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• Items for inclusion in the bulletin or calendar
• Requests for new or changed e-mail subscriptions (for bulletin notifications and other messages)
  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Life cycle:

Births:

• Mazal Tov to Jeanette & Ian Taylor on the birth of a granddaughter, and to Noa, Yuval and Carmel Lindenberg, the parents and big sister.

Bereavement and Memorial:

• The Azkara for Rav Gershon Shain z"l will be held on Thursday, July 31, at 18:00 at the Rehovot cemetery.

• The Azkara for Ellen Hexter's z"l  third Yahrzeit will take place on Tuesday, August 19 (23 Menachem Av) at 18:30 at the Rehovot cemetery. The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau shlita, will give a shiur in Ellen's memory at 19:30 at Bermans.

SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS:

• Shmitta Lecture: You are cordially invited to attend a lecture given by our very own Dr. Joshua Klein, who will speak in English on
  "Green thumbs and the seventh year" Sunday Evening, 7th of Av (August 3rd) at 20:45 (Maariv at 20:30) at Bermans.
  
  
• Tisha Ba'av Educational Program: Maariv with Megilat Eicha at 8:00 PM followed by selected kinot with an explanation by Rabbi Prof. Aryeh Frimer (in Hebrew). Following kinot, there will be a shiur by Rav Motti Goldreich (in Hebrew) on selected agadot churban from Masechet Gittin according to the Maharal’s understanding.
  Shacharit will be at 7:30 AM followed by selected kinot with an explanation by Rabbi Prof. Aryeh Frimer (in English). After kinot, there will be a shiur on Sefer Yirmiyahu by Rabbi Alan Schwartz (noted scholar and lecturer at Yeshiva University NY and Rabbi of Congregation Ohab Zedek, Manhattan). At 18:00 there will be a lecture about the Hevron massacre of 1929 by our member Adv. Israel Azrieli whose extended family was massacred by the Arabs in Hevron. The lecture will be in Hebrew and will be followed by Mincha at 19:10. Maariv at 19:55 PM. Fast ends at 20:05.

• Needed - people to give Divrei Tora for Sefer Shmot. If you are willing and able please contact kanovsky@gmail.com.

• Board Minutes: Corrected  minutes from June 18 and newly approved minutes from July 16 are now available to members at:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1se2hDz7P5XfinU64SI3BQw5DxRkKNohMUld6FJuOOc8/edit?usp=sharing  and

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dMRoyJ4tFfaHweMRrse7hjwVwWgaikkV65T63ib9Q-I/edit?usp=sharing

• Lost and Found: Found - silver bracelet with cubic zirconia. If it is yours, and you want it back, please contact Ariela 054-6861757 or Shimmi 058-4593788.

• The Av-Elul Yahrzeit Jointly Sponsored Kiddush will be held on Shabbat, Parshat Shoftim, August 30.  If you would like to participate in sponsoring this kiddush, please contact Rachel Schecter (rachelschecter.bermanshul@gmail.com) no later than Monday, August 18. Cost is 150 NIS per sponsor.

• Membership Renewal and High Holidays 5775  חידוש חברות וימים נוראים תשע"ה
  The letter and form for annual membership renewal and seat orders for the yamim nora’im. have been placed on the shul website as a single PDF document (http://bermanshul.org/Rosh_Hashana_Letter_and_form.pdf). As last year, the printed documents will not be mailed out, and you are requested to please print your own copy. 
  Notes:
  Please note the late-payment surcharges (for seat orders and membership, after 31st August).
  The davening times are subject to change
  Instructions:
  Not all browsers will allow you to print the PDF document directly, so you may have to first download it and then use a PDF program (e.g. Adobe Reader) to open and print it.
  You can either print the blank form and complete by hand or fill the form on your computer before printing. (Data entered via your browser interface may be lost - to avoid this problem use Adobe Reader or another PDF reader).
  Please consider printing extra copies for members you know who may not be able to print their own.

• What to do if the siren sounds while you are in shul. The “safe” areas have been designated as follows:
  

1. Rear part of the main shul and library (away from the windows).
2. Upstairs corridor behind the gallery.

If the siren sounds, you should go to the closest of these areas quickly but calmly.  The designated areas have been chosen because they have few outside walls and windows, are protected by the floors above, and are easily accessible. (The shelter behind the shul is too inaccessible to reach in time.)
Rav Arye adds: If a siren is sounded while one is in the middle of the shmoneh esrei, one should walk quickly to the protected area without talking (unless absolutely necessary) and continue shemoneh esrei.  This is true for an individual or Hazan.

HOSPITALITY - הכנסת אורחים The community wishes to know about new arrivals or people planning to come to Rehovot so that we can welcome them. You may send in their details for the weekly bulletin, to hospitality@bermanshul.org or to Chaya Tannor. As we learn from Avraham Avenu, please open your homes to our guests and newest arrivals. This link will take you will take you to the current list of new families and their contact information. 

MISHEBEIRACH LECHOLIM + BIKKUR CHOLIM - מישברך לחולים וביקור חולים  

• Please send names (3 maximum) to gabbai@bermanshul.org (preferably by Thursday) or write them out and give to the Gabbaim before kriat hatora. Names must be resubmitted anew every week and will be read on the following Shabbat morning. This is intended for people with a acute health issues; if you would like a misheberach for somebody with a chronic illness, please recite the person's name by yourself during the prayer.
   
• If you are convalescing at home and would like visitors, please write in to bermanshul@gmail.com. 
  

CALENDAR

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim is available for download (http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf).
• 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* /  Localized 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 - כולל תוכן של דרשות ביום שבת

• 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 register you date here, send your request by e-mail to bermanshul@gmail.com or let any board member know.
      

PERSONAL & BASEMENT
Please note that the Berman Community is not responsible for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed

Events:

• מדרשת שבת, בשעה 17:55 בבית המדרש. שיעור השבוע ינתן ע'י הרב ראובן פרינס שליט'א.
  
  
• Weekly shiur (in Hebrew) sponsored by Yeshivat Hadarom and the Rehovot municipality at 17:55 in the Beit Midrash. This week's speaker is Rav Reuven Prince. For more info. contact Arye Noy aryenoy@walla.com.

Personals:

• New, very clean, glatt/mehadrin kosher apartment in Central Jerusalem available for Shabbat/vacation rentals. In the style of a luxury hotel suite, yet at much lower cost. Discount of 5% to members of Berman Shul. Write to stunning_studio_nachlaot@outlook.com or call 0525345583.

• Beit Heimfeld, in conjunction with Yad Brodman, plans on starting a Kollel for retirees, from Tuesday,  Rosh Hodesh Elul, Aug 26. For details: http://www.pirsuma.com/show.php?cat=303&ind=5086. For additional information, call Dov Cymbalista, (054) 420-2778  dovc48@gmail.com.

• Apartment for rent, possibility of long rental, near the Weizmann Institute, immediate occupancy. 3 bedrooms, sun-porch, air-conditioned throughout, 2 bathrooms, double parking, 2nd floor with elevator. Phone: 050-767 2285; 054-553 6282.
  

• Apartment needed: Family of four (parents and two young kids) who just made aliya would like to move to Rehovot in mid-August.  They are looking to rent a 4 bedroom apartment including a mamad near Bermans. If anyone knows of such an apartment,  please call: Raimy Ruben at 052-707-5909.