Until September 14th we will making an early Shabbos with Mincha at 7:00 PM. Candle lighting will be at 7:00 PM, and no later than 7:20 PM

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1 The Orthodox Synagogue For ALL Jews In Hampton Roads B NAI ISRAEL CONGREGATION Shabbos: June 16, 2018 Tammuz 3, 5778 Parshas Korach This week s Kiddush is sponsored by the Kiddush Club This week s Shalosh Seudos by the Shalosh Seudos Club S c h e d u l e f o r t h e W e e k Friday, June 15th (2nd Tammuz) Candle lighting 7:00 P* Minchah/Kabbalas Shabbos/Maariv 7:00 P* Shabbos, June 16th (3rd Tammuz) BISLI - LAST OF THE SEASON Babysitting Shabbos Women s Hilel Pirkei Avos: Mincha Maariv/Havdala 9:00 A 10:00 A 10:00 A 5:00 P 7:00 P 7:10 P 8:00 P 9:13 P Partners in Torah at JCC Mincha/Maariv Tuesday, June 19th (9th Tammuz) Tomer Devora class Mincha/Maariv Wednesday, June 20th (10th Tammuz) Mincha / Maariv 8:00 P 7:00 A 12:00 N 7:00 A Sunday, June 17th (4th Tammuz) Yeshivas Aish Kodesh Graduation Yeshivas Aish Kodesh Dinner Mincha / Maariv Monday, June 18th (5th Tammuz) BINA High School Graduation 7:00 A 8:00 A 3:00 P 4:00 P 6:45 A 6:45 P Thursday, June 21st (11th Tammuz) Toras Chaim Graduation (Bnai) Mincha / Maariv 6:45 A 6:00 P Friday, June 22nd (12th Tammuz) 7:00 A Candle Lighting 7:00 P* Mincha 7:00 P* Until September 14th we will making an early Shabbos with Mincha at 7:00 PM. Candle lighting will be at 7:00 PM, and no later than 7:20 PM Bnai Israel Congregation, 420 Spotswood Avenue, Norfolk, VA / Phone: (757) , office@bnaiisrael.org

2 Shabbos Classes Boys Learning Women s Class Pirkei Avos with Rabbi Haber 3:00 PM For boys grades: 5th to 8th Gemara Shiur at home of Rabbi Harpaz 5:15 PM For all boys: Pirkei Avos - Location to be announced at shul 30 minutes before Mincha: For boys 1st to 4th grades: Parsha with Rabbi Lipman 5:00 PM at the home of Goldie Hilel. Based on the book: "Eishes Chayil: Ancient Wisdom for Women of Today" by Shira Hochheimer The class will be given by Mrs. Amy Lefcoe 50 minutes before Mincha: Practical Lessons for Life Weekday Classes Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. with Rabbi Loiterman Morning 7:00 M Evening After Maariv (as noted) Mesilas Yesharim Partners in Torah at JCC Night Kollel Tomer Devora with Amy Lefcoe Gemara: Avoda Zora Rabbi Haber's Classes Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. On hiatus Kollel Learning Programs Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. 8:00 PM After Maariv After Maariv Other Classes Available Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. 12:00 N 75 min before Mincha

3 TH A N K Y O U TO V O L U N T E E R S OF T H E C E M E T E R Y C L E A N U P A since debt of gratitude goes out to the following people for volunteering last Sunday (June 10th) at the cemetery clean up: Our volunteers: John Correll Rabbi Shalom Mostofsky Elisheva Mostofsky Leah Goldberg Zipporah Goldberg Chavah Goldberg Rabbi Gavriel Rudin Moshe Dov Rudin Jeff Brooke Rabbi Sender Haber Ellie Haber Joey Miller Rabbi Baruch Danziger Shaya Danziger A special thank you to: Billy Sager, Zev Goldberg, and Ari Goldberg who worked three hours in the heat A lot of great work was done and there will be more opportunity for others to participate in the upcoming months. And an extra special thank you to Lt. Commander Goldberg for heading up this endeavor and for his ongoing work at the cemetery S P E C I A L W O M E N S S H A L O S H S E U D O S This Shabbos, June 16th at 7:00 PM We are also saying to good-bye to the Edery family this week. There will be a special women's Shalosh Seudos this Shabbos at 7:00 PM at 1353 Botetourt Gardens This is the last Shabbos that the Edery family will be official Norfolk residents - we wish them Hatzlacha on their move to Florida next week. Even Eliana & Malka are here for the special event! Y E S H I V A A I S H K O D E S H G R A D U A T I O N AND S I Y U M D I N N E R Graduation: Sunday, June 17th at 3:00 PM at Bnai Israel Congregation Dinner: Sunday, June 17th at 4:00 PM at Bnai Israel Congregation Please join the faculty and senior class of Yeshivas Aish Kodesh for the 2018 graduation of: Yosef Abramson, Yehuda Bazelon, Binyamin Goffin, Mattie Loiterman, Yussie Perlman, and Moshe Rothman at 3:00 PM. At 4:00 PM, the Yeshiva will be having it s annual Siyum and Dinner where Gershon & Chana Leah Rothman will be honored as parents of the year and Mr. & Mrs. Sruly Twerski will be honored as the alumnus of the year, along with the 2018 graduates. The cost of the dinner is $54.00 per person. Please make your reservations by calling the Yeshiva office. B I N A H IGH S C H O O L G R A D U A T I O N Monday, June 18th at 6:45 PM at Bnai Israel Congregation With gratitude to Hashem Yisborach the Faculty and Board of Directors of BINA High School cordially invites you to its ninth Commencement Exercises honoring the graduating class of 2018: Liba Frenkel and Mattie Lefcoe on Monday, June 18th, the 5th of Tamuz, 5778, at 6:45 PM at Bnai Israel Congregation. Refreshments will follow the ceremony.

4 T O R A S C H A I M G R A D U A T I O N Thursday, June 21st at 6:00 PM - new location: Bnai Israel Congregation Toras Chaim would like to invite the community to our graduation ceremony taking place at Bnai Israel on Thursday, June 21st at 6:00pm. Our 8th grade graduates: Lila Bridge, Natanel Hilel, Ariella Rubenstein, Rivka Schoenfeld G R A N T W O R K S H O P Thursday, June 21st at 9:15 AM The Tidewater Jewish Foundation is offering a workshop on how to write a good grant request. At this workshop, affiliates will have an opportunity to learn what the TJF Grants Committee is looking for in the proposal, and how to avoid some of the common mistakes that grantees make. If you will be working on the requests for the first time, or if you would like your requests to be more effective, we suggest you attend the workshop. (Breakfast at 9:00.) RSVP to Ann Swindell aswindell@ujft.org. or contact Rabbi Haber with any questions. 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 & other services for the shul. Contributions to the Bnai Israel Sisterhood flower fund can be mailed to Mrs. Irene B. Mazel or Mrs. Frances Berger. S U M M E R H O S P I T A L I T Y As we approach the summer months, please let Mrs. Helen Griffin know if you are able to host guests for sleeping or eating. All guests placed by the hospitality committee are screened by Rabbi Haber. Please have all potential guests call Rabbi Haber's office directly. He will put them in touch with Mrs. Griffin. If you are interested in renting out your house over a portion of the summer please let Rabbi Haber know. We receive several requests each year. V O L U N T E E R O P P O R T U N I T Y We are looking for volunteers to help prepare food and set up for Shalosh Seudos. Opportunity is open to men and women and food can be prepared in shul during the week at volunteer's convenience. Please contact Rabbi Haber or Jeff Brooke. S A V E T H E D A T E : T H E 2 ND A N N U A L A NN Z U K E R M A N S C H O L A R - IN- R E S I D E N C E P R O G R A M Shabbos, September 1st, Parshas Ki Savo The second annual Ann Zukerman Scholar-in-Residence Program will take place on Shabbos Parshas Ki Savo, September 1st. Our guest will be Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, a well known Torah scholar, author, and lecturer. If you would like to be involved in the program, please contact Rabbi Haber or Jeff Brooke.

5 Thank you to our contributors Bnai Israel Congregation Allan & Nancy Berman: In honor of Gershon & Chana Leah Rothman in honor of being named Parents of the Year by Yeshivas Aish Kodesh. Ruth Rothman: In memory of Cis Posner, mother of Susan Posner Becker Silverman Solutions: In honor of Michael Mostofsky Dr. Michael & Brina Weissman: In memory of Cis Posner, mother of Susan Posner Becker Dr. Michael & Brina Weissman: In honor of David & Ingrid Edery and family - Hatzlacha in your move to Florida Michael Eleff: In honor of Rabbi Sender Haber Yizkor Fund Shia & Phyllis Lome

6 T HE K I D D U S H & S H A L O S H S E U D O S C L U B S Ever wonder how those non-sponsored Kiddushes and Shalosh Seudos meals get paid for? Although it doesn t look like a lot of food, it does cost us at least $ as week to put on the non-sponsored Kiddush for over 150 people and at least $75.00 for a non-sponsored Shalosh Seudos. It is through the generosity of the members of the Kiddush Club and the Shalosh Seudos clubs that the costs are covered. The following families have pledged $18 per month to the Kiddush Club to cover these costs: Robert & Darcy Bloch Jeff & Amy Brooke Aaron & Ruth Cohen Drs. Stephen & Lynn Deutsch Robert & Audrey Gutterman Kevin & Amy Lefcoe Rabbi Gershon & Sara Litt Jason & Dr. Alison Ohana Dr. Earl & Andie Pollock Ruth Rothman Dr. Gedalia & Jodi Schwartz Dr. Gary Siegel & Dr. Laurie Goldsticker Jordan & Laurie Slone Dr. Michael & Brina Weissman Mike & Naomi Zelikovich Herb & Bina Zukerman Each of the following families have pledged $10 per month to the Shalosh Seudos Club cover these costs: Robert & Darcy Bloch Jeff & Amy Brooke Aaron & Ruth Cohen Drs. Stephen & Lynn Deutsch Rabbi Sender & Chamie Haber Shmuel & Shira Itzhak Rabbi Aharon & Sarah Lipman Rabbi Gershon & Sara Litt Harold & Susan Loiterman Joey & Carol Miller Dr. Earl & Andie Pollock Bern Schloss Dr. Gedalia & Jodi Schwartz Jordan & Laurie Slone Dr. Michael & Brina Weissman Herb & Bina Zukerman Won t you consider joining these special clubs? Additional sponsors will help us cover our cost and expand our menus. You can be billed each month, or once a year - it s up to you. If you are interested, please contact Amy Brooke or Michele Aronoff.

7 For the Week of Shabbos, June 16th through Friday, June 22nd Nachama Raizel Danziger 1st 6/16 Ken Wilson 6/16 Abbott Saks 6/18 Sarah Chaya Nagar 4th 6/21 BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES Brina Weissman 6/21 Joshua Berman 19th 6/22 Chana Leah Rothman 6/22 Leah Schwartz 6/22 Rabbi & Mrs. Sholom Mostofsky 27th 6/17 Rabbi & Mrs. Shmuel Brandt 19th 6/21 YAHRTZEITS Jerome Cohen 6/17 Rose Levinson 6/17 Etta Lind 6/17 H. Sol Kreger 6/19 Tzion Keter 6/20 Molly Schwartz 6/20 Belle Wellman 6/20 Nandor Lazar 6/21 Benjamin Jack Levy 6/21 Louis M. Buckman 6/22 Women REFUAH SHELAIMA Men 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 Tzippora Aviva bas Rivka Sara Bas Sara Miriam Rochel bas Chava Elisheva Kayla Dodie bas Rochel Bracha Rochel Bracha bas Baila Tirtze Sorah bas Rochel Bracha Rivka Tehillah bas Sarah Hinda bas Dena Shula bas Carmela Eliana Chaya bas Nacha Adi Simcha bas Penina Leah Aida Batya bas Etta Chaya Tova Gittel bas Shulamis Sima Bayla Mishka bas Devora Malka Chana bas Ruchel Sarah bas Tzipora Chaya Raizel bas Dena Chana bas Sarah Adi Bat Miriam Chaya bas Ruchel Sheva bas Rivka Chaya Ruchel bas Zelda Shira bas Sarah Nechama Getzel bas Rachel Ruchama Malka Briendel bas Shaina Shifra Rivka bas Chaya Ruchel Rivka bas Yocheved Raizel Shoshana bas Faiga Leah Orly Rachel Bat Yehudit Rus Tye Miriam bas Zehavit Chana Rochel bas Sara Arielle Mazal Tov bas Eliane Devora Faiga bas Malka Shoshana Aliza bas Aviva Michal Miriam Chava Chana Devora bas Shaindel Chaya Rivka Batya Pia bas Chaya Ruchel Esther bas Ruth Rachel Chana bas Shulamet Itel Feiga Elka bas Yehudis Aydel bas Chaya Sarah Duba bas Miriam Batya Yehudis bas Masha Sarah Nechama bat Esther Mere 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 Aryeh Nachman HaCohen ben Ita David Shlomo ben Rivka Tehilla Koppel ben Bayla Abraham ben Iza Yoel Meir ben Chaya Yehudah Ben Batya Rafael Messod ben Naomi Sarah 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 Avraham ben Chana Asher Eliyahu ben Leah Akiva Hillel Ben Cooki Tziporah Feige Gittel Yehuda Herschel ben Chaya Leah Dovid Leshem ben Esther Abba ben Tzipora Pesach ben Baila Rachmiel Leib ben Mordechai HaLevi Chaim Rafael Yoel ben Shayna Golda Daniel Yosef ben Miriam Moshe Yosef ben Esther Reuven HaCohen ben Sarah Eitan Shmuel bas Chana Leah Eliezer Yehuda ben Chana Shaindel Yisroel Shmuel ben Sarah 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 Yehudah Leib ben Lenora Daniella Yosef Tzvi ben Rochel Pessil Chaim Yaakov ben Avigail Dovid Moshe Yosef ben Esther Yonasan Yisroel ben Devorah Rivka David Shlomo ben Gittel Ezra Chaim ben Rivka

8 Week of June 10th through June 16th Sunday, June 10th: Clean-up at the Bnai Israel Cemetery (10-12) Wednesday, June 13th: Rosh Chodesh Tamuz (1st Day) Thursday, June 14th: Rosh Chodesh Tamuz (2nd Day) THE B NAI ISRAEL CALENDAR AT A GLANCE Week of June 17th through June 23rd Sunday, June 17th: Yeshivas Aish Kodesh Graduation and Siyum Dinner (Bnai Israel) Monday, June 18th: Bina High School Graduation (Bnai Israel) Thursday, June 21st: Toras Chaim 8th Grade Graduation (Toras Chaim - Portsmouth) Week of June 24th through June 30th Monday, June 25th: First Day of Camp Ruach / Camp SEED (4 weeks) Shabbos, June 30th: Shalosh Seudos in memory of Phillip Mazel by his nephew Joel Mazel & Alyson Leeman Week of July 1st through July 7th Sunday, July 1st: Shiva Asar b Tamuz (nidche) beginning of the Three Weeks Wednesday, July 4th: Independence Day Week of July 8th through July 14th Friday, July 13th: Rosh Chodesh Av Week of July 15th through July 21st Friday, July 20th: Last day of Camp Ruach / Camp SEED Week of July 22nd through July 28th Sunday, July 22nd: Tisha b Av (nidche) - end of the Three Weeks Week of July 29th through August 4th Week of July 5th through August 11th Shabbos, August 11th: Bar Mitzva of Koby Schwartz Week of August 12th through August 18th Shabbos, August 18th: Bar Mitzva of Mordechai Schoenfeld Week of August 19th through August 25th Shabbos, August 25th: Kiddush in honor of the 50th Wedding anniversary of Harold & Susan Loiterman Shabbos, August 25th: Bar Mitzva of Sholom Brashevitzky (Chabad) Week of August 26th through September 2nd Shabbos, September 2nd: The 2nd Annual Ann Zukerman Scholar in Residence with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein Week of September 3rd through September 8th Monday, September 4th: Labor Day Week of September 9th through September 15th Sunday, September 9th: Erev Rosh Hashana Monday, September 10th: First day of Rosh Hashana 5779 Tuesday, September 11th: Second day of Rosh Hashana Tuesday, September 11th: Tashlich at the Hague Wednesday, September 12th: Tzom Gedalia Week of September 16th through September 22nd Tuesday, September 18th: Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre Wednesday, September 19th: Yom Kippur Week of September 23rd through September 29th Sunday, September 23rd: Erev Sukkos Monday, September 24th: First day of Sukkos Tuesday, September 25th: Second day of Sukkos Wednesday, September 26th: Chol Hamoed Sukkos Thursday, September 27: Chol Hamoed Sukkos Friday, September 28th: Chol Hamoed Sukkos Shabbos, September 29th: Chol Hamoed Sukkos Week of September 30th through October 6th Sunday, September 30th: Hoshana Raba Sunday, September 30th: Erev Shmini Atzeres Monday. October 1st: Shmini Atzeres Tuesday, October 2nd: Simchas Torah

9 P A R S H A S K O R A C H By Rabbi Sender Haber Several years ago, I officiated at a funeral for a woman named Martha Shapiro Masha bas Yosef - ע"ה who had passed away at the age of 107. Martha Bloom Shapiro was born in 1908 in Przasnysz, Poland, not too far from Warsaw. At the age of three she immigrated with her parents Leba and Joseph to Baltimore and soon thereafter to Newport News. She married Charles Shapiro in 1939 and lived in Newport News for a total of 104 years. At the funeral, I decided to quote the Rabbi in Pruzhnitz, where Masha was born. His name was Rav Avraham Lichtstein and he was a nephew the legendary Chassidic leaders, the Rebbe Reb Zishe and the Rebbe Reb Elimelech. He recorded his thoughts on this week s Torah portion in his Kanfei Nesharim. In Parshas Korach the Jewish people were struck by a plague after the narcissistic rebellion of Korach and his men. They accused Moshe of Killing the Nation of G-d. Moshe needed to explain to the people that by quashing the selfish rebellion of Korach he wasn t killing G- d s nation, he was ensuring its continuity. If we are obsessed with this world we will not be able to live as Jews and care for and love others as Jews should. In a dramatic and desperate moment Moshe sent Aaron with incense to stop the plague. Aaron stood between the living and the dead and he stopped the plague. The Pruzhnitzer Rav explained that this idea of standing between the Living and the dead was more than just logistics. Aaron had a job of standing between the living and the dead. Too often those who are living are consumed with selfishness and greed and a lack of perspective. Once we are in the next world we can look back and realize just how transient and unimportant everything was. But souls are not holier. G-d places us here in this world to fulfill a mission. We can only fulfill that mission as living and breathing human beings. Aaron s task was to stand between the living and the dead. He had to take the perspectives of those who are no longer here and somehow communicate them to those here in this world. I shared in my thoughts that Mrs. Shapiro stood between the living and the dead. She was a link to a generation that nobody else has seen. And she did it well. The prayers we will say affirming G-d s role in our lives are the same that were said by her Rabbi Pruzhnitz 107 years ago. Martha was a link in Jewish continuity, not only in Hampton, but for the Jewish nation. It is up to us to be the next link. To stand between the living and those who have passed away, and to carry her message for the next one hundred years.