Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center
מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן
Parashat
Pekudei 5776 פרשת פקודי תשע"ו
Candle Lighting: Friday, March 11
17:25
Havdala: Saturday, March 12 18:23
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kiddush on Shabbat is jointly
sponsored by the following members marking Yahrtzeits
of their loved ones in Adar:
Nettie Beer in memory of her mother, Elsa
Orchier bat Lena and Yakov, and her father Kalman Orchier ben
Zelig and Leah
Betsy Bogdansky in memory of her mother,
Gnendle bat Sarah Pesha
Charles Hexter in memory of his father, Aryeh
ben Meshulum
Rhea Israel in memory of her mother, Yehudit
bat Eliyahu Moshe
Steve Kronengold in memory of his father, Numa
Kronengold, Nachum ben Yehuda Halevi
Jonathan Marder in memory of his father, Daniel
ben Shlomo
Tuvia Muskin in memory of his mother, Harabanit
Roza Tsippa Muskin bat Yitzchak and in memory of his sister,
Esther Shulamit Edelman bat Harav Elazer Reuven
Daniele Perl-Treves in memory of her father,
Uri ben Avraham
Greta Rosenberg in memory of her father, Azriel
ben Rav Yisroel Halevi
Sherman Rosenfeld in memory of his brother,
Moshe Mordechai ben David and Bayla Batya
Sandy Sampson in memory of his mother, Bracha
bat Ze'ev
Sheila Shain in memory of her sister, Feige
Sandler bat Chava and Zeev Halevi Crystal
Chaya Tannor in memory of her aunt, Lillian
Levmore, and her uncle, Sheperd Levmore
David Tannor in memory of his father, Dr.
Herman Tannor
Naama Weisgras in memory of her father, Tzion
ben Moshe ve'Chana Malichi
and by Sarah and Jonathan Nehrer in honor of
their daughter Esther, who recently came on
aliya, joining her family here.
Hashkama minyan qiddush is
sponsored this week by Tzippy and Sergio Geralnik
Births:
- Mazal Tov to Hanna and
Ari Edelman on the birth of a granddaughter,
Ayelet, a daughter to their children Dafna and
Chagai Or-Chen. Mazal Tov, as well, to great-grandparents Sara
and Meir Edelman and Adina and Moshe Zipor.
- מזל טוב לחנה
וארי אדלמן להולדת הנכדה איילת, בת
לדפנה וחגי אור-חן. מזל טוב גם לסבים-רבא שרה ומאיר
אדלמן ועדינה ומשה צפור.
- Mazal Tov to Miki and
Neal Hauser on the birth of a grandson, Yehuda.
Mazal Tov to the new parents, Avital and Tomer Moshe, and to
sisters Tipheret, Rivka, and Tehilla.
- Mazal Tov to Judith
and Marc Aronhime on the birth of a first grandson,
a son to Avigail and Yechiel Bracha from Be'er Sheva.
SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS
- **This week**
This Shabbat, Parshat Pekudei (March 11-12) we will be honored
to have Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz as a scholar in
residence. Rabbi Breitowitz received his BA degree
from Johns Hopkins University and obtained semicha from Ner
Israel Rabbinical College. He graduated magna cum laude from
Harvard Law School, and shortly thereafter became the Rav of
the Silver Spring Woodside Shul in Silver Spring Maryland,
while maintaining status as a tenured professor at the
University of Maryland School of Law. Those interested in
hearing previously taped lectures of Rabbi Breitowitz, are
invited to visit his website at http://torahdownloads.com/s-8-rabbi-yitzchak-breitowitz.html?page=13
Rabbi Breitowitz will give two lectures in English:
The Plight of the Aguna, on Friday Night the
2nd of Adar 2 5776 (Mar 11th, 2016) at 8:45 PM
The Fifth Galut of Yishmael and the Story of Purim
on Shabbat, following Mincha at about 17:30 PM
Details on the Noticeboard
- Please join
us for our Pre-Purim Chesed Event for parents and children
(ages 2-12) at Matnas Havayyot, co-sponsored by
Bermans, on March 14, 2016 from 17:00-19:00. Each child is
asked to bring a gift, which the kids will wrap and decorate
together. The wrapped presents will be distributed to poor
children. There will also be Purim art activities, snacks and
fun. We are looking for volunteers to help with set up and
clean up, and other jobs. Any donations of gifts or funding
are greatly appreciated. Please contact Leora Ronen to sign
up/volunteer 0508936488, or mail: ronenleora@gmail.com.
More info on the Noticeboard.
- פעילות חסד הורים וילדים.
ביום שני ה-14.03.16 בין השעות 17:00-19:00 באולם
האירועים בחוויות שוויץ תתקיים פעילות הורים וילדים המיועדת
להמחיש לילדים את מצוות "מתנות לאביונים" ליצור נתינה חווייתית.
מה להביא? מתנות אותן נעטוף ונקשט בשמחה- כל מתנה תתקבל בברכה.
תרומות של מתנות / כסף למתנות / ציוד עטיפה - יתקבלו בברכה. תודה
! נשמח למתנדבים שיעזרו ביום האירוע. על מנת שנוכל להיערך בהתאם,
נא להירשם מראש. (משתתפים, מתנדבים ותורמים) אצל ליאורה
0508936488 או במייל ronenleora@gmail.com.
מידע נוסף בלוח מודעות.
- Minutes of the January
2016 AGM are available here (member login required)
- For connoisseurs of
Bermans nostalgia, an article about the early years
of the shul from the Kanovsky archives is posted on the Noticeboard.
- Torah readers needed for Sefer Bamidbar and Devarim.
To volunteer, please contact Rami Shaanani.
- מי שמעוניין
לקרוא בתורה בספרים במדבר ודברים מתבקש לפנות לרמי שאנני.
HOSPITALITY and CHESED
- Family needed to host
female lone soldier during her studies towards
giyyur. She lives locally in Rehovot, so sleeping
accommodations are not needed. Please contact Ilana
Friedlander 053-5706592, stevenf@netvision.net.il
- מחפשים משפחה
לאירוח חיילת בודדה שעוברת גיור. אין צורך בלינה, היא
גרה ברחובות. לפרטים נא ליצור קשר עם אילנה פרידלנדר 053-5706592
stevenf@netvision.net.il
- Shabbat meal
invitations needed for another [female] soldier
during her giyyur process. She was adopted by a Bermans
family, but would appreciate additional invitations. Liana
054-2022571
- חיילת שעוברת
גיור ויש לה משפחה מאמצת מברמן תשמח לקבל הזמנות נוספות
לארוחות שבת. לפרטים נוספים התקשרו לאנה:
054-2022571.
Chesed notes (More details in
website under community):
- If you need or can offer
Shabbat or other hospitality, please write hospitality@bermanshul.org.
- Names and contact information
for families who are new to the community (including pictures
and short biographies) here.
- Policy regarding misheberachs
for individuals who are ill, appears here. To
submit names, write gabbai@bermanshul.org.
- Email us if you
need confidential help finding employment; if you can help
others find jobs, register here. Details here.
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 see the details. If
calendar doesn't appear click
here.
- Members organizing private
events (e.g. wedding, bar/bat mitzva, etc.) are requested to
have their event listed as an anonymous "private event" to
avoid scheduling conflicts. Register here, or send your request by e-mail
to bermanshul@gmail.com
PERSONAL & BASEMENT
Please note that we take no responsibility for the
Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed
- Lost and found.
A case with insulin syringes and a daily schedule
for injection was found on Sireni Street. If any
lost it or knows of someone who lost it, please call
052-488-8547 and it will be returned to the rightful owner.
- Shakespeare in
Rehovot. The internationally acclaimed ADG/TNT
Theatre Britain will be returning to the Wix Auditorium on
6th April 2016 at 20:00 pm with The Tempest.
ADG/TNT brings its unique style to bear on The Tempest,
mixing music with theatrical clowning and dynamic
physicality, but with careful attention to the text and its
poetry. Tickets through Lotus Box Office. For prices, online
purchase and group discounts, see www.adgisrael.co.il
or phone Lotus: 08-936-4979 or 08-946-7890.
- Lawyer specializing
in traffic law. Bareket Steinmetz-Salomon
(Yitzhak Steinmetz's wife) has opened a new law
firm specializing in criminal defense for moving
violations. Bareket may be reached at 050-6450235
or info@barekets-law.com
or https://www.facebook.com/bareketslaw/
- ברקת שטיינמץ-סלומון
(אשתו של יצחק שטיינמץ) פתחה משרד עו"ד עצמאי המתמחה
בתעבורה. היא מייצגת בכל עבירות התעבורה- דוחות
משטרה, תאונות דרכים, מהירות, שכרות, נהיגה ללא רישיון/רכב
תקף, אי מסירת פרטים ועוד. בנוסף, מייצגת בענייני פסילה
מנהלית, פסילה של המכון הרפואי לבטיחות בדרכים ופסילה לפי שיטת
הניקוד.
even deeper down.... BENEATH THE BASEMENT- ADAR II
SUPPLEMENT
Please note that we take no responsibility for the
Halachic propriety, kashrut or sanity of the items listed
Volunteer
opportunities:
- Israel Postal
Service volunteer program cancelled. Since the
volunteer mail non-delivery program was launched, not a
single participant application has reached the central
post office. This led the postal service to conclude that
they are doing such a good job of not delivering any mail,
even to themselves, that they no longer require additional
assistance from volunteers. Thank you anyway for
demonstrating community spirit.
- Have you run out of
Zchuyois (a.k.a. Mitzva points) with more than 6 months
to go until Yom Kippur? We have the perfect
segula for you. The holy Bekinisher Rebbe from Hawaii said
that Purim is compared to Yom Kippur. Come help set up the
Beit Midrash for the parallel Megilla reading. Hundreds of
people who hate Haman will be davening with extra kavanah
for your salvation. Each muscle you strain or ankle you
sprain hanging the mechitza (as long as you don’t yell
S--- too loudly) will create 100 little angels who will be
your personal Meletzei Yoisher for yeshuos, and besoiros
toivos. The phone lines to redemption are open. Call now
1-700-777-7777.
Book ban:
- !!!איסור חמור.
It has come to our attention that the book on Woman in Halacha described in last
month's Beneath the Basement is full of kefira, as it
implies that man evolved from apes, and addresses women's
issues in a balanced and respectful manner. Hence it
has been banned. The membership are asked to delete any
downloaded copies from their hard disks.
Personals:
- Could you please
add this to the Bulletin. It's an emergency!! I
just accidentally dropped my phone under a 319 bus. The
driver wouldn't let me retrieve it, because it was under
the men's section. My boyfriend proposed last night, but I
told him that I wasn't sure I wanted to marry him. I don't
know what I was thinking. I was all mixed up. Could
someone pleeease send him a WhatsApp and tell him that I'm
soooo sorry, and of course I'll marry him. Thank you all
so, so much... Bermans is such a great community...Hodesh
Tov and Happy Purim to all..
Past bulletins are
available and
searchable at http://archive.bermanshul.org/pastbulletin
Email bermanshul@gmail.com
for bulletin-related communications.
Rabbi Jacob Berman Community
Center, P.O. Box 1146, Rehovot 7611101