Jacob Berman Community Center

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Weekly Bulletin: ‫Succot 5772

סוכות תשע"ב‬‬

• Kiddushim on Succot and Shabbat will be in the Succah Kehilati at Havayot Schweitz.
   
• Mazal tov to Seymour and Martha Pomerantz on two smachot:
  • on the birth of their great-granddaughter, Talia Kirsch, on Tues., Sept. 27, in Jerusalem. Mazal tov to the parents Doniel and Tiferet-Bracha (Pomerantz) Kirsch and grandparents are Micha'el and Toby (Cohen) Pomerantz, of Ma'ale Adumim. Talia and her mother were home in Ma'ale Adumim in time for Rosh Hashana and Shabbat. 
  • on the marriage of their granddaughter, Tehilla Pomerantz, daughter of Micha'el and Toby Pomerantz of Ma'ale Adumim, to Naftali Eitan, son of Robin and Randy Eaton of Jerusalem.
     
• Mazal tov to Ora and Ed Miller and to savta Chava Goldblum on the marriage of their son/grandson, Louie, to Chana Arnison, daughter of Naamah and Nachum Arnison of Tiberias. 
   
• Yeshar Kocham to all those who helped with the High Holiday minyanim:
  • Main Minyan -  Message from the gabbai rishon:
    
    I would like to thank the kahal for making our davening so special this year, with special thanks to: All the Ba’alei T’filah and Tok’ei Shofar, and Molly Bodner, Stevie Friedlander, David Drory, Eyal Ainee, Yecheskel Kartin, Dov Kanon, Arye Edelman. It could never have happened without your help,
     - Jerry
    
    . . .and of course, the kahal would like to thank Jerry Kriger as well as those mentioned above.
     
  • Beit Midrash Minyan: Thank you to all the people who helped prepare and lead the Bet Midrash (Parallel) Minyan: Eyal Ainie, Gabriela Cohen, Sidney Cohen, Gil Eliraz, Hershell Goldman, Dov Kanon, David Kessler, Steve Kronengold, Harry Langbeheim, Jeff Lowengrub, Jonathan Marder, Eytan Meisels, Livia Molnar, Hershel Safer, Henry Schwarzbaum, David Sidransky, Stephen Simpson & the choir, Hani Skutch, Shua Spotts, David Tannor, Ian Taylor, Judy Weiss, Nathan Weiss, and all the others who helped set up and clean the room.
     
  • Hashkama Minyan: We would like to thank Avraham and Nachum Babkoff, Shalom and Shlomo Bronner, Menashe Caplan, Dan Feigelson, Mechael Kanovsky, Josh Klein, and all those who helped in setting up and putting back the furniture needed for the Hashkama minyan. It is your tireless efforts that make the hashkama minyan the fastest-growing minyan in the Berman/Yeshiva campus.
     
• Succot at Havayot: On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of Hol Hamoed, there will be activities for all ages in the Matnas and the Succa Kehilati. Details are on the calendar. פרטים גם באתר חוויות

• Urgently need a lively family to host 2 soldier girls going thru conversion. One of the girls lives in Rehovot so even if you can’t sleep them it might work. Please contact Ilana Friedlander ASAP via email: stevenf@netvision.net.il or 057-5706592

• 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 December 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". 

  Click on any event to display the details.

• 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, מועדון חצ"ב, 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.

• We are selling Lulav and Etrog (4 minim) to benefit families in need through Hod Yisrael. Guaranteed excellent quality, decent prices -- TOTAL profit goes to families in need. www.hodisrael.org.il/4minim.php
  Personal selection available at Beit Zeltzer shul, Habesht 22 - Rehovot, from Mozei Yom Kippur until Erev Succot.
  [According to the advertisment in last-week's bulletin the last chance to buy is Erev Succot, 08:00-13:00 ]
  This year our goal is to increase our profits by 30%. We need your help to reach this goal, so that more money can go to those who really need it.
  Shana tova and t'zku l'mizvot, Amos. 
   
• We have a playpen to donate, in good condition. Please call Jerry Kriger at 052-455-2383 if you’re interested.
   
• The New Year has begun, the holidays will soon be over, and now is the perfect time to act on that new year resolution to take off those unwanted kilograms. The Weight Watchers group in Givat Brenner is a "closed group" which means that those who join meet weekly for a nine week "semester", and new people do not join during these nine weeks. Since you really get to know the people in the group, the support and encouragement you get ( and give to others) is very special! You usually don't get that kind of group support in an open group in the city. The new nine week "semester" will begin on Monday, October 24th at 18:30 (six thirty p.m.)! The group will only start if we have 15 people signed up. If you're interested, please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
  My phone number is 054-7613892 Hag sameach Rachel Schecter