Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center

מרכז קהילתי ע"ש הרב יעקב ברמן

Pesach 5782 פסח תשפ"ב

Chag Sameach  חג שמח

COVID. Masks covering mouth and entire nose must be worn at all indoor activities, and will be strictly enforced. If you don't feel well, or have respiratory symptoms, please refrain from attending indoor services

קורונה. יש לעטות מסיכה המכסה את הפה ואת האף בכל עת בתוך המבנים הסגורים של בית הכנסת. דרישה זו תיאכף בקפדנות. כמובן, ככל שאינך חש בטוב, נא להתפלל בחוץ.

Friday April 15th:

Siyyum Bechorim by Nachum Babkoff following 6:30 Shacharit
Last time to eat Chametz: 10:29
Burn Chametz by 11:34

Candle Lighting: Friday April 15 18:48

Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat/ Maariv:
17:35 (early: indoors [please help ensure an outdoor minyan before going inside] and outdoors), 18:58 (indoors). Seder should be started only after 19:28.
Shacharit:
6:45 (indoors), 8:45 (indoors), 9:00 (outdoors)
Mini Minyan 10:00 (outdoors)
Shabbat afternoon:
Mincha 19:00 (indoors); Maariv 19:41 (indoors and outdoors)

Havdala: Saturday April 16 19:48

Kiddush is sponsored by the Shul

Hashkama minyan קידוש is sponsored by Adina and Josh Klein

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Births:

• Mazal Tov to Shani and Dov Lerner on the birth of a baby girl. Mazal Tov to big sister Dafna, and to grandparents Sharon and Ayal Ben-David and Sharon and Shlomo Lerner.
• Mazal Tov to Audrey and Fred Samuels on the birth of a grandson, a son to their children Daniela and Shaya Eytan from Mevo Horon. A special Mazal Tov to Great Grandma Rose Wolf from Jerusalem.

Engagements and Weddings:

• Mazal Tov to Marilyn and Shmuel Safran on the marriage of their daughter Frida to Moshe Yerachmiel. Mazal tov to Moshe’s parents, Geula and Rami Yerachmiel of Azur, and to Frida’s siblings, Moshe and Yael Safran and Chana and Zev Frimer, and their families.
• Mazal Tov to Yael and Kuti Mansdorf on the enagement of their granddaughter Inbar Yaskerovich daughter of Nurit and Yoel Yaskerovich of Givat Shmuel to Eliran Alon, son of Sigal and David Alon of Hatzor Haglilit.
• מזל טוב ליעל וקותי מנסדורף על אירוסיה של נכדתם ענבר יסקרוביץ, בתם של נורית ויואל יסקרוביץ מגבעת שמואל, עם אלירן אלון, בנם של סיגל ודוד אלון, מחצור הגלילית.

SHUL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND REMINDERS תזכורות, אירועים ופעילויות של בית הכנסת

• Next week's bulletin will be sent out late Wednesday (Chol Hamoed). Deadline- Tuesday evening.
• Information regarding online Mechirat Chametz sites, the CRC and OU Passover guides, and Medicine and cosmetic lists and policies have been gathered by Rabbi Aryeh Frimer (Aryeh.Frimer@biu.ac.il; 054-7540761), and may be found below (or here or on the Noticeboard as a file).
  Important General Pesach Information: Mechirat Chametz online
  (1) Rabbanei Tzohar (forms in several languages, including English): https://www.tzohar.org.il/?page_id=16852
  (2) Kipa Website (Hebrew): Form: https://www.kipa.co.il/passover/sell.asp
  (3) Chabad Form in Hebrew https://he.chabad.org/holidays/passover/sell_chometz.htm.
  Passover Guides and Medicine Lists
  (1) Kupat Holim Clalit Medicine List מדריך תרופות כשרות לפסח תשפ"ב קופ"ח כללית (Contains Complete List of Medicines, Formula, Vitamins and Food Supplements) https://www.clalit.co.il/he/medical/pharmacy/Documents/kosher_medicines_2022.pdf
  To search for a specific medicine: https://www.clalit.co.il/he/koshermedicines.
  Alternatively, you can call *2701 and state the name of the medicine. The answering system will tell you whether the medicine is Kosher for Passover.
  Pages 12-14 of the above Medicine list indicates that The Chief Rabbinate’s policy is that no medicine containing Chametz should be used unless it has no substitute and halting its use will lead to safek pikuach nefesh. The CRC and OU policy below is more lenient.
  (2) CRC (Chicago Rabbinical Council) Passover Guide can be found online at: https://www.crcweb.org/Passover/5782/Pesach_Guide_%202022.pdf. The CRC Policy on Medicines and Cosmetics is be found on pages 3 & 74-80 and at https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/pdf/crc_passover_2022_meds_cosmetics.pdf. A list of nutritional supplements, baby formulae and milk substitutes is found at pp. 82-86.
  Some of the important highlights from the CRC Guide are as follows:
  - All pill medication (with or without chametz) that one swallows is permitted without special hashgacha. Vitamins and Food supplements do not necessarily fall under this category.
  - Liquid and chewable medications that contain kitniyot are permitted for one who is ill.
  - All varieties of body soaps, hand sanitizer, shampoos and stick deodorants are permitted for use on Pesach regardless of their ingredients.
  - All types of ointments, creams, nail polish, hand lotions, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, foot and face powders, and ink and paint may be used regardless of their ingredients.
  - Lipstick, mouthwash and toothpaste which contain Chametz should not be used.
  - Alcohol products used for medicines, cosmetics, perfumes and soaps produced in the USA do not contain grain alcohol.
  (3) The OU Passover Guide can be found online at https://oukosher.org/content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Passover_Guide_2022_March9.pdf
  See page 14 for the required amounts of the wine, matza and maror; p. 104 for Infant formulas and supplements; and p. 106 of the guide for their Policy on Medicines.
  (4) A collection of assorted valuable Pesach links can be found at https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/
• Maot Hittim. The Zedaka Committee wishes to remind our friends and members to send in their donations for Maot Hittim as soon as possible. Please be generous and send your contributions this week, so we can reach out to people before the chag. Thanking you as always for your kindheartedness, we wish all our members a chag kasher v’sameach, Rivka Kronengold, Jerry Kriger, Rebecca Krausz. [The preferred way of donating is though the Berman’s online form (H/E). It now has a Maot Hittim designation line on which you should re-enter your donation sum. Other donation methods: Bank transfers: Account name: Jacob Berman Community Center, Bank Mizrahi T'fahot, Branch 434, (Rehovot), Account no. 514880. Make sure to specify on your transfer that the donation is for Maot Hittim, and send an email to accounts@bermanshul.org with details of the transfer. Checks should be made out to “Jacob Berman Community Center". Make sure they are marked on the back “tzedaka Pesach”. The checks should be delivered to members of the zedaka committee.]
• מעות חיטים. ועדת צדקה מזכירה למי שטרם שלחו את תרומותיהם למעות חיטים לעשות זאת בהקדם האפשרי. אנא היו נדיבים ושלחו את תרומתכם השבוע, כדי שנוכל לעזור למשפחות לפני החג, אנו מודים לכם על טוב הלב ומאחלים לכל חברינו חג כשר ושמח. רבקה קרוננגולד, ג'רי קריגר, רבקה קראוס. [הדרך המועדפת לתרומה היא באמצעות הטופס המקוון של ברמן (H/E) יש לו סעיף למעות חיטין שעליו יש להזין מחדש את סכום התרומה. העברה בנקאית: שם המוטב: מרכז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן, בנק מזרחי-טפחות, סניף 434 (רחובות), מס' חשבון: 514880. חשוב לציין בהעברה שהתרומה היא למטרת מעות חיטים ולשלוח מייל ל accounts@bermanshul.org עם פרטי ההעברה. יש לרשום המחאות לפקודת ״מרכז קהילתי ע״ש יעקוב ברמן״ . חשוב לכתוב בגב ההמחאה ״מעות חיטים״ . את ההמחאות יש להעביר לתיבת הדואר של חברי ועדת הצדקה.]

HOSPITALITY and CHESED אירוח וחסד

Chesed links: If you require specific help during the Corona pandemic, please contact hospitality@bermanshul.org or for the Bikur Holim Committee, Freida Ollech at: (052) 678-2857. To report a bereavement, or to see arrangements to help the bereaved, please go to http://bermanshul.org/shiva. Policy for MiSheberachs for the ill and additional details regarding Chesed activites, on our website, under community.

קישורי "חסד": אם אתם צריכים עזרה בזמן משבר הקורונה, ניתן ליצור קשר עם ועדת חסד hospitality@bermanshul.org, או ועדת ביקור חולים אצל פרידה אולך: 052-678-2857. ל"מי שברך" לחולים (מדיניות כאן) ופרטים נוספים היכנסו לאתר בית הכנסת בעמוד "קהילה".

• The community has been joined by a large number of new families. Please see their details (and pictures) here: new families (note new link- member login required).