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S H A B B AT B U L L E T I N

TIME OF SALE

Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years

December 5, 2015 23 Kislev 5776

Shabbat Mevarchim

Torah Sefer: Bereshit Parasha: Vayeshev Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8

————————————— Shabbat Kiddush in Freedman Hall: Sponsored by Doreen Joffe in honor of Basil’s upcoming 70th birthday

Shabbat Heavy Enhanced Kiddush next week: Sponsored by Elise & Marc Passy in honor of their daughter, Yael’s, Bat Mitzvah ___________________________ Seudah Shlishit will be in Tabenhaus Hall following Mincha:

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

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 No Teen minyan No Tot Shabbat. Torah Bowl with Ken- 10:30 No Snif this shabbat, we are on the Za"ch shabbaton in Dallas! Don't miss out on all our Chanukah events- see fliers.

Mazal Tov

Sonia Raizes, Joe Blog and Basil Joffe f

or being honored at the UOS Gala on Sunday night at 5 pm!

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday December 4th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv 5:04 pm Candle Lighting Saturday December 5th 8:30 am Class Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 3:55 Class Rabbi Gelman 4:00 Class Gideon Miller 4:55 pm Mincha 5:25 pm Class David Silberman 6:04 pm Havdalah Sunday December 6th Erev Chanukah 8:00 am Shacharit 5:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday December 7th Chanukah 2 6:30 am Shacharit 5:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday December 8th Chanukah 3 6:30 am Shacharit 5:00 pm Mincha Wednesday December 9th Chanukah 4 6:30 am Shacharit 5:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday December 10th Chanukah 5 6:30 am Shacharit 5:00 pm Mincha/Maariv

Friday December 11th Chanukah 6 6:30 am Shacharit 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv 5:05 pm Candle Lighting

Shabbat:

Pre-Shacharit Class: with Aharoni Carmel

Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Freedman Hall Sponsored by Doreen Joffe in honor of Basil’s upcoming 70th birthday

Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller 55 minutes before Mincha. Location to be announced.

Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman one hour before Mincha, "For they too were included in the miracle": Women’s Obligation to Light Hanukah Candles

Seudah Shlishit: Will take place in Tabenhaus Hall after Mincha

Massechet Brachot: with David Silberman, after Mincha ———————————————————————————————————————- 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.

Mondays 8:00 pm: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, 20 For 20. Twenty Twentieth Century Jews Who Changed The World. You can register online at www.uosh.org. This class will start on October 26,2015.

Tuesdays 8:00 pm-9:00 pm: Meditation class with Ann Friedman in the UOS Library. Please go to http://www.uosh.org/event/meditation.html for the class schedule.

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 and a drink) RSVP to Jeff@uosh.org or online at www.uosh.org. This class will not take place this week.

Wednesday 8:30 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Mesillat Yersharim (Path of the Just) by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto taught by Rabbi Rabinowitz.

Stay Connected: UOS: www.uosh.org

Robert M. Beren Academy: www.berenacademy.org

UOS Goldberg Montessori: www.uosgms.org

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

8:30 am: Pre-Shacharit Class with Ahroni Carmel. —————————————–-- 55 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller: Location to be an-nounced ——————————————- 1 hour before Mincha: Shabbat class with Rabbi Gelman,"For they too were included in the mira-cle": Women’s Obligation to Light Hanukah Candles ———————————————- After Mincha: Massechet Brachot-with David Silberman. ———————————————

9:00 am: Hebrew with David Davies. ——————— After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ———————-

11:15 pm—1:15 pm: Israeli dance for women ———————— After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ————————

After Maariv: 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. This class will

not take place

this week. —————— Wednesday 8:30 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum.

Mesillat Yersharim (Path of the Just) by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto taught by Rabbi Rabinowitz.

——————— After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————--

After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————

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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UOS is pleased to welcome Dr. Marc Shapiro for his second of four visits to UOS. December 18-19.

Schedule: Friday Night Oneg at 8:15PM at the home of Tali and Avi Tessler. Topic: Rabbi Shlomo Goren: The Revolutionary Chief Rabbi Shabbat Morning: Philosophy of Rav Kook: Is It Still Relevant? Shabbat Afternoon at 4PM: The Satmar Rebbe: Zion-ism as a Rebellion Against God.

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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

Shlomo Altman Riki Davies

Ze’ev Baryadin Chezi Imany

Akiva Gilad Brody Elad Imany

Azriel Oz Brody Lawrence Katz

David Chertoff Jake Saitowitz

Yonaton Cytrin Nadav Shoifet

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November 2015

Mazal Tov

Laura & Wayne Yaffee and Frieda Katz & Walter Katz

on the engagement of their children Gabi & Albert

Mindeleah & Sam Pollak

on the marriage of their son Tani Pollak to Ruthie Zisblatt

Aliza & Jacob Bliberg

on the birth of their son

Baruch Dayan H’emet

William Garfinkle, Father of our member Scott Garfinkle

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Donations November 2015

Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah Shlishit Prayer Book Fund Cemetery

Adrianne & David Berger Carol & Dov Liberman Sandi Sperling

Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz

Denise Weinberg

General Synagogue Fund

Helen Charski

Patti Cohen

Gaye & Dennis Halpin

Torah Fund Marilyn & Ronald Kammerman

Barry Diner Naomi & Alan Malakoff

Jose Antonio Gomez Evelyn & Roger Medvin Bnei AKiva

Eddie Grosman Karen & Bill Rubinsky

Moshe Harel Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman

Ivan Kessel Sheila & Louis Train

Avi Tessler Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz

Rabbi Mark Urkowitz

Rabbi Gelman's Discretionary Fund

Holly & David Davies

Sari & Scott Garfinkle

Eugenia Lili Tugender

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Yahrzeits December 4, 2015 - December 28, 2015

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

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 Harry Friedman

12/7/2015 25 Kislev Min Bilton

12/8/2015 26 Kislev Arie Kowenski

12/9/2015 27 Kislev Rebecca Freeman

12/9/2015 27 Kislev Abraham Reichenthal

12/9/2015 27 Kislev Rachel Hinda Smith Pickar

12/9/2015 27 Kislev Sayde Maye Garsek

12/10/2015 28 Kislev Mollie Pekovar

12/10/2015 28 Kislev Gerald Epstein

12/10/2015 28 Kislev Sylvia Eichel Nevins

12/11/2015 29 Kislev Tzvi Schiff

12/11/2015 29 Kislev Sarah Molly Levin

12/12/2015 30 Kislev Sarah Smith

12/13/2015 1 Tevet Lorell Saffir

12/13/2015 1 Tevet Daniel Mandel Garner

12/13/2015 1 Tevet Pamela Spain Singer

12/14/2015 2 Tevet Max Moore

12/14/2015 2 Tevet Myron Mike Kurtzman

12/15/2015 3 Tevet Oscar Goldberg

12/15/2015 3 Tevet Morton Kuperman

12/16/2015 4 Tevet Anna Berkowitz

12/16/2015 4 Tevet Rene Margo

12/16/2015 4 Tevet Deena Ann Jaffe

12/16/2015 4 Tevet Peter Copeland

12/16/2015 4 Tevet Deena Ann Jaffe

12/17/2015 5 Tevet Albert Rosenman

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

12/17/2015 5 Tevet Marjorie Elizabeth Dolina

12/18/2015 6 Tevet Simcha David ben Moshe Ber

12/18/2015 6 Tevet Rebecca Dienstag

12/19/2015 7 Tevet Judith Melamed

12/19/2015 7 Tevet Nathan Chapman

12/19/2015 7 Tevet Douglas E. Schulman

12/19/2015 7 Tevet Sarah (Sally) Sussman

12/20/2015 8 Tevet Fred Schwartz

12/20/2015 8 Tevet Emil Dornbaum

12/20/2015 8 Tevet Saul Nestadt

12/20/2015 8 Tevet Fred Schwartz

12/21/2015 9 Tevet Louis B. Cohen

12/19/2015 7 Tevet Douglas E. Schulman

12/19/2015 7 Tevet Sarah (Sally) Sussman

12/20/2015 8 Tevet Emil Dornbaum

12/20/2015 8 Tevet Saul Nestadt

12/20/2015 8 Tevet Fred Schwartz

12/21/2015 9 Tevet Louis B. Cohen

12/22/2015 10 Tevet Devorah Brickman

12/22/2015 10 Tevet Aharon Wolf

12/23/2015 11 Tevet Michael Dziengel

12/23/2015 11 Tevet Sylvia Lipsky

12/23/2015 11 Tevet Sheila Spitz

12/24/2015 12 Tevet Max Rosh

12/25/2015 13 Tevet Joel Klein

12/25/2015 13 Tevet Phyliss Mendlowitz

12/25/2015 13 Tevet Lauren Lolly Kugler

12/26/2015 14 Tevet Alan Huvard

12/26/2015 14 Tevet Heather Miriam Endelman

12/27/2015 15 Tevet Klara Dlugopiat

12/27/2015 15 Tevet Ellen Gover

12/28/2015 16 Tevet Myron Korn

12/28/2015 16 Tevet Lillian Friedman

12/28/2015 16 Tevet Mendel Shapiro

12/28/2015 16 Tevet Eliezer Mizrahi

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Yahrzeits December 28,2015– January 23, 2016

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

12/28/2015 16 Tevet Bernard Miretzky

12/29/2015 17 Tevet Blanche Van Praag

12/29/2015 17 Tevet Oscar Blumberg

12/29/2015 17 Tevet Jack Halperin

12/29/2015 17 Tevet Sol Goodman

12/30/2015 18 Tevet Solomon Abramowitz

12/31/2015 19 Tevet Celia Radinsky

12/31/2015 19 Tevet Sarah Simon

1/2/2016 21 Tevet Francisco Forero

1/2/2016 21 Tevet Joseph Ellman

1/3/2016 22 Tevet Harold Chapman

1/3/2016 22 Tevet Louis Brookman

1/3/2016 22 Tevet Nathan Winer

1/3/2016 22 Tevet Sidney Reichenthal

1/4/2016 23 Tevet Joseph Shocket

1/4/2016 23 Tevet Robert Berman

1/4/2016 23 Tevet Esther Nachshen

1/5/2016 24 Tevet Leonard Huntley Freeman

1/6/2016 25 Tevet Adele Mccarble

1/7/2016 26 Tevet Pearl Braude

1/7/2016 26 Tevet Zonie Saitowitz

1/8/2016 27 Tevet Jacob Dienstag

1/9/2016 28 Tevet Joseph Urman

1/10/2016 29 Tevet Albert Shocket

1/10/2016 29 Tevet Jacob Kaufman

1/10/2016 29 Tevet Samuel Secan

1/10/2016 29 Tevet Eugene Brown

1/11/2016 1 Shevat Irving Chandler

1/11/2016 1 Shevat Milton Simon

1/11/2016 1 Shevat Abraham Charski

1/12/2016 2 Shevat Ellen Bodenheimer

1/12/2016 2 Shevat Saline Sitt

1/12/2016 2 Shevat Sam Reichenthal

1/12/2016 2 Shevat Josek Efromowicz

1/12/2016 2 Shevat Jody Martin

1/13/2016 3 Shevat Philip Weitzner

1/14/2016 4 Shevat Molly Prager Weintraub

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

1/14/2016 4 Shevat Dorothy Kavin

1/14/2016 4 Shevat Jeff Burck

1/14/2016 4 Shevat Gertrude Dall

1/14/2016 4 Shevat Felipe Vasquez

1/14/2016 4 Shevat Max Landsberger

1/14/2016 4 Shevat Bertram Bernstein

1/15/2016 5 Shevat Rebecca Block

1/15/2016 5 Shevat Fannie Shocket

1/15/2016 5 Shevat Charlotte Sack

1/15/2016 5 Shevat Stuart Alan Fayner

1/15/2016 5 Shevat Isadore Joseph Gerber

1/15/2016 5 Shevat Rev. Joseph Sabludowsky

1/15/2016 5 Shevat Paul Alberts

1/16/2016 6 Shevat Rebecca Mintz

1/16/2016 6 Shevat Sally Lubart

1/17/2016 7 Shevat Leah Rosenman

1/17/2016 7 Shevat Alice Beneke

1/17/2016 7 Shevat Dora Kusnetz

1/17/2016 7 Shevat Jack Kammerman

1/17/2016 7 Shevat Abe Chimes

1/18/2016 8 Shevat William Shandelman

1/18/2016 8 Shevat Murray Lipsky

1/18/2016 8 Shevat Ester Steinberg Gerber

1/19/2016 9 Shevat Nochum Leizer Melamed

1/20/2016 10 Shevat Seth Kass

1/21/2016 11 Shevat Joseph Fallas

1/21/2016 11 Shevat Marcel Herscovici

1/21/2016 11 Shevat Joseph Fallas

1/21/2016 11 Shevat Sylvan D. Goldstein

1/22/2016 12 Shevat Bessie Martin

1/22/2016 12 Shevat Virginia G. Johnson

1/23/2016 13 Shevat Herman Lensky

1/23/2016 13 Shevat Sarah Preefer

1/23/2016 13 Shevat Basil Preefer

1/23/2016 13 Shevat Nadia Preefer

1/23/2016 13 Shevat Wolfe Schwartz

1/23/2016 13 Shevat Nathan Gelman