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S H A B B AT B U L L E T I N
Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years
April 13-14, 2018 27-28 Nissan 5778
Shabbat Mevarchim
Torah Sefer: Vayikra Parasha: Shemini Haftarah Erev Rosh Chodesh: I Samuel 20:18-42 ————————————— Shabbat Enhanced Kiddush is sponsored by Holly and David Da-vies to mark the first yahrtzeit of David's cherished mother, Rose Davies, who survived Auschwitz and the fifth yahrzeit of Marvin Davies, David's beloved father who was hidden during the Holocaust by righteous gentiles, and who, as a volunteer for the Va'ad Hat-zala, helped many to emigrate to the USA.
Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Seudah Shlishit following Mincha
Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated
United Orthodox Synagogues
The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX 77096
713-723-3850
Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky z’l
Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Rick Guttman
The Eruv is up.
The greatest chessed (kindness) you can do for someone in shul is to let them pray undisturbed. Please refrain from talking during services.
LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM:
Shabbat 9:30 am Teen Minyan and No Snif 10:30 am Groups in trailer 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat 6:00 pm Snif
Parents are asked to tell their kids that card playing is not permitted in the Synagogue. The presence of card playing does not promote the type of atmosphere we are trying to create in the shul. Additionally, all youth should either be in groups or sitting with their parents.
Scholar In Residence—Shabbat April 13-14 Dr. Elana Stein Hain is Scholar in Residence and Director of Faculty at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Prior to her work at Hartman, she served as clergy at both the Jewish Center and Lincoln Square Synagogue, both in Manhattan. Elana completed her doctorate at Columbia University in Religion with a dissertation on the topic of Rabbinic Legal Loopholes. She is a graduate of the GPATS program and the Cardozo Interdisciplinary Fellowship, both at Yeshiva University. She lives with her spouse and children on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and loves teaching, learning and people.
Please see the flier on page 5 for complete details Please click here or go to out website to register for lunch
This lunch is being underwritten by Doreen & Marshall Lerner in loving memory
of Herman Lerner z’l on the occasion of his yahrtzeit.
See page 6 for details on both above and below events
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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON
Friday April 13th 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:29 pm Candle Saturday April 14th 8:15 am Pre Shabbat Class with Dr. Elana Stein Hain 9:00 am Shacharit Community registered lunch followed by class with Dr. Elana Stein Hain 7:00 pm Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit and class with Dr. Elana Stein Hain 8:30 pm Havdalah Sunday April 15th Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 8:00 am Shacharit 7:35 pm Mincha /Maariv Monday April 16th Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 6:00 Early Shacharit 6:30 am Shacharit 7:35 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday April 17th 6:00 Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:35 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday April 18th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 6:30 pm Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha’Azmaut services Thursday April 19th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 7:35 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday April 20th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:33 pm Candle Saturday April 21st 9:00 am Shacharit 6:05 pm Gideon Miller 6:25 pm Rabbi Barry Gelman 7:25 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:00 by David Silberman 8:34 pm Havdalah
Shabbat Pre Shabbat Class: with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, Topic “ On Religious Zionism
and Messianism 70 Years Sine The Establishment of The State Of Israel.” Morning Services: Shabbat Enhanced Kiddush is sponsored by Holly and
David Davies to mark the first yahrtzeit of David's cherished mother, Rose Davies, who survived Auschwitz and the fifth yahrzeit of Marvin Davies, David's beloved father who was hidden during the Holocaust by righteous gentiles, and who, as a volunteer for the Va'ad Hatzala, helped many to emigrate to the USA.
Shabbat Sermon: with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Topic “Religious Pluralism In Israel? An Orthodox Perspective.”
Shabbat Class after lunch: with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, Topic “On Discourse and Identity. Seeing Oneself through the Eyes of the Other.”
Seudah Shlishit: Will follow Mincha. Seudah Shlishit Class: with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, Topic “On Torah, God and
Humanity. Between Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yishmael.” ———————————————————————————————————————-
Ongoing Weekday Classes: Daf Yomi with Rabbi Yaakov Nagel. Daf Yomi is a daily regimen of Talmud
study. The entire Talmud is completed, one day at a time, in seven and a half years. Tens of thousands of Jews worldwide study in the Daf Yomi program. The class will take place in the Library 45 minutes before Mincha, Sunday through Thursday. There will be No Class from 3/26 through 4/8.
Mondays 11:15 am-1:15 pm: Women’s only Israeli Dancing—Beginner thru advanced telling the story of the Jewish People and Israel today thru Dance. Cost $6/session. Contact Rachel Weissblatt for details 713-776-9739.
Mondays 8:00 pm: 3 Mini Courses On Classic Torah Topics with Rabbi Barry Gelman. Current Topic “ Amazing Aggadah: An in depth study of some of the non legal sections of the Talmud.
Wednesdays 11:45 am (class 12:00 pm-12:30 pm): with Rabbi Gelman Lunch & Learn: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah portion. Class will be held in the UOS library, cost $6 (egg salad, tuna salad, fresh green salad and a drink) RSVP to [email protected] or online at www.uosh.org.
Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Rabbi Moshe Traxler teaching the Rambam's Mishneh Torah.
Daily minyan is a fundamental aspect of synagogue life. Help to assure that we have a minyan each time by joining the minyan WhatsApp group. Those in the group receive periodic reminders of minyan times as well as requests to come when we are short. Come when you can. Join the group to make sure those saying kaddish and others have a minyan. Email or text your cell # to Rabbi Gelman if you wish to join and download the WhatsApp app.
Rabbi Gelman is sending out a weekly inspirational message or link thru a WhatsApp group. Please text Rabbi Gelman at 713 922 2473 indicating that you would like to join the UOSInspiration WhatsApp group. Make sure you have a WhatsApp account.
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Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Pre Shabbat Class: with Dr. Ela-na Stein Hain, Topic “ On Reli-gious Zionism and Messianism 70 Years Sine The Establishment of The State Of Israel.” —————————————— Shabbat Class after lunch: with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, Topic “On Discourse and Identity. Seeing Oneself through the Eyes of the Other.” ——————————————- 1 hour before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Sharon & Eddie Grosman. —————————————— After Mincha: Massechet Bava Metziah with David Silberman. ——————————————
45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ———————
11:15 pm—1:15 pm: Israeli dance for Women. ——————— 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ———————
45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————
11:45 am(lunch) 12-12:30 pm(class) Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Gelman: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah portion. —————— Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum.
Rabbi Moshe Traxler teach-ing the Ram-ban's Mishneh Torah. ——————— 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.
45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————
UOS Torah Classes at a Glance
UOS Committee Chairpersons
Committee Contact Email Address
Chesed Doreen Lerner [email protected]
Education—UOS Elise Passy [email protected]
UOSGMS Nada Chandler [email protected]
Hospitality Elise Passy [email protected]
House and Grounds Neil Scheckter [email protected]
Membership [email protected]
Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai [email protected]
Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman [email protected]
Youth Education Elise Passy [email protected]
Welcome members, friends and guests to UOS. On behalf of the Board of Direc-tors, I invite you to engage in our com-munity and in our Shul. Please reach out to our Rabbi, me, or any of our com-mittee leaders as we work together to enrich each other and our community. Best regards Rick S Guttman
CARE CALENDARS We are pleased to share with you the CareCalendar for our new Bnot Sheriut, Shira & Osi We hope that the entire community will take the
opportunity to get to know these wonderful people.
Please go to Http://www.carecalendar.org and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces:
Calendar ID: 259166 Security code: 4900
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Prayer For The IDF & US Military
As we recite the prayer for members of the Israeli Defense Force on Shabbat and Yom Tov we keep in mind those Israeli Soldiers held in
captivity and missing in action
and those connected to our congregational
family in active IDF & US Military
Ron Arad Guy Chever Yehuda Katz
Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman
Zvi Boruch Altman Elad Imany
Akiva Gilad Brody Zach Katz
Azriel Oz Brody Yehuda Lajcher
Roni Buchine Reuben Morris
David Chertoff Gavriel Saitowitz
Yonaton Cytrin Jake Saitowitz
Samuel Gorme
Your Chesed committee has been hard at work. These are some of our activities.
Would you like to join us in these mitzvot? If so, please email [email protected]
We’d love to have you participate! As appropriate, kids and teens – and not just adults
- are welcome to be part of our committee.
Bikur Cholim Shiva visits Create, write and mail bereavement cards when a
shul member sustains a loss in their family Deliver Kaddish: Womens’ Voices to female shul
members who’ve experienced a loss Participate as a committee in Yom Chesed at Beren Chanukah candle-lighting project with homebound
members Deliver groceries after surgery for isolated members Transportation to medical appointments for isolated
members Provide food for Shabbos following surgery Phone calls to isolated/senior members Visits to senior/isolated members Participate in the shul’s quarterly Tikkun Olam
program If you learn of any Chesed needs in our community,
please be sure to let us know!
UOS TIKKUN OLAM INITIATIVE
Co-chairs: Doreen Lerner and Marisa Brown Spring, 2018 Tikkun Olam project
Tuesday, May 8th, 5:30 – 7 pm
UOS is now part of SEARCH’s Council of Congregations, joining 5 other Houston synagogues as partners in SEARCH’s mission to provide hope, create opportunity, and transform the lives of men, women and children who are trying to break free from the cycle of poverty and homelessness. On Tuesday May 8th we will prepare, deliver, serve and share a dinner with clients in SEARCH’s new “Coming Home” program. This program, described as “building community for hope, healing and restoration” pro-vides “a bridge to functioning in the community for the most vulnerable among us”. To participate in this mitzvah, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]. For food preparation – Sunday May 6th at UOS, adults and teens are welcome to participate. For the dinner – Tuesday May 8th - adults only please.
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Please click on the flier to register so that we know how many people to expect
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In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you
Marc Chagall Hadassah presents Israeli Anat Ronen
Urban Art for the People Testing and Breaking the Boundaries!
Thursday April 19th at 7 pm.
BAYLAND COMMUNITY CENTER AUDITORIUM, 6400 BISSONNET STREET, HOUSTON, TX 77074
The community is welcome to attend
For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected]
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In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you
HARVEY ASSISTANCE FOR CAMP! Thanks to the generosity of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, need based camp scholarships are available for Jewish children who were affected by Harvey and make it possible for more children to experience the magic of summer camp. There are two types available. DAY CAMP GRANTS are meant to assist Jewish families who endured a significant financial loss due to the storm. Each family who submits an application and qualifies for a Hurricane Harvey day camp grant will receive 30% off their weekly camp costs. To apply, complete this survey or visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/daycampscholarships. Questions? Contact Mia Brooks at [email protected] or 713.729.7000. OVERNIGHT CAMP assistance is available for all Jewish families flooded by Hurricane Har-vey. Families may receive a campership of up to $3,000 per child. Additional savings are possible from Jewish Federation need based scholarships and One Happy Camper Grants for first time camp attendees. To apply, visit www.houstonjewish.org/scholarships or contact Liz Garza at [email protected] or 713.729.7000.
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