Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן    

Weekly Bulletin: ‫Parashat Devarim 5771 
Shabbat Chazon          

פרשת דברים תשע"א
    שבת חזון ‬

• Mazal Tov to Molly & Heshi Bodner and to Audrey & Fred Samuels on their new grandaughter. Mazal tov to the parents, Batsheva and Mati Goldstein and to the entire Samuel, Goldstein, Siegal and Bodner families.
   
• Tisha b'Av
  • Fast begins at 19:30 Monday and ends at 19:58 on Tuesday. Times for tefila and megila are on the pdf calendar
  • As in previous years, Kinnot at Berman Tisha beAv will be accompanied by introductions and explanations by R. Aryeh Frimer. Tisha beAv night the explanations will be in Hebrew; but in the morning they will be in English. (Only about a third of the Kinnot will be recited in the morning.)
  • Motti Goldreich will be teaching about the "agadot churban" after shacharit davening on Tisha Be'av day (in Hebrew).
  • On Tisha Ba'av afternoon at 16:30 (before mincha) there will be a screening in shul of the documentary We Were Exodus (2007) - run time 80 minutes - review at http://www.culturevulture.net/Movies/we were exodus_8-08.htm  . The movie is a mixture of interviews in English, Hebrew and French, with subtitles in Hebrew. It will be followed by a discussion with Yossi Bayor, who was on the boat. Yossi speaks in Hebrew but will answer questions posed in English too.
    
    
• High Holidays 5772  ימים נוראים תשע"ב    
  The time has come to renew annual membership and arrange seating for the yamim nora’im. The letter and form have placed on the shul website as a single  PDF document (PDF link here). The form is also available as an Excel document (XLS link here) Links to both of these files appear on the Bermanshul homepage until Rosh Hashana.
  As last year, the printed documents will not be mailed out and you are requested to please print out your own copy. Please consider printing an extra copy for somebody you know who may not be able to print their own.
   

• Please send in names (3 maximum) to gabbai@bermanshul.org, (preferably by Thursday) or write them out and to give to the Gabbaim before kria. Names must be resubmitted anew every week. 
• If you are convalescing at home and would like visitors, please write in to bermanshul@gmail.com.

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim is available for download (http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf  now updated till end of August 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 display 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 (http://havayot.org.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.

• Religious, qualified Metapelet with 25 years experience + recommendations is available to look after baby and/or older children throughout the day (Understands English).
  Call Mira at 050-4126609 Or e-mail Lesserd@netvision.net.il
    
• Giveaway of the day: Everyoung Treadmill originally purchased from Mega Sport, in reasonable condition.
  Great for the summer when it's too hot to walk outside
  If you can get it down one flight of stairs and wheel it home it's yours for the asking.
  Free , no hidden charges. First come first served.
  Joe Applbaum home: 945-2570 mobile: 050-744-3545
   
• Rehovot Swiss Community Centre - חוויות שוויץ
  What would you like to see/do in English at our Community Centre? What are your “unfulfilled wishes”? Join the Core Group to make it happen.
  Call Ellen Lax on 08 931 0710 or 050-6874245 or email elen@havayot.org.il  
   
• Our Ozeret Tamar is available weekly for five hours work on Tuesdays. Her phone number is: 052-4243708. We highly recommend her. Barry and Miriam, phone number 9454674 (until 9:00 pm)
   
• Double stroller for sale. Barely used, Dr. Baby. 500 shekels. Barry and Miriam, phone number 9454674 (until 9:00 pm)