Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center
מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן
Parashat
Achrei-Mot 5776 פרשת אחרי מות תשע"ו
חג שמח
Candle Lighting: Thursday, April 28
18:58
Candle Lighting: Friday, April 29
18:59
Havdala: Saturday, April 30 20:00
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No main minyan kiddush this week on
Chag. Kiddush on Shabbat is sponsored by the shul.
Hashkama minyan qiddushim on Chag
and Shabbat are sponsored by Adina and Josh Klein
Births:
- Mazal Tov to Ayala and
Eytan Meisels, on the birth of their granddaughter,
Hallel, a daughter to their children Aviad
and Shir Meisels. Mazal Tov as well to big sister to Talya,
and to grandparents Hadass and Yishay Brown of Petach Tikva.
SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS
- Berman's Yom HaZikaron/Yom HaAtzmaut
Program! For details see the English and
Hebrew flyers on the Noticeboard.
Reserve your spot by May 1st here.
- Eruv tavshilin
reminder. One must prepare an eruv tavshilin on
Thursday (erev chag) in order to be able to cook for Shabbat
during the last day of Pesach.
- Having post-seder
let-down? Want to add some text/ritual to your
Shvii shel Pesach meals? See link below to download a Haggada
for Shvii shel Pesach, compiling well-known and
little-known midrashim on Kriat Yam Suf and Shirat Hayam. The
texts are provided in both Hebrew and English. You can see it
on the website under Community< Education (mouse over
without clicking)< divrei torah (click)< Holidays
(click), or directly at: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9YMcUl1a_98dE9rMDd4ZjVkYjA&usp=drive_web
- The choir will be
singing one short piece this shvi'i shel Pesach -
Seu Shearim just before musaf; the kahal is invited to join in
(MP3 avalable on the Noticeboard).
The piece is courtesy of Rabbi/Hazan Geoffrey Shissler. The
choir has sung it before at the Beit HaMidrash minyan on Rosh
Hashana - so many of you will be familiar with it.
- You are cordially invited to
attend this year's first Kahn-Bellows lecture
(on the topic of different aspects of the Hebrew language).
Sunday, 30th of Nisan 5776, May 8th 2016, Prof. Chaim Cohen -
Professor emeritus of Biblical Hebrew and ancient Semitic
Langues. He will speak in Hebrew on: Unfaithful friends:
Mistaken meanings of words and phrases in modern Hebrew.
Ma’ariv: 19:50 Lecture 20:00. Details on the Noticeboard.
Upcoming lectures. Sunday May 15th, Malka
Puterkovsky. Sunday May 29th, Prof. Lewis Glinert - Second
Bellows Kahn lecture. All at 8:00 PM. Details and topics will
follow.
- Torah readers needed
for Sefer Bamidbar and Devarim. To volunteer,
please contact Rami
Shaanani for the main minyan; for the early minyan, contact Yair Pomerantz
(052-222-0930) for Bamidbar, and Moshe Appel for
Devarim.
- מי שמעוניין
לקרוא בתורה בספרים במדבר ודברים מתבקש לפנות לרמי שאנני למנין המרכזי,
או ליאיר פומרנץ
(052-222-0930) לספר במדבר ומשה אפל לספר דברים
למנין הראשון.
- Volunteers needed to give Divrei Torah for
parshiot in Sefer Bamidbar. Please contact Mechael Kanovsky.
- מי שמעוניין
לתת דבר תורה על פרשה בספר במדבר מתבקש לפנות למיכאל קנובסקי.
HOSPITALITY and CHESED
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 (now including May-June) 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
- Emunah Rehovot’s
Annual Yom Hashoah Meeting - Tuesday May 3rd 2016
at 10 a.m. with Guest Speaker Sarah Goodman - “Fleeing
Europe”. At the home of Lilly Stern, 8/3 David Shimoni,
Rehovot – with elevator. Tel: 08 946 1783. There will be
candles available for people to light. Minimum Donation NIS
10. All donations will be sent to the Holocaust Survivors’
Fund.
- Looking to rent 2
bedroom furnished apartment. Must be walking
distance to Bermans. For Deborah Lurya – new olah to
Rehovot. Deborah: 054-544-5116; Melodie: 050 309 5961.
Rabbi Jacob Berman Community
Center, P.O. Box 1146, Rehovot 7611101