Ahavat Yisrael Kiddush Procedure and Options

To streamline the Kiddush process at our shul, the Kiddush Committee has put together this resource for the congregation to use. We have four Kiddush options to choose from. The Kiddush service is provided by volunteers from the shul. Anyone making a Kiddush has the option of taking care of the Kiddush on their own (option#4) or adding, on their own, to any of the 3 other options. With the choices presented below the shopping will be done for you. Any specialty item added that is not listed below, would have to be purchased by the person on their own, left in the shul kitchen, and the volunteers will put it out for you at the Kiddush tables. The money for the Kiddush would need to be received by our treasurer, Ari Fishkind (362-3837) by the Monday prior to the Kiddush or Seudat Shelishit (check or credit cards accepted).

When planning a kiddush, you would need to call one of our 2 calendar keepers--Susan Loiterman (354-4486) or Chani Kaminetzky (362-4175). Please call them with as much advance notice as possible, as shopping needs to be done. If this is a last minute decision, we would need to know about a hot kiddush by the tuesday night before the kiddush. You would let them know the date and which of the 4 packages you are choosing. If you are expecting a particularly large crowd and would need a larger quantity of the below items, we could order that for an additional fee based on L'Chaim Manors prices, as listed below under additional items. Susan and Chani would contact the shoppers (Lenore Gelman, Lori Linzer, and Jennie Jacobson, plus many other willing volunteers), who will order or purchase the below items. Again, anything not mentioned below would need to be purchased separately by you and left in the shul kitchen.

It is customary for the Kiddush sponsors to help set up and clean up the Kiddush. Setup includes placing necessary items on platters during davening. Thankfully, there are lots of additional helpers to prepare the tables after davening and cleaning up afterwards. (By the way, the sweeper is being kept in the garage near the paper goods, as kids have broken them before when left in the coatroom.)

Kiddush Options:

Option#1:Large Hot Kiddush -$450.00

4 pans of kugel (choices of potato, sweet noodle, or salt/pepper)

2 pans cholent

6 lbs. green noodle salad

Choice of 3 other salads, 2 lbs. each--carrot, corn, cucumber, beet, heart of palm, health, Israeli, mandarin & mango, mushroom, potato, red cabbage, angel hair with sundried tomatoes, caesar or broccoli

Assorted pareve packaged baked goods, totalling approximately $50

extras (can vary week to week) including chips, dips (chumus, salsa, guacomole), carrots, grapes (if deemed fresh), nuts, raisins, small candies

soda

paper goods

Option #2: Medium Hot Kiddush -$300.00

4 pans kugel (choices of potato, sweet noodle, or salt/pepper)

6 lbs. green noodle salad

Assorted pareve packaged baked goods, totalling approximately $50

extras (can vary week to week) including chips, dips (chumus, salsa, guacomole), carrots, grapes (if deemed fresh), nuts, raisins, small candies

soda

paper goods

Option #3: Dairy Kiddush -$75.00

Dairy boxed baked goods

Pareve baked goods

extras (can vary week to week) including chips, dips (chumus, salsa, guacomole), carrots, grapes (if deemed fresh), nuts, raisins, small candies

soda

paper goods

Optional additional items:

We could also provide from L'Chaim Manor:

Fruit or Veggie platter -$75.00 each

Gefilte Fish Platter (20-25 slices)- $30.00

Deli Platter (includes mini rolls) -$100.00

Additional Kugels -$22.00 each

Additional Cholent -$60 per pan

Additional salads -as per weight

Assorted cut up cake slices and cookies -$22 each

Option #4: Do it on your own -$50.00

If bringing in all your own food (not with a caterer), you can use our soda and paper goods. You must check with Rabbi Bush about hashkacha of the food items.

If you have a simcha and are bringing in a caterer, they need to provide the sodas and paper goods. You would also need to alert the calendar committee to reserve the date. It is customary to give a donation to the shul, with the amount at your discretion. As always, you could add to our Tree of Life to commemorate the simcha. Contact Steve Katz for Tree of Life (362-3727).

Seudat Shelishit -$50.00

In general, the food provided is the same, whether sponsored or not. It includes 2 packages of tuna, 2 egg salad, chumus, matbucha, approximately 12 rolls and whatever pareve baked goods remaining from kiddush. Also use of paper goods and soda. If you are sponsoring a Seudat Shelishit and want to add to the menu, you can do it on your own.

Special package - Dairy Kiddush (option #3) plus Seudat Shelishit on the same day -$100.00

Thank you in advance for helping to make this a success,

The Kiddush Committee