Mazal Tov. Matthew Schmerer & Rebecca Clark on their upcoming marriage

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Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years July 2, 2016 26 Sivan 5776 Shabbat Mevarchim Torah Sefer: Numbers Parasha: Sh lach Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 Shabbat Meat Kiddush in

1 S H A B B AT B U L L E T I N The Eruv is up. Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky z l Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Rick Guttman LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM: Shabbat Bnei Akiva is out for the summer. Please Join us again for first snif of the year on August 27th. Y'all have a great and relaxing summer! Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years July 2, Sivan 5776 Shabbat Mevarchim Torah Sefer: Numbers Parasha: Sh lach Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 Shabbat Meat Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall: Sponsored by Irv Rotter in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of his wife, Sandy. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Seudah Shlishit in Taubenhaus Hall: Sponsored by Kristen & Jaime Gateno in memory of Isaac Gateno. Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. We are excited to announce the grand opening of Kosherama Grocery Store (11113-B Braesridge Road) The HKA will certify the prepared foods when they begin in the coming weeks. The packaged items are not monitored by the HKA. Please check all products to make sure you are comfortable with their Hashgacha. Feel free to contact the HKA with any questions. Mazal Tov Matthew Schmerer & Rebecca Clark on their upcoming marriage United Orthodox Synagogues The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz on the birth of their granddaughter Parents: Jennifer & Jacob Orrin Brothers: Adam & Joey The greatest chessed (kindness) you can do for someone in shul is to let them pray undisturbed. Please refrain from talking during services. 1

2 UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON Friday July 1st 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:08 pm Candle Lighting Saturday July 2nd No Class Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 6:45 pm Gideon Miller No Class pm Rabbi Gelman 8:00 pm Mincha 8:30 pm David Silberman 9:08 pm Havdalah Sunday July 3rd 8:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday July 4th 8:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday July 5th 7:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday July 6th Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 6:30 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday July 7th Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 6:30 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Shabbat: Pre-Shacharit Class: with Aharoni Carmel. The Pre Shacharit class will not meet over the summer. We thank Rabbi Carmel for giving the class each week and congratulate the participants for spending time Shabbat morning studying Torah. Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall. Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before MIncha at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. Shabbat Class: There will be 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 Freedman Hall 45 minutes before 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 Tuesdays 8:00 pm-9:00 pm: Meditation class with Ann Friedman in the UOS Library. Please go to for the class schedule. This class is currently on summer break. The next class will be on July 5, 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 This class is currently on break. 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. Friday July 8th 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:07 pm Candle Lighting Stay Connected: UOS: Robert M. Beren Academy: UOS Goldberg Montessori: 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. or text your cell # to Rabbi Gelman if you wish to join and download the whatapp app. 2

3 UOS Torah Classes at a Glance Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday The Pre Shacharit class will not meet over the summer. We thank Rabbi Carmel for giving the class each week and congratulate the participants for spending time Shabbat morning studying Torah hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. 1 hour before Mincha: Shabbat class with Rabbi Gelman. There will be no class this Shabbat. After Mincha: Massechet Bava Metziah with David Silberman. 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. 11:15 pm 1:15 pm: Israeli dance for women 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. 45 minutes before 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. This class is currently on break. 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. 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. Welcome members, friends and guests to UOS. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I invite you to engage in our community and in our Shul. Please reach out to our Rabbi, me, or any of our committee leaders as we work together to enrich each other and our community. Best regards Rick S Guttman UOS Committee Chairpersons Committee Contact Address Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org House and Grounds Neil Scheckter houseandgrounds@uosh.org Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai 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 3

There are several ways this can be accomplished, but we first ask for a Letter of Intent, indicating your support. The form is available in the office.

4 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 available 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 ( ), Joe Blog ( ) and Basil Joffe ( ). 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 participating organizations, as well as designating UOS. For more information, please see our web site at 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 Ron Arad Zecharia Baumal Guy Chever Zvi Feldman Yehuda Katz and those connected to our congregational family in active IDF service Shlomo Altman Ze ev Bar-Yadin Akiva Gilad Brody Azriel Oz Brody David Chertoff Yonaton Cytrin Elad Imany Albert Katz Lawrence Katz Jake Saitowitz Nadav Shoifet 4

5 June 2016 Mazal Tov Matthew Schmerer & Rebecca Clark on their marriage Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz on the birth of their granddaughter Parents: Jennifer & Jacob Orrin, Brothers: Adam & Joey Emunah & Rabbi Aharoni Carmel on the birth of their baby girl. Mazal Tov to siblings Shaked, Tchelet, Yisrael, Shir Tzion & Ahava. Aimee Goldman & Jeffrey Hankin on their marriage Baruch Dayan H emet Frank Gorme, Father of our member Neil (Laura) Gorme Dr. Robert Weinberger, Husband of our member Lennie Weinberger 5

6 Donations June 2016 Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah Shlishit General Synagogue Fund Rabbi Gelman's Discretionary Fund Elise & Marc Passy Sally & Lenard Berkowitz Sari & Scott Garfinkle Evelyn Reichenthal Chagit & Alan Croock Barbara & Martin Gelman Sheila & Louis Train Rene Diosdado Roman Kazinnik Denise Weinberg Sari & Scott Garfinkle Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman Olga & Terence Gordon Sandi Sperling Torah Fund Mariela & Luis Becerra Sally & Lenard Berkowitz Linda & Nelson Block Debra & Sheldon Bootin Gillian & Michael Davis Nancy Beren & Larry Jefferson Karen & William Rubinsky Matthew Schmerer Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman Saline & Johnny Weintraub Lawrence Whyte Beverly & Howard Feldman Cemetery Alisha Klapholtz & Josh Furman Renee & Howard Kerner Gaye & Dennis Halpin Bnei Akiva Maria Toybina Roman & Kazinnik Debra & Michael Kupferman Jerome Wilkenfeld Lester King Jackeline & Ilan Nevah Laura & Steven Paletz Elise & Marc Passy Matthew Schmerer Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman Myra & David Simon Joel Spira Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz Gerry & Larry Wadler 6

7 Yahrzeits July 1, 2016-July 31, 2016 Eng Date Heb Deceased Name 7/1/ Sivan Sandy Rotter 7/2/ Sivan Cecil Meir Abramson 7/2/ Sivan Dan Reichman 7/3/ Sivan Frida Zilinsky 7/4/ Sivan Isaac Gateno 7/4/ Sivan Edith Sankie 7/4/ Sivan Ruth Kelman 7/4/ Sivan Florence Shoifet 7/4/ Sivan Celia Berkowitz 7/5/ Sivan Nathan Saitowitz 7/6/ Sivan Abraham Poliakoff 7/6/ Sivan Gertrude Arfa 7/6/ Sivan David Garsek 7/7/ Tammuz Mires Carl Gehr 7/7/ Tammuz Yetta Friedman 7/8/ Tammuz Lester Brody 7/8/ Tammuz Yisroel Yanowitz 7/9/ Tammuz Monique Tzoukermann 7/9/ Tammuz Pearl Pont 7/9/ Tammuz Yochevet Freida Jaffe 7/10/ Tammuz Henry Spira 7/11/ Tammuz Sarah Szyc Topek 7/11/ Tammuz Harry Spitz 7/11/ Tammuz Harry Brown 7/12/ Tammuz Max Klein 7/12/ Tammuz Mary Marcus 7/12/ Tammuz Ruth Cohen 7/12/ Tammuz Fannie Haus Ozon 7/13/ Tammuz Richard Walsh 7/13/ Tammuz Marcia Chandler 7/13/ Tammuz Moshe Avraham Breit 7/13/ Tammuz Anna Onikul 7/14/ Tammuz Benjamin Dienstag 7/15/ Tammuz Sarah Bootin 7/16/ Tammuz Theresa Reichman 7/16/ Tammuz Libby Chapman 7/16/ Tammuz Harry Davis Eng Date Heb Deceased Name 7/17/ Tammuz Arlene Abramowitz 7/17/ Tammuz Francisco Forero 7/18/ Tammuz Goldie Belinsky 7/19/ Tammuz Louis J. Brandt 7/19/ Tammuz Israel Katz 7/19/ Tammuz Dora Reichstein 7/20/ Tammuz Harold Weinberger 7/20/ Tammuz Charna Steinberg 7/21/ Tammuz Mildred Plessner 7/21/ Tammuz Carl Theodore Rotenberg 7/21/ Tammuz Tilly Sacks 7/22/ Tammuz Malka Urman 7/23/ Tammuz Luba Gerszonovitz 7/23/ Tammuz Moshe Leib Gerszonovitz 7/23/ Tammuz Yaacov Aaron Gerszonovitz 7/23/ Tammuz Shmuel Meir Gerszonovitz 7/23/ Tammuz Warren Blumberg 7/23/ Tammuz Alicia Murciano 7/23/ Tammuz Douglas Chandler 7/24/ Tammuz Louis Feinman 7/24/ Tammuz Nachman Ferber 7/25/ Tammuz Malcom Gluckman 7/25/ Tammuz Felix Mucasey 7/26/ Tammuz Lillian Goldstein 7/26/ Tammuz Anne Endelman 7/27/ Tammuz Melvin Ira Berkowitz 7/27/ Tammuz Hilda Vivier 7/27/ Tammuz Jacob Moses Braude 7/27/ Tammuz Bella Eichel 7/27/ Tammuz Fannie Fisher Shapiro 7/28/ Tammuz Harold Raizes 7/29/ Tammuz David Brown 7/30/ Tammuz Rachmiel Postan 7/30/ Tammuz Jake Thompson 7/31/ Tammuz Beryl Simon 7/31/ Tammuz Lillian Harris 7/31/ Tammuz Beryl Simon 7

8 Yahrzeits July 31, 2016-September 13,2016 Eng Date Heb Deceased Name 7/31/ Tammuz Bernard Hyman 7/31/ Tammuz Enoch Simon 7/31/ Tammuz Beryl Simon 8/1/ Tammuz Albert Bilmen 8/1/ Tammuz Herman Martin 8/2/ Tammuz Lila Sternberg 8/2/ Tammuz Isaac Ozon 8/2/ Tammuz George H. Pickar 8/2/ Tammuz Taube Moore Efromowicz 8/3/ Tammuz Evelyn Shocket 8/3/ Tammuz Julius Fine 8/3/ Tammuz Betty Schecter 8/4/ Tammuz Margaret Minzer 8/4/ Tammuz Abraham Pekovar 8/4/ Tammuz David Yaffee 8/5/ Av Bernard Cohen 8/5/ Av Esther R. Moore 8/6/ Av Molly Fallas 8/7/ Av Juliette Radinsky 8/7/ Av Hilda Carliner Goldman 8/8/ Av Ruth Mitzner 8/9/ Av Shneier Zalman Jaffe 8/9/ Av Nessim Knafo 8/9/ Av Beatrice Shore Gover 8/10/ Av Frieda Leba Gerringer 8/13/ Av Thomas W. Karonika 8/14/ Av Bernard Greenberg 8/14/ Av Joseph "Buddy" Smith 8/15/ Av Norman Block 8/16/ Av Evelyn Chimes 8/17/ Av Sam Nowitz 8/17/ Av Edward Sperling 8/17/ Av Rudolph Isaac Goldreich 8/18/ Av Samuel Gluckman 8/18/ Av Daniel Moshe Sacks 8/19/ Av Mordechai Yaakov Mitzner 8/21/ Av Ruth Alpert Eng Date Heb Deceased Name 8/21/ Av Max Dall 8/22/ Av Judy Siegel 8/23/ Av Melvin Diner 8/23/ Av Joseph Louis Sandler 8/23/ Av Eric Freedman 8/26/ Av Barbara Bar-ilan 8/26/ Av Milton Rosenfield 8/26/ Av Rebecca Goldsmith 8/27/ Av Bessie Glantzberg 8/29/ Av Fishel Wolf 8/30/ Av Brian Nitsun 8/30/ Av Abe Kaplan 8/30/ Av Esther Lachs 8/30/ Av Brenda Loewenson 8/31/ Av Naomi G. Altman 8/31/ Av Patricia Passy 8/31/ Av Celia Simon 9/1/ Av Pauline Abrahamson 9/1/ Av Abe (JoJo) Moore 9/2/ Av Eleanor Hyman 9/2/ Av Pearl Opwald 9/3/ Av Zvi Friedman 9/5/ Elul Otto Israel Plessner 9/5/ Elul Samuel Schmeidler 9/6/ Elul Abraham Joseph Gelman 9/7/ Elul Sol Waldman 9/7/ Elul Sally Waldman 9/9/ Elul Yehudah Amsalem 9/9/ Elul Elliot Wainstein 9/10/ Elul Blanche Opolion 9/12/ Elul Benjamin Kramer 9/12/ Elul Louis Rosh 9/12/ Elul Max Landman 9/13/ Elul Goldie Fels Leff 9/13/ Elul Jack Simon 9/13/ Elul Alexander S. Sachs 9/13/ Elul Sam Harris 8

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Mazal Tov. The Eruv is up. November 28, Kislev Torah Sefer: Bereshit Parasha: Vayishlach Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21

Mazal Tov. The Eruv is up. November 28, Kislev Torah Sefer: Bereshit Parasha: Vayishlach Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21 S H A B B AT B U L L E T I N The Eruv is up. Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Max Reichenthal Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over