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

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Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years

January 9, 2016 28 Tevet 5776

Shabbat Mavarchim

Torah Sefer: Shemot Parasha: Vaera Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 ————————————— Shabbat Enhanced Kiddush in Freed-man Hall: Sponsored by Dena & Elan Vorzman on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Ephraim Shabbat Enhanced Kiddush next week: Sponsored by Barry Tobias and Talia LaPushin to celebrate with the UOS community on the occasion of their wedding ___________________________ 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. 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.

LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM:

Shabbat Bnei Akiva is BACK! We hope everyone enjoyed the break and we look forward to some exciting activities ahead ! 9:30 am Teen minyan 10:15 am Tot Shabbat 10:15 am Torah Bowl Aleph with Ken 10:15 am Torah Bowl Bet with Shani & Renana 4:00 pm Stand up Madrichim 4:05 pm Snif for Chevraya Aleph followed by Mifkad 5:00 pm Teen Mincha followed by a special Seudah Shlishit with NCSY

UOS has partnered with Artscroll, Koren (Maggid, Toby Press) and Amazon for their affiliates programs. By going through our website and linking to

their page UOS will earn a commission on your purchases.

The links can be accessed through our website at www.uosh.org and by go-ing to the affiliates page listed under the “contribute” title (which is the last

one on the top title bar). Please contact the office with any questions. Thank You for your assistance.

Mazal Tov Dena & Elan Vorzman on their son, Ephraims, Bar Mitzvah.

Barbara & Martin Gelman & Rabbi & Gabi Gelman on the engagement of their granddaughter & niece, Rachel Weinberg,

daughter of Gita & Herb Weinberg to Ari Steinig son of Rabbi Sholom & Judi Steinig.

Ephraim Shalom Vorzman will be celebrating his Bar Mitzvah this Shabbat, Parshat Vaera, at UOS. Ephraim is an 8th grade student at Robert M Beren Academy. Ephraim enjoys fencing, football, playing video games and spending time with his siblings & friends. Ephraim is the son of Elan and Dena Vorzman and brother to Rannanah and Orlee.

Ephraim is looking forward to sharing this special Simcha with his family, friends and the UOS community.

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday January 8th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:25 pm Mincha/Maariv 5:21 pm Candle Lighting Saturday January 9th 8:30 am Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 4:00 Class Gideon Miller 4:15 Class Rabbi Gelman 5:15 pm Mincha 5:40 pm Class David Silberman 6:22 pm Havdalah Sunday January 10th 8:00 am Shacharit 5:20 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday January 11th Rosh Chodesh Shevat 6:30 am Shacharit 5:20 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday January 12th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:20 pm Mincha Wednesday January 13th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:20 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday January 14th 6:45 am Shacharit 5:20 pm Mincha/Maariv

Friday January 15th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:30 pm Mincha/Maariv 5:27 pm Candle Lighting

Shabbat:

Pre-Shacharit Class: with Aharoni Carmel.

Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Tabenhaus Hall. Sponsored by Dena & Elan Vorzman on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Ephraim

Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Levy.

Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman one hour before Mincha, Mishna and Meaning. Using Rabbi Yaakov Nagen's (Yeshiva Otniel) Nishmat Hamishna (The Soul of the Mishna) we will explore the literary, halachic and philosophical aspects of the Mish-na. Each Shabbat we will examine a different Mishna in order to learn the halachot-stemming from the Mishna as well to uncover additional layers of meaning.

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. There will be NO class this week.

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.

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. This class will NOT take place this week and will resume on Jan 19th.

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.

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. —————————————–-- 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Levy. ——————————————- 1 hour before Mincha: Shabbat class with Rabbi Gelman ———————————————- After Mincha: Massechet Brachot-with David Silberman. ———————————————

After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. There will be NO class this week. ———————-

11:15 pm—1:15 pm: Israeli dance for women ———————— After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. There will be NO class this week. ———————— 8:00 pm: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, 20 For 20.

After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. There will be NO class this week. ———————

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 8:30 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. There will be NO class this week. ——————--

After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. There will be NO class this week. ——————

UOS Torah Classes at a Glance

UOS Committee Chairpersons

Committee Contact Email Address

Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org

House and Grounds Neil Scheckter houseandgrounds@uosh.org

Security David Davies security@uosh.org

Youth Education Robert Levy youth@uosh.org

Membership Steven Abramson membership@uosh.org

Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org

Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman tzedakah@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

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Join fellow members of UOS in Washington, DC on March 20-22, 2016

to make your voice heard and to help strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship. The AIPAC Policy Conference is the largest gath-ering of America’s pro-Israel community. UOS has a limited number of discounted tickets available for our congregants to im-pact the three most important days of the US-Israel relationship. We need you more than ever, I hope you will join us on this journey.

For questions about AIPAC Policy Conference,

please contact Adrianne Berger at 713-306-1447 or

Rebeca Gerbert at 832-380-7718

To register please go to

http://www.uosh.org/event/aipac.html

The Houston Police Department is pleased to present to the HOD Lodge Galil, an

informative hour and a half seminar which provides you the tools with which you may significantly increase your odds of surviving either an Active Shooter or Terrorist Attack.

Please RSVP to HODGalil@gmail.com

There is No Charge and will take place

at UOS in Tabenhaus Hall Thursday January 21, 2016 at 8:00 pm

United Orthodox Synagogues /AIPAC High School Scholarship Program

United Orthodox Synagogues announces that it will con-tinue its program sponsoring a high school student to attend the AIPAC National Policy Conference which is held each year in Washington D C. Through the generosi-ty of private donors UOS is offering a full scholarship for the conference registration fees to allow 1 deserving high school student to attend this conference. The winner is responsible for arranging their flight and lodging either in a hotel or with home hospitality. The AIPAC Policy Conference 2016 will be held Sunday, March 20th – Tuesday, March 22nd at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The three day confer-ence is filled with programs and speakers who educate attendees on the importance of the US/Israel relation-ship, explain the nature of the relationship, and educate conference participants on both the method and the im-portance of being involved in the political process. The three day program concludes with thousands of attendees traveling to Capitol Hill to meet with their Con-gressman and Senators to lobby them on the importance of the US/Israel relationship. AIPAC is a lobbying group that advocates for pro-Israel policies to the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States. It has been described as the most effec-tive lobby in this country. This year, more than 14,000 people are expected to attend the policy conference which will include a special track for the more than 1,000 high school and college students who will attend. The scholarship is available to any high school student whose parents are UOS members. Students are invited to prepare an essay explaining what they think they will gain from the conference, why they think the U.S. Israel relationship is important both to the U.S. and to Israel and how the applicant intends to be involved in Israel advocacy upon returning from the conference. Essays should be between 500 and 1,000 words and must be submitted to via email atmax@blankfeld.com no later than January 21. The United Orthodox Synagogues prides itself on being a staunchly pro-Israel synagogue and believes that this program is yet another example of how synagogues can promote the importance of Zionism. Please mail submissions to max@blankfeld.com

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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

Yom Limmud 2016 A Day of Learning for ALL Ages

The annual Yom Limmud will be held on Sunday, February 14, 2016, hosted by Con-gregation Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood Blvd, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. This full day of programming offers some-thing for everyone. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, the program brings together Jews from all denominations in one place at one time to learn, shop, schmooze, sing and play. For more information and to register, go to:

www.HoustonJewish.org/YomLimmud.

The UOS community is pleased to offer hospitality to

Sheli, Ilan and Achinoam Ehrlich

in honor of the birth of their son/brother

Be’eri Moshe

The community is offering meals beginning on

Monday, January 18th. If you would like to

bring the family a meal, the following

CareCalendar link that has been set up.

To access the Ehrlich family

CareCalendar site visit

http://www.carecalendar.org/logon/227438

and enter the following information in the

appropriate spaces

Calendar ID: 227438

Security Code: 8972

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Please Note: The Jewish Federation’s Super Sunday will take

place on January 10th, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Callers also are needed on the final leg, during Super Week, on Monday and Tuesday,

Jan. 11-12, from 6-8:30 p.m., at the Federation, 5603 S. Braeswood Blvd.

To volunteer, contact Barbara Eisenbaum, 713-729-7000, ext. 344,

or beisenbaum@houstonjewish.org Or, register at

houstonjewish.org/supersunday

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ב"ה

Dear Rabbi Gelman and UOS community members,

A few weeks ago we had the honor to be hosted in your community for Shabbat.

The cause of our visit was meeting our daughters after 4 months of separation.

During this period which was not easy for us we have heard a lot about UOS Houston community. Our

daughters told us about the duties they have in school, Bnei Akiva and other challenging activities with the

young generation of the community.

We have heard about the wonderful families supporting and taking care for them.

During our short visit we have realized much better the life in your community and the stories and the

descriptions which we have heard about during this period became much more real and colorful.

We found a very warm and loving community full of values, very welcoming, friendly and very pleasant.

We really felt almost like at home.

We were very excited for what we have seen and experienced during the weekend we have spent in your

community.

The experience which they pass this year is unique. We are sure that this year will leave a powerful and an

important positive mark for the future, new relations and much better understanding of the Jewish world

outside Israel which we believe is very important.

We understand that the support and the help they get from the community are vital for their success and

ability to proceed the plans and other doings for and among the community and we appreciate it very much.

At this point we wish to thank you for your kindness, generous hospitality and last but not least your care and

support to Renana and Shani all around.

We are full of "הכרת הטוב" to God and to you for this special year which we hope that contributes the UOS

community as well as to Shani and Renana.

We would appreciate if you could pass these words to UOS members.

Thanks again and we wish the whole community all the best,

Spigelman and Breslauer families,

Shoham, January 8th, 2016