Life cycle:

Engagements and Weddings:

• Mazal tov to Adele and Tuvia Muskin on the marriage of their son Motti to Shulamit Miller, daughter of Rabbi Daniel and Miriam Miller of Kedumim. 

Bereavement and Memorial:

• 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, this 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 Friday evening 30 January 2015 (Parashat BeShalach) at the Kanners, 41 HaShomrim, at 17:00. 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.

• 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

SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS:

• Water stoppage. The municipality has announced that there may be a water stoppage or interruptions of service from 22:00 tonight (Thursday) until sometime around mid-day on Friday. Everyone is advised to fill pots and buckets and prepare accordingly. More info from the municipal hotline, dial 106.

• Lost and found- Coat switch. One of our members accidentally took home a size medium black jacket that is not his. He will be more than happy to return it to its rightful owner. Please identify yourself by email to bermanshul@gmail.com. 

• The AGM has been rescheduled for Motzaei Shabbat Yitro, February 7 at 20:00. Materials for the AGM are available for members on our website: They can also be accessed on Google-drive.
• Lecture and presentation. Solution to Your Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Problems. Sunday February 22, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Speakers: Philip Weiss, a CPA (USA) with over 25 years experience. Phil specializes in U.S. income tax planning and compliance; Katherine Lapidoth, Pioneer Wealth Management. Senior Wealth Manager, licensed in the U.S. and Israel, serving the U.S. community in Israel for more than 27 years; and Leon Harris, Israeli CPA and a UK Chartered Accountant, head of Harris Consulting & Tax Ltd (HCAT), which provides accountancy, taxation and corporate finance services for companies, individuals, charities and trustees. Leon writes a weekly tax column in the Jerusalem Post, and other periodicals.

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

• כל מי שמעוניין לקרוא בתורה בספר ויקרא ובפסח מתבקש להתקשר לרמי שאנני

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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.
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 who will distribute. You can leave outside her 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