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

Life cycle:

Births:

• Mazal Tov to Elisheva and Dan Feferman on the birth of a baby boy! The brit will be IY'H on Shabbat morning immediately after davening. A warm welcome to special guests, Elisheva's parents and sister, Jeff, Sherry and Chelsea Taxman, who flew in from Omaha, Nebraska, and the Bakal family from Rishon Letzion. Please help make their adjustment a bit easier by signing up for their meal train here. 

• Mazal Tov to Pennina and Hershel Safer on the birth of a grandson, a son to their children Malkie and Nogah Safer.

• Mazal Tov to Naomi and Murray Borsekovsky on the birth of a great-grandson, a son to Talya and Tzvika Elyashiv of Jerusalem. Mazal Tov to the proud grandparents, Simcha and Yerachmiel Elyashiv of Karnei Shomron.

Bereavement and Memorial:

• We regret to announce the passing of Vera Nabarro-Morris z"l, the mother of our member Eve Bloom. Eve will be sitting shiva at 3 Matlock Crt., 45 Abbey Rd., London NW8 0AB, from Thursday afternoon until Monday evening, January 26. She will then return to Israel and will sit at home, Chish 38/15, on Tuesday, January 27. She can be reached in England at +447586291801, or +442073280602. The phone numbers in Israel are 08-945-5611 or 052-294-9080. Please remember that England is 2 hours behind Israel time.
  

• *TONIGHT* Prof. Eliyahu Kanovsky Memorial Lecture - Thurs, Jan 22 at 20:00 (Ma'ariv at 19:50) by Prof. Yaakov Rosenberg - Economic aspects of Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dream, former Chairman of the Economics Department at BIU, and Rector of the academic track of the College of Management and Academic Studies. Siyyum mesechtot by the family prior to the lecture.
  

• [From Norma Rosenfeld] To my kehilla and extended family, please accept my heartfelt thanks for your outpouring of help, warmth, hugs, delicious meals, and caring during our shivah - and beyond, yours Norma Rosenfeld.  P.S. Someone left a lovely fleece brown and tan scarf,  a red eyeglass case and various containers. Will be happy to return them.

• [From Jerry Rosenfeld's z'l children] Dear Berman Community, In our deep grief over our father's sudden death, you opened your hearts and gave us a hand. We feel grateful for the warmth and caring, for the meals, for the Minyan morning and afternoon, and for all your condolences. You have a  precious community; we wish you all health and בשורות טובות. We feel proud to have been part of your community. Full of appreciation, Jerry's children: Yoni, Abby and Efram, and our families.

• Shloshim for Jerry Rosenfeld z'l on Monday Feb. 2nd. 16:00 Aliya lekever and mincha. 17:30 Light refreshments at Bermans. 17:45 Shiur by Dr. Yonatan Kellman "Source and meaning of the custom of turning around for the last stanza of Lecha Dodi", followed by Maariv at 18:45.
  

שלושים לגרי רוזנפלד ז'ל. יום ב', יג' שבט, 2.2.15.  16:00 התכנסות ועליה לקבר, מנחה בבית העלמין. 17:30 התכנסות בבית הכנסת, כיבוד קל. 17:45 שיעור מאת ד'ר יונתן קלמן "מקור ומשמעות המנהג להסתובב בבית האחרון של לכה דודי". 18:45 ערבית

• The azkarah marking Rachel Garfinkel's z"l 18th yahrzeit and Lenny Garfinkel's z"l 10th yahrzeit will take place at the Rehovot cemetery, IY"H, on Friday, 30 January 2015  (10 Shevat 5775) at 10:00 AM. The annual women's Kabbalat Shabbat in Rachel's memory will be held IY"H on that same Friday evening 30 January 2015 (Parashat BeShalach) at the Kanners, 41 HaShomrim, at 17:00 (Hadlakat Neirot = 16:51). The family - both here and abroad - wish to thank the community for the continued loyalty to Rachel's and Lenny's memories over all the years.
  

SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS:

• The AGM has been rescheduled for Motzaei Shabbat Yitro, February 7 at 20:00. Materials for the AGM are available on our website:  Committee Reports  Audit Committee Report, updated (new update 21/1/2015) Financial Statements (all require login with your old password).  They can also be accessed on Google-drive here. 

• *THIS WEEK* Scholar-in-residence, Shabbat Parashat Bo - Prof. Avigdor Shinan from the Hebrew University, one of the most sought-after lecturers in Midrash and T'filla and in charge of programming at Beit Avi-Chai in Jerusalem, will give two lectures in Hebrew:
1. ספר תהילים כאוטוביוגרפיה של דוד המלך    Friday night, Jan 23 4 Shvat at 20:30 
2. ?מה כל כך קשה כקריעת ים סוף    Shabbat afternoon, Jan 24 after Mincha (around 16:50)

• Needed - People to give Divrei Tora for Sefer Viyikra. If you are willing and able, please contact Mechael Kanovsky.

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.

EMPLOYMENT

We would like to assist people in our community with their employment search, and help open doors by introducing them to other people in our community who currently work in their fields of specialty or have recently retired from those fields.
To join our effort, please fill in this form. To receive assistance and information please contact us at employment@bermanshul.org

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).
• The "live" calendar below gives a full schedule of official Berman events and other happenings. 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

• Members organizing private events (e.g. wedding, bar/bat mitzva, etc.) can have their event listed as an anonymous "private event" to avoid scheduling conflicts. Please register your 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 we take no responsibility for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed.

Events:

• ESRA Rehovot-area Chapter is pleased to present Dr. Dror Eydar who will speak about "The Hebrews: The Time Passengers" on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 20:00. Dr. Eydar is a leading columnist for the ‘Israel Hayom’ newspaper, a researcher of society, literature and culture, and a popular lecturer in Israel and abroad. The talk will focus on a new archaeological find and its relation to Jewish philosophy and the Bible. Details under "community events" on the Berman calendar. For information and reservations, contact Annice, annice@grinberg.info. 

• Beit Midrash Ironi Letanach will hold its next lecture (in Hebrew) on Mon Jan. 26th (6 Shevat) at 20:00 at Yad Labanim, Rehov Habanim 10. This month's speaker will be Dr. Arye Borenstein. More info: Rami Shanani

Personals and Other:

• Urgently needed- Donations of winter clothes and blankets. Urgently needed for four indigent families in Rehovot: warm blankets, room heaters, warm winter coats, warm pajamas for elementary age school children. Please bring to Chaya Tannor. 11 Chish. I will distribute. You can leave outside my back door under first parking area.
  

• Ezer Metzion Chinese Auction 2015. Help sustain Israel's largest health support organization. http://www.ami.org.il/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=4051. עזר מציון המכירה הסינית לשנת תשע"ה

• Apartment needed. Looking for a furnished 3 bedroom apartment to rent by a retired couple coming from the States from the end of February until the end of March. Please call: 08 9466248 or  050 7724308.

• US CPA firm in Beit Shemesh area is seeking US Tax CPA with at least 7 years of public accounting tax experience for supervisor/manager position. Candidate should have review experience in individual, partnership and corporate taxation, as well as ability to converse in Hebrew with clients and comprehend Hebrew financial documents. Applications kept in strict confidence. Please send CV’s to shalom@weisermazars.co.il
  

• Join Leket Israel's running team in the upcoming Jerusalem or Tel Aviv marathons to support Leket and help feed Israel's needy.  A great way to do something active for a great cause. Serving as Israel’s National Food Bank and leading food rescue network, Leket Israel actively works to alleviate nutritional insecurity in Israel through its many food rescue and redistribution projects. Food is reclaimed from hundreds of suppliers (i.e.farms, hotels, restaurants…) and delivered to 180 nonprofit partners serving the needy, reaching 140,000+ people each week. To learn more, please visit leket.org.il. Each participant who reaches the minimum fundraising goal will receive free entry into the marathon and a special Team Leket Tshirt to wear on the day of the race. Visit Team Leket's page to learn more.

• Sister City. As part of a program of the Jewish Agency called Partnership2Gether (formerly Partnership 2000), Minneapolis has chosen Rehovot to be its partner city.  In the coming years, a substantial amount of money will be put into this program by both the Jewish Agency and the city of Rehovot. Any ideas for joint projects to increase professional, interpersonal and Jewish connections between the two cities are warmly invited.  Please send an email to david.tannor@weizmann.ac.il with the subject line Minneapolis.