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Congregation K.I.N.S. of West Rogers Park



DAVENING SCHEDULE
Thursday 8/7
Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 7:50 p.m.

Friday 8/8
Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.
Candle Lighting: 7:31 p.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 6:20/7:40 p.m.

Shabbat 8/9
Shacharit: 7:30 and 9:00 a.m.
Mincha: 2:00, 6:00 and 7:40 p.m.


Sunday 8/10
Shacharit: 7:55 and 8:30 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 7:40 p.m.

Monday 8/11 Tu BAv
Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 7:40 p.m.

Tuesday 8/12
Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 7:40 p.m.

Wednesday 8/13
Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 7:40 p.m.

Thursday 8/14
Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 7:50 p.m.

Friday 8/15
Shacharit: 6:25 and 7:15 a.m.
Candle Lighting: 7:31 p.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 6:10/7:40 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 23, 2014 5:00 pm
KINS Young Members
Seudah Shlishit in The Park!
@ JCC Park on Sacramento
Sign-up on line - click here


September 5-6, 2014
Scholar in Residence
RABBI DR. AHARON ADLER
Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshivat Ner Tamid (Chashmonaim)
Chairman, World Council of Mizrachi Rabbis


HALACHA OF THE WEEK
Tu B'Av - the 15th Day of Av
This coming Monday is the 15th day of Av, the day
about which Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel stated, "Israel
had no holidays as joyous as Tu B'Av and Yom Kippur,
when the young women of Jerusalem .would go out and
dance in the vineyards." [Mishna Ta'anit 4:8].

Our sages compared Tu B'Av to Yom Kippur, no less.
What is so special about this day - the fifteenth day of
the month of Av - which makes it deserving of such a
noble comparison? We know that on Yom Kippur the
second set of Tablets were given to Moshe Rabbeinu,
and G-d forgave the Jewish People the sin of the
Golden Calf. Therefore this day, the day we received
the Ten Commandments for the second time, has
always been a day of forgiveness and rejoicing for us
[see Rashi on Ta'anit 28:2].

The Talmud [Bava Batra 121a] gives six reasons for us
to rejoice on Tu B'Av:
1. On this day, members of the different tribes
were granted permission to marry one another.
2. Following the tragedy "Pilegesh Bagiv'a,"
[Judges 21] the tribe of Benjamin was almost


BNEI AKIVA
High School Minyan
will resume August
16th

Bnei Akiva: Chevraya
Alef will resume after the
summer


DVAR TORAH
Then, Moshe separated three
cities in on the east side of the
Jordan [River]. (Devarim 4:41)

In this week's parasha we read of
three cities of refuge that were
created as a refuge for the
unintentional murderer. But these
weren't the only three. For when
the Jewish people entered the
Land of Israel, another three
cities were to be set up on the
west side of the Jordan - in Israel
"proper".

Our Rabbis noted that it was
unusual that these six cities
where evenly divided between the
east and west sides of the
Jordan, since on two and a half
tribes lived on the east side, and
nine and a half tribes lived on the
west side of the river. Why
weren't there more cities of
refuge where the majority of the
Jewish people lived?
The answer offered, is that there
were more murders, which
occurred on the east side of the
Jordan, thereby necessitating
more cities of refuge. But why
was that the case.

The answer is really quite simple.
The two and a half tribes who
chose to live on the east bank of
the Jordan, had, through this
decision, effectively separated
themselves from the Jewish
people, and more significantly
from the Beit HaMikdash - the
wiped out, except for six hundred young men
who managed to escape. At first, the other
tribes refused to marry these survivors, but on
the 15th of Av they regretted that oath began to
marry into Benjamin, thus saving it from
extinction.
3. In the fortieth year in the desert, on the 15th of
Av the Jews realized that the members of
"Desert Generation" had stopped dying, thus
proving that they were about to enter the Land
of Israel.
4. On this date one of the last kings of the
Northern Kingdom, Hoshea, allowed his
subjects to finally travel to Jerusalem to the
Beit HaMikdash.
5. On the 15th of Av, the remains of the Jews who
were massacred during the Bar Kochba revolt
were buried.
6. From that date, no more trees were cut down
for use on the Holy Altar. After Tu B'Av, the
days become shorter and the sun is no longer
strong enough to dry out freshly cut logs.
Therefore, no more trees were cut down after
Tu B'Av, and the day was nicknamed, "Axe-
breaking Day" [Ta'anit 31a; Rashi op. cit.].
Rav Shlomo Aviner notes that all six of these incidents
have one thing in common - on this day, different
segments of the Jewish Nation were united. In this
sense, Tu B'Av is the opposite of Tisha B'Av. In contrast
to the baseless hatred that brought about the
destruction of the Holy Temple and the Exile, the events
commemorated on Tu B'Av revolve around love and
unity among different sectors of the nation, and our
deep connection to Israel and the Holy Temple.


K.I.N.S. FOR KIDS SUMMER
LEARNING PROGRAM

Week 8 of the KINS Summer Learning Program has
just begun. To sign up click here!

Here are links to this week's questions. Please make
sure to submit your answers online by Tuesday,
before the questions are changed.

Questions for Grades 1-4 click here
Questions for Grades 5-12 click here

Remember, each week that you participate will earn
you an entry into our raffle for a brand new
bicycle! Participate at least 60% of the time earn a
Temple. (In fact, later on in our
history [Joshua 22:10] these
tribes realized the distance they
had created and tried
misguidedly - to solve this
problem by building their own
altar!)

This separation is what caused
the rise in murders in the area
east of the Jordan. Because
being connected with the Jewish
people, and especially with the
Temple, helps us to understand
the value of human life - both via
our responsibilities to one
another, and in our role as G-d's
chosen people, we learn of our
purpose and therefore, the value
our lives possess. In fact, that
may be the reason the term a
person stayed in the city of refuge
was linked to the life of the High
Priest -- because the High Priest,
represents all that is missing in
the life of the unintentional
murderer.

Without this, lives are cheap and
people grow careless. Therefore,
three cities had to be established
just for these two and a half tribes
- because they needed them,
because they physically
separated themselves, and
ultimately morally, and spiritually
were separated as well!



MEMBER NEWS


MAZAL TOV
* to Jeremy and Rebecca Amster
on the bar mitzvah of their son,
Avery. Mazal tov to grandparents
Dr. Stephen and Cheryl Karesh
and Howard and Shoshana
Benditzon and special mazal tov
to great grandmother, Mrs. Lydia
Gutman.

* to Art and Sandy Aberman on
the bar mitzvah of their
special treat from Zelda's!


CLASSES @ KINS

Please note: YU Torah MiTzion Night Seder will
resume August 31st
SUNDAY
6:30am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg
9:00am - Megillat Esther with Rabbi Matanky
9:00pm - Nach Yomi Review/Chabura

MONDAY
7:15am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg
2:00pm - Halacha & Chumash for Men

TUESDAY
7:05am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg
2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men

WEDNESDAY
7:05am Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg
2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men

THURSDAY
7:15am - Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg
2:00pm - Halacha and Chumash for Men
8:30pm - Talmud Sanhedrin with Rabbi Robinson

FRIDAY
7:05am Daf Yomi with Yoel Goldberg

SHABBAT
8:00am - Topics from Daf Yomi with Rabbi Robinson
8:30am - Parshat HaShavua with Rabbi Myers
5:00pm - Parshat HaShavua with TI
6:20pm - Family Learning Program
45 minutes before mincha - Talmud Shiur with Rabbi
Matanky (Mesechet Yoma - 8th perek)



MEMBER NEWS


CONDOLENCES
* to Rabbi Yosef and Yaffa Liberman on the passing of
Yosefs mother, Mrs. Chaya Liberman, of blessed
memory. The funeral was held on Wednesday in Israel.
Shiva will be observed at Mrs. Libermans home, 6739
North Richmond, beginning Friday and through Tuesday.
Friday 10am-2pm (Mincha at 2pm on Friday). Sunday
through Tuesday, 8am-10pm (no condolence calls
between 12:30-1:30 and 5:30-6:30). Shacharit will be
vasikin at 6742 North Mozart, and Mincha at 7:40pm
grandsons, Baruch and Chaim
Aberman, sons of David and
Adina Aberman.



COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT
There will be a Hachnasat Sefer
Torah in memory of Edward
Gelerinter, zl, August 17, 2014,
beginning at 6534 N. Sacramento
Ave and proceeding to Park Plaza
begins at 2:00 pm.


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