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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
November 12, 2016 11 Cheshvan 5777
Torah Sefer: Genesis Parasha: Lech Lecha Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16
————————————— Shabbat Enhanced Kiddush will be in Taubenhaus Hall sponsored by Leah & Josh Rotenberg in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Ben. Shabbat Enhanced Kiddush next week will be sponsored in honor of the second Bar Mitzvah of Alex Pollak by a group of his UOS friends. __________________________ Seudah Shlishit: Will be in Taubenhaus 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 this Shabbat 10:15 am: Torah Bowl Aleph 10:15 am: Torah Bowl Bet 10:15 am: Tot Shabbat 4:00 pm: Snif for Chavraya Alef followed by Mifkad
Mazal Tov
Leah & Josh Rotenberg on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Ben
Dina & David Silberman on the birth of their granddaughter
Shira & Daniel Yoshor on the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca
Rabbi Weinreb is Executive Vice President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union and Editor In Chief of the Koren Talmud Bavli.Shabbat November 18-19, 2016 in con-junction with the Orthodox Union. A community Friday Night Dinner is being planned. Please click here to make reservations for dinner and to see the flier with all the details.
Last change to register. Please click here to register.
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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON
Friday November 11th 5:09 pm Candle Lighting 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Saturday November 12th 8:30 am Class by Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 4:00 pm Class Gideon Miller 4:00 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 5:00 pm Mincha 5:30 pm Class by David Silberman 6:09 pm Havdallah Sunday November 13th 8:00 am Shacharit 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday November 14th 6:45 am Shacharit 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday November 15th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday November 16th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday November 17th 6:45 am Shacharit 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday November 18th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:06 pm Candle Lighting 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Reservation only community dinner in Freedman Hall after services Saturday November 19th 8:30 am Class by Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 3:55 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 4:00 pm Class Gideon Miller 4:55 pm Mincha 5:25 pm Class by David Silberman 6:06 pm Havdallah
Shabbat: Pre-Shacharit Class: with Aharoni Carmel. Morning Services: followed by an enhanced Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall sponsored by Leah & Josh Rotenberg in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their
son, Ben. Sermon by Rabbi Barry Gelman Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour before Mincha at the
home of Barbara & Robert Levy. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, 1 hour before Mincha. The
Meaning of Life: A study of the Wisdom of the Aggadah: “...Halacha deals with the law; aggada with the meaning of the law...Halacha gives us knowledge, aggada gives us aspiration. Halacha gives us norms for actions; aggada, the vision of the ends of living...halacha decrees, aggada inspires...” Each week we will study a different Aggadic portion of the Talmud.
Seudah Shlishit: Will take place in Taubenhaus hall. 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 after Maariv, 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.
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 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 Ramban's famous disputation of Barcelona.
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
8:30 am: Pre-Shacharit class with Rabbi Ahroni Carmel —————————————–--
1 hour before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. —————————————
1 hour before Mincha: Shabbat class with Rabbi Gelman —————————————
After Mincha: Massechet Bava Metziah with David Silberman. ——————————————
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. —————— Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum.
Rabbi Moshe
Traxler teach-
ing the Ram-
ban's famous
disputation of
Barcelona ——————— 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 [email protected]
House and Grounds Neil Scheckter [email protected]
Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai [email protected]
Youth Education Robert Levy [email protected]
Membership Steven Abramson [email protected]
Hospitality Elise Passy [email protected]
Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman [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
CARE CALENDARS We are pleased to share with you the CareCalendar for Rafi and Stacy Engelhart . Babysitting needs have been added for Rafi & Stacy and can be counted towards the Beren community service hours! 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:
Rafi & Stacy: Calendar ID : 239549 Security code : 3662
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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
Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman
Yehuda Katz
Akiva Gilad Brody Albert Katz
Azriel Oz Brody Lawrence Katz
David Chertoff Reuben Morris
Yonaton Cytrin Gavriel Saitowitz
Elad Imany Jake Saitowitz
Nadav Shoifet
UOS is proud to be one of the community participants in the Houston Jewish Community Foundation’s Create a Legacy Program. As a participant we are planning for the future of our congregation by asking our members to make plans for a legacy gift to UOS. There are several ways this can be accomplished, but we first ask for a Letter of Intent, indicating your support. The form is avail-able in the office. Brochures are available in the foyer, and the members of this committee are anxious to speak with you; they are Nada Chandler (713-256-1030), Joe Blog (713-530-5337) and Basil Joffe (713-302-6691). Feel free to contact them for more information. Our goal is to have a very large percentage of our members participate and we look forward receiving the completed Letter of Intents send to the office. Please do not assume that someone else will help us reach this goal – it is up to you! Please note that you may designate one of the other partici-pating organizations, as well as designating UOS.
For more information, please see our web site at http://www.uosh.org/uoslegacy.html
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Benjamin Zev Rotenberg, son of Leah and Josh Rotenberg and brother of Ari, Nava, and Orli, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Shabbat Parshat Lech Lecha, November 12, 2016. Ben is currently in the 7th grade at the Emery Weiner
School. Ben enjoys robotics, managing the middle school football team, Boy Scouts and making people laugh. For his Bar Mitzvah tzedakah project Ben assembled care kits for the Jewish Chaplaincy Service at MD Anderson through Jewish Family Services. Proud grandparents are Francene Rotenberg of Katy, Texas, and Polina and Zak Pishnov newly of Houston, Texas. Benjy is looking forward to celebrating his Bar Mitzvah with his family, friends and the UOS Community.
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Adam Hoffman (Shevet Tzion) Madrich for Shevet Maapilim This past week, my group learned about the challenges in building the Tower of Babel. As an activity, the kids were split into two teams in which one person was a "looker", "teller", or "builder." One person from the team would look at a structure, tell another person, who would, in turn, tell the builder how to build the structure. Similar to the Tower of Babel, the children had trouble communicating. We learned through this game that not only is communication and unity important, but also individuality and uniqueness as well.
Battle of the Streets Maya Wadler (Shevet Tzion) Madricha for Shevet Haro'eh
This past weekend we had an amazing program called 'Battle of the Streets.' This week was the first of many street meals we will have. The way it works is that each part of the meal is eaten at a different house, and afterwards each street will be awarded a score for their meal. This past Shabbat we ate each course at differ-ent houses on Sarong. I really enjoyed this program and hope it continues to be a great success.
Shalom, There may very well be an expectation that this week's Dvar Torah will talk about Aliyah, as we are reading the parsha of Lech L'cha. And now that Trump was just elected, it may be that many are considering to flee... But in any case, the main story in this week's parsha is the emergence and character development of Av-raham. There's a lot we can learn about him, through the textual stories before us and the midrashim that further expound them. One such story takes place upon Avraham's return from defeating the united armies of the 4 kings, and returning Lot (and presumably other captives as well) to their city of Sdom. Upon their return, they grant Avraham a generous reward for his action - all of their physical property. Avraham replies modestly yet confusingly: I will not take anything, from a string to a shoelace. This is odd, as the range given by Avraham is actually quite small. We might have expected him to say, any-thing from a string to a flock of sheep, something that would encompass anything he might receive, from a small value to a large one. The Chizkuni actually interprets the pasuk that way, explaining that the 'string' is actually the name of a jewelry piece worn in the hair, and is quite expensive. However, this is not the only time such an example is used to include a wide range. In parshat Nitzavim the same technique is used: from the wood-chopper to the water-drawer. And again in Megilat Esther: from Hodu to Kush (according to most geographic study these are two cities right next to each other). Rav Shimshon Refael Hirsh explains that this technique is used when perceiving things as a cycle - meaning for us to say from Lech-Lecha to Noach. Although there is actually a very short distance between the two, if we go from the other direction, it encompasses all the Torah. It would be like travelling from Houston to San Antonio by going East, and therefore encompassing the entire world. Therefore, Avraham is referring to all property. This Shabbat, as we celebrate the Shabbat Project, we try to include every Jewish family and individual in the commemoration of Shabbat. Or, in the words of Avraham Avinu, from the youth to the young adults. Bnei Akiva strives for this all over the world, trying to connect youth and families to Judaism and its values.
Shabbat Shalom
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In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you
Save the Date:
Comedy night on January
22nd
2016 at 7pm. Announcing NCSY and JSU - First Annual Comedy Night
NCSY and JSU is honoring Rabbi Urkowitz for
his many years of dedication to NCSY and
inspiring the lives of many Houston teens.
More information to come soon!
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Howard and Barbara Weiner recently moved to Houston from Westchester County, New York, where they raised their 20 year old twins, Hannah and Noah, and 17 year old Leo. After working for many years at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan as a pediatric neurosurgeon, Howard was recently appointed as Chief of Neurosurgery at Texas Children’s Hospital, and works in the Department of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine under Chairman, Dr. Daniel Yoshor. Barbara, originally from Pittsburgh, has worked as a preschool teacher for
many years and, more recently, also as a museum docent. Hannah and Noah are both college students, after graduating from SAR Academy and High School, where Leo is currently a senior. The Weiner family has been active in the Jewish community, and at the Young Israel of White Plains, where Howard recently served as President.
Welcome To UOS
Rachel & Aharon Gladstein
Barbara & Howard Weiner
Rachel and Ari recently moved to Houston from Philadelphia with their daughter Isadora. Ari grew up in Baltimore and Rachel is returning to her hometown of Houston. Ari is practicing Pediatric Orthopedics at Texas Children's, and Rachel works in real estate. They deeply appreciate the warm welcome they have received and look forward to being a part of the community.
