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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

December 2, 2017 14 Kislev 5778

Torah Sefer: Bereishit Parasha: Vayishlach Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21 ————————————— Shabbat Kiddush Freedman Hall. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Seudah Shlishit in Freedman Hall. 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.

Stay Connected: UOS: www.uosh.org

Robert M. Beren Academy: www.berenacademy.org

UOS Goldberg Montessori: www.uosgms.org

LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM:

Shabbat No Teen Minyan 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat 4:10 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.

The UOS Congregation Annual Meeting will take place on

Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 9:00 am In Freedman Hall.

Rabbi Gelman will be out of town from Nov. 28 - Dec. 7. Please contact the synagogue office if you need to contact Rabbi Gelman.

Mazal Tov

Irv Rotter on the birth of a granddaughter

To the Daf Yomi group who completed the daf Makkot. They began the next book, Shevuot and

invite you to come and join them.

Baruch Dayan H’emet We regret to inform you on the passing of Halina Blankfeld

Mother of our member Max (Desi) Blankfeld

May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

Starting with Maariv on Monday night Dec. 4th, please remember to add .V'tein Tal Umatar L'vracha in the Amidah -ותן טל ומטר לברכה

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday December 1st 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 5:04 pm Candle Lighting 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv

Saturday December 2nd 9:00 am Shacharit 4:00 Gideon Miller 4:55 pm Mincha 5:25 pm Class by David Silberman 6:04 pm Havdallah Sunday December 3rd

8:00 am Shacharit 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday December 4th Starting with Maariv, please remember to add V’TeinTal Umatar L'vracha in the Amidah 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday December 5th 6:00 Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday December 6th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday December 7th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv

Friday December 8th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 5:04 pm Candle Lighting 5:05 pm Mincha/Maariv

Saturday December 9th 9:00 am Shacharit 4:00 Gideon Miller 4:55 pm Mincha 5:25 pm Class by David Silberman 6:05 pm Havdallah

Shabbat: Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Freedman Hall. Sermon by Gideon Miller: Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour before Mincha at the

home of Sharon & Eddie Grosman. Shabbat Class: There is no class this Shabbat. Massechet Bava Metziah: with David Silberman, after Seudah Shlishit. ———————————————————————————————————————-

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 after Mincha, Sunday through Thursday.

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 Jeff@uosh.org 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

1 hour before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. —————————————— Shabbat Class: There is no class this Shabbat. —————————————— After Mincha: Massechet Bava Metziah with David Silberman. ——————————————

45 minutes after Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ———————

11:15 pm—1:15 pm: Israeli dance for Women. ——————— 45 minutes after Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————— Mondays 8:00 pm: 3 Mini Courses. There is no class this week.

45 minutes after 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. There is no class this week. —————— 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 after Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.

45 minutes after Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————

UOS Torah Classes at a Glance

UOS Committee Chairpersons

Committee Contact Email Address

Chesed Doreen Lerner Chesed@uosh.org

Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org

Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org

House and Grounds Neil Scheckter houseandgrounds@uosh.org

Membership Steven Abramson membership@uosh.org

Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai security@uosh.org

Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman tzedakah@uosh.org

Youth Education Robert Levy youth@uosh.org

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 Yehuda Lajcher

Azriel Oz Brody Albert Katz

Roni Buchine Reuben Morris

David Chertoff Gavriel Saitowitz

Yonaton Cytrin Jake Saitowitz

Samuel Gorme

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UOS TIKKUN OLAM INITIATIVE Co-chairs: Doreen Lerner and Marisa Brown

Spring, 2018 Tikkun Olam project Sunday February 4th, 9 am – 12 noon

Houston Food Bank Portwall: Main Warehouse 535 Portwall St., Houston, TX 77029 Volunteer projects vary based on need and may in-clude inspecting/sorting food, repacking dry food into family-sized bags, stocking/cleaning the Emer-gency Food Pantry or one of many other opportuni-ties. Children as young as age six are welcome for our kid-friendly projects. Volunteers 16 years and younger MUST be accompanied by an adult parent/guardian while performing community service hours here at The Houston Food Bank. Closed toe shoes and sleeved shirts are required. Please contact Doreen Lerner by January 15th to sign up for this project and to receive some important volunteer information.

UOS TIKKUN OLAM INITIATIVE Co-chairs: Doreen Lerner and Marisa Brown November 2017 Tikkun Olam project US Vets, Inc. – Permanent Housing for Disabled Veterans, Houston We wish to thank all the volunteers who made this program such a success! Baking coordinator: Debbie Kupfer Grocery shopping: Harry Brown Singers: Sharon Endelman Sari Garfinkle Doreen Lerner Dov Liberman Ariel Reichenthal Max Reichenthal Elisheva Stanton Sheila Train Laura Yaffee Bakers: Lisa Brown Andrea Eisenstein Debbie Kupfer Doreen Lerner Rhoda Seplowitz-Hafkin Elisheva Stanton Dena Vorzman Danielle Wininger Shira Yoshor General Volunteers: Isaac Berger Harry Brown Julie Brown Marisa Brown Rabbi Barry Gelman Marilyn Kammerman Ron Kammerman Zac Rose Shirley Shoifet Louis Train Paula Urkowitz Laura Yaffee And anyone we may have inadvertently forgotten to mention!

We are happy to provide this care calendar for

Alisha Klapholz & Josh Furman

If you are able to help out, please consider doing so. Please go to www.carecalendar.org

and enter the below

Calendar ID: 262688 Security code: 7430

https://www.carecalendar.org/logon/262688 Calendar ID: 262688 Security code: 7430

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Seudah Shlishit 2 Part Mini Series

Next series - 2 sessions with Amy Goldstein:

Dec. 9th: Tales from the Halls of Congress, the State Department and the White House

Dec. 16th: Winning for the Jews at the United Nations

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In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you

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Mazal Tov

Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman on the birth of their grandson

Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz on the birth of their granddaughter

Alisha Klapholz & Josh Furman on the birth of their daughter.

Irv Rotter on the birth of a granddaughter

To the Daf Yomi group who completed the daf Makkot. They began the next book, Shevuot and invite you to come and join them

Baruch Dayan H’Emet We regret to inform you on the passing of

Halina Blankfeld, Mother of our member Max (Desi) Blankfeld

Nikki Morgan, Daughter of our members Merle & Ronnie Bloch

James Altman, Father of our member Joel Altman

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Donations November 2017

Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah Shlishit

General Synagogue Fund Rabbi Gelman's Discretionary Fund

April & Kobi Amsalem Joel Altman Lisa & Aaron Brown

Linda & Nelson Block Andrea & Stephen Eisenstein Riva Collins

Doreen & Marshall Lerner Sari & Scott Garfinkle Sari & Scott Garfinkle

Richard Reinitz Joel Spira Annette & Ian Kavin

Tali & Barry Tobias Andrea Spain

Marsha Wolk Sandi Sperling

Lili Tugender

Torah Fund Bnei Akiva

Linda & Nelson Block Paula & Rabbgi Mark Urkowitz

Marisa & Harry Brown Cemetery

Tova & Pablo Geralnik Patti Cohen

Melany & Uri Ghelman Gaye & Dennis Halpin

Carmen & Ralph Grenville

Gaye & Dennis Halpin

Lisa & Kevin Klein

Barbara & Robert Levy

Naomi & Alan Malakof

Rebecca & Paul Oberman Prayer Books

Joel Spira Doreen & Marshall Lerner

Yocheved & Marc Stock

Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz

Barbara & Howard Weiner

Marci & Nachum Yanowitz

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Yahrzeits December 1,2017– January 1,2018

12/1/2017 13 Kislev Esther Lewitte

12/2/2017 14 Kislev Herman Shapiro

12/3/2017 15 Kislev Zlotka Fayner

12/4/2017 16 Kislev Florence Redman Davis

12/4/2017 16 Kislev Arlene Waldman Stock

12/4/2017 16 Kislev Sarah Stein

12/4/2017 16 Kislev Alma Kerner Gottlieb

12/5/2017 17 Kislev Meyer Maltz

12/5/2017 17 Kislev Anna Amalia Pancirer

12/6/2017 18 Kislev Betty Lubart

12/6/2017 18 Kislev Sima Singer

12/6/2017 18 Kislev Joseph Yoshor

12/6/2017 18 Kislev Morris Bootin

12/6/2017 18 Kislev Elizabeth Bager Wolk

12/7/2017 19 Kislev Rubin Kamiel

12/8/2017 20 Kislev Mary Chazen

12/8/2017 20 Kislev Emil Gold

12/8/2017 20 Kislev Abraham Moglinsky

12/8/2017 20 Kislev Louis Oskowitz

12/8/2017 20 Kislev Herzl Gorodzinsky

12/9/2017 21 Kislev Lillian Kramer

12/9/2017 21 Kislev Gussie Gelman

12/10/2017 22 Kislev Hershel Steinman

12/10/2017 22 Kislev Paul Kerner

12/10/2017 22 Kislev Annie Brown

12/11/2017 23 Kislev Isidore Irv Friedman

12/11/2017 23 Kislev Cecelia Morris

12/11/2017 23 Kislev Janet Rose Baron

12/11/2017 23 Kislev Harry Blumberg

12/12/2017 24 Kislev Sam Glantzberg

12/12/2017 24 Kislev Abraham Tugender

12/12/2017 24 Kislev Eberto Forero

12/13/2017 25 Kislev Min Bilton

12/13/2017 25 Kislev Judith Melamed

12/13/2017 25 Kislev Harry Friedman

12/14/2017 26 Kislev Arie Kowenski

12/15/2017 27 Kislev Rachel Hinda Smith Pickar

12/15/2017 27 Kislev Abraham Reichenthal

12/15/2017 27 Kislev Rebecca Freeman

12/15/2017 27 Kislev Sayde Maye Garsek

12/16/2017 28 Kislev Sylvia Eichel Nevins

12/16/2017 28 Kislev Gerald Epstein

12/17/2017 29 Kislev Tzvi Schiff

12/17/2017 29 Kislev Sarah Molly Levin

12/18/2017 30 Kislev Sarah Smith

12/19/2017 1 Tevet Pamela Spain Singer

12/19/2017 1 Tevet Lorell Saffir

12/19/2017 1 Tevet Daniel Mandel Garner

12/20/2017 2 Tevet Myron B. Kurtzman

12/20/2017 2 Tevet Max Moore

12/21/2017 3 Tevet Morton Kuperman

12/21/2017 3 Tevet Oscar Goldberg

12/22/2017 4 Tevet Ted Braude

12/22/2017 4 Tevet Deena Ann Jaffe

12/22/2017 4 Tevet Rene Margo

12/22/2017 4 Tevet Anna Berkowitz

12/23/2017 5 Tevet Marjorie Elizabeth Dolina

12/24/2017 6 Tevet Simcha David ben Moshe Ber

12/24/2017 6 Tevet Rebecca Dienstag

12/25/2017 7 Tevet Sarah (Sally) Sussman

12/25/2017 7 Tevet Douglas E. Schulman

12/26/2017 8 Tevet Saul Nestadt

12/26/2017 8 Tevet Fred Schwartz

12/26/2017 8 Tevet Emil Dornbaum

12/26/2017 8 Tevet Fred Schwartz

12/27/2017 9 Tevet Louis B. Cohen

12/28/2017 10 Tevet Devorah Brickman

12/28/2017 10 Tevet Aharon Wolf

12/29/2017 11 Tevet Michael Dziengel

12/29/2017 11 Tevet Sheila Spitz

12/29/2017 11 Tevet Sylvia Lipsky

12/30/2017 12 Tevet Max Rosh

12/31/2017 13 Tevet Lauren Lolly Kugler

1/1/2018 14 Tevet Heather Miriam Endelman

1/1/2018 14 Tevet Alan Huvard

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Yahrzeits January 3,2018—January 30, 2018

1/3/2018 16 Tevet Gladys Garfinkl

1/3/2018 16 Tevet Martin Chimes

1/3/2018 16 Tevet Martin Cimes

1/3/2018 16 Tevet Klara Dlugopiat

1/3/2018 16 Tevet Mendel Shapiro

1/3/2018 16 Tevet Lillian Friedman

1/3/2018 16 Tevet Bernard Miretzky

1/4/2018 17 Tevet Oscar Blumberg

1/4/2018 17 Tevet Jack Halperin

1/4/2018 17 Tevet Sol Goodman

1/6/2018 19 Tevet Harvey S. Klein

1/6/2018 19 Tevet Sarah Simon

1/8/2018 21 Tevet Joseph Ellman

1/8/2018 21 Tevet Francisco Forero

1/9/2018 22 Tevet Sidney Reichenthal

1/9/2018 22 Tevet Nathan Winer

1/9/2018 22 Tevet Louis Brookman

1/10/2018 23 Tevet Joseph Shocket

1/10/2018 23 Tevet Robert Berman

1/10/2018 23 Tevet Esther Nachshen

1/11/2018 24 Tevet Leonard Huntley Freeman

1/12/2018 25 Tevet Adele Mccarble

1/13/2018 26 Tevet Morris Halpin

1/13/2018 26 Tevet Zonie Saitowitz

1/13/2018 26 Tevet Pearl Braude

1/14/2018 27 Tevet Jacob Dienstag

1/15/2018 28 Tevet Joseph Urman

1/16/2018 29 Tevet Albert Shocket

1/16/2018 29 Tevet Eugene Brown

1/16/2018 29 Tevet Samuel Secan

1/16/2018 29 Tevet Jacob Kaufman

1/17/2018 1 Shevat Milton Simon

1/17/2018 1 Shevat Abraham Charski

1/17/2018 1 Shevat Irving Chandler

1/18/2018 2 Shevat Jody Martin

1/18/2018 2 Shevat Ellen Bodenheimer

1/18/2018 2 Shevat Sam Reichenthal

1/18/2018 2 Shevat Josek Efromowicz

1/19/2018 3 Shevat Philip Weitzner

1/20/2018 4 Shevat Max Landsberger

1/20/2018 4 Shevat Jeff Burck

1/20/2018 4 Shevat Gertrude Dall

1/20/2018 4 Shevat Bertram Bernstein

1/20/2018 4 Shevat Dorothy Kavin

1/20/2018 4 Shevat Felipe Vasquez

1/21/2018 5 Shevat Isadore Joseph Gerber

1/21/2018 5 Shevat Stuart Alan Fayner

1/21/2018 5 Shevat Paul Alberts

1/21/2018 5 Shevat Rebecca Block

1/21/2018 5 Shevat Fannie Shocket

1/21/2018 5 Shevat Rev. Joseph Sabludowsky

1/21/2018 5 Shevat Charlotte Sack

1/22/2018 6 Shevat Sally Lubart

1/22/2018 6 Shevat Rebecca Mintz

1/23/2018 7 Shevat Jack Kammerman

1/23/2018 7 Shevat Abe Chimes

1/23/2018 7 Shevat Alice Beneke

1/23/2018 7 Shevat Dora Kusnetz

1/24/2018 8 Shevat Ester Steinberg Gerber

1/24/2018 8 Shevat William Shandelman

1/24/2018 8 Shevat Murray Lipsky

1/25/2018 9 Shevat Nochum Leizer Melamed

1/26/2018 10 Shevat Seth Kass

1/27/2018 11 Shevat Joseph Fallas

1/27/2018 11 Shevat Marcel Herscovici

1/28/2018 12 Shevat Virginia G. Johnson

1/28/2018 12 Shevat Bessie Martin

1/29/2018 13 Shevat Herman Lensky

1/29/2018 13 Shevat Wolfe Schwartz

1/29/2018 13 Shevat Nathan Gelman

1/29/2018 13 Shevat Sarah Preefer

1/29/2018 13 Shevat Basil Preefer

1/29/2018 13 Shevat Nadia Preefer

1/30/2018 14 Shevat Abraham Baker

1/30/2018 14 Shevat Kalman Pollak

1/30/2018 14 Shevat Phillip Kligman

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