Jacob Berman Community Center

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Weekly Bulletin: Parashat Tetzaveh 5771

פרשת תצוה תשע"א

• A memorial service for Mimi Hershkowitz ז"ל will take place on Thursday 6th of Adar Rishon, 10th February , 4:15 p.m. at the Rehovot cemetery
   
• Yeshiva campus cleaning - part VIII
  This Friday will be another cleanup of the Yeshiva campus. Same time, same place (different garbage).
   
• On Shabbat Ki Tissa (18-19 Feb), Professor Avigdor will be our Scholar in Residence. He will be giving two talks, both in Hebrew:
  • ליל שבת בשעה 20:30
    בזכות נשים צדקניות יצאו בני ישראל ממצרים.
    Because of the merit of righteous women the children of Israel were redeemed from Egypt.
  • יום שבת בשעה 17:10
    ספרות בית הכנסת הארצישראלי הקדום --- על התפילה והפיוט, התרגום והדרשה בציבור בבתי הכנסת ארצישראליים בתקופת חז"ל.
    The liturgy and literature of the ancient Palestinian synagogue: On the public prayers, piyyutim, targumim and drashot in the Palestinian synagogue in the time of Chazal.
     
• Bermans Blood Drive
  On Sunday the 27th of February between the hours of 17:30 to 21:00, there will be a blood drive at Berman's. Please come with a picture ID.
   
• Shul Library: New books have been donated:
  • Three volumes in Hebrew called: Avihem shel Yisrael. These books include many inspirational stories about Rabbi Mordechai Eliyah zt"l
  • The fourth book is: Immanuel Jakobovits - A prophet in Israel
  The books are in the Biography section (located in front of the windows near the airconditiner). Books in the biography section have brown tape with a round yellow sticker.

• There are converts living in Rehovot who are looking for families to invite them over for a meal on shabbat and there are those who are in the process of conversion and need a family to help them through the process. Those interested, please contact Ilana Friedlander at stevenf@netvision.net.il or at 057-570-6592.

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim.is available for download (http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf, now updated till end of February 2011).
• 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 and activities for all ages at Havayot Schweitz: Including 50+ coffee evenings (Sundays), מועדון חצ"ב (Tuesdays a.m.), Bridge for beginners, Tiyulim, etc.. For details and schedules see the Havayot Website (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 want to buy these books:
  • בן ציון קון -- פונקציות מרוכבות
  • Conway, Complex analysis  
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  • Are you overwhelmed by the day-to-day administration of your small business or organization?
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  • What about literature already written that needs to be edited or rewritten, and published?
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