Sunday, December 17, 7:00 PM (BM): Join us to elect the new board of directors and officers, receive a financial update, and hear about the State of the Shul. This year’s slate includes 9 new Officers on the Executive Committee and 7 new Directors.

Executive Committee: President: Saul Newman* First VP: Marcy Wolf* VP Administration: Risa Margulies* VP Development: Fran Kritz* VP Education: Jeremy Brown* VP Finance: Shulamith Lesnoy* VP Israel: Yoni Heilman* VP Kehilla: Sara Elikan* VP Ritual: Lowell Abrams VP Youth: Lisa Brookman*

December 15-22, 2017 27 Kislev-4 Tevet 5778

Parashat Miketz Shabbat Mevarchim & Chanuka

Candle Lighting: 4:29 p.m.

SHABBAT SCHEDULE Shabbat Candle Lighting 4:29 pm (Plag 3:48 pm)

*Chanuka candles should be lit at home before Shabbat candles* Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 4:20 pm (Sanct); 4:20 pm (YBM)

*Please note the earlier time to allow for lighting Chanuka candles in shul* Shacharit 7:00 am; 8:00 am; 8:45 am; 9:15 am WTG 3:00 pm

Shabbat Mincha 4:20 pm Shabbat Ends 5:31 pm

Sun. Chanuka: Shacharit: 7:45 am, 9:00 am, 9:00 am(WTG) M/M: 4:30 pm Mon. R”C & Chanuka: Shacharit: 6:30 am, M/M: 4:30 pm, Maariv: 9:00 pm Tues. R”C & Chanuka: Shacharit: 6:30 am, M/M: 4:30 pm, Maariv: 9:00 pm Wed. Chanuka: Shacharit: 6:45 am, M/M: 4:30 pm, Maariv: 9:00 pm Thurs.: Shacharit: 6:45 am, M/M: 4:30 pm, Maariv: 9:00 pm Fri.: Shacharit: 7:00 am, Candle Lighting (next week): 4:31 pm

Earliest Tallit & Tefillin: 6:26 am Latest Kriat Shema: 9:43 am Earliest Mincha 12:30 pm

SHABBAT SPEAKERS AND SHIURIM

KIDDUSH SPONSORSHIP

KIDDUSH DUTY

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This Week: Schreiber Next week: Mintz

7:00 am: KMS Youth: KMS 8:00 am: Barbara & Richard Marcus in memory of Barbara’s father, Joseph Hoch, z”l. 8:45 am: Carol & Lionel Rabin in honor of the bat mitzvah of their granddaughter, Avigayil Rabin. Chany Morris and Bonnie Gluck in honor of the yahrzeit of their father, Sam Gluck, Avraham Yehoshua Heschel ben Nachum Mordechai. Youth: KMS

7:00 am: Rabbi Dr. Adam Ferziger 8:00 am: Rabbi Weinberg 8:45 am: Avigayil Rabin Youth: Zara Rosenbaum

9:00 am Mechy Frankel's Gemara Shiur 10:30 am Review of this week's Daf Yomi WTG: Arlene Groner Between Mincha and Maariv: ~ Rabbi Dr. Adam Ferziger: Between Christian Humanism and Fragmentary Judaism: Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein's Distinctive Approach toward Non-observant and Non-Orthodox Jews ~ David Eisenman’s Gemara Shiur

MAZAL TOV Mazal tov to Keren & Ira Rabin on the bat mitzvah of their daughter Avigayil. Mazal tov to siblings Sarah and Tzvi. Mazal tov to grandparents Carol & Lionel Rabin, Miriam Jacoby and Pat & Sam Polsky. Mazal tov to aunt and uncle Esther & Joseph Rabin and all the other aunts, uncles and cousins.

Mazal tov to Nava Lebson on becoming a bat mitzvah. Also to her parents, Aviva & Cory, to her sisters, Eliana and Talya, and to her grandparents, Faron & Roy Lebson and Lisa & Rabbi Richard Plavin.

Mazal Tov to Arel Zaghi on the occasion on his bar mitzvah. Mazel Tov to Edwin & Miriam, Eliana, Erez, and Edan, and to grandparents: Sheila & Chaim Leibtag, Yehuda Zaghi, and Soraya Azarian. Mazal tov to all the aunts, uncles and cousins.

Mazal tov to Fran & George Wollner on the engagement of their son, Aaron, to Ariella Rechthand, daughter of Esther & Dr. Manny Rechthand. Mazal tov to brothers Beryl and David.

Mazal Tov to Sabine & Chaim Himmelfarb and family and Alicia & Larry Stern and family on the birth of a grandson, born to Elie and Ronit Himmelfarb of Englewood, New Jersey.

Mazal Tov to Susan & Scott Eleff on the birth of a grandson. Mazal Tov to parents, Michael Benjamin and Ruth Ida Eleff of Stamford, CT. Mazal tov to big sister Sophie Eleff.

Mazal tov to Sylvia & Peter Goldberg on the bat mitzvah of their granddaughter Emma Jane, daughter of Karen & Eli Goldberg of Teaneck, NJ. Mazal tov to sisters Katie and Gracie and uncles Yoni and Uri and the entire family.

UPCOMING EVENTS Friday Night, December 15, 8:30 pm: KMS Women’s Rosh Chodesh Series: Join Elana Weinberg in honor of Rosh Chodesh Tevet. Back to the Beginning, at the home of Rachel Pinchot, 712 Hermleigh Road.

This Shabbat, December 15-16: Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Dr. Adam Ferziger, holds the R’ Samson Raphael Hirsch Chair for Research of the Torah & Derekh Erez Movement in the Israel & Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on Jewish religious movements, religious leadership, and religious responses to secularization and assimilation in modern and contemporary North America, Europe & Israel. See flyer here.

• Friday Night, 7:30-8:30 pm: Sectarian Missionaries or Post-Modern Maccabees? Outreach Activists and the Realignment of American Orthodoxy (Sanct)

• Between Mincha/Maariv: Between Christian Humanism and Fragmentary Judaism: Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein's Distinctive Approach toward Non-observant and Non-Orthodox Jews (Sanct)

• Motzei Shabbat, 6:30-7:30 pm: Washington Heights Yankees in Rav Kook's Court: The Role of American Orthodoxy in Israeli Judaism (Sanct)

This Motzei Shabbat, December 16, 6:45 pm: Mishpacha Lomedet. Join us for a special Chanuka edition of Motzei Shabbat Parent-Child Family Learning of the season! For elementary age kids and their parents. Chavruta learning followed by a fabulous Chanuka theater by Torah Mitzion's Rav Oron, Bachurim and Banot. Fun learning, prizes and pizza! Bring a box or can or non-perishable food for the Kosher Food Pantry.

This Sunday, December 17, 7:00 PM: KMS Annual Meeting to elect the new Board, receive a financial update, and hear about the State of the Shul.

KMS ANNUAL MEETING

Directors: Evan Albert Sharon Butler Melanie Fleisher* Nechumah Getz Larry Lerman* David Lowenstein Mairav Mintz

Allen Minzer Jen Raskas* Ted Rosenbaum* Simmy Schopf* David Taragin Jason Unger* Gary Winters*

Immediate Past President: Alec Stone

*New Directors & Officers

WEEKDAY TEFILLA TIMES December 17-22

We are so excited that KMS Executive Director Henry Feller and his wife Reneé will be visiting our community for Shabbat. This is a great opportunity for you to welcome them and introduce yourself. You can read their bio in the Getting to Know You section on page 3.

HENRY FELLER VISITING FOR SHABBAT

YOUTH NEWS WEEKLY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 5778

Sunday 6:15 pm: (note time & location change for this week) Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman's Parasha Explorations class: Explorations of (typically halachic) themes from the weekly parasha. *Classroom A*

Monday 10:45 am: Laura Goldman’s class on Sefer Bereishit at the Mayberg home, 411 Hermleigh Road. Participants should bring a Chumash Bereishit. For women only. 8:00 pm: Dr. Erica Brown’s parasha class, in depth analysis focusing on parashanut. Please bring a Hebrew/English Tanakh. All are welcome. *Classroom A* 8:00 - 9:00 pm: Dinah Haramati’s class, Stories of Agnon, at the Haramati home.

Tuesday Rav Itiel Oron’s class will not meet.

Wednesday 9:45 - 10:45 am: Esther Dziadek’s Siddur class in Classroom A. 8:00 pm: Rabbi Weinberg’s class on Hilchot Shabbat. This year we are learning about the positive mitzvot of Shabbat such as the laws of preparing for shabbat, candle lighting, kiddush, hamotzi, three meals, havdalah & more. *Lobby*

Thursday 10:00 am: Rabbi Weinberg’s class on Sefer Melachim. *Lobby*

RABBI’S MULTIMEDIA LEARNING Every morning Rabbi Weinberg discusses a mitzva from the Sefer HaChinuch. Every afternoon, he gives a brief review of some halachot, often tied to the season.

Click to hear Rabbi Weinberg's brief and informative Divrei Mitzva and Divrei Halacha from the daily minyanim. To subscribe to Rabbi Weinberg’s new weekly Parasha mini-shiur visit his Youtube page here and subscribe.

Please join Elana Weinberg and the women of KMS at our monthly Rosh Chodesh series:

• TEVET: This Friday Night, December 15, 8:30 pm: Back to the Beginning, at the home of Rachel Pinchot, 712 Hermleigh Road.

UPCOMING ROSH CHODESH SERIES

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SEUDAH SHLISHIT Mark your calendars with these upcoming KMS Community Seudah Shlishit dates: January 20, February 17, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9

YOETZET HALACHA BRACHA RUTNER

KMS Yoetzet Halacha Bracha Rutner welcomes your questions about mikvah, observance of taharat mishpacha (halacha relating to married life) and women’s health, as it connects to Jewish law. Reach out to her at: Phone: 718-614-2677 Email: bracharutner@gmail.com. All conversations and emails are kept confidential.

Bracha will join us on February 10

This Friday Night, December 15 8:00-9:00 pm, Bnai Akiva ZA”CH Oneg for all kids in 7th-8th grade. At the home of the Winters, 714 Hermleigh Road. Contact Shana Lowenstein or BZ Kott for info. See flyer here.

This Shabbat, December 16, 10:20-11:00 am: Junior Davening Group in the Beit Midrash. Geared to ages 8-11, parents welcome. See flyer here.

This Shabbat, December 16, 3:20-4:20 pm: Bnai Akiva Snif for all kids in 3rd-6th grade at KMS. See flyer here.

This Shabbat, December 16, between Mincha/Maariv: Seudah Shlishit for High Schoolers with Rav Oron, Bachurim, Banot, and Sufganiyot! See flyer here.

This Motzei Shabbat, December 16, 6:30 pm: Mishpacha Lomedet. Join us for Parent-Child-Family Learning! For elementary age kids and their parents. Chavruta learning followed by fabulous Torah theater by Torah Mitzion's Rav Oron, Bachurim and Banot. Fun learning, prizes & pizza! Bring a box or can or non-perishable food for Kosher Food Pantry. See flyer here.

Monday, December 18, 7:00 pm: Teen Learning Initiative

Monday, December 25: Group Chesed Op for teens at A Wider Circle. ~~~

KMS Youth Facebook Page: Join and stay updated about upcoming events, see pictures: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1585055188465013

TEEN CHESED COOKING

The KMS Teen Chesed Cooking Club cooks for individuals who are sitting shiva or who just had a new baby. Our list of families who have received the teens’ food is growing each week. Word on the street is that we’re amazing chefs! Donate here to help cover the costs of supplies.

2018 KMS GALA DINNER HONOREES

KMS is please to announce the following honorees for our 2018 Gala Dinner (date TBA): Benny & Deena Berkowitz, David Taragin, and Rise Goldstein.

ETZ CHAIM LEAF PROGRAM

As Tu B’shvat approaches, please consider dedicating a leaf on our Etz Chaim in the lobby. For more information, see the letter on page 4.

SAFETY INITIATIVE

We encourage all members to wear reflector belts when walking home from shul at night. If possible, please acquire a reflector belt for your personal use. You can purchase reflector belts here or here or a reflector vest here. A generous donor has purchased a number of reflector belts to encourage this safety initiative. If you do not currently own any reflector gear, please borrow and return one of the belts that can found on the counter in the KMS lobby.

HELP SAVE A LIFE

A member of the Greater Washington Jewish community has been diagnosed with a deteriorating kidney condition. A year ago, his doctors advised him that a transplant of a kidney from a living donor could restore his normal kidney function and extend his life. To date, no viable donor has been found. If you would consider helping save a life by donating a kidney, please contact Aron Trombka (301-681-3025 or atrombka@gmail.com) for more information.

TAKE 15 FOR TORAH

Join our shul-wide initiative to add 15 minutes to your weekly Torah learning from Chanukah to Shavuot. Learn anything you’d like, in any way that you’d like: sefarim, podcasts, articles. Learn by yourself, b’chevruta or with friends and family. Click here to add your name/initials to our spreadsheet.

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE MIKVAH EMUNAH SOCIETY?

We know the mitzvah of taharat hamishpacha (family purity) is private, but community support of the mikvah is not! According to the Talmud, the importance of having a mikvah ranks even higher in Jewish law than that of having a synagogue. (Megilla 27a) Please support the Mikvah Emunah Society in its important work by becoming a member in 2018. Your membership donation of $360 or above allows you to use the mikvah with no usage fee for 2018 and is tax-deductible. But more importantly, your membership contribution allows the mikvah to remain an integral component of Jewish life and the Jewish community. Please respond today by sending a check to Mikvah Emunah Society of Greater Washington, P.O. Box 1714, Silver Spring, MD 20915. Online contributions can be made at www.mikvahemunah.com/Membership. Your support is greatly needed and appreciated.

KMS POLAND TRIP Thank you to all those who attended the Poland Trip information session. The deadline to sign up is January 15, 2018. If you have not signed up yet and are still interested, please contact the office. Click here to view the information packet.

MONTHLY YAHRZEIT REMINDERS The office sends out yahrzeit reminders via email on the 15th of the month preceding the yahrzeit. Please note that we no longer send yahrzeit reminders via US mail. Contact the office if you have not received your email reminders, or with any other questions.

BIKUR CHOLIM FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington is considering creating a family support group in the Kemp Mill area. In order to do so, we would like to know if there is an interest and need for such a group. You can help us by calling BCGW at 202-331-4481 or sending an email to info@bikurcholimgw.org

WINE OPPORTUNITY

KMS is partnering with JWines to provide our members an easy way to donate 5% of your total purchase to KMS at no additional cost to you. Please go to www.kosherwine.com and use the code KMS at checkout to donate 5% of your purchase to the shul.

REFUAH SHLEIMAH Ahuva Shaina bat Yosefa Ettel, Chayim ben Yitzchak, Esther bat Bracha, Etel Baila bat Sara, Golda Miriam bat Pesha Freidel, Ita bas Bluma Leah, Noam Shalom ben Inbar, Nechama Yenta bat Raizel, Moshe Ze’ev ben Gitel, Rachel Davida bat Sara, Sara bat Riva, Shoshana Elka bat Etel Dena, Shoshana Tzippora bat Eidel, Tzvi Gershon ben David, Tzipora Faige bat Liba, Tziporah Sarah bat Tzivia, Yaakov ben Chaya Devorah, Yehoshua Daniel haKohen ben Masha Avramah

KMS OFFICE INFORMATION

Office Hours, Monday through Thursday: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm; Friday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 301-593-0996 ▪ www.kmsynagogue.org

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU In an effort to promote the warm community feeling we strive for here at KMS, we introduce you to KMS members each week. We hope you enjoy

meeting your fellow members and will use these brief bios as a catalyst to introduce yourself to others at KMS.

RENEÉ & HENRY FELLER Henry is KMS’ new executive director. He and his wife Reneé have lived in Baltimore for 31 years. Reneé is a native Baltimorean and Henry grew up in the Catskills near Monticello, NY. After college they moved to Rochester, NY. They have successfully raised 2 children (now adults) who married and have their own children. Eliza and Michael (Temchine) live in Baltimore with their son Jonah (5 y.o.). Jason and Wendy live in Lincoln University, PA with their daughters McKenzie (8 y.o.) and Reagan (5 y.o.). They would easily say that the oldest grandchild must be going on 18 instead of only 8! The three of

them can “talk your ears off” and Henry and Reneé love it. Listening to the youngsters’ viewpoint of the world is fascinating. They are just as proud of their children and spouses who are both accomplished and mensch’s! Eliza is a funeral director (and professionally trained trombonist), Michael a professional photographer (specializing in Orthodox weddings and simchas), Jason a country club manager, and Wendy a human resources coordinator. Henry worked as the executive director of a Conservative synagogue in Baltimore for 17 years. His first career was in banking and finance and he was an officer and volunteer for the synagogues where they belonged. His hobbies include photography. Reneé is a Health and Wellness Coach (who wants to help people “like the company that they keep when alone with themselves”) and a Nurse Psychotherapist in private practice. She is well versed in volunteerism for synagogues – is a past President of Sisterhood, co-led healing services, taught about the spirituality of various holidays, and taught Jewish meditation. Hobbies include singing and playing the piano (just for fun). Both Henry and Reneé enjoy camping, bicycling, kayaking, travelling, and spending time together and with their children and grandchildren. Their dream is to go cross-country “glamping.” As Henry develops his relationship with KMS, both he and Reneé are looking forward to getting to know everyone better. They are appreciating the warm welcome that has been extended by so many.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIRIAM & ANDREW STEIN Miriam & Andrew Stein moved to Kemp Mill from downtown DC in August 2011 in the hopes of finding a warm community with wholesome values and with great lawns. Since

moving, their family has grown to now having three children: Aviv (9), Maera (6) and Priya (3). Andrew works tirelessly for Uncle Sam in the Department of Treasury and Miriam works for the Jewish community at Charles E Smith Jewish Day School. They love spending time outdoors, spending time with their family and watching Cleveland sports. They are grateful for the robust community KMS has created, with opportunities and events for members aged 0-120 and look forward to many years in Kemp Mill.

Dear KMS Members,

Believe it or not, Tu B’shvat is approaching in a matter of weeks, on January 31. In Kemp Mill, Tu

B’shvat falls in the dead of winter, when there is often snow on the ground. Although many of us at KMS

participate in joyous seders on Tu B’Shvat, sometimes it is hard to appreciate the beauty of a blossoming

tree when our trees are bare and the leaves have long since been vacuumed up by the county.

Fortunately, there is a way to make our trees blossom on Tu B’Shvat in the middle of a cold and

dreary Kemp Mill winter. Our Kemp Mill

Synagogue lobby has a beautiful Etz Chaim

with many bare leaves. For Tu B’Shvat, please

join us in making that tree blossom. Think

about what KMS means to you and the

various life-cycle events, the joys and sorrows,

that you have shared here with family and

friends. You can honor those precious

memories in our community, thank the Rabbi,

a family member, or a special friend, by

engraving one or more of our Etz Chaim

leaves and make our tree, lobby and

synagogue blossom. You can permanently

engrave a beautiful golden leaf to

commemorate precious memories and events (member cost/leaf $180; non-member cost/leaf $360). Please

follow this link to place your order (no later than 12/31/17 for Tu B’Shvat dedication):

https://www.kmsynagogue.org/etz-chaim-leaves.html

This year we updated the KMS lobby to make our synagogue even warmer and more inviting.

During this cold winter, join us in spreading more warmth in our lobby by dedicating to our Tree of Life.

We spend lots of our time in the KMS lobby. Why not share your precious memories with our KMS family

while we all enjoy our beautiful lobby together.

For more information feel free to reach out to the KMS office 301-593-0996.

Kol Tuv,

Alec Stone David Loshin Alec Stone David Loshin

President VP of Development

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הגיע חג לאילנות! ט"ו בשבט

ETZ CHAIM LEAF PROGRAM