Jacob Berman Community Center

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Weekly Bulletin: Yom Kippur 5771 

יום כפור תשע"א‬

• Congregants who will not be using their seats ordered for YOM KIPPUR are kindly requested to notify the relevant gabba'im NOW.
  • MAIN - gabbay@bermanshul.org
  • PARALLEL - gabbayparallel@bermanshul.org
  • HASHKAMA - gabbayhashkama@bermanshul.org
     
• Setting up for Yom Kippur minyanim will take place on Thursday evening at 20:00. Congregants from all minyanim are invited to come and help, and also to help take everything down at the end of the fast.
   
• Hashkama Minyan notice: Mincha on Yom Kippur will be at 15:30 in the library.
  (Mincha in the other two minyanim will be at 15:45, as published in the PDF calendar).
   
• Yom Kippur message for our youngest members:
  • It is lovely to see you in shul, but if you think that you might make noise, please have a grown-up with you, ready to take you out if needed.
  • Those packets of Bamba, cookies etc. best to keep them outside of shul - so as not to tempt the grown-ups who are fasting.
     
• Motsei Yom Kippur breakfast: The congregation is invited to come and celebrate Yoav's brithday (the 16th anniversary) in the customary manner!
   
• As in previous years, our community Outreach-קהילה group (Pasifas) is working with the Matnas on the Communal Yom Kippur and Succa projects. A listing of the events is included in the calendar that appears in this bulletin.
   
• The September board meeting minutes are available here (user login required).
   

• Welcome to new Bermans members Aviva & Shua Spotts and their 4 children, who made aliyah recently from Baltimore. Their contact details have been added to the membership directory.
   
• A young (frum, English-speaking) woman is looking to move to Rehovot within the next month. She is looking to rent a room, initially for a month, to be extended for a year. Any ideas? Please call, 054-4784496

• 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.

• 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, Josh-k@Orbotech.com, 0524369896
   
• A friend of ours is looking for a ride for her and her daughter from Chashmonaim-Modiin area to Rehovot on Erev Succot and/or return there from Rehovot on Motzai Chag. If you can help, please contact Chumi: kannery@netvision.net.il 
  

• 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