Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן    

Weekly Bulletin: Rosh Hashana 5771 

ראש השנה‬‬‬ תשע"א‬

• Kiddushim
  • Kiddushim for both days Rosh Hashana are being donated anonymously
  • The Hashkama minyan kiddush on September 11, Parshat HaAzinu, Shabbat Shuva, will be given in honor of the half-century wedding anniversary of Annice & Ira Grinberg, who were wed on September 11, 1960. Y'all come.
  • Kiddush for the main minyan on Shabbat Shuva is sponsored by the Berman Scotch Club (to show that they are interested in more than just Scotch).
     
• Mazal Tov to Molly & Heshi Bodner on their new addition, granddaughter Tzipora. Mazal tov to the parents, Efrat & Menachem Bodner and to the entire family.
   
• Note: Air conditioning in Parallel Minyan - The Yeshiva has installed five new air conditioners in its Bet Midrash. Congregants in the Parallel Minyan should consider bringing sweaters. 
   
• If you know someone who will be unable to be in shul on Rosh Hashana and would like to hear the shofar, please contact one of the people below:
  • Dan Feigelson 947-4131, djfeigel@yahoo.com (north side of Rehovot)
  • Adam Strauss 946-0043, syhks13@yahoo.com (north side of Rehovot)
  • Sidney Cohen 939-0602, sidney.cohen@weizmann.ac.il (south side of Rehovot)
  • Jeff Lowengrub 939-0704, jalow@netvision.net.il (south side of Rehovot)
  • David Freedman 949-4246, hsdf@inter.net.il (south side of Rehovot)
  If you can blow shofar for people who can't be in shul, please contact Dan Feigelson.
   
• This coming Tuesday evening (14th September) there is a lecture at Berman's at 8:00 PM. Maariv will be 15 minutes earlier. The lecturer will be Rabbi David Sperling from Machon Meir. The title of the lecture is "In praise of the Yetzer Hara". The lecture will be in English. Details are in the Calendar that appears below.
   

• Welcome to new olim Helen & Aaron Cohen (Sidney's parents), who recently arrived in Rehovot. We wish them an easy and happy "klita".

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim.is available for download (http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf, now updated till the end of October).
• 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.

• I would like to purchase a set of Sefer Hachinuch, Hebrew with English translation. Please contact me if you have an extra set that you would like to sell. Rosalie Brosilow, 08 949 4851.
   
• Little League Baseball
  The Rehovot Little League team of the Israel Association of Baseball is looking for motivated boys and girls for the 2010-11 season. We hope to field two teams this year. One team for ages 7-9, and a more advanced team for ages 10-12. The program, which runs from October to June, includes weekly Friday practices and league games against teams from other cities such as Ra'anana, Modi'in and Jerusalem. For more information, please contact Josh Kalman. 0524369896
  

• Amos and Moria Ronen are selling Lulav and Etrog (4 minim) to benefit families in need through Hod Yisrael.
  Online orders: http://www.hodisrael.org.il/4minim_eng.php,
  send e‑mail to 4minimrehovot@gmail.com
  or call 050‑6911760 / 054‑5962634.
  Selection also available at Ronen home: Harav Sheber 6, Kiryat David: 08-9411033

• זאת השנה השביעית בה אנו מוכרים ארבעת המינים עבור ארגון הוד ישראל, המסייע במגוון דרכים לנזקקים ברחובות.  פרטים באתר של הוד ישראל http://www.hodisrael.org.il/4minim.php או צור קשר בדוא"ל לכתובת 4minimrehovot@gmail.com 
  או בטלפון 050‑6911760 / 054‑5962634. ניתן גם להגיע למכירה (מבחר גדול של מינים, כולל אתרוגים תימניים) בבית משפחת רונן בכתובת: הרב שיבר 6, שכונת קרית דוד, רחובות 08‑9411033