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Kemp Mill SynagogueParashat ChukatRosh Chodesh TammuzJuly 1, 201129 Sivan 5771Shabbat TimesCandle Lighting: 8:19pm (7:05pm Plag)*Friday Mincha/Maariv: 6:45pm (Sanctuary; Upstairs Beit Midrash: Youth-led Ruach Minyan)Second Friday Mincha/Maariv: 7:30pm (Sanctuary)Shacharit: 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 9:15amWomen’s Tefilla Group: 5:00pmRabbi’s Shiur: 7:15pm “The War with Og, King of Bashan”Shabbat Mincha: 8:15pmMaariv/Shabbat Ends: 9:26pm*The acceptance of Shabbat cannot take place before Plag. It should not take place after the minyan at whichone davens reaches Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat which is at 20 minutes after Mincha begins.Weekly Davening TimesJuly 3-8Shacharit:Sunday*: 7:45, 9:00amMonday**: 8:00, 9:00amTuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:00amThursday: 6:45amMincha/Maariv: Sunday-Thursday: 8:25pm*Rosh Chodesh Tammuz**Independence DayMazal TovMazal Tov to Zohar and Issi Barbash on the birth of a daughter. Mazal Tov to big sisters Roniand Galia.Kiddush/Security Duty for ShabbatKiddush Committee: Lisa & Gordon Lederman. The following members are on Kiddush Dutythis Shabbat: Cohen, Bandler, Becker, Beletskiy, Blaustein, Ehrlich, Kobrin, Kotz, Lesnoy, Medoff,Rosenberg, B. Schwartz, B. & B. Starr, Tabin, Weinberger, Zakheim, Levisohn, Winters.Security: Brilliant.Next Shabbat: Kiddush: Bender. Security: Dine.Welcome to KMSAre you new to the community?Please contact the shul officeat office@kmsynagogue.org.Kiddushim/Seuda Shlishit this Week*Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Joan and Joseph Vander Walde incommemoration of the yahrzeits of Joseph’s parents, Rabbi Isaac Vander Walde (Yitchak benAharon) and Lucy Vander Walde (Beulah bas Yosef) z’l.*8:45am Kiddush is sponsored by Noam and Ayelet Roth in honor of Galit Roth's graduationfrom kindergarten and by Sandi and Isi Teitelbaum in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Sandi’smother, Gertrude Badner, z”l.*Youth Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by the Moses family in celebration of the birth ofShayna Sara Moses.*Seuda Shlishit is sponsored by Cynthia and Shalom Brilliant in honor of the birth of theirgranddaughter, Maya Tziporah, born to Shira and Yitz Brilliant, and on the occasion of Shalom’sSiyum HaShas.

Speakers: Hashkama: Steven Kozlowski. 8:00am: Erica Brown. 8:45am: Rachel Kosowsky.Youth: Rabbi Moses. Mincha/Maariv (Seuda Shlishit): Shalom Brilliant.KMS News*Come join us Sunday afternoon, July 10 th for Jewish Community day at NationalsPark. Join your fellow KMS members as we watch the Nationals take on the ColoradoRockies. There will be special kosher food and festivities sponsored by the Nationals. For moreinformation, contact Joel Tabin at 301-593-2423. More info at: greg.foscato@nationals.com.*KMS High Holiday Registration is now open! Request High Holiday seats, register yourchildren for childcare, submit your requests for the annual Yizkor Booklet, and offer greetings tothe congregation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in Kol MevaSer. Download the forms from theKMS website, www.kmsynagogue.org. A detailed policy statement regarding seat availability, costs,and priorities is also on the website.Learning and ShiurimMondays: 8:00pm at her home, Dinah Haramati: Short Stories of Agnon.Tuesdays: 8:00pm at KMS, Rabbi Haramati: Torah and Commentaries, Ancient and Modern.Wednesdays: 8:00pm at KMS, Rabbi Haramati: Prophets and Biblical Poetics (in Hebrew).Shabbat: After Hashkama Minyan, Rabbi Avi Weinstein.One hour before Mincha, Rabbi Bieler’s class on Parashat HaShavua.Between Mincha and Maariv, David Eisenman: Masechet Beitza.Refua Shleima: Moshe Yakov ben Esther, Malka bat Bluma, Feige bat Esther Batya bat Pesya Malka, Bat Zion bat ChayaRiva, Pesach Yom Tov Ben Bryna Faiga, Shochna Baruch ben Leah Chana, Orlit bat Dinah, Shmuel Yoel Ben Lifshe Raizel,Yaacov Dan Ben Etel Ahuva Sharona, Leib Nachum ben Naomi, Menachem Mendel ben Esther, Oodel (Aidel) bat AltaChaya, Wolff Zvi ben Leah, Shlomo Ben Taltza,Yosef Avraham HaLevi ben Pesha, Matisyahu Yaakov ben Gitel Rivka, Simabat Bella, Eric Peterson, Shoshana Bat Reya, MiriamLleah bat Faiga Basha, Daniel Yishai Ben Bracha Rivka, Sara Feiga batNaomi. *Keep these names in mind during recitation of the misheberach for cholim.

KMS YOUTH NEWSShabbat GroupsShabbat morning groups will be meeting over the summer. Morah Michal will be away until mid-July. Elissa Stieglitz will be overseeing Shabbat groups, with the assistance of several adultvolunteer group leaders.Shabbat July 2: Shabbat morning groups will meet at the usual time 9:45am. Parents please beconsiderate and pick you children up immediately after davening/BEFORE Kiddush.Junior Congregation:** Thank you to Dr. Erica Brown for being our junior congregation “scholar in residence” lastShabbat. The juniors really enjoyed their time with you.**Save the Dates for our next Shmooze and Dvar Torah Programs:**July 30 -- Suzy Israel**Aug 27 -- Rivky Krest**Sept 24 - - Rabbi Bieler**If you are interested in being a speaker at the Schmooze and Dvar Torah Program please contactMandi Lowenstein: mandi.lowenstein@gmail.com.We are in the process of sending out a Group Leader Application Form for anyone who may beinterested in being a group leader next school year. Please look for it in an upcoming email by theend of the month. If you are interested in being a group leader or have any questions, please emailestieglitz@tsfmail.netYOUTH MINYAN NEWSFriday night July 1: Youth-led Ruach Minyan at 6:45pm in the upstairs Beit MidrashShabbat, July 2: Youth minyan (for middle and high schoolers) at 9:15am in the Youth BeitMidrash.****************************************************************************Reading Nook: We are so pleased with the success of the reading nook, but we ask you all to helpus maintain and preserve the quality of our books by reminding your children to treat the bookswith respect and to put them back in the shelves when they are finished reading. AND please helpus with the ANTS: DO NOT EAT ANY FOOD THERE. Thank you.

Community Connection*The Kemp Mill Shabbat Afternoon Women's Shiur will take place this Shabbat, July 2 at 5:00pm atthe home of Yocheved Mizel, 914 Lamberton Drive. Pessie Novick, Chair of Tanakh at the Melvin J.Berman Hebrew Academy, will be speaking on: “A Look at the Haftarah: Yiftah and His BizarreVow.”*This Shabbat at 5:30pm, there will be an open discussion for women at the home of Mrs. Klavan,1106 Arcola.*The Greater Washington Community Kollel is excited to announce Teen Summer Kollel for boysentering Grades 7-9, Monday through Thursday, 8:15 - 9:00 p.m. and Junior Summer Kollel forboys entering Grades 5-6, Tuesday and Thursday, 8:15 - 9:00pm. Prizes! Raffles!Refreshments! Beginning June 27 - July 21 at the Greater Washington Community Kollel - 10900Lockwood Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20901.*The Greater Washington Community Kollel presents Detective Steve Riback LVPD, the "Kosher Cop"- "You Have the Right to Remain Jewish!" Come hear about his journey to spiritual discovery, faithand Jewish pride. Tuesday evening, July 12, 8:00 p.m., preceded by Mincha at 7:45pm at the Kollel10900 Lockwood Drive. For more information, email info@gwckollel.com.*The OU will offer a series of online classes, Adobe Flash Web & Mobile Development, Tuesday, July12; MS Excel (intermediate), Wednesday, July 13; and MS Excel (beginners), Thursday, July 14. Formore info, prerequisites, and fees and to register (required), go to www.ou/jobs/webcasts.*Helpline for Frum with Addictions. Do you, or someone you love, have a problem with drugs,alcohol, overeating, or any other form of addiction? Please call 1-866-zehayom for confidentialhelp geared toward the frum community. Sponsored in part by the Yehudah Mond Foundation.*Come join the Job Club on Thursday nights at 7:30 pm. to find out how to better presentyourself, expand your network, to land work. The Kemp Mill Employment Assistance Initiative hasbeen helping people for years and has now expanded its tools to include a Job Club. Come see foryourself at YISE (beit midrash). For more information, contact Richard Dine,richard.dine@gmail.com, or Cheryl Jacobsen, cvjacobs@comcast.net.*Rides and Volunteers for Seniors. The Senior Connection, a non-profit organization that serveslower Montgomery County, provides free escorted rides to scheduled medical appointments, helpswith grocery shopping and pays friendly visits or makes phone calls to share companionship. Torequest assistance, contact seniorconnectionmc.org. Volunteers are also needed, trips typicallyscheduled during non-rush hours and less than 5 miles from home. For more information, goto www.seniorconnectionmc.org or contact Marcia Custer at 301-962-0820.