Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן    

Weekly Bulletin: Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5772

פרשת תזריע־מצרע תשע"ב‬‬

• Kiddush this week is sponsored by Sara & Dan Feigelson on the occasion of their daughter Maayan becoming a bat mitzva. Mazal tov to all the family.
   
• Mazal Tov to Marty & Pearl Herskovitz on the birth of a grandchild, born to their children Yaakov Herskovitz & Yael Statman. 
   
• Mazal tov to Esther & Yakov Steinmetz on their new granddaughter, born to parents Bareket & Yitzhak Steinmetz.
   
• Mazal tov to Cissie & Eddie Jacobson on the Bar Mitzva of grandchild Eytan Kletzhandler, son to their children Shlomit & Micha of Mercaz Shapira.
   
• Mazal tov to Miki & Neal Hauser on their new granddaughter, born to Shlomo & Yonina Hauser-Kfir.
   
• As notified in e-mail earlier in the week, the April Board meeting is rescheduled for Thursday 19th April - 20:00. The draft meeting agenda is here (member login required).
   
• The Kahn-Bellows Lecture Series this year will be devoted to the topic of Jewish Mysticism. This Monday evening 23rd April, the first lecture in this series will be given by Uri Kaploun, author and teacher, on "The Tanya: Tools for Today." The lecture/shiur will consist of a hands-on analysis of sample passages from this magnum opus of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, who founded Chabad in the late 18th Century. Further details are on the calendar.
  Maariv at 8:15 p.m., followed by the lecture at 8:30 p.m.
   
• Erev Yom haAtzmaut (25th April) at Bermans: BOOK YOUR DINNER NOW AT A DISCOUNT PRICE!
  • 19:45 - Festive tefilla.
  • Lecture by Moshe Givati, an excellent military history lecturer, on the battle of the Hermon (in which he participated). Details on the speaker (in Hebrew) can be found at http://simania.co.il/authorDetails.php?itemId=9756
  • A children's activity is being planned, but we would be happy with more volunteers! Please call Chaya Tannor.
  • During the evening we will pay tribute to our young members serving in צה"ל and שרות לאומי.
    PARENTS: Please update the list at http://tinyurl.com/y8ml8ut to add the names of new inductees and to remove the names of those who have completed their service. New chayalim and bnot/bnei sherut will get a token gift from Riccochet; please send their names by e-mail to ctannor@hotmail.com;
  • Dinner, dairy: Salmon , pastas, salads, Ben and Jerry's for dessert; Discount prices - 50 shekels per person, 200 maximum per family (15 shekels for pizza only, 2 slices, no pasta or salmon). Soldiers and Bnei sherut are free (but you still must reserve the dinner for them). Please send your dinner reservations to Sara Feigelson, Sara.Feigelson@weizmann.ac.il
    After Friday 20th April prices go up to 60 shekels per person, 240 per family, so please book on time. 
     

• 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 June 2012).
• 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.

• New Umbrella Stroller to give away. Call Martha/Seymour at 08-931-6541.