Welcome to Shabbat Parshat Matot-Masei ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazal Tov to Kayleigh & David Eisenstein on the birth of a baby boy. The bris is scheduled at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation to take place at ASBI on Tuesday, August 6, at 6:00 PM. If you would like to help with August 2 – 3, 2019 • 2 Av 5779 meals, please visit TakeThemAMeal.com (Last Name: Eisenstein, Password: babyboy). May this child’s life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and supportive love of family Kiddush Dessert is sponsored by Nate Unterman & Korah Erbacher, Dr. and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Amen. Josh Ehrlich, Shimon & Karen Unterman in honor of Dr. Sarah Unterman Mazal Tov to Rebecca & Roni Cohen on the birth of a baby girl. If you would like to help recently being named Chief of Staff at Jesse Brown VA Hospital. Also with meals, please visit TakeThemAMeal.com (Last Name: Cohen, Password: 1234). May sending congratulations are Rachel Unterman and Devorah & Nati Reiss. 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. Hashkama Kiddush is sponsored by Donnie & Erica Phillips in honor of Mazal Tov to Allison & Jonathan Horn on the bris and naming of their son, Lazer Isaac their kids' summer birthdays (Caroline in August, Leora in July, Shai in Horn (Eliezer Isaac). If you would like to help with meals, please visit TakeThemAMeal.com August) and Donnie’s parents visiting. (Last Name: Horn, Password: 1234). 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. Welcome to our newest members, Yadin Teitz and Robert Cooper, who have Amen. joined our ASBI community. Mazal Tov to Debi & Benji Rubin on the bris and naming of their son, Nathan Noam Rubin (Noam Yitzhak). May this child’s life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and SCHEDULE FOR SHABBAT supportive love of family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Amen. Thank you to everyone participating in Mix & Match Shabbat this week, especially our Friday, August 2 hosts Rabbi David & Sara Wolkenfeld, Rabbanit Leah Sarna & Ethan Schwartz, Esther & Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Joseph Pincus, Shaina & Avi Herring, Elana Pentelnik, Isabel Singer & Sara Fried, Rachel Light Candles 7:50 PM Slutsky & Will Kaplowitz, Shira Wakschlag & Eli Rosenblatt, and to Arielle Lewis for her Saturday, August 3 work organizing. Hashkama Minyan 8:00 AM Thank you to this week’s volunteer readers, David Dror, Paul Freund, Josh Levine, Adam Shacharit with sermon by Rabbi Wolkenfeld 9:00 AM Pershan, and Ethan Schwartz. This is What Your Fathers Did Youth Tefillah Groups (see inside for details) 10:30 AM ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES Class with Rabbanit Sarna 6:50 PM] Pirkei Avot Aliyah Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudot 7:35 PM Netanel Barsky Ma’ariv & Havdalah 8:49 PM In Memory Jacques Aaron Preis & Evelyne Salama in memory of Dr. Leonard Kranzler, a”h Repeat Evening Sh’ma: August 2, after 8:55 PM Denise & Stuart Sprague in memory of Dr. Leonard Kranzler, a”h—may his memory be a Latest time to recite Morning Sh’ma: August 3, 9:21 AM blessing for all of us Daily Services: August 4 – 9 Donations received after July 31 will be listed in next week's bulletin. Many thanks for these generous donations. Shacharit: ASBI Members: Get Ready to Request Your High Holiday Tickets! Sunday 8:30 AM Monday & Thursday 6:45 AM Our High Holiday ticket request forms will be released Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 14. Make sure your account is in Mincha, followed by Ma’ariv: good standing ASAP so you’ll be able to request tickets! Sunday through Thursday 7:50 PM Fridays through August 23 7:30 PM Log into your account to make a payment, set up a payment plan, or fill out a Dues Adjustment Form at asbi.org/duesadjustment. Readings for Shabbat Parshat Matot-Masei GET SOCIAL WITH ASBI! Torah: Haftorah: Twitter:lakefronteruv | Facebook: /asbichicago | YouTube: “ASBI Congregation” | Instagram: /asbi_nspiring Numbers 30:2-32:42 Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4; 4:1-2 Hertz: Page 702 Hertz: Page 725 MEET WITH RABBI WOLKENFELD Email [email protected] to set up an appointment, or call his cell (917-621-5678) for urgent matters. Kaplan: Page 822 Kaplan: Page 1216 Stone: Page 900 Stone: Page 1193 ADAM R. STRAUS MEMORIAL MIKVAH To make an appointment, email [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance. JPS Commentators: Page 219 INCLUSIVITY AT ASBI We have a Braille siddur available below the chumashim and an accessible bathroom off the Beit 540 West Melrose Street, Chicago, IL 60657 • (773) 248-9200 • www.asbi.org Midrash. If there are other resources that would be helpful, please email [email protected]. RABBI CHAIM JACHTER TISHA B’AV We are very excited to welcome Rabbi Chaim Jachter for Saturday, August 10 Mincha 6:10 PM a Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat at ASBI August 16 - 17. Fast Begins 7:58 PM Shabbat Ends 8:40 PM See the schedule of Rabbi Jachter's visit below and be Ma'ariv & Kinot 9:00 PM Women's Reading of Eicha (at 451 W. Aldine Ave. #1) 10:15 PM sure to sign up for dinner with Rabbi Jachter ASAP—the Sunday, August 11 early-bird price ends this Sunday! Shacharit 8:30 AM Video Shiur with Rav Alex Israel 3:15 PM Friday Night Dinner & Oneg “Are We Waiting for Mashiach or is He Waiting for Us? Two Models of Redemption” Documentary Screening & Filmmaker Q&A 4:45 PM "King Hezekiah in Chicago? Harmonizing The Bible “A Voice Among the Silent: The Legacy of James G. McDonald” and Archeology" Shiur with Professor David Shyovitz 6:15 PM “Jerusalem on the Rhine: The Jewish Martyrs of the First Crusade” Join us for a Shabbat dinner at shul at 8:30 PM, then stay for an oneg at Mincha & Ma'ariv 7:25 PM Fast Ends: light snack at shul 8:39 PM 9:15 PM with a talk by Rabbi Jachter. All are welcome at the oneg even if you can’t attend dinner! Havdalah 8:39 PM Register for dinner at asbi.org. Women’s Reading of Eicha Early-bird Cost (ENDS SUNDAY): $16 Members | $21 Non-Members Saturday, August 10, 10:15 PM, at the home of Libby Smoler (451 W. Aldine Ave. #1) Regular Cost: $20 Members | $26 Non-Members Join us for a women’s reading of Eicha on August 10th. If you are interested in Members: Log into your account to redeem your discount. leining, please email [email protected]. Shabbat Morning Drasha Please email Libby at [email protected] for entry instructions. "Eruvin Details: Do They Matter" Professor David Shyovitz Post-Kiddush Shiur, 12:30 PM “Jerusalem on the Rhine: The Jewish Martyrs of the First Crusade” Sunday, August 11, 6:15 PM "The American Dayan and the State Department" David Shyovitz is Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University, and Director of NU's Crown Family RABBI CHAIM JACHTER has earned an international Center for Jewish and Israel Studies. His research and reputation as a consultant for community Eruvin, teaching focus on pre-modern Jewish history, with particular Get (Jewish Divorce) Administrator, and a prolific emphases on Jewish-Christian relations, the history of writer. His publications include a series of four science, and the development of Jewish law. David received well-received books entitled Gray Matter on his BA, MA, and PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and contemporary topics in Jewish Law. He is a veteran studied for several years at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He has been teacher of Judaic Studies at Torah Academy of a visiting fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at the Katz Center for Bergen County, Rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Orah Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and at the (the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck), and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He is the author of A Remembrance of Dayan on the Beit Din of Elizabeth. Rabbi Jachter His Wonders: Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz. has lectured on topics of significance at a wide Fast for Feast — Tish’a B’Av variety of venues worldwide. Participate in “Fast for Feast,” a project that directs money that we will not Rabbi Jachter lives with his wife and five children in Teaneck, New spend on food while observing the fast of Tish’a B’Av towards charities that Jersey. He has served as the rav hamachsir (certifying rabbi) of ASBI’s provide food for the hungry in Israel and the United States. "Fast for Feast" is inspired by a comment of the great Talmudic scholar, Maharsha, who Eruv since 2013. endorsed designating money for each fast day towards tzedakah, lest we profit financially from observing the mitzvah of fasting. Rabbi Jachter’s visit is co-sponsored by Jacques Aaron Preis in memory of Phillip Leonian, a”h, and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian, a”h, and by the Jack Strulowitz Lakefront Eruv. To participate, visit fastforfeast.org/asbi. TISHA B’AV SCHOLARS IN RESIDENCE Documentary Screening & Filmmaker Q&A RABBI CHAIM JACHTER | AUGUST 16 - 17, 2019 Rabbi Chaim Jachter has earned an international reputation as a consultant for community “A Voice Among the Silent: The Legacy of James G. McDonald” Eruvin, Get (Jewish Divorce) Administrator, and a prolific writer. His publications include a Sunday, August 11, 4:45 PM series of four well-received books entitled Gray Matter on contemporary topics in Jewish Law.