Kiddush is sponsored by Herb Zukerman & Bina Krieger in honor of Herb s birthday and their upcoming nuptials.

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1 The Orthodox Synagogue For ALL Jews In Hampton Roads B NAI ISRAEL CONGREGATION Shabbos: December 30, 2017 Teves 12, 5778 Parshas Vayichi Kiddush is sponsored by Herb Zukerman & Bina Krieger in honor of Herb s birthday and their upcoming nuptials. Shalosh Seudos is sponsored by Bnai Israel Congregation and friends in honor of the Sheva Brachos of Eli & Leah Krischer S c h e d u l e Friday, December 29th (11th Teves) Candle Lighting Mincha Shabbos, December 30th (12th Teves) See Page 2 for additional Learning programs Minchah Maariv/Havdala Parent/Child learning Sunday, December 31st (13th Teves) Mincha/Maariv Monday, January 1st (14th Teves) Mincha /Maariv 4:39 P 4:40 P 9:00 A 3:00 P 4:00 P 5:41 P 6:10 P 8:00 A 8:00 A Tuesday, January 2nd (15th Teves) Tomer Devorah for women Mincha/Maariv Late Maariv Wednesday, January 3rd (16th Teves) Mincha/Maariv Late Maariv Thursday, January 4th (17th Teves) Mincha/Maariv Late Maariv Friday, January 5th (18th Teves) Candle Lighting Mincha 6:00 A 12:00 N 7:50 P 6:00 A 7:50 P 6:00 A 6:45 A 7:50 P 6:00 A Bnai Israel Congregation, 420 Spotswood Avenue, Norfolk, VA / Phone: (757) , office@bnaiisrael.org

2 C L A S S E S F O R E V E R Y O N E D AF Y OMI Morning Class: Sundays at M, weekdays at 6:00 AM with Rabbi Loiterman Evening Class: Sunday through Thursday after Late Ma ariv Shabbos & Yom Tov: both classes meet together one hour before Mincha with Rabbi Loiterman B N O S Shabbos Afternoon 3:15-4:15 For girls from Kindergarten to 6th Grade in the Fred Aron Education Wing. Next Bnos: January 6th S H A B B O S L E A R N I N G F O R B O Y S Grades 5th - 8th Gemara class with Rabbi Harpaz at his home at 3:00 PM Grades 1st - 4th Parsha with Rabbi Lipman at shul 30 minutes before Mincha P A R E N T - C H I L D L E A R N I N G Motzei Shabbos Join us once again for our beautiful Parent-Child learning each Motzei Shabbos. Inspiring atmosphere, beautiful learning, and exciting prizes. P A R T N E R S IN T O R A H NO CLASSES ON JANUARY 1ST Mondays from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM Meets at the JCC in Room 238 K O L L E L N I G H T S E D E R F O R M EN Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays following the Late Maariv Held in the Bnai Israel Minyan Room. Includes: Rabbi Goder Open Beis Medrash Learning Night W O M E N S T U E S D A Y N OON L E A R N I N G C L A S S The sefer Tomer Devorah is being studied. T A L M U D C L A S S - 75 minutes before Mincha Tuesday evenings: With Gershon Aronoff - Avoda Zara.

3 K A B B A L A H Join the Norfolk Kollel for a 6 week Kabbalah course. Discover ancient mystical Jewish teachings and how they apply to our lives today. All the classes will take place at the Simon Family JCC. There are two options: Tuesday Evenings at 7:30 PM (Remaining evening classes are Jan. 9, 16, & 23) Wednesday Lunch at 12:30 PM (Remaining day classes are: Jan. 10, & 17) There will be boxed lunches available for $8.00. For more information, please contact Rabbi Gavriel Rudin at or him at rabbirudin@norfolkkollel.com Y A K S E N I O R S F U N D R A I S E R Please support the Yeshiva Aish Kodesh Seniors by buying their delicious dips. Flavors available: Onion, roasted garlic, olive, jalapeno with many more to come. Each container of dip is $4.50. All products are made in the yeshiva kitchen. All orders should be placed before 8:00 AM on Thursdays by ing: yakseniors2018@gmail.com S I S T E R H O O D F L O W E R F U N D The Sisterhood provides fresh flowers for the Bimah for every Yom Tov. Contributions to the Bnai Israel Sisterhood flower fund can be mailed to Irene Mazel or Frances Berger. S H A B B O S S H E V A B R A C H O S F O R A VI & C H A N A H O R O W I T Z Shabbos, January 13th The B'nai Israel community will be hosting shalosh seudos Sheva Brachos on January 13th in honor of Avi & Chana (Brooke) Horowitz. Please consider contributing by making a dish at shul or becoming a sponsor for this event. Please contact Chamie Haber directly for more information. B I N A P L A Y - J O U R N E Y F O R T R U T H Sunday, January 14th at Maury High School Auditorium On Sunday, January 14th, the BINA's thespians will perform "Journey for Truth". Women of the community should plan to attend this wonderful program at the Maury High School auditorium. Opportunities to support the girls in the Playbill are available for $100 (full page) and $50 (half page).

4 B I N A H IGH S C H O O L A N N U A L F R I D A Y N I G H T D I N N E R Friday, January 19th at 6:00 PM Once again, Bina High School is having their annual Friday Night Dinner. The charge for this dinner is: Adult (age 12 & up) $25.00 Children (ages 4-11): $15.00 Family price is $ They are looking for sponsors for this event: Diamond: $1,000* Emerald: $500** Ruby: $360 Sapphire: $250 Pearl: $136 * 4 dinner reservations are included in the price ** 2 dinner reservations are included in the price Please RSVP by January 15th be ing: info@binahighschool.com or calling Your continued support and generosity enables a quality education of our girls. S U P E R S U N D A Y Sunday, January 28 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm This year Super Sunday has more ways than ever to get involved because Super Sunday and Operation Hamantashen are coming together! Bring the entire family for a special day of fun, service, and giving back to the community from 10:00 am-1:00 pm. There will be activities in the gym until noon for the little ones, including two bounce houses. There will also be a marketplace for shopping, Tzedakah box decorating project hosted by Nadiv YAD Men s Giving Circle, and the wildly popular hamantashen care packages. A N N U A L D A T E W I T H T H E S T A T E Tuesday, January 30th from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, cost: $36 Meet your State Senator & Delegate and discuss issues that affect our Jewish community. Bus leaves from the Reba & Sam Sandler Family Campus Thank You to our Contributors To Benjamin Borman for his contribution in memory of his grandmother, Dora Borman.

5 For the Week of Shabbos, December 29th through Friday, January 5th BIRTHDAYS Warren Aleck 12/30 Gillian Blais 12/31 Devorah Leah Ohana 1st 12/31 Natan Chaim Ohana 1st 12/31 Gregg Trestman 12/31 Herbert Zukerman 12/31 Natalie Aron 1/ 2 Robert Gutterman 1/ 3 ANNIVERSARIES Ayelet Itzhak 1/ 4 Bruce Berman 1/ 5 Chama Rudin 7th 1/ 5 Mr. & Mrs. Mikhail Zelikovich 12th 12/31 Rabbi & Mrs. Mordechai Loiterman 21st 1/5 YAHRTZEITS Joseph Amdursky 12/30 Lena K. Karlin 12/30 Benjamin Like 12/30 Alan Mand 12/30 Morris Richels 12/30 Benjamin Soled 12/30 Morton Myer Traub 12/30 Meyer Cohen 12/31 Louis Jacobson 12/31 Tavas Dayanim 1/1 Lena Kreger 1/1 Esther Goldberg 1/2 Irvine (Mokey) Jacobson 1/2 Joseph Miller 1/2 Solomon Singer 1/2 Joseph Caplan 1/3 Muriel Cohen 1/3 Julius Lesser 1/3 Reb. Chaim Shereshevsky 1/3 Dora Silver Swersky 1/3 Jacob Anker 1/4 Freida Rosenberg 1/4 Sylvia Sokol 1/5 Shoshana bas Miriam Vittel Zilke bas Leah Leah Adina bas Chaya Esther Yochana bas Chana Nava bas Fruma Leah Basha Leiba bas Baila Fruma Simcha bas Tzipporah Malka Esther bas Devorah Devorah bas Ruchel Sara Bas Sara Miriam Rochel bas Chava Elisheva Kayla Dodie bas Rochel Bracha Rochel Bracha bas Baila Tirtze Sorah bas Rochel Bracha Rivka Tehilla bas Sarah Hinda bas Dena Shula bas Carmela Shalom Boruch ben Masha Yehuda ben Chasha Ruchel Moshe Yechezkel Halevi ben Sara Malka Reuven Simcha ben Naomi Rus Yonah Michael Alter ben Esther Sarah Shlomo Yaakov Yonason ben Chana Raizel Aryeh Nachman HaCohen ben Ita Shlomo ben Tzipporah David Shlomo ben Rivka Tehilla Koppel ben Bayla Yonatan ben Rivka Abraham ben Iza Yoel Meir ben Chaya Yehudah Ben Batya Rafael Messod ben Naomi Sarah Eliana Chaya bas Nacha Adi Simcha bas Penina Leah Gilsom Gila bas Tzipporah Tzipporah bas Gilsom Gila Aida Batya bas Etta Chaya Tova Gittel bas Shulamis Sima Elka Gittel bas Basya Chana Yitta bas Bryna Yehudis bas Irma Bayla Mishka bas Devora Malka Chana bas Ruchel Miriam bas Tzipora Chaya Raizel bas Dena Chana bas Sarah Devora Leah bas Civet Elkie Samecha Yehudis bas Esther Reva Raza bas Malka Eliezer ben Sara Avraham Beryl HaLevi ben Miriam Yissachar ben Rachel Binyamin Leib ben Rachel Chana Zecharia Avraham ben Devorah Rivka Nosson Yitzhak Ben Leah Moshe ben Raizel Eliezer ben Penina Kaila Meir Yehoshua ben Penina Kaila Beryl ben Chava Shmuel Yeruchem ben Baila Yehoshua ben Nechama Aliza Menachem ben Tzipka Avraham ben Chana Asher Eliyahu ben Leah REFUAH SHELAIMA Women Shoshana bas Netta Adi Bat Miriam Chana Leah bas Fraydel Ruth bas Sarah Chaya bas Ruchel Tinokes bas Esther Hadassah Sheva bas Rivka Chaya Ruchel bas Zelda Shira bas Sarah Nechama Getzel bas Rachel Ruchama Malka Briendel bas Shaina Shifra Miriam bas Chava Leah Aviva bas Masha Rochel bas Tova Chaya Rochel bas Esti Rivka Rivka bas Chaya Ruchel Rivka bas Yocheved Men Akiva Hillel Ben Cooki Tziporah Feige Gittel Yehuda Herschel ben Chaya Leah Dovid Leshem ben Esther Chaim Yaakov Dovid ben Avigail Abba ben Tzipora Pesach ben Baila Robert ben Jean Rachmiel Leib ben Mordechai HaLevi Chaim Rafael Yoel ben Shayna Golda Daniel Yosef ben Miriam Aaron Emanuel ben Tzippora Michoel Dovid ben Rivka Moshe Yosef ben Esther Reuven HaCohen ben Sarah Eitan Shmuel bas Chana Leah Tzippora Aviva bas Rivka Devora Rivka bas Tzipora Raizel Shoshana bas Faiga Leah Chana Shifra bas Freidel Orly Rachel Bat Yehudit Rus Leah Rivka bas Sarah Yehudis bas Chana Leah Tye Miriam bas Zehavit Yehudis Sima bas Alta Ruchel Chaya bas Ruchel Chana Rochel bas Sara Ginendal Sarah bas Perel Devorah Rivka bas Tzipora Chana Bracha bas Sara Arielle Mazal bas Eliane Miril bas Ida Hudya Eliezer Yehuda ben Chana Shaindel Yisroel Shmuel ben Sarah Chaim Avraham ben Feiga Chaim Shmuel ben Rivka Eliyahu Aron ben Hudel Sholom Yehuda ben Fayga Tinok ben Rochel Shlomo Yoel ben Chaya Leah Chanina Getzl ben Chana Fradel Meyer Yisroel Hirsch ben Zahava Zippora Shlomo ben Na ami Eliyahu Yaakov ben Sarah Roiza Yitzhak Mordechai ben Yehudis Sima Chaim bas Shifra Dovid Avraham HaCohen ben Libby Yeshia

6 THE B NAI ISRAEL CALENDAR AT A GLANCE Week of December 24th through December 30th Shabbos, December 30th: Kiddush sponsored by Herb Zukerman & Bina Krieger in honor of Herb s birthday and their upcoming nuptials. Shabbos, December 30th: Shalosh Seudos Sheva Brachos for Leah & Eli Krischer in Richels Hall Week of December 31st through January 6th Sunday, December 31st: Chasuna of Herb Zukerman & Bina Kreiger. Week of January 7th through January 13th Sunday, January 7th: Chasuna of Chana Brooke & Avi Horowitz, Lakewood, NJ Shabbos, January 13th: Kiddush by Jeff & Amy Brooke and Herb & Bina Zukerman in honor of the simchos of Herb & Bina Zukerman and Avi & Chana Horowitz. Shabbos, January 13th: Shalosh Seudos Sheva Brachos - Chana & Avi Horowitz in Richels Hall at Bnai Israel Week of January 14th through January 20th Sunday, January 14th: Bina High School play at Maury High School Wednesday, January 17: Rosh Chodesh Shevat Friday, January 19th: Annual Bina High School Friday night dinner Week of January 21st through January 27th Shabbos, January 27th: Kiddush by Rabbi Gavriel & Malka Rudin in honor of their daughter, Rivka Reva (Rivi) Week of January 28th through February 3rd Wednesday, January 31st: Tu B Shevat Week of February 4th through February 10th Shabbos, February 10th: Parshas Shekalim Week of February 11th through February 17th Thursday, February 15th - Friday, February 16th: Rosh Chodesh Adar Friday, February 16th - Shabbos, February 17th: Scholar in Residence - Rabbi Yissachar Frand Week of February 18th through February 24th Shabbos, February 24th: Parshas Zachor Shabbos, February 24th: Sponsored Kiddush Week of February 25th through March 3rd Wednesday, February 28th: Ta anis Esther Thursday, March 1st: Purim Friday, March 2nd: Shushan Purim Week of March 4th through March 10th Shabbos, March 10th: Parshas Parah Week of March 11th through March 17th Shabbos, March 17th: Rosh Chodesh Nisan Shabbos, March 17th: Parshas HaChodesh Week of March 18th through March 24th Shabbos, March 24th: Shabbos HaGodol Shabbos, March 24th: Bar Mitzva of Chaim Dov Lefkovitz Week of March 25th through March 31st Friday, March 30th: Erev Pesach - Last time to eat Chometz (10:41 AM) and Last time to burn Chometz (11:55 AM) Shabbos, March 31st: First day of Pesach

7 G E N E T I C S By Rabbi Sender Haber One of the most powerful chapters of Tehillim is the one that we say each morning at the end of Shacharis. King David beseeches the G-d of Yaacov to help those who are in trouble. Why the G-d of Yaacov. Isn t he the G-d of all of us? What about G-d of Abraham? The Medrash explains that Yaacov is called upon because he put so much effort into the future of the Jewish people. He raised the tribes. He blessed them. He chastised them. He revealed their true essence to them. Reuvein was Yaacov s first energy. The simple meaning of the verse tells something about Yaacov s purity and the fact that Reuvein was the first-born. It also about where he put his energy. It was on the future and the next generation. As we say in Mincha on Shabbos, Yaacov U vanav yanuchu Bo. Reb Velvel Chechik was a holy man who lived in Jerusalem several decades ago. When he was sick in the hospital he was upset to no end that he could not study. His students tried to comfort him, pointing out that he had a good excuse and that G-d did not expect him to study in his state of health. True enough, he said, but I can t stand that my children see me lying around doing nothing. What kind of example am I setting for them? How will I teach the importance of time to the next generation? Sometimes we need to go beyond our energies for the next generation. A fourteen year old boy and his father once came to Rav Shach for a blessing. Rav Shach was very busy so the attendants allotted them just one minute. They emerged one and a half hours later. It turned out that the pair had tried to leave after one minute but Rav Shach had not allowed them to. The father had requested that Rav Shach bless his son with a love for Torah and Rav Shach had turned to the boy. Have you ever enjoyed Torah study? I ve tried, he responded, I ve worked hard, I ve studied, I ve listened, but I ve never found it enjoyable.

8 Rav Shach inquired as to what the boy was learning in yeshiva and took two Gemaras down from the shelf. He read the Gemara to the boy. He explained it. He explained it again. They discussed it, He asked questions. He gave answers. He kept on going, sweetly and patiently until the boy began to understand and appreciate what he was learning. The more he learned the more he enjoyed. When Rav Shach was satisfied that the young boy had experienced that taste of Torah he finally dismissed him. Now he had something to strive toward. He had something to look forward too. This is our job and responsibility for the next generation. It is where we need to put our energy. Yaacov lived a hundred and forty seven years, but his legacy is his concern for the future. In fact, the Medrash tells us that Yaacov Avinu Lo Meis. Yaacov never really died. He planted the seeds of Judaism of the next generation. Whether we are talking about physical health or spiritual wellbeing, our children or children who we can inspire, our energy needs to go toward the next generation.