Rabbi Jacob
Berman Community Center
מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב
יעקב ברמן
Parashat
Chukat 5783 פרשת חקת תשפ"ג
Candle Lighting: Friday June 23 19:28
Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat/ Maariv:
Early Mincha 18:10 (earliest candles: 18:20);
19:38
Shacharit:
6:30, 8:15
Mini Minyan 9:45 (outdoors); Midi
Minyan (Elementary school age) 9:45 in the library
Shabbat afternoon:
Mincha 19:15; Scholar in Residence (see below);
Maariv 20:26
Havdala: Saturday June 24 20:33
Weekdays: Shacharit 6:30; Mincha 19:40;
Maariv 19:50-19:51 (שקיעה)
Kiddush is sponsored by
the Shul
Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is sponsored
by Gabriella and Sidney Cohen in commemoration
of the Yahrtzeit of Sidney's father's, Aaron Cohen z"l אהרון בן
צבי הכהן
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Births:
- Mazal Tov to Joyce
and Aryeh Fried on the birth of their grandson,
a son to their children Gabriella and Hillel Fried. Mazal Tov to
the entire Fried and Podolski families in Israel and in Teaneck,
New Jersey.
- Mazal Tov to
Susie and Sandy Kadish, on the birth of a
grandaughter Chava Yehudit, a daughter to their
children Malka and Shmuel Kadish.
Bar/Bat Mitzva:
- Mazal Tov to Diane
and Peter Gordon on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter
Avigail Aharon, daughter of Hannah and Itai Aharon of
Ramle.
- Mazal Tov to Rosi
and Harry Langbeheim on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson
Oved, son of their children Tanya and Avida Elon of
Kibbutz Tirat Zvi.
- מזל טוב לרוזי
והרי לנגבהיים לרגל בר המצווה של נכדם עובד,
בנם של תניה ואבידע אלון מקיבוץ טירת צבי.
SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS תזכורות, אירועים
ופעילויות של בית הכנסת
- The
shul annual general meeting (AGM) is scheduled for
Sunday July 2nd at 20:00 (immediately after Maariv).
The meeting agenda and draft audited
2022 financial statements are now available for
viewing in the member
documents section. Other documents will be posted as they
become available.
- Nominations
for the Board and Audit Committee. There are several
vacancies anticipated on the Board and Audit Committee of the
Shul. If you are interested in serving the community in an
elected position, and are willing to make a significant
time-commitment (or if you would like to suggest someone),
please contact Judd
Bogdansky.
- Help
wanted. Looking for student or other seeking part
time paid work as the Shul's Kiddush coordinator starting
September. Responsibilities include ordering and purchasing
food, accepting deliveries, and coordinating teenage kiddush
workers. For more information, contact president@bermanshul.org.
- **Tonight**Blood drive.
This Thursday evening June 22nd, 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.
- **This Shabbat**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.
- Jointly
sponsored Yahrtzeit kiddush - Tammuz. The Tammuz JSK
will be held next week on July 1, Parashat
Balak. To participate in the kiddush, please contact Raanan Loew
(kiddush@bermanshul.org)
no later than this Monday, June 26th. Participation: 150 NIS per
person memorialized. Raanan confirms all emails he receives; if
you do not hear back, please follow up. Your kiddush pledge or
other donations may be paid at https://secured.israelgives.org/en/pay/BermanDonation?currency=1
- קידוש משותף
לימי זיכרון תמוז. הקידוש המשותף לציון ימי זיכרון
(יארצייט) של חודש אדר יתקיים בשבת פרשת בלק ה1 ביולי. אם ברצונך
להשתתף נא ליצור קשר עם רענן לו (kiddush@bermanshul.org)
לא יאוחר מיום שני, ה26 ביוני. השתתפות: 150 ש'ח לכל שם. רענן מאשר
קבלה לכל הודעת דוא"ל שהוא מקבל. אם לא קיבלתם מענה, אנא צרו עמו
קשר שוב. אפשר לשלם להשתתפות בקידוש או כל תרומה אחר לבית הכנסת
כאן: https://secured.israelgives.org/he/pay/BermanDonation?currency=1
- New
Shiur in English on learning the basic theoretical concepts of
the Sefirot, starting next week, Parashat Balak. We will study from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's book, "Innerspace". We would 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 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.
- 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.
PERSONAL & BASEMENT
Please note that we take no
responsibility for the Halachic propriety, kashrut, or safety
of items listed. By posting in the Berman bulletin you
understand that the details you provide are likely to remain
publicly visible on the internet. We cannot remove
announcements from our archives after a notice has run.
- Midreshet
HaShabbat lectures, before Mincha, featuring
several of our own members. The schedule for this coming month
may be seen at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R7109B8LSiqDCsBleathQZ55lIaRtRGH/view?usp=sharing
- אנחנו שמחים להודיע על
חידוש של שיעורי "מדרשת השבת" לפני מנחה, עם
מספר מרצים מבית הכנסת שלנו. כאן הקישור לתוכנית השיעורים החדשה
של מדרשת השבת, לפני מנחה בשבועות הקרובים https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R7109B8LSiqDCsBleathQZ55lIaRtRGH/view?usp=sharing
- Yad
Sarah (volunteer organization that lends medical
equipment) is looking for part-time volunteers
(4 hours/week) in Rehovot to register people coming in to rent
or return medical equipment. For more details, contact Moshe
054-461-0793 or Shoshi 052-448-0154.
- יד שרה מחפשת
מתנדבים ל4 שעות בשבוע לעזור ברישום פרטים של אנשים
שבאים לקחת או להחזיר ציוד רפואי. לפרטים: משה- 054-461-0793,
שושי-052-448-0154.
- A group
will be going to volunteer at the Leket logistics center in
Kfar Saba on Sunday July 9th from 12:45 – 3 PM. The
trip includes a tour of the facility and an opportunity to
help pack food for Leket recipients. Please contact Pennina
Safer if you’d like to join (054-451-7031).
- קבוצת מתנדבים
נוסעים למרכז הלוגיסטי של לקט ישראל בכפר סבא ביום א
ה9 ליולי בין השעות 12:45-15:00. נעשה סיור בתוך המרכז וגם נעבוד
במיון והכנת מארזים של פירות וירקות. אם אתם מעוניינים להצטרף
אנא תפנו לפנינה ספר 054-451-7031.
- The
Rehovot Anglo Hebrew Readers Group will begin to
read a new book, Monday, July 3. It is גינת בר, a memoir by
Meir Shalev. For information about the group, call Rosalie
Brosilow, 052 736 7760.
- Self
contained furnished room for rent with balcony, separate
entrance. Short-term for visiting parents and
relatives. Long-term for office, or private teaching space.
Contact Michelle 0547-615-606 for further information.
Last week's Basement:
- Looking
to find a home for a beautiful rug: 240 x 300 (3
meters). Photos available at https://photos.app.goo.gl/bib2jbCV8Bux3iyD8.
Please contact Pennina Safer +972 54 451 7031.
- Emunah
Rehovot is delighted to announce that the 2023/4 Emunah
Calendars have been delivered to the distributors
in Rehovot, so please contact your usual distributor to place
your order and make arrangements to collect. They still cost
NIS 40. The Rehovot distributors are: Evelynne Goldman
054-765-2902; Malki Cymbalista 08-941-9431; Lesley Rosinsky
050-899-0002; Barbara Pfeffer 054-558-1300; Angie Ze'evi
050-575-4500; Bea Kriger - If you have ordered from Bea Kriger
she has written to you. Ruth Rechtschaffen is not distributing
this year so please call Evelynne Goldman if you usually buy
from Ruth.
- Accommodations
needed for religious college student. A recently
released lone soldier is looking for a home while he studies
in Rehovot. He's looking for a religious home that is Shomer
Shabbat and kosher; he would love an adoptive family or a
place to stay for very low rent. If anybody can help or has
info regarding a low rent accommodation it would be greatly
appreciated! Please contact: Netanel at - 0538478449.
- House
for rent. Big house on Hashomrim available for
rent. Looking for tenants for one year lease only. Walking
distance from Berman and many amenities. Available from
August. Interested people should contact Deena 0535310688.
More details on Yad2: https://www.yad2.co.il/s/c/7lzfqx92
- בית גדול להשכרה
ברחוב השומרים. מחפשים שוכרים לתקופה של שנה מאוגוסט.
נמצא במקום מרכזי, וקרוב לברמן. מי שמעוניין, נא ליצור קשר עם
דינה ב-0535310688. לינק ליד2: https://www.yad2.co.il/s/c/7lzfqx92
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Hat Tip P.L.
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Rabbi Jacob Berman Community
Center, P.O. Box 1146, Rehovot 7611101