Jacob Berman Community Center

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Weekly Bulletin: Parashat Re'eh 5770

פרשת ראה‬ תש"ע‬

• Mazal Tov to Rebecca & Shimon Krausz on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Noam.
   
• Mazal Tov Pearl & Marty and Herskovitz on the birth of their first grandson, and to the new parents Yael Statman & Yaakov Herskovitz.
   
• Mazal tov to Honey & Yehuda Berenson on the birth of a greatgranddaughter. Mazal tov also to grandparents Ilana & Michael Berenson of Kedumim, and to parents Tamar & Shai Adar of Tsefat. 
   
• A triple Mazal tov to Ruth & David Drory:
  1. On the Bat Mitzvah (in England) of their granddaughter Hallel, daughter of Avital & Alon Aron of Moshav Tekuma.
  2. On the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Harel, son of Yael and Yoni Nadler of Moshav Beit Gamliel.
  3. On the return of their daughter Avital and family, from shlichut in England.
  מזל טוב לרות ודוד דרורי על שלוש שמחות:
  1. הנכדה הָלל אֶרֶן  הגיעה למצוות. בתם של אלון ואביטל ארן ממושב תקומה (כרגע באנגליה).
  2. הנכד הראל נדלר הגיע למצוות. בנם של יעל ויוני נדלר ממושב בית גמליאל.
  3. הבת ומשפחתה, אביטל ואלון ארן חוזרים ארצה לאחר שליחות עליה מוצלחת באנגליה.
   
• Message system: We are getting repeated errors from our attempts to deliver SMS or Voicemail messages to some members. If you have not been getting messages, it might be because we don't have your correct number. Please note that it is your responsibility to keep your directory listing up to date, and your failure to do so leads to lose, lose, lose consequences:
  1. You don't get your messages
  2. We waste the community's money sending messages to the wrong people
  3. Whoever inherited your old number is bothered by messages that are meaningless to him/her
  So please do your part by logging in to the website, checking your details, and updating them as necessary.
   
• דברי תורה לשבת
  Rav Motti Goldreich is compiling the dvar torah list for the coming year (Bereishit 5771 to Bereishit 5772). All those who are interested in giving a dvar torah, please send Rav Motti an email at motigold@neto.net.il. If you have a preference for a certain week, please tell him that as well. As now, we will continue to publish the speakers on the "live" Google calendar that appears in this and all weekly bulletins and on the community homepage.
   
• High Holidays 5771 and Membership Renewal  ימים נוראים תשע"א וחידוש חברות 
  • Links to the Rosh-Hashana Letter and the (revised) Seating/Membership Form (.pdf or .xls) have been placed at the top of the Bermanshul homepage. Please download and print the forms, and order your seats ASAP. The letter and forms documents will not be mailed out separately.
  
  
  • As mentioneded in the Matot-Masei bulletin, the Parallel Minyan is moving to the Yeshiva's refurbished Beit Midrash. The new venue is still a work in progress but it is coming along nicely. Here is a link to a few pictures.-- it's still a construction zone but the pictures give an idea of what the room will look like.
     
• Looking for Torah readers for Sefer Bereshit. Please contact Stevie Friedlander at stevenf@netvision.net.il  or call 057-776-5832.

• Welcome to new Bermans members:
  • Michal Pfeffer and her family are now official members.
  • Mark Iron is our newest member.
  Their contact details have been added to the membership directory.
   
• With summer moving on and the Chagim approaching, a number of new faces have appeared in shul. Please introduce yourselves and make them welcome.

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim.is available for download (http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf, now updated till the end of August).
• The "live" calendar below gives a full schedule of official Berman events and other happenings. You can avoid missing events by taking a minute to scroll through the listing. Click on any event to diplay the details.
  Colour codes: Berman Events  / Outreach-קהילה /  Other events* /  Localised Hebrew Calendar
  *The Berman Community is not responsible for the propriety of the "Other events". 
• A number of other Rehovot events are published at www.pirsuma.com
• Chugim at Havayot Schweitz: For details and schedules see the Havayot Webpage ( www.havayot.co.il).
  
• Members organizing private events (e.g. wedding, bar/bat mitzva celebrations etc.) are advised to use the shul calendar as follows:
  1. You can check for a date that does not clash with another event in the community.
  2. You may have your event listed as an anonymous "private event" so that others can avoid scheduling another event at the same time. Please let any board member know or send your request by e-mail to bermanshul@gmail.com.

PERSONAL & BASEMENT
Please note that the Berman Community is not responsible for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed.

• The Hebrew month of Elul is typically a time of reflection, introspection, and growth in order to prepare oneself for the High Holidays. Join WebYeshiva.org's free Elul Zman and make this Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur a more meaningful experience. The upcoming zman, which begins on August 29th, includes over 30 hours a week of free online, live, fully-interactive classes in Gemara, Chumash and Tanach, Machshava, Chassidut, Halacha, and more, all geared towards getting you ready for the High Holidays.
  For a list of the shiurim or to register, please click here: http://www.webyeshiva.org/shiurim.php
   
• My niece is looking for a third flatmate in the San Simon area in Jerusalem for nicely furnished datiyot nonsmoking flat (1,430 nis rent per person). If you know of anyone, I have more details. Chaya 052-6991433