SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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11910 Kemp Mill Road Silver Spring, MD 20902 (301)593-0996 office@kmsynagogue.org
ROSH HASHANA Sept.18, 2009 29 Elul 5769
President: Linda Klonsky Administrator: Beth Lichy Director of Operations: Nat Shaffir
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See Attached Sheet for High Holiday Davening Times and Tzom Gedaliah The following new files can now be downloaded from the KMS Website: Kol Mevaser, Zemanim Calendar for Silver Spring, HH Schedule, HH Seder Hayom, Winter Shabbat Schedule. Copies of the Rosh HaShana/Yom Kippur/Sukkot schedule are also available in the shul lobby.
Weekday Davening Times Sept. 22-25 Shacharit Mincha/Maariv Tues., Wed., Fri.-7:00am Tues.-Thurs. 6:50pm Th.-6:45am Next Shabbat – Sept. 25 Candle Lighting 6:42pm; Mincha 6:45pm
Are you new to the community? Do you know someone who has moved here? Please contact our hospitality chairs, Panina Licht and Yael Faleder at hospitality@kmsynagogue.org.
WELCOME!
Rabbi Bieler will speak on “Symbolic and Halachic Dimensions of Tashlich” in between Mincha and Maariv this Shabbat.
KMS is looking for a volunteer to lead the Shabbat Gabbai team starting after the Chagim for a one or two year term. Please contact Ephraim Leibtag at eleibtag@gmail.com if you are interested in finding out more about this role.
Ask Not What Your Shul Can Do For You, But What You Can Do For Your Shul!
Please make sure the check the seating charts when you come to Shul on Rosh Hashana as well as Yom Kippur. You may not be sitting in the same place for Yom Kippur as you are for Rosh Hashana. There will be a master list for all three Minyanim posted in the lobby, as well as lists posted alongside the seating charts outside each Minyan.
HIGH HOLIDAY SEATING
Dear KMS Community, We once again find ourselves about to enter the period of the Aseret Yemai Teshuva (the Ten Penitential Days) followed almost immediately by the joyous Sukkot and Simchat Tora celebrations. Perhaps the juxtaposition of these radically different religious moods and experiences represent much of our lives, during which we go from highs to lows and back again, periods of personal introspection alternating with times of physical and emotional exaltation, from times of contentment to moments of emotional disruption. The common denominators that define and help us to maintain a healthy and stable perspective are the belief in God's Closeness and Care, the support of family, friends and the congregational community, and the fascinating personal journeys that each of us proceed to pursue. May we all have an extraordinary year of health, personal fulfillment, spiritual growth, substantively helping one another, and each in our own way, contributing to making the world that we inhabit a better place. Best wishes for a Shana Tova U'Metuka, Yaakov Bieler
MESSAGE FROM RABBI BIELER
KMS is holding a Food Drive to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. Please bring your donations of unopened canned and prepackaged food and place them in the bins in the KMS lobby. In the current economy, there are many people in need. If everyone brings in just one can or package of food, we can really make a difference!
FOOD DRIVE
From the KMS Office Staff Nancy James Beth Lichy Nat Shaffir
*The shul office will be closed this Friday. *Please pick up a copy of our new Education Schedule in the shul lobby. Most weekday classes will begin after the chagim unless otherwise noted. *Join us on October 18 from 9:45am-12:00 noon for the 2nd annual 5k KMS Run for Israel. There is also a 1M Family Fun Walk. Please begin collecting pledges to sponsor yourself on the run. The money will support two organizations in Bet Shemesh. To volunteer or if you have any questions, please contact Nechumah Getz at Nechumah@gmail.com. *Gan Katan--KMS's Parent/Toddler program will begin its Fall session on Oct. 12. Classes will be held at KMS on Mondays, 9:30-11:00am and will include art, Jewish songs, stories and musical activities, group snack and a chance for toddlers and parents to socialize together. For information and registration, contact Elise Schloss at schlossfamily@hotmail.com, or 301-593-4279. *Rabbi Bieler’s Mishmar will continue each Thursday during the school year. Middle School (MS) Mishmar, from 5:006:00pm is studying R. Elimelech Bar-Shaul’s classic work, “Mitzvat Halev”. KMS provides drinks and a light snack. High School (HS) Mishmar, from 6:00-7:00pm is studying R. Soloveitchik’s “Lonely Man of Faith.” Parents of HS students rotate providing pizza. New students welcome. Please contact Richard Dine at Richard.dine@gmail.com for questions or to sign up. *The Women's Tefilla Group is looking forward to its annual women's kria of V'zot Habracha on Simchat Tora. We hope as many women as possible will layn their own aliyah. The aliyot are fairly short and recordings are available to help you learn. We can also pair you with an experienced layner to help you. If you are interested in layning your own aliyah, please contact Laura Warshawsky at Laura.Warshawsky@att.net. This year, the Women's Tefilla Group is organizing another teen kria in which the layners will be primarily the amazing young women who have layned for their B'not Mitzvot. Teens who are interested in layning can contact Lauren Shaham at lauren.shaham@gmail.com.
KMS NEWS
Mondays 8:00pm at her home, Dinah Haramati: Short Stories of Agnon. Thursdays 5:00pm at KMS, Rabbi Bieler: Middle School Mishmar, R. Elimelech Bar-Shaul’s classic work on Jewish thought, Mitzva VaLev. 6:00pm at KMS, Rabbi Bieler: Upper School Mishmar, R. J.B. Soloveitchik’s famous work, “A Lonely Man of Faith.” Shabbat (classes will not meet this week.) After Hashkama Minyan: Dan Rabinowitz: Topics in Jewish Literature alternating with Talmud: 8th perek of Chulin, taught by various teachers. 1 hr. before Mincha, Rabbi Bieler’s class on Parashat HaShavua based on the gilyonot of Nechama Leibowitz, z”l. Between Mincha and Maariv, David Eisenman: Masechet Brachot.
LEARNING AND SHIURIM
*Thanks to our Seuda Shlishit Committee for setting up (in the dark) last Shabbat: Barry Starr, Gary Isen, Vic Jacobson, Sam Kleinman, Jack & Beth Lichy. *Thanks to all of the people that have worked so hard to prepare KMS for Rosh HaShana!
THANK YOU!
Yehudah Leib ben Tziporah Rachel, Moshe Yakov ben Esther, Malka bar Bluma, Simcha Esther bat Chaya Pesha, Miriam Tova bat Chana, Margolit Masha bat Toba Gitel, Fagie bat Chayah, Sarah bat Leah, Menachem Mordechai ben Ophira, Feige bat Esther, Shulamit bat Raykel, Chava Blima bat Nechama Yenta, Srayah Eliezer ben Tzippora Chaya, Shoshanna Bat Doulat Dina, Chana Bayla bat Sarah Fega, Tzvi ben Leah, Meir Avraham ben Isabel..OrLit bat Dinah. Yaacov Dan Ben Etel Ahuva Sharona, Yonatan ben Galit, Moshe ben Chana, Chaim Menachem Mendel Ben Bryna, Tania bat Cyla, Sara bat Rivka,, Avraham Mordechai HaLevi ben Gitel, Shoshana Tamara bat Leah Ruth, Chana Hindel Gittel bat Rivka. *Please keep these names in mind during the recitation of the misheberach for cholim.
REFUA SHLEIMA
Kiddush Duty: Sept. 26: Rasooly. Security Duty: Sept. 18: Brilliant. Sept. 19: Jay Mazel. Sept. 20: Kritz. Sept. 26: Plotinsky.
KIDDUSH/SECURITY DUTY