Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן

Parashat Korach 5783 פרשת קרח תשפ"ג

Candle Lighting: Friday June 16 19:27

Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat/ Maariv:
Early Mincha 18:10 (Plag HaMincha [earliest candles] 18:19); 19:37
Shacharit:
6:30, 8:15
Mini Minyan 9:45 (outdoors); Midi Minyan (Elementary school age) 9:45 in the library
Shabbat afternoon:
Mincha 19:10; Shiurim; Maariv 20:24

Havdala: Saturday June 17 20:31

Weekdays: Shacharit 6:30; Mincha 19:40; Maariv 19:48-19:50 (שקיעה)

Kiddush is sponsored in honor of our 12th grade graduates (Shministim) by their parents. We wish them much success and fulfillment in their chosen paths:

Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Tamar and Mark Jablonka

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Births:

• Mazal Tov to Sara and Dan Feigelson on the birth of a grandson, a son to their children Hadas and Yaacov Gershon. Mazal Tov to his brother Ohad and to his proud aunts, uncles, grandparents, and entire family.
• Mazal Tov to Iris and Sandy Sampson on the birth of their great granddaughter Shir, granddaughter to Miriam and Chami Levy, daughter to Reut and Itamar Levy, and sister to Maya, Noga and Or, all of Efrat, Gush Etzion.

Tzeitchem Le'shalom צאתכם לשלום:

• Tzeitchem le'shalom to Zippora and Arye Noy who will be moving to the southern side of Rehovot, and coming to Bermans less regularly. We wish them much happiness in their new home, and hope to see them often on our side of town.

Bar/Bat Mitzva:

• Mazal Tov to Anita and Fred Naider on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Mordechai, son of Elana and Yonatan Kohn of Yad Binyamin.

Bereavement and Memorial זיכרון ושכול:

To report a bereavement, or to see arrangements to help the bereaved (minyan/meals), and to see updates or corrections of funeral/shiva information, please go to https://www.bermanshul.org/shiva.

• We regret to announce the passing of Yehuda Butbul ז"ל, father of our member Orly Dym. The funeral took place on Sunday 11 June in Beer-Sheva. Orly is sitting Shiva through Friday at noon at her father’s home, 151 Sderot Reger, second entrance, apartment 19, Beer-Sheva. She can be reached at 054-740-2556 or at orly.dym@weizmann.ac.il. Please follow the website page (http://www.bermanshul.org/shiva) for any updates. המקום ינחם אותה בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים

SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS תזכורות, אירועים ופעילויות של בית הכנסת

• The annual general meeting (AGM) is scheduled for Sunday July 2^nd at 20:00 (immediately after Maariv). The shul's draft audited 2022 financial statements are now available for viewing in the member documents section. Other documents will be posted as they become available.
• "In our Shul, Judd wears the crown,
  Food and friendship, he serves with renown.
  Waiting patiently [HA] for kiddush,
  kids were scared the treats would finish.
  Yet all were fed; the best kiddush in town." ('poetry' with a little help from ChatGPT)
  Thank you, Judd, for your dedication and volunteer service over the last decade!
  ..and stepping into Judd's ample shoes, we welcome Raanan Loew as the new kiddush coordinator. To sponsor a kiddush, contact Raanan at kiddush@bermanshul.org.
• Blood drive. Next Thursday evening the 22nd of June, between 17:30 and 22:00, at Bermans. For the flier, click here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uIejCWC2sZxoU5M7f1vttx5uppD5MXhx/view?usp=sharing. To know if you can donate blood, click here (MDA website): Hebrew https://www.mdais.org/blood-donation/who-can-donate and English https://www.dam.org.il/en/qa/#:~:text=Blood%20can%20be%20donated%20from,can%20be%20downloaded%20from%20here. Note that some restrictions were lifted for people who lived in the UK in the 1980s-1990s.
• Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat Parshat Chukat (June 23-24), Rabbi Dr. David Harbater. He will give two lectures on his newly published book “In the Beginnings: Discovering the two worldviews hidden within Genesis 1-11" (See book cover, here).
  1. “In the Beginnings"- a dramatic new reading of Bereishit 1-11 [in English], Shabbat morning after Kiddush at ~11:00
  2. רשימות היחס (גנאלוגיות) בתחילת ספר בראשית-פרקי מעבר משעממים או פרקי תוכן משמעותיים? [in Hebrew], Shabbat afternoon following Mincha at ~19:35
• New shiur in English on learning the basic theoretical concepts of the Sefirot. We will study from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's book, "Innerspace". We will learn the first half of the book, which deals with the theoretical concepts of the Sefirot. The study group will take place on Shabbat after morning services in the shul behind the partition from roughly 10:45 -11:30. The study group is appropriate for those with all levels of familiarity with this topic. If you are interested in joining this study group, please contact Gil by either email gmd_therapy@yahoo.com or 055-500-3283.
• We are looking for someone to take over or help out with the organization of the weekly Shabbat afternoon Shiur series held in the summer months an hour before Mincha. Anyone interested please contact Aryeh at 054-493-5037.
• Berman's discussion group every Wednesday at 20:30 on Zoom, now in its third year. Ask Stephen Simpson (Simpson.stephen@protonmail.com) to put you on the mailing list.
• Volunteers needed to give Divrei Torah for parshiot in Sefer Devarim. Please contact Mechael Kanovsky.
• מי שמעוניין לתת דבר תורה על פרשה בספר דברים מתבקש לפנות למיכאל קנובסקי.
• Torah readers needed for many Parshiot. To volunteer, please contact Shmulie Pineles stephenpineles@gmail.com for the main minyan, or Moshe Appel michael.appel@gmail.com for the Hashkama minyan. Volunteers through completion of army service are paid by the shul for their efforts.
• מחפשים בעלי קריאה להרבה פרשיות בהמשך השנה מי שמעוניין לקרוא בתורה מתבקש לפנות לשמואל פינלס stephenpineles@gmail.com למנין המרכזי, או למשה אפל michael.appel@gmail.com למנין ההשכמה.

HOSPITALITY and CHESED אירוח וחסד

Chesed links: If you require specific help during illness or other emergency, please contact hospitality@bermanshul.org, or for the Bikur Holim Committee, Freida Ollech at: (052) 678-2857. To report a bereavement, or to see arrangements to help the bereaved, please go to http://bermanshul.org/shiva. Policy for MiSheberachs for the ill and additional details regarding Chesed activites, on our website, under community.

קישורי "חסד": אם אתם צריכים עזרה, ניתן ליצור קשר עם ועדת חסד hospitality@bermanshul.org, או ועדת ביקור חולים אצל פרידה אולך: 052-678-2857. ל"מי שברך" לחולים (מדיניות כאן) ופרטים נוספים היכנסו לאתר בית הכנסת בעמוד "קהילה".

• The community has been joined by a large number of new families. Please see their details (and pictures) here: new families (note member login required).

CALENDAR לוח זמנים

• The Berman PDF calendar is available for download (here).
• ניתן להוריד את לוח זמני שבת וחג וזמני תפילות 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.