Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center
מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן
Parashat
Balak 5776 פרשת בלק תשע"ו
Candle Lighting: Friday, July 15 19:27
Havdala: Saturday, July 16 20:30
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kiddush on Shabbat is sponsored by
Jennifer and Max Schrutt in celebration of the
Bar Mitzva of their son Jaden
and by Daphna and Raphy
Nudelman in honor of the Bat Mitzva of their daughter
Eden.
Hashkama minyan qiddush is
sponsored by Lisa and Pinchas Levinson in
honor of the 70th(!) wedding anniversary of Pinchas' parents
Lionel and Shoshana Levinson.
Births:
- Mazal Tov to Edie and
Paul Linden on the birth of a grandson,
a son to Chaim and Chava Yamit Linden. The community is
invited to a Shalom Zachor this Shabbat at their home, Besh"t
20, third floor.
Bar/Bat Mitzva:
- Mazal Tov to Daphna
and Raphy Nudelman on the Bat Mitzva of their
daughter Eden. Mazal Tov to grandparents Chasya
and Avraham Nudelman, and to the entire Nudelman
and Faust families. Welcome to the relatives and guests who
have come to participate in the simcha.
- Mazal Tov to Jennifer
and Max Schrutt on the Bar Mitzva of their son Jaden.
Mazal Tov and welcome to Jadens' grandparents, aunts, uncles
and cousins who came from Colorado and New York to celebrate
the simcha. Notably, Jaden's Bar Mitzvah falls exactly on the
one year anniversary of the Schrutt's Aliya!
SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS
- Berman’s Summer Outing
for adults, July 20th - Intimate (≤15
participants) tours of two exciting new exhibits at the New
Wing of Beit HaTfutsot (the Diaspora Museum) with either an
English or Hebrew-speaking guide -- including our own Joel
Rabinowitz! See flyer on Noticeboard
for details. 9:45: Meet at museum; 10:00 – 11:30: Guided
tours; 11:45: Meet for lunch (not included in price)
afterwards at the on-site Aroma Cafe. Price: NIS 20 pp (Please
pay in cash to Susan Rubin/Omri Flicker/Sorelle Weinstein by
July 15th). Transportation not provided. **Limited to first 45
adults to sign up.** Use this sign-up sheet.
- The mini minyan is
seeking parent volunteers to lead t'efillah or give
a Dvar Torah in the months of July and August, on weeks when
our teenage leaders are on summer vacation. Parents are
welcome to lead the Tefillah and give their Dvar Torah in
English or Hebrew, in whichever language they are most
comfortable. To volunteer please contact Elana Bogdansky at elanab121@gmail.com or
054-664-1339. Thank you to Matanya Tirosh for leading last
week's mini-minyan.
- Torah readers needed
for Sefer Devarim for the early minyan, contact Moshe Appel
053-523-3858.
- מי שמעוניין
לקרוא בתורה בספר דברים למנין הראשון מתבקש לפנות למשה אפל
053-523-3858.
HOSPITALITY and CHESED
- Welcome to Yehoshua
Freud! Yehoshua made aliyah in 2005 (although he’s
been in Israel since 2001) and lived in Jerusalem. He recently
moved to Rehovot. He is a computational chemist at Evogene.
Contact info: shuafreud@gmail.com,
052-6889590.
- Welcome to Leora and
Yuri Lubomirsky and Eden (9 months)! Leora and Yuri
moved from Haifa (the Technion) to Rehovot and now are physics
students at Weizmann. Contact info: leoraschein@yahoo.com,
yrlubom@gmail.com,
Leora - 0524627781, Yuri - 0528733126.
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
- Weekly shiur
(in Hebrew) in the Yeshiva Beit Midrash, 18:05. This week's
speaker is Rav Eli Peretz. For more info. contact Arye Noy aryenoy@walla.com.
- מדרשת שבת,
בשעה 18:05 בבית המדרש של הישיבה. הרב אלי פרץ. הנושא: ארבעה
מסלולים בעבודת ה'.
- Story hour for
children ages 3-7 [in Hebrew]. Mondays and
Wednesdays from 17:00 - 18:00 in the Yeshivat Hadarom
Library (under the Beit Midrash). Admission NIS 10. For more
information, please contact Arye Noy 054-493-5037, or Ruth
Tuval 052-779-2223.
- Shiur for Women at
Beit Chatam, noted speaker and award winning
educator Mrs. Shira Smiles, Monday, July
25th at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium of Beit Chatam, 1A
Skolnik, Rehovot. Her topic will be "Three Weeks: Inner and
Outer Greatness".
- Tutor available
in English, math or programming, contact: Shalom Bronner
(054)7896309; (08) 9457861.
- Apartment for sale.
3.5 room apartment on Hagra Street 1st floor, elevator,
private parking. Please call 08-931-8701.
- Apartment for rent. 4
room apartment on Chish street - upper floor of private
house split into 3 units. Available starting August.
Contact: 052-5660551/4.
- Rental apartment
wanted. Single male is interested in renting an
unfurnished apartment (1-2 bedrooms) that is at least 100 sq
meters, with a relatively large living room/dining room
space. Preference for outdoor space surrounding and a
long-term arrangement. Please call Shlomo: 050-709-2604.
- Summer job opp.
The Dept. of Physics of Complex Systems at the Weizmann
Institute is planning to arrange the storage in their
basement.They want to employ 2 boys for this task during 3
weeks in August 2016. The work is physical and in an
unpleasant environment (dusty and not air-conditioned).If
you know of anyone suitable and interested, ages 17-18 or
after army, please contact Hila Shochat 08-9343980;
054-2639053 hila.shochat@weizmann.ac.il
- Room needed.
22 year old religious female MSc student from Seattle,
Washington at Hebrew U. Agriculture Faculty looking
to room with family for weekdays and some shabbatot
this coming year. Willing to pay room and board (eats only
Mehadrin). Does not need private bathroom, but would prefer
own room. Shifra Levin shyffilevin@gmail.com
- Summer kaytana
- First week of August, Sun-Thur, 8:00-13:00, for children
entering gan chova through kitah bet. Limited to 8 children.
For details, contact Itimar Ankry (054-5466469).
- Volunteers needed to
deliver food to the needy for Hod Yisrael. If you
have a car and can contribute approximately 2 hours a week
for an act of true chessed, please help deliver food to
families in need. For more information or to volunteer, call
Sandra 052-374-0260, sandra.moshonov@gmail.com
Rabbi Jacob Berman Community
Center, P.O. Box 1146, Rehovot 7611101