Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center

Weekly Bulletin: Parashat Vayeilech 5773

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן

 פרשת וילך תשע"ג

• Mazal Tov to Molly and Heshi Bodner and the entire extended families on the marriage of Judy to David Levitt son of Alan & Elaine Levitt of Brooklyn.
   
• Mazal Tov to Ira and Tsivya Hammerman on a new grandson, Dvir, son of Yosi and Ayelet Hammerman of Bnei Netzarim.
   
• Mazal Tov to Adina and Josh Klein on the engagement of their daughter Elisheva to Calev Blumove, son of Yoni and Aliza Blumove of Pnei Qedem.
   
• Mazal Tov to Barbara and Jeremy Pfeffer on the birth of twin grandchildren, a son and a daughter for Tamar and Nadav Gick of Rehovot.
   
• We regret to announce the passing of Martin Skolnik ז"ל, the brother of our member Menachem Malkosh. The funeral took place in the USA on Erev Rosh Hashana. Menachem is returning home to Israel after R"H.
  המקום ינחם אותו בתןך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים.
  
   
• What do you do all day on Yom Kippur? Pray!!! A sheuer “a bit about Yom Kippur davning” will be given By Assaf Robinson. The lesson is geared to converts & open to all the community (please pass this message on to all the converts you know).
  When- Monday night 24/9 at 20:30 for more information you can contact Ilana stevenf@netvision.net.il
ביום שני 24/9 בשעה 20:30 בבית הכנסת יהיה שיעור מיוחד “קצת על תפילת יום כיפור” שניתן ע”י אסף רובינזון. השיעור בעברית ומיועד לגרים ולכלל הקהילה, אנא הודיעו לכל המתגיירים/גרים שאתם מכירים פרטים נוספים אצל אילנה פרידלנדר
 

• High Holidays 5773  ימים נוראים תשע"ג
  • This coming Monday & Tuesday(24-25 September) we will be setting up the Yom Kippur minyanimm; Monday 20:30 in the Yeshiva library (Hashkama); Tuesday 8:00am in the Beit Midrash. All volunteers are very welcome, wherever you daven – no prior experience needed, new members especially welcome. 
  • If you will not be using your reserved seats for Yom Kippur, please inform the appropriate Gabbai:
    • gabbai@bermanshul.org - main minyan
    • gabbayhashkama@bermanshul.org - hashkama,
    • gabbayparallel@bermanshul.org - beit midrash.
    You may also contact them to request other changes in seating requirements.
  • Davening times for all minyanim are on the PDF calendar - http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf, a copy of which is posted on the noticeboard outside shul.
  • Please bring machzorim for yourself and your children on Yom Kippur. The shul has a limited number of machzorim, and we would like to make them available to those who are in the process of giyur or otherwise do not have machzorim of them own.
• Pre-Succot activity for children: Sign up your children/grandchildren ages 4 thru 7 for a two hour activity making succah decorations on Thursday morning, September 27th, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The activity will be held under the Pergola outside of shul and we will serve Tropiot and cookies. We will have some teenagers from Bermanoar helping the young ones make Succah decorations (probably chains and lanterns etc). At least one grown up will be present, and we would be happy if one or two other parents could volunteer their time for these two hours. Please contact Rachel Schecter (Rache50@gmail.com) if you want to volunteer. 
  The activity will be held if at least 15 children are signed up by Friday 21st September.  
  Please use the linked google sign-up form to register your children.
   
  
• לימוד ליל הושענא רבה תשע"ג
  הרב ד"ר בני לאו והסופרת יוכי ברנדס "נכנסים עם רבי עקיבא לפרדס – שיחה בין הרב בני לאו ליוכי ברנדס בעקבות ספרה החדש"
  מתי: מוצ"ש חול המועד סוכות (6.10)
  התכנסות: 20:00 דברי ברכה וכיבוד קל
  איפה: רחבת הדקלים חוויות שוויץ 52 סירני (פינת מילר)
  בתום הדו-שיח יתקיימו מעגלי לימוד מונחים ע"י--- דוד הלפרין- "קידוש השם או קידוש החיים – דילמות קיומיות בתולדות ישראל" ד"ר יואל פיקסלר- "מקרא וארכאולוגיה – מקרה מבחן" פרופ' יוסי שאול – "בראשית: תחילת הזמן או זמן התחילה?" ענת רייזל – "אליהו הנביא במקרא ובמדרש"
  הציבור מוזמן, הכניסה חופשית
  לפרטים נוספים: פנינה 052-484-0521 או חיה 052-699-1433.
• Simhat Torah is approaching and we are looking for women to give divrei torah (English or Hebrew) while the men are doing Torah reading repetitions. RSVP to Chaya, ctannor@hotmail.com
• Membership renewal. All members who have not yet renewed their membership are requested to do so now. The combined membership and seat-order form is 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).
  Please note: Receipts for postdated checks will be issued when the checks are deposited.
• Draft minutes of the 5th September Board meeting are available at http://bermanshul.org/content/view/184/58/ (member login required). The minutes are subject to revision until ratified at the next meeting on 17th October.
   
• BermaNoar - ברמנוער
  בקרוב תתחיל שוב פעילות ברמנוער לכיתות ז-יב, כל המידע יהיה זמין דרך דף הפייסבוק החדש. כל מי שרוצה להצטרף נא לשלוח בקשה לאילנה ולרשום פרטים: שם, כיתה, אימייל וטלפון. כמו כן, אתם מתבקשים לרשום האם אתם מעוניינים לקבל מידי פעם הצעות עבודה או התנדבות לפעילויות שונות בבית הכנסת, שמכם יכנס למאגר ויישלחו לכם הצעות בהתאם.
  חשוב! פתיחת שנת הפעילות של ברמנוער יחל רק לאחר שירשמו מינימום 30 נערים/ות – מהרו להירשם!(ראו כתובת אימייל למטה)
  Soon we will resume our activities for 7th-12th grade. All the information will be posted on the new Facebook page, If you would like to join please send an email to Ilana (address below) and state your: name, age, email, phone. We would also like you to write whether you are interested in getting offers to work or volunteer at various Berman shul activities, if so we will add your name to the list.
  Important: we need at least 30 registrations before we can start any activities!
  For registration please send an email to Ilana at: stevenf@netvision.net.il 

SHANA TOVA! Our community is so lucky that we get to start the new year with the wonderful mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim (הכנסת אורחים)! As we learn from Avraham Avenu, please open your homes (or tents on Succot :) ) to our newest arrivals and share the excitement of the Chagim with them. גדולה הכנסת אורחים יותר מקבלת פני השכינה, שבת קכ"ז

• List of new arrivals:
  This year Berman’s has had a large influx of new families joining the community. Berman members have opened their homes and arms to them with great warmth. We would like to continue that wonderful Berman’s hospitality and invite them to our Shabbat and Chag meals. Please follow this link which will take you to the current list of all the new families and their contact information.
   
•  Welcome to Paul, Shoshana and Yonatan (2.5 years old) Mendelson! The Mendelson's moved two months ago from Jerusalem to Rehovot. They are originally from the USA. Paul is a programmer, Shoshana is currently acting as his general manager.
  Contact info: paul.mendelson@gmail.com and bauer.s.y@gmail.com or 054-460-8142 (Paul).

• 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 October 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.

• 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.

• Nine years ago an organization called Leket Israel (www.leket.org) was started by a recent immigrant to Israel, Joseph Gitler. His idea was to rescue unused food and provide it to the needy. From a one man operation, Leket Israel has grown tremendously and with the help of 45,000 volunteers and a dedicated staff supports hundreds of non-profit organizations caring for the needy throughout Israel.
  Among the highlights of the past year:
  • Leket rescued and redistributed over 25,000,000 pounds of food, serving over 140,000 needy Israelis every week
  • Leket supplied over 1,000,000 volunteer prepared sandwiches a day to school children from dysfunctional homes in 24 cities.
  Leket is currently in the midst of a campaign with a goal of raising at least $360,000 by the first day of the Jewish New Year. Please have a look at their website, make a donation and help spread the word. http://roshhashanah.leket.org 
   
• The Ronen family (incl daughter and son-in-law of Ellen and Ron Wides) is 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.
  ***This year we are ALSO SELLING SUCCOT, everything included, with s'chach from keinas.***
  To order a delivery of minim , please use one of the following options:
  • Fill out automatic internet form (form is in hebrew) at given link : http://www.hodisrael.org.il/4minim.php 
  • Call Amos 050-691-1760 or Moria 050-596-2634.
  Personal selection also available at Beit Heimfeld shul, be'er maim chaim 2, rehovot.
  Opening hours: Wedesday 26/9, mozash 29/9: 19:45 - 23:00