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S H A B B AT & S U K KO T A N N O U N C E M E N T S

TIME OF SALE

Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years

October 3, 2015 20 Tishrei 5776

Torah Sefer: Devarim Parasha: Chol Hamoed Sukkot Ex. 33:12-34:26 Maftir: Nu. 29:26-31 Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18-39:16

October 5 - 22 Tishri Shmini Atzeres

Torah Sefer: Deuteronomy Parasha: Re’eh 14:22-16:17 Maftir: Nu. 29:35-30:1 Haftarah: I Kings 8:54-9:1

October 6– 23 Tishri Simchat Torah

Torah Sefer: Deuteronomy Parasha: Vezos Haberachah Maftir: Nu. 29:35-30:1 Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18 ————————————— Shabbat Kiddush in the Sukkah fol-lowing services.

Shabbat Kiddush next week: The Guttman Family is overjoyed to welcome the Englander Family. Kiddush is sponsored in honor of the engagement of their children Jacqueline and Zack, son of Yael and Ben. ___________________________ Seudah Shlishit in Tabenhaus Hall following Mincha Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated.

Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky

Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Max Reichenthal

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 followed by Kiddush in the Sukkah 10:00 am: Game Room 10:15 am: Torah Bowl with Shani & Renana 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat (2-4) 5:30 pm: Sukkah hop See page 8 for Sukkot details

All women and girls are invited to the annual UOS Women's Simchat Torah service on Tuesday, October 6 in the Chapel at about 9:45 a.m.

Please contact Marisa Brown (mbrown222@gmail.com) for more information or to volunteer. Thanks!

Deadline extended until Sunday, October 4th at 3:00 pm. Please register online at www.uosh.org

Simchat Torah refreshments are sponsored by Beverly & Howard Feldman

The cut off will be 225 people So RSVP—ASAP

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday October 2nd 6:30 am Shacharit 6:50 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:48 pm Candle Lighting Saturday October 3rd 9:00 am Shacharit 5:25 pm Shiur Gideon Miller 5:40 Shiur Rabbi Gelman 6:40 pm Mincha 7:00 pm David Silberman 7:47 pm Havdalah Sunday October 4th Hoshana Rabah 8:00 am Shacharit 6:45 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:46 pm Candle Lighting Monday October 5th Shmini Atzeret 9:00 am Shacharit 10:30 Yizkor 5:55 pm Shiur Rabbi Gelman 6:40 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:45 pm Candle Lighting Tuesday October 6th Simchat Torah 9:00 am Shacharit 9:45 am Hakafot & Torah reading (Aliyot for all men) 9:45 am Women’s Hakafot & Simchat Torah service 10:30 am Class Gabi Gelman 2:15 pm BBQ for those who registered 6:40 pm Mincha 7:44 pm Havdalah Wednesday October 7th 7:00 am Shacharit 6:40 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday October 8th 6:45 am Shacharit 6:40 pm Mincha/Maariv

Friday October 9th 7:00 am Shacharit 6:45 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:40 pm Candle Lighting

Shabbat:

Morning Services: followed by a Kiddush in the Sukkah.

Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller one hour and fifteen minutes before Mincha at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Yaffee.

Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman one hour before Mincha, Mishna and Meaning. Using Rabbi Yaakov Nagen's (Yeshiva Otniel) Nishmat Hamishna (The Soul of the Mishna) we will explore the literary, halachic and philosophical aspects of the Mish-na. Each Shabbat we will examine a different Mishna in order to learn the halachot-stemming from the Mishna as well to uncover additional layers of meaning.

Seudah Shlishit: Will take place in the Sukkah.

Massechet Brachot: with David Silberman, after Mincha. Monday, Shmini Atzeret:

Morning Services: followed by a Kiddush in the Sukkah.

Shiur with Rabbi Gelman at 5:55 pm. Tuesday, Simchat Torah:

Morning services with Hakafot and Torah reading for all men along Refreshments in the Freedman lobby sponsored by Beverly & Howard Feldman.

Women’s Hakafot and Torah reading in the Chapel. ———————————————————————————————————————- 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 UOS Library After Maariv, Sunday through Thursday.

Sunday 9:00 am-10:00 am: with David Davies. A course developed by the National

Jewish Outreach Program geared to those with a basic knowledge of the Hebrew Alphabet who wish to improve their reading skills and comprehension. There is no charge for this class. It takes place in the UOS Library.

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. This class will NOT take place this week.

Tuesdays 8:00 pm-9:00 pm: Meditation class with Ann Friedman in the UOS Li-brary. Please go to http://www.uosh.org/event/meditation.html for the class sched-ule. This class will resume on October 13, 2015.

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 at UOS in Freedman Hall, cost $6 (egg salad, tuna salad, fresh green salad

We are pleased to share with you the CareCalendar for the Bnot Sheirut, Shani and Renana. The girls are available to either dine at your home or to take out to dinner any day of the week. We hope that the entire community will take the opportunity to get to know these wonderful girls.

To access Shani and Renana's CareCalendar site, visit http://www.carecalendar.org/logon/217701

and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces:

Calendar ID : 217701 Security code : 9535

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Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller: at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Yaffee. ——————————————- 1 hour before Mincha: Shabbat

class with Rabbi Gelman.

——————————————— After Mincha: Massechet Brachot-with David Silberman. ———————————————

9:00 am: Hebrew with David Davies. ———————

Shmini Atzeret

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Simchat Torah

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After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.

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After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.

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UOS Torah Classes at a Glance

UOS Committee Chairpersons

Committee Contact Email Address

Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org

House and Grounds David Davies security@uosh.org

Security David Davies security@uosh.org

Youth Education Mark Kolodny youth@uosh.org

Membership Steven Abramson membership@uosh.org

Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org

Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman tzedakah@uosh.org

“ Every member of UOS may be involved in the shul by working on a committee or volunteering to be involved in a project. Below is a list of committees and infor-mation to contact each chairperson. I do hope that you decide to get involved in the success of UOS.” Thank you, Max Reichenthal

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For more information , please call

713-439-1202

A special Thank you to Samuel Klein

for the Torah reading this week.

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Prayer For The IDF

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 service

Ron Arad Guy Chever

Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman

Yehuda Katz

Akiva Gilad Brody Chezi Imany

Azriel Oz Brody Elad Imany

David Chertoff Lawrence Katz

Yonaton Cytrin Jake Saitowitz

Riki Davies Nadav Shoifet

Classes will resume October 13th

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Save the date

The Willow Meadows Civic Club is looking for board members for 2016, please speak to

Steven Paletz for more information.

The Willow Meadows Civic Club Picnic is Coming!

The picnic will be held on

Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Willow Park from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

at the park located at 10400 Cliffwood, at the intersection of Cliffwood and Waynesboro.

Kosher food will be served!

UOS is pleased to offer a Carecalendar to

Brooke and Steven on the birth of their son

Oliver Nathan.

To access Brooke and Steven

Orbuch's CareCalendar site,

visit http://www.carecalendar.org/

logon/220775 and enter

the following information

in the appropriate spaces:

Calendar ID : 220775

Security code : 1493

The UOS Men’s Club will be having an educational

bourbon tasting at the home of Neil Scheckter at 8pm on Sunday October 11th.

This should be an enjoyable event.

Cost : $15 each

Please RSVP to Paul Wainstein at

senorpaul@gmail.com Space is limited.

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Please take note of all of the special Bnei Akiva events throughout Sukkot and don't miss out!

Annual Bnei Akiva Sukkah Hop for Chevraya Aleph! Shabbat Afternoon October 3rd Join your Madrichim/ot as you hop from one sukkah to the next! Special thank you to the families hosting this years’ Sukkah Hop! Complete Schedule for Sukkah Hop: to be announced on Chag. Meet at 5:30 pm at first Sukkah, Pick up at UOS at 6:40 pm. Each group will visit 3 Sukkot. A special thank you to all families hosting at their Sukkah this year! Complete Schedule for Sukkah Hop: 2nd - 4th grade boys - Shevet Nevatim 1) Donniel & Danielle Ogorek's Sukkah (4314 Cheena Dr.) 2) Nava & Gideon Miller’s Sukkah (4330 Osby Dr.) 3) Tali & Avi Tessler’s Sukkah (4307 Breakwood Dr.) 2nd - 4th grade girls - Shevet Nitzanim 1) Jenelle & David Garner's Sukkah (4307 Sarong Dr.) 2) Aaron & Elisheva Levitt's Sukkah (4315 Meyerwood Dr) 3) Barbara & Robert Levy's & Passy's Sukkah (9206 Greenwillow) 5th-6th - Shevet Maalot 1) Donna & Steven Abramson's Sukkah (4323 Lemac Dr) 2) Malkie & Nachum Yanowitz's Sukkah (4418 Lemac Dr.) 3) Frieda Katz’s Sukkah (4414 Breakwood Dr.) 7th-8th - Shevet Haroeh 1) Tamar & Moshe Harel's Sukkah (4417 Sarong Dr.) 2) Geula & Michael Gross’s Sukkah (4415 Sarong Dr.) 3) Daniel & Shira Yoshor's Sukkah (9210 Greenwillow) M.I.T- 9th grade 1) Mirit & Andrew Schneider’s Sukkah (4326 Sarong Dr) 2) Michael & Debra Kupferman's Sukkah (9402 Cliffwood Dr.) 3) Tali & Avi Tessler’s Sukkah (4307 Breakwood Dr.) Hoshana Raba special girl's night at the Shlichim's house, with Renana, Shani & Sheli, for 9th-12th grade girls only. Saturday night, Leil Hoshana Rabba, October 3rd at 9 pm, at Sheli Ehrlich's house: 9218 Greenwillow. Annual Hoshana Raba Special Teen Minyan and Breakfast All teens are invited to join us for a teen Hoshana Rabbah daven-ing followed by a special breakfast! Sunday morning, October 4th at 8:30 AM in the chapel. Followed by special Israeli style breakfast in the Sukkah of UOS.

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September 2015

Mazal Tov

Amy Goldstein on the Bat Mitzvah of her daughter Molly

Andrea & Steve Eisenstein on their 50th wedding anniversary

Tamar & Moshe Harel on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Yarden

Annie & Neil Scheckter on the birth of their son, Benjamin Jacob, brother to Sammy

Brooke & Steven Orbuch on the birth of their son Oliver Nathan

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Donations September 2015

Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah Shlishit Prayer Book Fund Rabbi Gellman's Discretionary Fund

Scott Davis Roman Kazinnik

Dana & Ben Engelhart Eugenia & Solomon Brickman

June & Leonard Goldberg Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman

Kim & Jerome Pokroy General Synagogue Fund

Rabbi Joseph Radinsky Jessica Cohen

Tali & Avi Tessler Cantor Irving Dean

Beverly & Howard Feldman

Torah Fund Gaye & Dennis Halpin

Kobi Amsalem Nitza & Nehemia Hampel

Luis Becerra Carol & Brian Kirshon

Henry Blum Edith Kligman

Aaron Brown Karis & Geoffrey Morris

Scott Davis Sylvia & Jose Luis Rodriguez

Cantor Irving Dean Karen & William Rubinsky

Stephen Eisenstein Meryl & Edward Schneider

Alain Elbaz Joseph Secan

Ben Engelhart Paula & Mark Urkowitz

Dennis Halpin

Lester King Cemetery

Ilan Nevah

Sam Pollak Kim & Jerome Pokroy

Alexander Pollak

David Silberman Bnei AKiva

Avi Tessler Debra & Michael Kupferman

Stanley Topek Barbara & Robert Levy

Rabbi Mark Urkowitz

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Yahrzeits October 2, 2015 - November 7, 2015

Eng. Date Heb Date Deceased Name

10/2/2015 19 Tishrei Simcha Sydney Minkowitz

10/2/2015 19 Tishrei Sara Kowenski

10/2/2015 19 Tishrei Lillie Bier Kammerman

10/3/2015 20 Tishrei Morris Davis David Ashendorf

10/3/2015 20 Tishrei Arthur Berman

10/4/2015 21 Tishrei Sam Raizes

10/4/2015 21 Tishrei Jacob F. Leff

10/4/2015 21 Tishrei Patricia Levy

10/4/2015 21 Tishrei Ellen Rosenberg

10/5/2015 22 Tishrei Esje Blog

10/5/2015 22 Tishrei Marvin Wolk

10/5/2015 22 Tishrei Alexandar A.J. Hoffman

10/5/2015 22 Tishrei Bernard Rockoff

10/5/2015 22 Tishrei Moric Ackerman

10/5/2015 22 Tishrei Alexander Trakhtenberg

10/8/2015 25 Tishrei Daniel Zack Pokroy

10/8/2015 25 Tishrei Joseph Fayner

10/9/2015 26 Tishrei Sadie Farum

10/9/2015 26 Tishrei Hermine Weiss

10/9/2015 26 Tishrei Alan Kaplan

10/10/2015 27 Tishrei Sandy Hoffman

10/11/2015 28 Tishrei Albert Rubinsky

10/11/2015 28 Tishrei Gordon Johnson

10/12/2015 29 Tishrei Yolanda Gold

10/13/2015 30 Tishrei David Olitzki

10/16/2015 3 Cheshvan Daniel Josephs

10/17/2015 4 Cheshvan Leon LUis Pancirer

10/17/2015 4 Cheshvan Harry Fayner

10/17/2015 4 Cheshvan Bernard Rosh

10/17/2015 4 Cheshvan Jacob Gorenstein

10/17/2015 4 Cheshvan Pearl Berman

10/18/2015 5 Cheshvan Eda Kronman

10/18/2015 5 Cheshvan Willie Emma Wyse

10/18/2015 5 Cheshvan Helen Ida Sachs Sandler

10/19/2015 6 Cheshvan Ruth G. Rubinstein

10/19/2015 6 Cheshvan Mildred Dean

Eng. Date Heb Date Deceased Name

10/19/2015 6 Cheshvan Kaya Alber

10/20/2015 7 Cheshvan Bella Wolf

10/20/2015 7 Cheshvan Raymond Zurawin

10/20/2015 7 Cheshvan Leon Feder

10/20/2015 7 Cheshvan Monnie Ritter

10/20/2015 7 Cheshvan Burton Kenneth Katkin

10/22/2015 9 Cheshvan Ethel Poliakoff Block

10/23/2015 10 Cheshvan Norman Landman

10/23/2015 10 Cheshvan John Jacob Baker

10/23/2015 10 Cheshvan Bloome Ida M. Vilensky

10/23/2015 10 Cheshvan Lydia Jaynes

10/24/2015 11 Cheshvan Nathan Joseph Kavin

10/25/2015 12 Cheshvan Ethel Feigon

10/25/2015 12 Cheshvan Florence Feinman

10/26/2015 13 Cheshvan Myron Irving Sandler

10/27/2015 14 Cheshvan Milton Freedman

10/27/2015 14 Cheshvan Napoleon Aguiluz

10/27/2015 14 Cheshvan Abraham Lurie

10/27/2015 14 Cheshvan David L. Vilensky

10/28/2015 15 Cheshvan Joseph Lubart

10/29/2015 16 Cheshvan Robert Rubin Gordon

10/29/2015 16 Cheshvan Shirley Stein

10/30/2015 17 Cheshvan Malka Rivka Schiff

10/30/2015 17 Cheshvan Vaughan Joss

10/31/2015 18 Cheshvan David Shapiro

10/31/2015 18 Cheshvan Hannah Caplan

11/1/2015 19 Cheshvan Marvin R. Guttman

11/1/2015 19 Cheshvan Herman Charski

11/3/2015 21 Cheshvan Carolyn Davis

11/4/2015 22 Cheshvan Mildred Fortas Makowsky

11/4/2015 22 Cheshvan Frieda Tiras

11/5/2015 23 Cheshvan Libby Yellen Geller

11/5/2015 23 Cheshvan Abie Simon

11/5/2015 23 Cheshvan Sylvia Hoffman

11/7/2015 25 Cheshvan Rosario Forero

11/7/2015 25 Cheshvan Louis Secan

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Yahrzeits November 8,2015– December 7, 2015

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

11/8/2015 26 Cheshvan Ruben Ghitman

11/9/2015 27 Cheshvan Ethel Train

11/9/2015 27 Cheshvan Marvin Liberman

11/11/2015 29 Cheshvan Henry Train

11/11/2015 30 Cheshvan Fred Fallas

11/11/2015 29 Cheshvan Eva Krystal De Tugender

11/13/2015 1 Kislev Benjamin Hartman

11/13/2015 1 Kislev Bertha Zuckerman Levy

11/13/2015 1 Kislev Salomon de Leef

11/13/2015 1 Kislev Rose Madnick Schlossberg

11/14/2015 2 Kislev Edna Shulman

11/14/2015 2 Kislev Meir A. Passy

11/14/2015 2 Kislev Norma Ella Grenville

11/15/2015 3 Kislev Montie Simon

11/15/2015 3 Kislev Ann Chandler

11/15/2015 3 Kislev Montie Simon

11/15/2015 3 Kislev Joseph Rosenthal

11/16/2015 4 Kislev Richard Kronman

11/16/2015 4 Kislev Anne Rosenbloom

11/16/2015 4 Kislev George Balshan

11/18/2015 6 Kislev Joseph Hyman

11/18/2015 6 Kislev Morris Kipner

11/19/2015 7 Kislev Rose Raizes

11/19/2015 7 Kislev Eric Wiener

11/20/2015 8 Kislev Oscar Mueller

11/20/2015 8 Kislev Howard Leslie Kammerman

11/21/2015 9 Kislev Alan Mark Borger

11/21/2015 9 Kislev Irving Auster

11/21/2015 9 Kislev Nathan Levy

11/23/2015 11 Kislev Isy Redman

11/23/2015 11 Kislev Aaron Shocket

11/24/2015 12 Kislev Carl Waldman

11/24/2015 12 Kislev Max Kaplan

11/24/2015 12 Kislev Fred Katz

11/25/2015 13 Kislev Esther Lewitte

11/26/2015 14 Kislev Herman Shapiro

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

11/27/2015 15 Kislev Zlotka Fayner

11/28/2015 16 Kislev Arlene Waldman Stock

11/28/2015 16 Kislev Alma Kerner Gottlieb

11/28/2015 16 Kislev Sarah Stein

11/28/2015 16 Kislev Florence Redman Davis

11/29/2015 17 Kislev Anna Amalia Pancirer

11/29/2015 17 Kislev Meyer Maltz

11/30/2015 18 Kislev Morris Bootin

11/30/2015 18 Kislev Joseph Chapman

11/30/2015 18 Kislev Sima Singer

11/30/2015 18 Kislev Elizabeth Bager Wolk

11/30/2015 18 Kislev Betty Lubart

12/1/2015 19 Kislev Rubin Kamiel

12/1/2015 19 Kislev Benjamin Leff

12/2/2015 20 Kislev Louis Oskowitz

12/2/2015 20 Kislev Abraham Moglinsky

12/2/2015 20 Kislev Herzl Gorodzinsky

12/2/2015 20 Kislev Edward Thackway

12/2/2015 20 Kislev Mary Chazen

12/2/2015 20 Kislev Gold Emil

12/3/2015 21 Kislev Lillian Kramer

12/3/2015 21 Kislev Gussie Gelman

12/3/2015 21 Kislev Albert "Al" Schlossberg

12/4/2015 22 Kislev harry Hershel Steiman

12/4/2015 22 Kislev Paul Kerner

12/4/2015 22 Kislev Annie Brown

12/5/2015 23 Kislev Isidore Irv Friedman

12/5/2015 23 Kislev Janet Rose Baron

12/5/2015 23 Kislev Cecelia Morris

12/5/2015 23 Kislev Harry Blumberg

12/6/2015 24 Kislev Sam Glantzberg

12/6/2015 24 Kislev Eberto Forero

12/6/2015 24 Kislev Abraham Tugender

12/6/2015 24 Kislev Helen R. Wolf

12/7/2015 25 Kislev Min Bilton

12/7/2015 25 Kislev Harry Friedman