Please use the e-mail address bermanshul@gmail.com  for bulletin-related communications, including:

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

Bulletin schedule for the holidays:
Weds Sept. 24(a.m.) Erev Rosh Hashana
Thu Oct. 2 (midday, as usual)
Weds Oct. 8 (a.m.) Erev Succot
Weds Oct. 15 (a.m.) Hoshana Rabba
Please send in any announcements well in advance - late, non-urgent submissions will not be included

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Kiddush:
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Life cycle:

Engagements/wedding

Bereavement and Memorial:

SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS:

Rosh Hashana:

• Slichot this Saturday night Sept. 20th at 22:30. Please bring your own slichot books as the shul does not have enough. 
  
• Additional Slichot on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights (Sept. 21-23) at 22:30 (Maariv at 22:20).
• Additional Slichot on Saturday night Sept 27th and nightly at 22:30, until Yom Kippur (Maariv at 22:20 Sunday - Thursday). 
  
• Please help set up the Beit Midrash (BM) and Hashkama minyanim on Tuesday, September 23rd, at 20:00. All three minyanim belong to the entire community, and setting up the rooms should not be the exclusive responsibility of those who chose to daven at these minyanim.
• Maariv on Rosh Hashana will be held in the main shul on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. There are no reserved seats. The balcony will be used for men's seating. The downstairs women's section will be open as usual for women. 
  
• Hashkama minyan will begin at 6:30 (note correction of time versus calendar).
• Please bring machzorim to all three minyanim, as the shul has only a very limited number available.
• Shofar will be blown outside the main shul (near the seminar building) at exactly 12:00 noon for those who need to hear shofar and cannot be inside. This is the only late shofar blowing scheduled.
  
• Combined Kiddush will be held for all minyanim in the pergola promptly after Main and BM minyamin finish.
• If you reserved seats and will not be using them for either RH or YK, please send e-mail to Jerry Kriger so that extra seats can be re-assigned.
• The Board, President and Gabbaim wish the entire community a כתיבה וחתימה טובה!!

General:

• This Friday Sept. 19 is the last early Shabbat minyan of the season. Mincha promptly at 17:15. Please come on time.
   
• Shmitta information mentioned in Rav Arye's shiur on shabbat: The Otzar Haaretz website is located at: http://www.otzarharetz.co.il;  their phone number is:  073-2206323.
   
• *SAVE THE DATE* The social committee is organizing a tiyyul to the north on Thursday, October 30th.  Details will follow.
   
• The jointly sponsored Tishrei Yahrtzeit Kiddush will be held on October 18, 2014 - Parshat Bereshit.  If you would like to participate, please contact Rachel Schecter no later than October 7th, 2014.
   
• The next board meeting is scheduled for October 1, 2014 at 20:00.
   
• Bulletin email problems. We are aware (and apologize) that there are still problems with email delivery of the bulletin. While we are working at finding a solution, please note that the bulletin is always available online at http://bermanshul.org/bulletin.htm (classic version) or at http://bermanshul.org/bulletin (blog version).
  

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, their contact information, and selected pictures so you can recognize them and say hi in shul.

• Welcome to Chani and Alex, Lavi (4.5) and Michal (4 mos) Rav -Acha! The Rav-Acha family moved to Rehovot from Modiin about a year ago. Alex works with computers in a start-up company, Chani teaches first and second grade in Kvutzat Yavne.
  Contact info: ravacha@gmail.com, ctreiber@gmail.com, Alex - 054-4987455, Chani - 054-4283258
   
• Welcome to Rebecca and Saul, Maya (3) and Amit (10 mos) Uranovsky! The Uronvsky's moved to Rehovot from Bnei Re'em. Rebecca is originally from Houston, Texas and Saul is from South Africa. Saul is an architect and Rebecca is a pediatric physical therapist planning to open a private clinic in her apartment. Contact info: Rebecca- ruranovsky@gmail.com, Saul - s.uranovsky@gmail, R - 055-6605603, S - 0556605329

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 here (includes Sep-Oct 2014).
  
• 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 - כולל תוכן של דרשות ביום שבת

• Members organizing private events (e.g. wedding, bar/bat mitzva celebrations etc.) can have their event listed as an anonymous "private event" to avoid scheduling conflicts. Please register you date here, send your request by e-mail to bermanshul@gmail.com or let any board member know.
• Other Rehovot events may be found at www.pirsuma.com and on the Havayot website (http://havayot.org.il).

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

Events:

• בית המדרש העירוני לתנך המפגש הפותח של השנה יתקיים בע"ה ביום שני 29.9 ה' תשרי בשעה 20:00. המרצה: הסופרת יוכי ברנדס.  הנושא: הסיפורים הסודיים של התנ"ך בעקבת מלכים ג' ושבע אימהות.בהזדמנות זאת אני מבקש להסב את תשומת הלב לתכניות מעניינות נוספות שיתקיימו השנה במסגרת יד לבנים סדרת מפגשים בתורת הרב קוק וסדרת טיולים נוספת במסגרת בית המדרש הנודד לתנך.  
• Beit Midrash Le-tanach. Monthly Tana"ch lectures (in Hebrew) at Beit Yad Labanim. First lecture Sept 29 (5 Tishrei) at 20:00. Speaker: Noted author, Yochi Brandis. Other interesting lectures and tiyyulim are planned. For more info: Rami Shanani.
 
• מדרשת שבת, בשעה 16:55 בבית המדרש של הישיבה. שיעור השבוע ינתן ע'י הרב צבי צרפתי שלט'א.
  
  
• Final meeting of weekly Shabbat lecture series (in Hebrew) sponsored by Yeshivat Hadarom and the Rehovot municipality at 16:55 in the Yeshiva Beit Midrash. Speaker Rav Tzvi Sarfati. For more info. contact Arye Noy.

Personals:

• Seriously wounded Rehovot Chayal. Donations to help his family should be made out to מרכז   קהילתי   ע"ש  יעקב  ברמן לתורה ולתפילה. Please note on check: "Fund for wounded soldier". If you wish to receive a USA tax receipt for USD donations contact Gerry Tanny. For more details contact: Sharon Kanon (077-7673100) or Abby Sternlicht (058-4126377).

• Companion needed for elderly visitor (paid position): A visiting American nice older woman needs a (paid) companion who can drive, from October 21st to November 13th. Included is a wedding in Jerusalem and sheva brachot in Kiryat Shmona.  Inquiries:  Melodie Rosenfeld,  050-309-5961.