Mazal Tov Chani & Mark Kolodny On the birth of their son, sibling to Lilly. The Eruv is up. July 8, Tammuz 5777

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Community of Houston for over 100 years July 8, 2017 14 Tammuz 5777 Torah Sefer: Bamidbar Parasha: Balak Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 Shabbat Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall.

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 No Teen Minyan & No Groups 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat with Maya Wadler Snif and groups will resume August 26th, 2017 Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years July 8, Tammuz 5777 Torah Sefer: Bamidbar Parasha: Balak Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 Shabbat Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Seudah Shlishit in Taubenhaus Hall. Sponsored by Paul Oberman in memory of his father, Harvey Oberman, and to thank the UOS community for such a warm welcome to Houston. Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Stay Connected: UOS: Robert M. Beren Academy: UOS Goldberg Montessori: United Orthodox Synagogues The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX Mazal Tov Chani & Mark Kolodny On the birth of their son, sibling to Lilly Baruch Dayan H emet We regret to inform you on the passing of Emanuel Sassen Father of our member Donna Abramson May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem 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 Friday July 7th 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:07 pm Candle Lighting Saturday July 8th 9:00 am Shacharit No Class Gideon Miller 7:00 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 8:00 pm Mincha 8:30 pm Class by David Silberman 9:08 pm Havdallah Sunday July 9th 8:00 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday July 10th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday July 11th Fast of Tammuz 5:06 am Fast Begins 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:52 pm Fast Ends Wednesday July 12th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday July 13th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday July 14th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:06 pm Candle Lighting Saturday July 15th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:40 Gideon Miller 6:55 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 7:55 pm Mincha 8:30 pm Class by David Silberman 9:06 pm Havdallah UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON Shabbat: Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall. Sermon by Gideon Miller Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. There will be No Class this Shabbat. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman, 1 hour before Mincha, Topic Can You Hide Or Change Your Jewish Identity To Save Your Life? 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 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. 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 Summer Schedule. Class resumes for July 12,19. No class on July 26, Aug. 2, 9. Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Rabbi Moshe Traxler teaching the Ramban's Mishneh Torah. Rabbi Gelman is sending out a weekly inspirational message or link thru a WhatsApp group. Please text Rabbi Gelman at indicating that you would like to join the UOSInspiration WhatsApp group. Make sure you have a WhatsApp account. 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 WhatsApp app. 2

3 UOS Torah Classes at a Glance Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. There will be No Class this Shabbat. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman 1 hour before Mincha, Topic Can You Hide Or Change Your Jewish Identity To Save Your Life? 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 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. See page 2 for the summer schedule. Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Rabbi Moshe Traxler teaching the Ramban's Mishneh Torah. 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 Chesed Doreen Lerner Chesed@uosh.org Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org House and Grounds Neil Scheckter houseandgrounds@uosh.org Membership Steven Abramson membership@uosh.org Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai security@uosh.org Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman tzedakah@uosh.org Youth Education Robert Levy youth@uosh.org 3

4 The 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B'Av 17th of Tammuz The 17th day in the Jewish month of Tammuz, Jews the world over fast and lament to commemorate the many calamities that have befallen our people on this ominous day. The purpose of such fasts in the Jewish calendar is to awaken hearts towards repentance..." Seventeenth of Tammuz This year, the 17th of Tammuz falls out on Tuesday - July 11th Fast begins on Tuesday July 11th at 5:02AM - Shacharit Services at 6:45AM Evening services at services at 8:00PM The fast ends at 8:52PM A HISTORIC DAY OF CALAMITY Going all the way back to Biblical times, Moses descended Mount Sinai on this day and, upon seeing the Golden Calf broke the first set of Tablets carrying the Ten Commandments (Shemot 32:19, Mishna Taanit 28b). In the First Temple Era: The priests in the First Temple stopped offering the daily sacrifice on this day (Taanit 28b) due to the shortage of sheep during the siege and the next year 3184 (586 BCE), the walls of Jerusalem were breached after many months of siege by Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian forces. In Melachim II 21:7 we find that King Menashe, one of the worst of the Jewish kings, had an idol placed in the Holy Sanctuary of the Temple, according to tradition on this date. The Talmud, in Masechet Taanit 28b, says that in the time of the Roman persecution, Apostomos, captain of the occupation forces, did the same, and publicly burned the Torah - both acts considered open blasphemy and desecration. These were followed by Titus and Rome breaching the walls of Jerusalem in 3760 (70 CE) and Pope Gregory IX ordering the confiscation of all manuscripts of the Talmud in 4999 (1239). In later years this day continued to be a dark one for Jews. In 1391, more than 4,000 Jews were killed in Toledo and Jaen, Spain and in 4319 (1559) the Jewish Quarter of Prague was burned and looted. CUSTOMS The fast of the 17th of Tammuz is observed from the break of dawn until dusk. Unlike the two Jewish fast days Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av, washing and wearing leather are permitted on this day. Special prayers (vayechal and anenu) are added to the morning and afternoon prayers. Ashkenazim add the latter only in the afternoon service (mincha). This day is the beginning of the Three Weeks, an annual period of mourning over the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem. 4

Chesed Committee We are currently looking for volunteers, both male & female, to help serve as Shul greeters on Shabbat. You will welcome people to UOS as they enter the Sanctuary.

Friendly check-in calls to members we haven t seen in shul for a while, just to make sure they re okay. 2. Hospital Visits (bikur cholim) 3.

5 Chesed Committee We are currently looking for volunteers, both male & female, to help serve as Shul greeters on Shabbat. You will welcome people to UOS as they enter the Sanctuary. We hope to grow and be able to offer more in time, but to start we are currently able to extend these acts of chesed: 1. Friendly check-in calls to members we haven t seen in shul for a while, just to make sure they re okay. 2. Hospital Visits (bikur cholim) 3. Birthday calls or visits to seniors who re living alone or don t have family in the area. 4. Rides to weekday shul events for members who d like to come to an event, or perhaps to daven or say kaddish, but don t have a way to get there. If you are able to help or know of someone that needs some assistance 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 Ron Arad Guy Chever Yehuda Katz Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman and those connected to our congregational family in active IDF & US Military Zvi Boruch Altman Elad Imany Akiva Gilad Brody Azriel Oz Brody Roni Buchine David Chertoff Yonaton Cytrin Samuel Gorme Yehuda Lajcher Albert Katz Reuben Morris Gavriel Saitowitz Jake Saitowitz please contact Doreen Lerner at Chesed@uosh.org 5

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You are cordially invited to attend a Memorial service in honor of Mr. Julius H. Chapman Sunday, July 9th, 2017 at United Orthodox Synagogue, in the Freedman Hall at 9:45 am.

7 You are cordially invited to attend a Memorial service in honor of Mr. Julius H. Chapman Sunday, July 9th, 2017 at United Orthodox Synagogue, in the Freedman Hall at 9:45 am. Davening at 8am, breakfast at 8:45 am, memorial service at 9:45 am. Please RSVP if you will be joining us for the breakfast. Thank you, The Chapman Family. RSVP to: Jeff@uosh.org 7

8 Baruch Dayan H Emet We regret to inform you on the passing of Emanuel Sassen, Father of our member Donna Abramson Roslyn Pokroy, Mother of our member Jerome (Kim) Pokroy Golda Baker, Wife of our associate member Gilbert Baker Ryan Maidenberg, Grandson of our member Tiby Unterhalter Shirley Shaytin, Grandmother of our member Andrew (Mirit) Schneider Great-Grandmother to Ariel, Daniella, and Jonah, Cousin to Beverly Feldman Howard Glatter, Uncle of our member Adrianne (David) Berger Samuel Kupfer, Father of our member Moshe (Debbie) Kupfer Mazal Tov Frieda Katz and Walter Katz on the marriage of their daughter Marissa and Ayton Sanders Rachel & Joseph Schiff on the birth of their granddaughter Rachel & Ari Gladstein on the birth of their son, Sibling: Izzy Shana Berkowitz & Eric Czinn On the occasion of their engagement Parents: Sally & Lenard Berkowitz 8

9 Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah Shlishit Donations June 2017 General Synagogue Fund Rabbi Gelman's Discretionary Fund Harriet & Stan Goldman Holly & David Davies Sari & Scott Garfinkle Sharon & Eddie Grosman Sari & Scott Garfinkle Doreen & Marshall Lerner Lester King Rachel & Aharon Gladstein Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman Elena & Ron Levy Doreen & Basil Joffe Sandi Sperling Carol & Dov Liberman Evelyn & Roger Medvin Linda Mosley Sara Lazar Leora & Les Nowitz Karen & Bill Rubinsky Denise Weinberg Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman Bnei Akiva Torah Fund April & Kobi Amsalem Sally & Lenard Berkowitz Linda & Nelson Block Lisa & Aaron Brown Harriet & Stan Goldman Sharon & Eddie Grosman Gaye & Dennis Halpin Nancy Beren & Larry Jefferson Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz Denise Weinberg Elena & Barry Diner Cemetery Wenda Kolodny Danielle & Donniel Ogorek Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman Joel Spira Prayer Books 9

10 Yahrzeits July 1, 2017-August 8, /1/ Tammuz Moshe Avraham Breit 7/1/ Tammuz Marcia Chandler 7/1/ Tammuz Richard Walsh 7/1/ Tammuz Anna Onikul 7/2/ Tammuz Rika Ashkenase 7/2/ Tammuz Benjamin Dienstag 7/3/ Tammuz Sarah Bootin 7/4/ Tammuz Theresa Reichman 7/4/ Tammuz Harry Davis 7/5/ Tammuz Arlene Abramowitz 7/5/ Tammuz Francisco Forero 7/6/ Tammuz Goldie Belinsky 7/7/ Tammuz Israel Katz 7/7/ Tammuz Dora Reichstein 7/7/ Tammuz Louis J. Brandt 7/8/ Tammuz Charna Steinberg 7/9/ Tammuz Mildred Plessner 7/9/ Tammuz Tilly Sacks 7/9/ Tammuz Carl Theodore Rotenberg 7/10/ Tammuz Malka Urman 7/11/ Tammuz Luba Gerszonovitz 7/11/ Tammuz Douglas Chandler 7/11/ Tammuz Moshe Leib Gerszonovitz 7/11/ Tammuz Yaacov Aaron Gerszonovitz 7/11/ Tammuz Shmuel Meir Gerszonovitz 7/11/ Tammuz Alicia Murciano 7/11/ Tammuz Warren Blumberg 7/12/ Tammuz Louis Feinman 7/12/ Tammuz Nachman Ferber 7/13/ Tammuz Malcom Gluckman 7/13/ Tammuz Felix Mucasey 7/13/ Tammuz Malcom Gluckman 7/14/ Tammuz Lillian Goldstein 7/14/ Tammuz Anne Endelman 7/15/ Tammuz Melvin Ira Berkowitz 7/15/ Tammuz Hilda Vivier 7/15/ Tammuz Bella Eichel 7/15/ Tammuz Jacob Moses Braude 7/15/ Tammuz Fannie Fisher Shapiro 7/16/ Tammuz Harold Raizes 7/17/ Tammuz David Brown 7/18/ Tammuz Rachmiel Postan 7/18/ Tammuz Jake Thompson 7/19/ Tammuz Beryl Simon 7/19/ Tammuz Lillian Harris 7/19/ Tammuz Enoch Simon 7/19/ Tammuz Beryl Simon 7/19/ Tammuz Bernard Hyman 7/20/ Tammuz Albert Bilmen 7/20/ Tammuz Herman Martin 7/21/ Tammuz Isaac Ozon 7/21/ Tammuz George H. Pickar 7/21/ Tammuz Lila Sternberg 7/21/ Tammuz Isaac Ozon 7/21/ Tammuz Taube Moore Efromowicz 7/22/ Tammuz Evelyn Shocket 7/22/ Tammuz Betty Schecter 7/22/ Tammuz Julius Fine 7/23/ Tammuz David Yaffee 7/23/ Tammuz Abraham Pekovar 7/23/ Tammuz Margaret Minzer 7/24/ Av Bernard Cohen 7/24/ Av Esther R. Moore 7/25/ Av Molly Fallas 7/26/ Av Hilda Carliner Goldman 7/27/ Av Ruth Mitzner 7/28/ Av Beatrice Shore Gover 7/28/ Av Nessim Knafo 7/28/ Av Shneier Zalman Jaffe 7/29/ Av Frieda Leba Gerringer 8/1/ Av Thomas W. Karonika 8/2/ Av Joseph "Buddy" Smith 8/3/ Av Norman Block 8/5/ Av Evelyn Vera Chimes 8/5/ Av Rudolph Isaac Goldreich 8/5/ Av Edward Sperling 10

11 Yahrzeits August 5, 2017-September 20, /5/ Av Sam Nowitz 8/6/ Av Daniel Moshe Sacks 8/6/ Av Samuel Gluckman 8/7/ Av Mordechai Yaakov Mitzner 8/9/ Av Ruth Alpert 8/9/ Av Max Dall 8/10/ Av Judy Siegel 8/11/ Av Eric Freedman 8/11/ Av Melvin Diner 8/11/ Av Eric Freedman 8/14/ Av Barbara Bar-ilan 8/14/ Av Rebecca Goldsmith 8/14/ Av Milton Rosenfield 8/15/ Av David Mitzner 8/15/ Av Bessie Glantzberg 8/17/ Av Fishel Wolf 8/18/ Av Brian Nitsun 8/18/ Av Esther Lachs 8/18/ Av Brenda Loewenson 8/18/ Av Abe Kaplan 8/19/ Av Patricia Passy 8/19/ Av Naomi G. Altman 8/19/ Av Celia Simon 8/20/ Av Abe (JoJo) Moore 8/20/ Av Pauline Abrahamson 8/20/ Av Abe (JoJo) Moore 8/21/ Av Pearl Opwald 8/21/ Av Eleanor Hyman 8/22/ Av Zvi Friedman 8/24/ Elul Otto Israel Plessner 8/24/ Elul Samuel Schmeidler 8/25/ Elul Rose Esther Goldberg 8/25/ Elul Abraham Joseph Gelman 8/26/ Elul Sol Waldman 8/26/ Elul Sally Waldman 8/28/ Elul Yehudah Amsalem 8/28/ Elul Elliot Wainstein 8/29/ Elul Blanche Opolion 8/31/ Elul Benjamin Kramer 8/31/ Elul Louis Rosh 8/31/ Elul Max Landman 9/1/ Elul Sam Harris 9/1/ Elul Jack Simon 9/1/ Elul Goldie Fels Leff 9/2/ Elul Louis Feigon 9/2/ Elul Moses Schneider 9/2/ Elul Manya Kerner 9/4/ Elul Shana Saitowitz 9/4/ Elul Rose Moglinsky 9/4/ Elul Abeldro Garcia 9/5/ Elul Dina Melnick 9/5/ Elul Seymour Buchine 9/6/ Elul Louis Weiss 9/7/ Elul Maurice Howard Treiman 9/7/ Elul Bernard Blieden 9/7/ Elul Adelaide Pesses Friedman 9/9/ Elul Wallace Simson 9/9/ Elul Sylvia Silverman Goren 9/11/ Elul Abraham Kramer 9/11/ Elul Irving Shapiro 9/11/ Elul Michael Sankie 9/12/ Elul Feivel Topek 9/12/ Elul Edward Levy 9/12/ Elul Sheryl Collins 9/13/ Elul Neil Berman 9/14/ Elul Muriel Weinberg 9/15/ Elul Sylvia Rosenberg Berkowitz 9/15/ Elul Sam N. Sussman 9/16/ Elul Joseph "Joe" Wolk 9/17/ Elul D. Aaron Topek 9/17/ Elul Jacob Blog 9/18/ Elul Gilda Simon 9/18/ Elul Adolph Schimmel 9/19/ Elul Herman Bootin 9/19/ Elul Jean Edward Junker 9/20/ Elul Joseph Steiman 11

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14 In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you 14

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