CALENDAR לוח זמנים

• A PDF calendar of davening times and shiurim (now including March-April) is available for download (here).
• ניתן להוריד את לוח זמני התפילה והשיעורים (כעת כולל מרץ-אפריל) בפורמט PDF – כאן.
• Live calendar below with full schedule of Berman events, and other happenings. Click on any event to see details. If calendar doesn't appear click here.
• הלוח להלן כולל את לוח הזמנים המלא של כל האירועים הרשמיים של קהילת ברמן ואירועים אחרים. הקישו על האירוע לקבלת פרטים נוספים. אם הלוח לא מופיע, לחצו כאן.

• 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 details to bermanshul@gmail.com.
• חברים המארגנים אירועים פרטיים (כגון חתונה, מסיבת בר/בת-מצווה, וכדו') מתבקשים להירשם כדי שנוכל לרשום את התאריך כאירוע אנונימי פרטי ביומן. המטרה היא למנוע כפל אירועים באותו יום. הרשם בקישור זה או לשלוח פרטים ל bermanshul@gmail.com.

PERSONAL & BASEMENT

Please note that we take no responsibility for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed

• T.E.A.M. (Matnas Havayyot Hamada English speakers group) Spring Trip on Monday, March 19, 2018 to Ya'ar Ilanot and the K'han Museum in Hadera. Includes lunch (meat) at Givat Haviva.For more details contact Ellen Lax 050-6874245 (or Ilana Friedlander 053-5706592).
• The Rehovot Anglo Hebrew Readers group begins to read and discuss a new book this Monday: הר האשר‎ by Amir Gutfreund. We meet every second Monday morning for one hour of reading Hebrew together. To join us, or if you have already read this book and would like to follow our comments and to add your own, call Rosalie Brosilow, 08 949 4851 or 052 736 7760.
• Beit Chatam-lecture. We are pleased to invite the English speaking community to a lecture by: ​​Rav Ze'ev ​​Leff, well known speaker and rav of Mattityahu on "Unmasking the Jewish people's greatest threat" – on Purim and unity. Thursday, 7 Adar (22/2/18) at 8:00 pm, followed by Ma'ariv (≈9pm). Beit Chatam, 1a Shkolnik St., Rehovot ​Men and women invited - separate seating​.
• Come to Emunah Rehovot’s lecture at 10 a.m. on Tuesday February 20th and hear Tamar Pfeffer Gik, a Clinical Dietician at Beilinson Hospital who will speak about “Nutirition for Senior Citizens -Lo Kedai! – Myth or Truth.“ This is our Membership Meeting – deposit your Emunah dues of NIS 60 for 2018 and you won’t pay for admission to this meeting. Men and non members welcome. Venue – the Pfeffer’s, 2/7 Rehov Hankin, Rehovot (with elevator).
• For sale - used arranger keyboard Yamaha Tyros4. Professional or advanced home use. Excellent condition. 61 keys, 128 note polyphonic, over 1000 high-quality tones, over 400 accompaniment styles, MP3 player; loudspeakers, 1 GB expansion memory. Call Shmuel Safran 054-900-9152 or email: sam.safran@weizmann.ac.il
• Room wanted- June-July. Male 19 year old American college student (currently studying in yeshiva in Jerusalem) looking for housing while he will be doing a research project at the Volcani institute from mid-June to end of July (5-6 weeks). He would like to be in the Anglo environment of Rehovot, specifically Berman's. He is learned and quick-witted, and can possibly cook. Any leads for a room (possibly with board) situation would be appreciated. Josh Klein vcjosh@agri.gov.il 050-622-0349.
• The Golan is now green and beautiful. Base your tours at Tova (grew up in Berman) Hammerman Hadad's Tzimmers, "Ruach Dromit" in Avnei Eitan in the southern Golan next to Nachal El Al. Call Tova at 054-5684574.

Last week's Basement:

• Town Playhouse presents Stephen Sondheim's award winning musical “Assassins”, based on an incisive book by John Weidman, which imagines what nine men and women who attempted to assassinate the president of the United States (four of them successfully) would have said to each other and to us if they could. A tragic comedy about how a country built on dreams can lead to chaos and despair. Yisrael Levitt is playing the role of The Proprietor. Thurs Feb 15 8pm, Sat Feb 17 8:30 pm, Sun Feb 18 5pm & 8pm, Tues Feb 20 8pm, Thurs Feb 22 5pm & 8pm, Sat Feb 22 8:30 pm At AACI, 37 Pierre Koenig St, Jerusalem.Tickets 80 NIS (65 NIS AACI members, 60 NIS students & soldiers). Call 02-566-1181 ext. 311 or book online at: https://aaci-jtown.mamash.com/
• The Hadara Yehudit Emunah Chapter of Rehovot is collecting Purim costumes for the Emunah kindergarten in Gedera. Many of these children come from families who are living below the poverty line. All the children are dressed up from costumes in the gan, which are used from year to year. But due to wear and tear they are in need of simple costumes for 1 year-old children as well as those for 2 and 3 year olds. NOT bee costumes or ladybirds. The costumes should be clean, and in good condition. Please phone Barbara Pfeffer if you are able to donate something at 054-5581 300. We are also appealing for clothing in good condition and CLEAN, as well as shoes for these children from the ages of 6 months to 5 years old. Also, children's books in Ivrit and toys all in good condition, are always welcome additions. To donate, please phone Barbara Pfeffer at 054-558-1300.

• We received numerous substantive comments to the AGM minutes, resulting in some major changes to this document. We ask the membership to please take a second look here, before the minutes are ratified.
• Scholar in residence. We are pleased to announce that Rabbi Dr. Yissachar Seussowitz will be our scholar in residence on Shabbat Zachor, Feb 23-24. He holds a PhD in psychology (though he now strongly eschews secular studies), and his life's work has been dedicated to discovering and re-introducing little known chumrot. His seforim portray his educational philosophy, suggesting that children should be taught as many of these chumrot as possible. Please make an effort to come, as we believe that Rabbi Seussowitz's approach reflects the values to which our community should aspire. He will be giving three lectures:
  *Friday night, Feb 23rd, 8:00 PM. "Do not Hop on Pop: The important mitzva of kibbud horim: Your parent is not your friend".
  *Shabbat morning, after kiddush at 11:00. "I can read with my eyes closed: Studies in kavanah".
  *Shabbat afternoon after mincha. "Fox in Socks: Topics in tznius". Why the Women of Rehovot should wear socks, especially in the summer".
• In deference to Dr. Seussowitz the kiddush next week will be conducted with gender separation. Signs will indicate areas where the men and women may (separately) congregate.
• Bermans and JOFA- The Berman shul together with the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance is pleased to invite you to a Purim lecture by a renowned rabbi from one of the leading pre-military mechinot. Our speaker was recently featured in a video instructing his students as part of a marriage-preparation class. He stated that women's greatest talent is in the arts, namely kippa knitting, that they cannot attain the spiritual heights of men, that they babble, are less intelligent than men, are poor drivers, and only pretend to multi-task. Lecture topic: Tshuva.

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