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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
July 20-21, 2018 8-9 Av 5778 Torah Sefer: Devarim Parasha:
Devarim Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 ———–——-———————
Shabbat Kiddush after services. Shabbat Kiddush next week:
Sponsorship is appreciated. Seudah Shlishit : None this Shabbat
Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is 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 There will be no Teen Minyan, Groups or Snif until
September. 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat
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.
Stay Connected: UOS: www.uosh.org
Robert M. Beren Academy: www.berenacademy.org
Tisha B’av begins on Saturday night, July 21.
There are a few points of information about how Tisha B’av
preparation is different on Shabbat. Mincha will begin earlier than
usual on Shabbat af-ternoon so that we have time to go home and eat
a proper meal to prepare for the fast. 1. One should not adhere to
the laws governing the final meal before the fast, so we do not
need to eat the customary egg. 2. One may also eat meat for this
meal. 3. On Shabbat afternoon we must finish eating before shkiah
(sunset), which is at 8:21pm. 4. One may not prepare on Shabbat for
Tisha B’av. 5. Shabbat ends at 9:06pm. Maariv on Saturday night is
at 9:20pm. 6. One should either bring their non-leather shoes to
Shul on Friday afternoon and leave the shoes in Shul over Shabbat
or else change into one's shoes after 9:06pm. 7. Havdalah: We do
not recite a full havdalah because it is forbidden to drink the
wine. We will make havdalah at shul over a candle before reading
Eicha. If one is driving to shul after shabbat ends then first
recite “baruch ha mavdil ben kodesh l’chol” to mark the end of
Shabbat. If you are making havdalah at home then do havdalah only
with a candle - we do not recite the blessings for the wine or the
spices. Please note the schedule changes for Shabbat afternoon July
21st Mincha - 5PM - Seudah Shlishit should be eaten at home. Fast
begins on Saturday Night, July 21st at 8:21PM. Maariv / Eicha -
9:20PM.
Sunday, July 22 Shacharit services at 8:00AM Early Mincha in the
annex - 2:30PM
Classes and Programs begin at 3:00PM and go until evening
services at 7:45PM. ***See page 7 for the full schedule.*** Evening
services at 7:45PM. Fast ends at 8:48PM.
http://www.berenacademy.org
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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON Friday July 20th 7:00 pm
Mincha/Maariv 8:03 pm Candles Saturday July 21st 9:00 am Shacharit
6:40 pm Class Gideon Miller 6:55 pm Class Rabbi Barry Gelman 7:55
pm Mincha/Maariv 8:25 pm Class David Silberman 9:06 pm Havdalah
Sunday July 22nd 8:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday
July 23rd 6:00 Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:05 pm
Mincha/Maariv Tuesday July 24th 6:00 Early Shacharit 7:00 am
Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday July 25th 6:00 Early
Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday July
26th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:05 pm
Mincha/Maariv Friday July 27th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:30 am
Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:59 pm Candles Saturday July 28th
9:00 am Shacharit 6:35 pm Class Gideon Miller 6:50 pm Class Rabbi
Barry Gelman 7:50 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:20 pm Class David Silberman
8:59 pm Havdalah
Shabbat Morning Services: Followed by a Shabbat Kiddush.
Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Mincha
in the trailer. No class this Shabbat Shabbat Class: Rabbi
Gelman ; no class this Shabbat Seudah Shlishit: None this Shabbat.
Massechet Bava Metziah: with David Silberman, after Seudah
Shlishit. No
Class this Shabbat. —————————————————————————————————————
Ongoing Weekday Classes:
Daf Yomi —There will be no Daf Yomi shiur starting Wednesday
7/25 until it resumes Sunday 8/19.
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.
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.
Friday July 20th 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:03 pm Candles
Saturday July 21st 9:00 am Shacharit 5:00 pm Mincha 6:40 pm
Gideon Miller— no class 6:55 pm Rabbi Barry Gelman - no class 8:25
pm David Silberman— no class 9:06 pm Shabbat ends 9:20 pm Maariv
/Eicha
Sunday July 22nd 8:00 am Shacharit 2:30 pm early mincha in the
annex 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv
Monday July 23rd 6:00 Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:05 pm
Mincha/Maariv
Tuesday July 24th 6:00 Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm
Mincha/Maariv Wednesday July 25th 6:00 Early Shacharit 7:00 am
Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv
Thursday July 26th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit
8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday July 27th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:30
am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:59 pm Candles Saturday July
28th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:35 pm Class Gideon Miller 6:50 pm Class
Rabbi Barry Gelman 7:50 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:20 pm Class David
Silberman 8:59 pm Havdalah
mailto:[email protected]
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Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman. In light of recent
developments in the Supreme Court, Rabbi Gelman will dedicate his
Shabbat Class to: Jewish Attitudes Towards Abortion.
——————————————- 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat
with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha in the trailer.
—————————————— After Mincha: Massechet Bava Metziah with David
Silberman. ——————————————
45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.
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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]
Hospitality Elise Passy [email protected]
House and Grounds Neil Scheckter [email protected]
Membership Avi Tessler [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
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UOS Tikkun Olam Program Co-chairs: Marisa Brown and Doreen
Lerner
July 4th event – thanking our first responders
HPD Southwest Substation on Nitida Street Houston Fire Station
37 on Stella Link
We’re grateful to everyone who helped out with this program!
Baking coordination and storage: Debbie Kupfer Cash donations for
baked goods: Amsalem family, Liberman family Thankyou
cards/pictures/notes from children: Amsalem family, Yanowitz
family, Kornhauser family, Fogelman family, Kupfer family
Contributed baked goods and other food items: Annette Kavin, Laura
Yaffee, Sharon Grossman , Tammy Plumb, Silberman family, Kornhauser
family, Kupfer family, Mueller family, Passy family, Donna
Abramson, Sheila Train, Saline Weintraub, Sari Garfinkle, Fogelman
family, Doreen Lerner, Brookman family, Mitchell family Delivery
team: Kupfer family, David Silberman, Mitchell family, Doreen
Lerner
Please accept our apologies if we inadvertently omitted your
name – and please let us know so we can make corrections!
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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 Chesed Committee Widow 2 Widow Outreach
Your Chesed committee is starting a new program to offer support
to widows in our community.
We’re seeking volunteers: Widows to make a phone call to the
newly widowed
(Chas V’Shalom) to offer an information packet regarding helpful
resources
Volunteers who can offer practical help and/or Instruction:
Simple household fixes, Basic financial skills, Basic computer
skills, Move furniture, Other as needed
For further information please contact:
Doreen Lerner: [email protected] Carol Liberman:
[email protected]
We have a housing site that has been having quite a few fires
and smoke-related
incidents due to the residents not knowing how to utilize the
stovetop properly.
These are folks who have been homeless for many years and a lot
of them do not
know how to cook. We are looking for a few volunteers to hold a
cooking education
session (or a couple of sessions) at the housing site so the
residents, the staff, and
the Fire Department can have a well-deserved break! If you
choose to do this, you
would be integral in working with SEARCH staff and the housing
site Team Lead and
case managers to plan, develop, and implement what makes the
most sense and
would be the most helpful to the residents.
If you’re interested in volunteering for this project, please
contact Doreen Lerner:
[email protected]
mailto::[email protected]:[email protected]
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Don't forget to sign up to study a chapter of the Torah in time
for the Simchat Torah celebration. All we are asking in that you
sign up to study a portion of the torah at your own pace...you can
read it in english, study it with a commentary...alone or with a
friend...Please contact Gabi Gelman at [email protected] if
you have any questions or need guidance - follow this link to sign
up - http://hadranalach.com/500
http://hadranalach.com/500mailto:[email protected]://hadranalach.com/500
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