Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן

Parashat Achrei-Mot 5776 פרשת אחרי מות תשע"ו

חג שמח 

Candle Lighting: Thursday, April 28 18:58

Candle Lighting: Friday, April 29 18:59

Havdala: Saturday, April 30 20:00

ANNOUNCEMENTS

No main minyan kiddush this week on Chag.  Kiddush on Shabbat is sponsored by the shul.

Hashkama minyan qiddushim on Chag and Shabbat are sponsored by Adina and Josh Klein

Births:

• Mazal Tov to Ayala and Eytan Meisels, on the birth of their granddaughter, Hallel, a daughter to their children Aviad and Shir Meisels. Mazal Tov as well to big sister to Talya, and to grandparents Hadass and Yishay Brown of Petach Tikva.

   

SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS​

• Berman's Yom HaZikaron/Yom HaAtzmaut Program! For details see the English and Hebrew flyers on the Noticeboard. Reserve your spot by May 1st here. 
   
• Eruv tavshilin reminder. One must prepare an eruv tavshilin on Thursday (erev chag) in order to be able to cook for Shabbat during the last day of Pesach.
   
• Having post-seder let-down?  Want to add some text/ritual to your Shvii shel Pesach meals? See link below to download a Haggada for Shvii shel Pesach, compiling well-known and little-known midrashim on Kriat Yam Suf and Shirat Hayam. The texts are provided in both Hebrew and English. You can see it on the website under Community< Education (mouse over without clicking)< divrei torah (click)< Holidays (click), or directly at: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9YMcUl1a_98dE9rMDd4ZjVkYjA&usp=drive_web 
   
• The choir will be singing one short piece this shvi'i shel Pesach - Seu Shearim just before musaf; the kahal is invited to join in (MP3 avalable on the Noticeboard). The piece is courtesy of Rabbi/Hazan Geoffrey Shissler. The choir has sung it before at the Beit HaMidrash minyan on Rosh Hashana - so many of you will be familiar with it. 
   
• You are cordially invited to attend this year's first Kahn-Bellows lecture (on the topic of different aspects of the Hebrew language). Sunday, 30th of Nisan 5776, May 8th 2016, Prof. Chaim Cohen - Professor emeritus of Biblical Hebrew and ancient Semitic Langues. He will speak in Hebrew on: Unfaithful friends: Mistaken meanings of words and phrases in modern Hebrew. Ma’ariv: 19:50 Lecture 20:00. Details on the Noticeboard. Upcoming lectures. Sunday May 15th, Malka Puterkovsky. Sunday May 29th, Prof. Lewis Glinert - Second Bellows Kahn lecture. All at 8:00 PM. Details and topics will follow.
   
• Torah readers needed for Sefer Bamidbar and Devarim. To volunteer, please contact Rami Shaanani for the main minyan; for the early minyan, contact Yair Pomerantz (052-222-0930) for Bamidbar, and Moshe Appel  for Devarim.
• מי שמעוניין לקרוא בתורה בספרים במדבר ודברים מתבקש לפנות לרמי שאנני למנין המרכזי, או ליאיר פומרנץ (052-222-0930) לספר במדבר ומשה אפל לספר דברים למנין הראשון.
   
• Volunteers needed to give Divrei Torah for parshiot in Sefer Bamidbar. Please contact Mechael Kanovsky.
• מי שמעוניין לתת דבר תורה על פרשה בספר במדבר מתבקש לפנות למיכאל קנובסקי.

HOSPITALITY and CHESED

Chesed notes (More details in website under community):

• If you need or can offer Shabbat or other hospitality, please write hospitality@bermanshul.org. 
• Names and contact information for families who are new to the community (including pictures and short biographies) here.
• Policy regarding misheberachs for individuals who are ill, appears here. To submit names, write gabbai@bermanshul.org.
• Email us if you need confidential help finding employment; if you can help others find jobs, register here. Details here.