Mazal Tov. The Eruv is up. Please be aware of the below upcoming events.

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1 S H A B B AT A N N O U N C E M E N T S Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Max Reichenthal The Eruv is up. LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM: Shabbat No Teen Minyan No Shabbat groups No Snif Bnei Akiva of Houston wishes everyone a pleasant and relaxing winter break. Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years January 3, Tevet 5775 Torah Sefer: Bereishit Parasha: Vayechi Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 Shabbat Kiddush: The entire community is invited for a enhanced Kiddush T I Mhall E sponsored O F S A L Eby Kirsten in Freedman and Jaime Gateno in honor of their son, Isaacs, Bar Mitzvah. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Seudah Shlishit In Tabenhaus after services. Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. > List items here. Please be aware of the below upcoming events. January 9-10 Ancient Teachings Modern Perspectives Medical Ethics Please see flier on page 7 No sign up needed UOS Intern Bracha Jaffe will here on Shabbat Jan Join Bracha on Saturday Night for: Cocktails and Conversation 7:45PM at the home of Sharon and Eddie Grossman Crossroads in a Marriage - Opportunities for Growth On a Sunday morning, after your youngest child has left for Israel or college - you look across the breakfast table and you wonder: "Who is that sitting across from me?" "What kind of relationship can we look forward to? " "How can we gently close the door on this chapter and begin anew?" Let's explore these and other life changes - such as retirement and aging - through the lens of Jewish values and Torah wisdom Baruch Dayan H emet We regret to inform you on the passing of Miles Feuer husband of our member Debbie Feuer February Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz More information coming soon May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem Mazal Tov United Orthodox Synagogues The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX Ady & Lester King on the birth of their son 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 January 2nd 7:00 am Shacharit 5:20 pm Mincha Candles at 5:17 pm Saturday January 3rd 8:30 am Ahroni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 4:00 pm Gideon Miller 4:10 pm Rabbi Gelman 4:10 pm Shiur Rabbi Radinsky 5:10 pm Mincha 5:40 pm David Silberman Shabbat ends 6:17 pm Sunday January 4th 8:00 am Shacharit 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday January 5th 6:45 am Shacharit 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday January 6th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday January 7th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday January 8th 6:45 am Shacharit 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday January 9th 7:00 am Shacharit 5:25 pm Mincha/Maariv Candles at 5:22 pm SHABBAT: Pre-Shacharit Class: with Ahroni Carmel. Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Freedman hall sponsored by Kirsten and Jaime Gateno in honor of their son Isaacs Bar Mitzvah. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman one hour before Mincha, will study Pirkei Avot Ethics of the Fathers. We will be using the commentaries of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and Rabbi Yishayahu Leibowitz. These commentaries offer extraordinary insights. Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller one hour and fifteen minutes before Mincha (but no earlier than 4 pm), at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Yoshor. Chumash & Haftorahs: with Rabbi Radinsky one hour before Mincha at the home of Rabbi Radinsky. During Seudot Shlishit: Sing & Study with Rabbi Gelman. Pull up a chair for some soulful singing and inspiring musar study. 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 Library. After Maariv, Sunday through Thursday. Sunday 9:00 am-10:00 am: with David Davies. A course developed by the National Jewish Outreach Program geared to those with a basic knowledge of the Hebrew Alphabet who wish to improve their reading skills and comprehension. There is no charge for this class. It takes place in the conference room at UOS next to the main synagogue office. Sunday 6:00 pm: The Matan mother-daughter Bat Mitzvah program is for 5th grade girls. Please see our events page on the UOS website to register and pay or contact Donna Abramson for more information at sdabramson@gmail.com Mondays and Wednesdays immediately following breakfast: with Rabbi Barry Gelman Lessons in Halacha. 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 Mondays 8:00 pm: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, The Great Debate. The most controversial issues and episodes in Judaism. You can register online at Wednesdays 11:45 am (class 12:00 pm-12:30 pm): with Rabbi Gelman Lunch & Learn: TOPIC: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah portion. Class will be held at UOS in the Library cost $6 (egg salad, tuna salad, fresh green salad and a drink) RSVP to Jeff@uosh.org or online at Wednesdays: Topics on Laws of Shabbat podcast - Each week Rabbi Gelman will send out a recording of a minute shiur on a different topic on the laws of Shabbat. Listen at your leisure. Stay Connected: UOS: Robert M. Beren Academy: UOS Goldberg Montessori: 2

3 UOS Torah Classes at a Glance Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 8:30 am: Pre-Shacharit Class with Ahroni Carmel hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller: at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Yoshor. 1 hour before Mincha: Shabbat class with Rabbi Gelman. - 1 hour before Mincha: Chumash & Haftorahs with Rabbi Radinsky: at the home of Rabbi Radinsky. During Seudah Shlishit: Sing & Study with Rabbi Gelman. Pull up a chair for some soulful singing and inspiring musar study. After Mincha: Massechet Brachotwith David Silberman.. 9:00 am: Hebrew with David Davies. After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. 6:00 pm: Matan program After Breakfast: Lessons in Halacha with Rabbi Gelman. 11:15 am: Israeli dance for women After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. 8:00 pm: Great Debates with Rabbi Gelman: The most controversial issues and episodes in Judaism. After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. 8:00 pm: Jewish Meditation in the Library with Ann Friedman. After Breakfast: Lessons in Halacha with Rabbi Gelman :45 am(lunch) 12-12:30 pm (class) Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Gelman: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah portion. Topics on Laws of Shabbat podcast - Each week Rabbi Gelman will send out a recording of a minute shiur on a different topic on the laws of shabbat. Listen at your leisure. After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. After Maariv: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. Every member of UOS may be involved in the shul by working on a committee or volunteering to be involved in a project. Below is a list of committees and information to contact each chairperson. I do hope that you decide to get involved in the success of UOS. Thank you, Max Reichenthal UOS Committee Chairpersons Committee Contact Address Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org House and Grounds David Davies security@uosh.org Security David Davies security@uosh.org Youth Education Mark Kolodny youth@uosh.org Membership Steven Abramson membership@uosh.org Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org Tzedakah Committee 3 Dov Liberman tzedakah@uosh.org

4 Lunch and Learn Parshat Hashavua: A Textual Analysis of the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Barry Gelman. Each class will offer insight into a specific event or element of the weekly parsha. We will use classic as well as contemporary commentaries as we merge the "old school" and "new school" of Torah interpretation. Wednesdays Lunch - 11:45AM Class - 12:00PM - 12:30PM Cost: $6 for lunch There will be no class on December 24th & December 31st. 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 Isaac Buchine David Chertoff Riki Davies Zachary Garber Chezi Imany Elad Imany Jake Saitowitz Nadav Shoifet 4

5 Our Bnot Sheirut Aya and Neta, are available on Shabbat and during the week. You may choose Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday for dinner or Saturday for lunch. Please note that Shabbat dates should be in the UOS eruv, and all meals must be Kosher. To access Bnot Sheirut's CareCalendar site, visit and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces: Calendar ID: Security code:

6 A Note From The Ritual Committee There are two wonderful sponsorship opportunities available. A new set of the Jerusalem Talmud is being translated by Artscroll with 29 volumes produced to date. We are looking for a sponsor to acquire this important addition to our Library, as well as subscribe to the completion of the set. Also, recently the current volumes of the Koren/ Steinsaltz Talmud with translation have been donated to the Shul. We are looking for a sponsor to take on the subscription until the set is complete. Both of these sets will be valuable additions to our library. Please consider participating in this effort to enhance our shul. Please contact Gideon Miller at gidmill@att.net if you are interested. Presented by the UOS Goldberg Montessori School 6

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8 New and improved options for breakfast, Kiddush and Seudah Shlishit. Available Dates Kiddush 1/10/2015 1/31/2015 2/14/2015 2/28/2015 3/14/2015 3/21/2015 Seudah Shlishit 1/10/2015 1/17/2015 1/24/2015 1/31/2015 2/7/2015 2/14/2015 2/21/2013 2/28/2015 3/7/2015 3/14/2015 3/21/2015 8

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11 December 2014 Mazal Tov Riva & Harry Schneider on the birth of a grandson Rabbi & Paula Urkowitz on their granddaughters Bat Mitzvah Marilyn & Don Schlossberg on the birth of their grandson Steven Paletz on being elected President of the Willow Brook Civic Club Haya & Irv Kowenski on the marriage of their daughter Karine to Elan Gordan Eva & Vojtech Ackerman on the marriage of their son Edward to Rebecca Winter Andrea & Steve Eisenstein on the birth of their grandson, parents are Amy & Michael Eisenstein, aunt & uncle are Jenelle & David Garner Avi Passy on receiving the Eagle Scout award Akiva Levy on receiving the honor of Life Scout Rebecca & Alex Nussbaum on the birth of a daughter Debbie & Sheldon Bootin on the birth of a granddaughter Shirley & Leon Mucasey on the birth of a great granddaughter Susan & Michael Abramowitz on the marriage of their son Ari to Viktoria Simonyan Ady & Lester King on the birth of their son Kristen & Jaime Gateno on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Isaac Gateno, son of Kristen and Jaime, is a student at Robert M Beren Academy. He loves music, writing, and basketball. Baruch Dayan Ha emeth BD H to the family of our member Joseph Heffler BD H to Leon Melamed & Beulah Maltz on the passing of their mother Judith Melamed BD H to Debbie Feuer on the passing of Miles Feuer 11

12 Donations December 2014 Torah Fund: Vojtech Ackerman Howard Feldman Dennis Halpin Herbert Levine Kobi Amsalem Miguel Ferber Alan Hoffman Steven Paletz David Berger Jaime Gateno Jacob Kamaras Steven Plumb Max Blankfeld Rabbi Barry Gelman Ronald Kammerman Rabbi David Radinsky Sheldon Bootin Martin Gelman Ian Kavin Joel Spira David Davies Sloan Gordon Lester King Daniel Yoshor Cantor Irving Dean Ralph Grenville Isaac Lagnado Rabbi Gelman s Discretionary Fund: Zina & Max Blankfeld Beverly & Howard Feldman Andrea Moore Stella & Gerald Blumenthal Kristen & Jaime Gateno Leora & Les Nowitz Holly & David Davies Gabrielle & Rabbi Gelman Carole-Anne & Brian Schulman Bnei Akiva: Gabrielle & Rabbi Barry Gelman Tova & Pablo Geralnik Dorit & Rick Guttman Prayer Book Fund: Mariela & Luis Becerra In memory of Rosario Forero In memory of Eberto Forero Judy & Sheldon Brookman Mazel Tov on the celebration of so many wonderful events. Kay & Thomas Goldman In memory of Rose Starr Elayne & Sloan Gordon In honor of Annelle Ruby Nussbaum Shirley Kurtzman In memory of Myron B. Kurtzman Herman Levin In memory of Lena Ulman 12

13 Donations December 2014 General Synagogue Fund: Judy & Sheldon Brookman Helen Charski Gillian & Michael Davis Seema & Sol Davis Tova & Pablo Geralnik Olga & Terrence Gordon Rhoda Seplowitz & Jonas Hafkin Naomi & Alan Malakoff Tina & Daniel Myers Carolyn Lynn Plessner Richard Schanler Joseph Secan Ethel Shocket Saundra & Jack Turk Breakfast - Kiddush - Seudot Shlishit Sponsors: Scott Davis Carmen & Ralph Grenville Barbara & Samuel Lutfak Seema & Sol Davis Judy & Alan Hoffman David Mitzner Lea & Thomas Eichel Louise & Norman Jaffe Evelyn Reichenthal Beverly & Howard Feldman Joy & Joseph Kaplan Sigal & Yair Yeudai June & Leonard Goldberg Ady & Lester King 13

14 Yahrzeits January 2,2014 January 26,2014 English Date Hebrew Date Name 1/2/ Tevet 5723 Sylvia Lipsky 1/2/ Tevet 5769 Sheila Spitz 1/2/ Tevet 5774 Michael Dziengel 1/3/ Tevet 5749 Max Rosh 1/4/ Tevet 5773 Lauren Lolly Kugler Heather Miriam 1/5/ Tevet 5747 Endelman 1/5/ Tevet 5768 Alan Huvard 1/6/ Tevet 5767 Klara Dlugopiat 1/6/ Tevet 5764 Ellen Gover 1/7/ Tevet 5738 Mendel Shapiro 1/7/ Tevet 5761 Lillian Friedman 1/7/ Tevet 5661 Myron Korn 1/7/ Tevet 5755 Eliezer Mizrahi 1/7/ Tevet 5743 Bernard Miretzky 1/8/ Tevet 5742 Sol Goodman 1/8/ Tevet 5752 Oscar Blumberg 1/8/ Tevet 5766 Blanche Van Praag 1/8/ Tevet 5769 Jack Halperin 1/9/ Tevet 5743 Solomon Abramowitz 1/10/ Tevet 5739 Sarah Simon 1/10/ Tevet 5661 Celia Radinsky 1/11/ Tevet 5755 Frances Lazarus Simon 1/11/ Tevet 5745 Samuel Davis 1/12/ Tevet 5767 Francisco Forero 1/12/ Tevet 5737 Joseph Ellman 1/13/ Tevet 5751 Harold Chapman 1/13/ Tevet 5755 Nathan Winer 1/13/ Tevet 5760 Sidney Reichenthal 1/13/ Tevet 5721 Louis Brookman 1/13/ Tevet 5734 Riva Davis 1/14/ Tevet 5768 Robert Berman 1/14/ Tevet 5713 Joseph Shocket 1/14/ Tevet 5731 Esther Nachshen 1/15/ Tevet 5754 Leonard Huntley Freeman 1/15/ Tevet 5771 Albert David Gaon 1/16/ Tevet 5750 Adele Mccarble English Date Hebrew Date Name 1/16/ Tevet 5758 Shirley Sue Auster 1/17/ Tevet 5751 Pearl Braude 1/17/ Tevet 5772 Zonie Saitowitz 1/17/ Tevet 5767 Morris Halpin 1/18/ Tevet 5768 Jacob Dienstag 1/19/ Tevet 5661 Joseph Urman 1/20/ Tevet 5682 Samuel Secan 1/20/ Tevet 5770 Jacob Kaufman 1/20/ Tevet 5766 Eugene Brown 1/20/ Tevet 5756 Albert Shocket 1/21/ Shevat 5677 Abraham Charski 1/21/ Shevat 5732 Sophie Apt 1/21/ Shevat 5745 Milton Simon 1/21/ Shevat 5769 Irving Chandler 1/22/ Shevat 5661 Sam Reichenthal 1/22/ Shevat 5661 Josek Efromowicz 1/22/ Shevat 5768 Jody Martin 1/22/ Shevat 5741 Ellen Bodenheimer 1/22/ Shevat 5771 Saline Sitt 1/23/ Shevat 5768 Philip Weitzner 1/24/ Shevat 5761 Bertram Bernstein 1/24/ Shevat 5722 Dorothy Kavin 1/24/ Shevat 5751 Max Landsberger 1/24/ Shevat 5719 Molly Prager 1/24/ Shevat 5752 Gertrude Dall 1/24/ Shevat 5756 Felipe Vasquez Isadore Joseph 1/25/ Shevat 5730 Gerber 1/25/ Shevat 5661 Rebecca Block 1/25/ Shevat 5754 Paul Alberts 1/25/ Shevat 5762 Charlotte Sack Rev. Joseph 1/25/ Shevat 5661 Sabludowsky 1/25/ Shevat 5759 Stuart Alan Fayner 1/25/ Shevat 5724 Fannie Shocket 1/26/ Shevat 5730 Rebecca Mintz 14

15 Yahrzeits January 26, February 20, 2015 English Hebrew Date Name 1/26/ Shevat 5755 Sally Lubart 1/27/ Shevat 5752 Abe Chimes 1/27/ Shevat 5746 Jack Kammerman 1/27/ Shevat 5726 Leah Rosenman 1/27/ Shevat 5755 Dora Kusnetz 1/27/ Shevat 5746 Jack Kammerman 1/27/ Shevat 5771 Alice Beneke 1/28/ Shevat 5773 Ester Steinberg Gerber 1/28/ Shevat 5747 William Shandelman 1/28/ Shevat 5727 Murray Lipsky 1/29/ Shevat 5751 Nochum Leizer Melamed 1/30/ Shevat 5747 Seth Kass 1/31/ Shevat 5745 Marcel Herscovici 1/31/ Shevat 5747 Joseph Fallas 1/31/ Shevat 5747 Joseph Fallas 1/31/ Shevat 5747 Joseph Fallas 1/31/ Shevat 5753 Sylvan D. Goldstein 2/1/ Shevat 5749 Bessie Martin 2/1/ Shevat 5773 Virginia G. Johnson 2/2/ Shevat 5758 Herman Lensky 2/2/ Shevat 5749 Wolfe Schwartz 2/2/ Shevat 5746 Nathan Gelman 2/2/ Shevat 5729 Sarah Preefer 2/2/ Shevat 5764 Basil Preefer 2/2/ Shevat 5764 Nadia Preefer 2/3/ Shevat 5661 Kalman Pollak 2/3/ Shevat 5772 Phillip Kligman 2/3/ Shevat 5720 Julius Bootin 2/3/ Shevat 5723 Abraham Baker 2/4/ Shevat 5761 Ephraim Haskal 2/4/ Shevat 5743 Frieda Schimmel 2/4/ Shevat 5759 Julian Phillip Wolk 2/5/ Shevat 5768 Edythe Korn English Date Hebrew Date Name 2/5/ Shevat 5748 Harry S. Levin 2/5/ Shevat 5768 Eva Josephs 2/5/ Shevat 5754 Irvin D. Kaplan 2/6/ Shevat 5756 Mitchel Joseph Goren 2/6/ Shevat 5770 Rhona Sylvia Minkowitz 2/6/ Shevat 5726 Florence Kurtzman 2/6/ Shevat 5661 George Davis 2/7/ Shevat 5737 Emma Mizrahi 2/8/ Shevat 5756 Theodore Apt 2/8/ Shevat 5757 Sara Linde 2/9/ Shevat 5733 Annie Geller Leff 2/10/ Shevat 5661 Fannie Breitowich 2/11/ Shevat 5721 Reuben Goldman 2/11/ Shevat 5661 Malvina Steinfink 2/12/ Shevat 5757 Paula Cohen Steinfink 2/12/ Shevat 5766 Samuel Forero 2/12/ Shevat 5661 Annie Reichenthal 2/12/ Shevat 5748 Harry Saul Opwald 2/13/ Shevat 5770 Gerald Berger 2/13/ Shevat 5737 Simon Arch 2/13/ Shevat 5768 Norma Geralnik 2/14/ Shevat 5737 May Belle Davis Simon 2/14/ Shevat 5744 Bessie R Halpin 2/14/ Shevat 5765 Sidney Fenster 2/14/ Shevat 5737 May Belle Davis Simon 2/15/ Shevat 5760 Ida Kopman 2/15/ Shevat 5740 Leonore Berkowitz 2/15/ Shevat 5751 Frieda Kronman 2/16/ Shevat 5661 Max Friedman 2/17/ Shevat 5751 Grace Fenster 2/17/ Shevat 5759 William Dlugopiat 2/18/ Shevat 5738 Richard Michael Sachs 2/18/ Shevat 5765 Rebeccah Sternberg 2/19/ Shevat 5742 Max Goldberg 2/5/ Shevat 5712 Abraham Isaac 15

16 Shabbat February United Orthodox Synagogues welcomes Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz for a Social Justice Shabbaton UOS is also proud to be hosting a YACHAD* Shabbaton this weekend Shabbat Lunch with YACHAD participants and UOS Community - Services at 5:55PM. Dinner at approx. 7:00PM Reserve your spot for dinner at Children $15, Adults $20 Shabbat Morning Sermon "Mishpatim: The Infinite Opportunities to Flourish in Life!" Post-Kiddush Class "Criminal Justice in the Jewish Tradition Shabbat Afternoon following lunch (Approx. 2:00PM) "Social Justice in the 21st Century." Rabbi Yanklowitz will also be giving two classes at Yom Limmud on Sunday Feb. 15 -"Soul Searching: Spiritual Writing Workshop." -"Yeridat HaDorot: The Decline of the Generations." Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the Executive Director of the Valley Beit Midrash, the Founder and President of Uri L Tzedek, and the Founder and CEO of The Shamayim V Aretz Institute. Rav Shmuly completed his Masters at Yeshiva University in Jewish Philosophy, a Masters at Harvard in Moral Psychology and a Doctorate at Columbia in Epistemology and Moral Development. He is the author of seven books on Jewish ethics and was listed in Newsweek's "America's Top 50 Rabbis for 2012 and Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is one of this year s Barish Shabbat Limmud Scholars. His visit is co-sponsored by United Orthodox Synagogues and the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston in partnership with the Barish Family/Chair King. In addition to his/her presentations at our synagogue during Shabbat, he/she will also be presenting at the Federation s annual day of learning, Yom Limmud, on Sunday, February 15 at Congregation Beth Yeshurun, 4525 Beechnut. For a complete schedule and to preregister for Yom Limmud, go to 16