Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center

Weekly Bulletin: Parashat Matot-Masei 5772

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן

 פרשת מטות־מסעי תשע"ב‬‬

• Kiddush this shabbat is sponsored jointly by the Shain and Epstein families to mark the following occasions:
  • l'Ilui nishmato of our dear departed member Rav Gershon Shain ז"ל on his third yahrzeit
  • to celebrate the bat mitzva of Zoe Noa Epstein. Mazal tov to Zoe, to her parents Alison & Steve Epstein, and to all the family.
     
• Mazal Tov to Jeanette & Ian Taylor and to Tzina & Gabi Lindenberg of Jerusalem on the birth of a granddaughter, born to their children Noa & Yuval Lindenberg.
   
• There will be an azkara for Jonathan Dym ז"ל this Friday, July the 20th, at 9:00 am in the Rehovot cemetery.
   
• On Thursday evening, Rosh Chodesh Av (July 19th), Rabbi Shmuel Silber will give a shiur on the topic: "Humility, Hatred & Harmony: Struggling To Understand The Churban." Rabbi Silber is the Rav of the Suburban Orthodox Toras Chaim Synagogue in Baltimore, Maryland, and an adjunct professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Maariv at 8:15 p.m. Lecture at 8:30 p.m., followed by refreshments.
   
• The next Board meeting will be on Wednesday 25th July at 20:15. The agenda will be posted at http://bermanshul.org/content/view/180/58/.
  Draft minutes of the previous meeting are at  http://bermanshul.org/content/view/179/58/ (both links require member login). Members with questions or issues to raise should contact any Board member.
   
• The movie "Escape from Sobibor" will be shown in the back of the schule promptly from 4:40 to 6:40 p.m. on Tisha Ba'av afternoon (Sunday July 29th). Afterwards, Henry Sussman will speak. (He is a concentration camp survivor). Mincha at 7:10 Maariv at 8:00. Hope to see you. -Chaya Tannor and Sherman Rosenfeld
   
• Membership Renewal and High Holidays 5773  חידוש חברות וימים נוראים תשע"ג
  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, which also includes a second form for you to use to provide personal information for our database (PDF link here). Both forms are also available as Excel documents (seatingform.xls and personal-info-form.xls ). 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 extra copies for members you know who may not be able to print their own.
   
• The Bet Midrash minyan is gearing up for another season and is looking for volunteers to help out. If you are interested in help, please send e-mail to Hershel Safer (hsafer@alum.mit.edu).
   
  
• Berman Shul kiddush organizer: We are looking for a new organizer for the Berman Shul kiddushim.
  The candidate must be:
  •  available every Shabbat to organize the kiddush (with the help of a small staff of teenagers)
  •  able to shop for vegetables and cookies, etc on Fridays (have a license and use of a car)
  •  responsible for ordering kugels etc. when they are requested by the sponsors and set the plata Shabbat as necessary.
  The job is suitable for an adult, pensioner, 12th grader or a college student who lives in Rehovot. The organizer gets paid monthly, for the work he does on Fridays.The candidate must also know how to use Excel and keep records of expenses, etc. This position is available immediately. Please call Rachel Schecter at 054-7613892.
   
• Mealtrain:
  Marcia Davidowitz and Chaya Tannor have volunteered to co-organize a group to ensure ease of organizing meals for shiva, after birth etc. Kol hakavod to Hershel for the idea! We would like to ask for a volunteer or two for each age group (I am in the 50's group!) and we will use www.mealtrain.com to organizes which meals are needed, etc. without having to talk on the phone each time. Please take a look at this website (great idea--kol hakavod to Sharyn Strauss!) YOU ARE NOT SIGNING UP TO COOK JUST TO HELP ORGANIZE PEOPLE (INCLUDING YOURSELF PERHAPS) TO COOK A MEAL !!! If you can help with organizing for another age group, please rsvp to Marcia ( at marciadavidowitz@gmail.com) or to Chaya (ctannor@hotmail.com) 

• Judith and Rick Rosen (rjrosen2009@aol.com) write:
  We are exploring communities in Israel to live and have heard many good things about Rehovot and the Berman Shul. In this regard, we are interested in renting a furnished apartment walking distance to the Shul from October through December this year. Any leads or contacts you may have about apartments would be greatly appreciated.
  We thank you for any information that you can provide about short term apartment rentals.
  Judith and Rick Rosen

• 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 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 ← Click on a link to subscribe
  *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.

• Yeshiva University's High School for Girls (Central) Exchange Program with Ulpanat Zvia in Ma'aleh Adumim is looking for an English speaking chemistry teacher for ten 10th graders for the 2012-13 program (middle of December through January). The 4 classes per week will be held as double periods-two days a week, 1.5 hours per session at Ulpanat Zvia. The curriculum will be Central's curriculum and the teachers will receive the textbook and syllabus from the Central teachers. If you are interested please contact the director of the program- Tova Rosenberg tova.rosenberg@gmail.com
   
• Apartment in excellent location for sale: 4 rooms on Meltzer Street, Rehovot
  4 rooms on [Harav] Meltzer Street - first floor + elevator, with parking space, small open outside balcony and storeroom.
  Near the Weizmann Institute, the Faculty of Agriculture, the Rehovot railway station, the Science Park, the town centre, schools, amenities, close to 4 shuls ( the Berman's Shul on the Yeshivat HaDarom campus, Ohel Shai [both 2 mins away], Beit Eliezer and the Prinz Shul), and the Chavayot Community Centre.
  • excellent access to all intercity roads. Jerusalem is only 30 mins away. The airport only 20 mins away.
  • 3 external frontages for maximum cross-ventilation
  • full privacy in all rooms even with the windows open
  • 2 WC's
  • parents' bedroom with shower/WC away from the children's rooms
  • recently replumbed
  • partially rewired including recessed wiring for wall speakers
  • central air-conditioning
  • new kitchen with double sinks
  Vacant possession and price: to be discussed. For further details call Stephen on: 0505-827115
   


• FREE TO A GOOD HOME. A hand held hair dryer. For use in North America only. Need transformer for Israel.08 946 0221, abwein@netvision.net.il
   
• The Annual Calendar produced by Emunah Rehovot Hadara Yehudit Chapter is available now. This year it is dedicated to the memory of our dear member, Ellen Hexter, z"l, who helped produce the calendar since its inception. We are therefore hoping that this year's calendar will be a sell-out. All profits go directly to the various Emunah institutions.The price remains at NIS30. The calendar is not only useful, but is also an ideal extra "little gift" for friends & family. Calendars can be bought from the following people:-

  Malki Cymbalista	08- 941 9431	Sheila Fieldust	052-531 0922
  Betty Hoffman	08-947 6460	Bea Kriger	08-947 1229
  Ruth Rechtschaffen	08-945 9176	Barbara Pfeffer	08-9363 949