. Please accept our Preceded by a Collation at 9:15 PM Hezbollah began, I received the following contribution to that cause.” letter from a member of the Accompanying that letter was a $2,500 ROSH HASHANAH WORKSHOP Congregation: contribution to the Benevolent Fund. Tuesday, September 19 at 8:00 PM “Dear Rabbi Lookstein: In this time I had been thinking about what we RABBI ELIE WEINSTOCK of crisis, I know that KJ will do could do to help our brothers and sisters everything it can to assist Israel and its in Israel in an unbearable situation that YOM KIPPUR WORKSHOP Tuesday, September 26 at 8:00 PM citizens. We pray for a speedy end to the was destroying homes, lives, livelihoods RABBI ELIE WEINSTOCK - Continued on Page 2 - TESHUVA SHIUR The KJ Men’s Club Proudly Presents RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER A Sukkah Supper Lecture Rosh Yeshiva of For the Entire Community The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan JAY S. ZEIDMAN Theological Seminary Wednesday, September 27 at 8:00 pm White House Liaison to the Jewish Community SHABBAT SHUVA DRASHA SPONSORED BY SUZY AND LARRY PRESENT HE MERICAN EWISH OMMUNITY “T A J C , 2006: IN HONOR OF THE YAHRZEIT OF SUZY'S FATHER, THE VIEW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE” EMANUEL GOLDBERGER RABBI MEIR SOLOVEICHIK Tuesday, October 10, 7:00 PM “So Near, Yet Shofar: God’s Presence and the Yom Kippur Tekiyah” Men, women and children are invited. Saturday, September 30 $30 per person. Advance Reservations Required. At the conclusion of 9:00 AM services TOVAAND NORMAN BULOW SHABBAT SCHOLAR NOVEMBER 3-4 Upon receiving his Ph.D. from Hebrew University, Prof. Our Scholar Moshe Halbertal became a fellow at Harvard University. He PROF. MOSHE HALBERTAL also served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School Professor of Jewish Thought and at the University of Pennsylvania’s Law School. 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The cause seemed so Tzfat, a major social service agency in investigated other worthy causes which immense that our small part struck me as that beleaguered city; to Hazon need extraordinary help in order to potentially insignificant. That letter, Yeshaya, a soup kitchen whose capacity provide extraordinary help to Israelis. I along with a few oral inquiries by had to greatly increase because of the hope to give you an update in the near congregants, led to our appeal on Tisha needs of people who came from the future. B'Av night. The results of that appeal, North without resources; to Yeshivat In the meantime, I wanted to express which included two e-mails to the B'nai Chayil, which was preparing to my admiration to the entire KJ/Ramaz KJ/Ramaz family, led to contributions accommodate “seventy-five refugees” family for a most commendable amounting to over $191,000 dollars - for an extended period; to a response to a huge crisis. We cannot truly an extraordinary and commendable manufacturer for a large supply of bullet- physically fight for Israel, but we response on the part of our family - and proof vests for reservists who were on certainly can, and must, help others who contributions are still coming in. active duty but who did not have this are fighting, and give aid to those who As of Erev Shabbat Re'eh, August life-saving equipment; and to a charity in are victims of the fighting. I hope that 18, we have disbursed almost half of Carmiel which normally takes care of our response, along with the courageous what we have received. We gave large poor people in that city but whose needs response of the Israelis, will bring God's gifts to the Yeshivat Hesder in Kiryat greatly expanded because of the terrible blessings to our People for health, well- Shmoneh, whose students were damage during the war. being, peace and safety in the coming providing meals to people in shelters; to Audrey and I have just returned year. L'Ma'an Achai in Bet Shemesh, where from Israel where we celebrated several “hundreds of refugees” were being Bar and Bat Mitzvahs in the KJ/Ramaz Haskel Lookstein accommodated; to Livnot U'l'hibanot in family. While there, we actively RABBI MEIR SOLOVEICHIK TO DELIVER WELCOME SHABBAT SHUVA DRASHA Kehilath Jeshurun warmly SPONSORED BY SUZY AND LARRY PRESENT welcomes the following new IN HONOR OF THE YAHRZEIT OF members who joined the SUZY'S FATHER EMANUEL GOLDBERGER Congregation between the printing “So Near, Yet Shofar: God’s Presence of the last Bulletin, June 26, and and the Yom Kippur Tekiyah” this Bulletin, which went to press on August 25: Saturday, September 30 Shirley Abel Photo by Irwin Robins At the conclusion of 9:00 AM services Yaira Singer & Matthew Binstock Tekiat shofar is popularly interpreted as to choose a moment for sounding the Caroline Born the strident peal of an alarm clock that shofar on Yom Kippur, why would we Jennifer Born God has set for us, a clarion call startling choose the close of the services, when the Daniel J. Bursky us from our complaceny and alerting us to importance of teshuva is all too obvious, Judy and Dr. Maurice Khosh the fact that the time has come to repent. when we are already acutely aware of the Susy Sarfaty and Jonathan Levin The shofar is blown a hundred times on fact that the period of repentance is Robye and Allen Margolius Rosh Hashanah; the Yom Kippur service, coming to an end? This seeming oddity, Alexandra and Haskel Rabbani however, has but one sounding of the however, is key to a more nuanced Julie and Jonathan Schwartz shofar, and that, famously, occurs at the understanding of the purpose of the shofar conclusion of neila. How odd. If we are and of the Days of Awe themselves. Lauren and Seth Silberstein Drs. Paula and Richard Smith Rita Weinberger 86TH STREET WINE & LIQUORS KJ SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP: 306 East 86th Street BE A PART OF 212-396-3535 THE JEWISH PEOPLE 10% Discount to KJ Members 15% OFF WINE Contact KJ Administrator BY THE CASE Leonard Silverman FREE DELIVERY at 212-774-5680 or [email protected] KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 3 RAV HERSHEL SCHACHTER OPERATION L’HITRAOT XVI TO SPEAK AT TESHUVA SHIUR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 THANKSGIVING MISSION IN ISRAEL AT 8:00 PM NOVEMBER 21 - 28 In view of the recent war between on special importance because of this Israel and Hezbollah, Operation added dimension. L'Hitraot XVI Thanksgiving Mission to There are still a few places left for Israel will be transformed into a those who would like to join us. The solidarity mission. In addition to our mission will leave on Tuesday evening, spending time in Jerusalem at the Inbal November 21, and return early in the Hotel, we will also travel to the North morning on Tuesday, November 28. and stay overnight in two locations. For further information and We will visit Haifa, Kiryat Shmoneh, reservations, please contact the special Metulla, Tzfat and other places in the website for this mission at Photo courtesy of YU Press Office North of Israel which were severely http://www.arieltours.com/kj, & email damaged by rockets and missiles sent inquiries to [email protected] Rav Hershel Schachter will deliver the by Hezbollah with civilians as their or call Ariel Tours directly at 718-633- Congregation’s annual Teshuva Shiur on exclusive target. The mission will take 6194, ext. 272. Wednesday evening, September 27 at 8:00 PM in the Riklis Social Hall. Rabbi Schachter has had a distinguished career at Yeshiva University for nearly 40 years. He joined the faculty in 1967, at the age of 26, the youngest Rosh Yeshiva at WONDER when RIETS. Rabbi Schachter has been Rosh you’ll have some Kollel in the Marcos and Adina Katz Kollel (Institute for Advanced Research in WHEEL fun? Rabbinics) and is also the Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Save the Date Talmud. A prolific author, he has written Saturday Night extensively for such scholarly publications as December 9, HaPardes, Hadarom, Beth Yitzchak, and Or 2006 Hamizrach, and has authored works Photo by Mitch Krevat including Eretz HaTzvi, B'ikvei HaTzon, 8:00 PM Nefesh HaRav and MiPninei HaRav. At age KJ ANNUAL DINNER 22, Rabbi Schachter was appointed assistant to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt"l. Rabbi AT THE MORRIS AND IDA NEWMAN RECREATIONAL CENTER Schachter earned his B.A. from Yeshiva 60 EAST 78TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY College, and an M.A.