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1 S H A B B AT B U L L E T I N Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky z l Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Rick Guttman The Eruv is up. LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM: Shabbat Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years September 14-15, Tishrei 5778 Shabbat Shuva Torah Sefer: Devarim Parasha: Vayeilech Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10, Joel 2:11-27, Micah 7: No Teen Minyan 10:15 am Groups in trailer 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat 5:00 pm Snif Parents are asked to tell their kids that card playing is not permitted in the Synagogue. The presence of card playing does not promote the type of atmosphere we are trying to create in the shul. Additionally, all youth should either be in groups or sitting with their parents. Cemetery Services before Yom Kippur Rabbi Gelman will conduct services at our cemeteries on Sunday September 16, :45 am Adath Emeth * 10:45 am Adath Israel * Noon Beth Jacob Shabbat Kiddush lunch after services: Sponsored by Debra & Michael Kupferman in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jacob. Shabbat Kiddush next week. Sponsorship is appreciated. Seudah Shlishit after services. Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is appreciated. Stay Connected: UOS: Robert M. Beren Academy: United Orthodox Synagogues The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX Mazal Tov Barbara & Marty Gelman on the birth of their Great Granddaughter Rabbi Barry & Gabi Gelman on the birth of their Great Niece 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 September 14th 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:10 pm Candles Saturday September 15th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:00 pm Shabbat Shuva Drasha with Rabbi Gelman 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:30 pm Class David Silberman 8:09 pm Havdalah Sunday September 16th 8:00 am Shacharit 7:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday September 17th 6:00 Early Shacharit 6:20 am Shacharit 7:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday September 18th Erev Yom Kippur 6:45 am Shacharit 3:00 pm Early Mincha 7:05 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:05 pm Fast begins 7:20 Kol Nidre Wednesday September 19th Yom Kippur 9:00 am Shacharit 5:20 pm Mincha 6:30 pm Ne eila 8:04 pm Fast ends & Havdallah Thursday September 20th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 7:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Shabbat Morning Services: Followed by a Shabbat Kiddush lunch. Sponsored by Debra & Michael Kupferman in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jacob. Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha in the trailer. There will be no class this Shabbat. Shabbat Shuva Drasha: with Rabbi Gelman, Title, Is Forgiveness Possible Without Repentance? Seudah Shlishit: Will follow Mincha. 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 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 Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Rabbi Moshe Traxler teaching the Rambam's Mishneh Torah. CARE CALENDARS We are pleased to share with you the CareCalendar for our new Bnot Sheriut, Gal Haim and Ori Cohen. We hope that the entire community will take the opportunity to get to know these wonderful people. Please go to and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces: Calendar ID: Security code: 4900 Friday September 21st 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:01 pm Candles 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. Saturday September 22nd 9:00 am Shacharit 5:35 pm Class Gideon Miller 5:50 pm Classes Rabbi Gelman 6:50 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:20 pm Class David Silberman 8:01 pm Havdalah 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 Shabbat Shuva Drasha: with Rabbi Gelman, Title, Is Forgiveness Possible Without Repentance? - 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha in the trailer. 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. Erev Yom Kippur Yom Kippur 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 UOS Elise Passy Education@uosh.org Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org House and Grounds Neil Scheckter houseandgrounds@uosh.org Membership Avi Tessler membership@uosh.org Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai security@uosh.org Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman tzedakah@uosh.org Youth Education Elise Passy youth@uosh.org 3

4 YOM KIPPUR BULLETIN Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky z l Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Rick Guttman The Eruv is up. LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM: Yom Kippur Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years September 18-19, Tishrei 5779 Torah Sefer: Leviticus Parasha: Acharei 16 Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14-58:4 Mincha: Acharei 18 Haftarah: Jonah 7:18-20 Tuesday Night: 7:20 pm 8:20 pm Wednesday 9:30-10:40 AM- Free play 10:40-11:15 Approx After Kedusha - Children s Tfilla 11:15-12:00 - Free play 12:00-12:45 PM approx During Israel appeal & sermon - Educational Program 1 12:45-2:15 - Free Play 2:15-2:45 Approx After Kedusha - Educational Program 2 2:45-3:25 - Free play until Birkat Kohanim Women's Sukkot and Simchat Torah Celebrations All women, girls, and children are invited to join in hoshanaot on the women's side on the first two days of Sukkot. Lulav and etrog not required. Please come join us! The annual UOS Women's Simchat Torah service will take place at 9:45 a.m. on October 2 in the UOS Annex. We will celebrate the Torah with singing, dancing, and a Torah service led by women and post-bat Mitzvah girls. For questions or to volunteer, please contact Marisa Brown at mbrown222@gmail.com. Stay Connected: UOS: Robert M. Beren Academy: Break The Fast is sponsored by Meryl & Robert Adams Marilyn & Ron Kammerman Leah & Stewart Mueller United Orthodox Synagogues The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX The greatest chessed (kindness) you can do for someone in shul is to let them pray undisturbed. Please refrain from talking during services. 4

5 Yom Kippur Service Times Erev Yom Kippur Tuesday September 18, 2018 Shacharit: 6:45 am Early Mincha: 3:00 pm Mincha: 7:05 pm Candle Lighting: 7:05 pm Fast begins: 7:05 pm Kol Nidre: 7:20 pm Yom Kippur Wednesday September 19, 2018 Shacharit: 9:00 am Sermon: 11:30 am Yizkor: 11:45 am Mussaf: Noon Mincha: 5:20 pm Ne eila: 6:30 pm Fast ends: 8:04 pm Havdallah: 8:04 pm Mikvah Use for Men Erev Yom Kippur The Mikvah will be open for men s use Erev Yom Kippur (Tuesday September 18th) between 8am-4pm. The door will be unlocked. There is an $18 fee per person. Please leave your fee in the box provided in the Mikvah or if you prefer make a donation online under donations. Please remember to bring a towel and shower first. This time is set aside for only men to use the Mikvah. absolutely NO toveling of dishes is allowed during this time. Childcare Childcare services are offered at the times listed below. The Sessions are: Kol Nidre 6:45 pm-9:45 pm Yom Kippur (2 sessions) 9:30 am-2:30 pm and then 5:15 pm 8:15 pm 5

6 The mission of SEARCH is to end homelessness in Houston. We re honored to be a member of their Council of Congregations. To mark World Homeless Weekend, October 12-14, 2018, we re inviting UOS members to donate adult-sized socks and basic hygiene items (deodorant, wet wipes, small bottles of hand sanitizer and mouthwash, feminine hygiene supplies, hairbrushes, combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste) which will be distributed to homeless Houstonians. Please look for the collection box in the lobby and give generously. We d be delighted if every UOS family would participate in this worthy effort. Thank you! Doreen Lerner and Marisa Brown, co-chairs, UOS Tikkun Olam program Your Chesed committee has been hard at work. These are some of our activities. Would you like to join us in these mitzvot? If so, please doreenlerner@sbcglobal.net We d love to have you participate! As appropriate, kids and teens and not just adults - are welcome to be part of our committee. Bikur Cholim Shiva visits Create, write and mail bereavement cards when a shul member sustains a loss in their family Deliver Kaddish: Womens Voices to female shul members who ve experienced a loss Participate as a committee in Yom Chesed at Beren Chanukah candle-lighting project with homebound members Deliver groceries after surgery for isolated members Transportation to medical appointments for isolated members Provide food for Shabbos following surgery Phone calls to isolated/senior members Visits to senior/isolated members Widow to widow network Participate in the shul s quarterly Tikkun Olam program If you learn of any Chesed needs in our community, please be sure to let us know! We have a housing site that has been having quite a few fires and smoke-related incidents due to the residents not knowing how to utilize the stovetop properly. These are folks who have been homeless for many years and a lot of them do not know how to cook. We are looking for a few volunteers to hold a cooking education session (or a couple of sessions) at the housing site so the residents, the staff, and the Fire Department can have a well-deserved break! If you choose to do this, you would be integral in working with SEARCH staff and the housing site Team Lead and case managers to plan, develop, and implement what makes the most sense and would be the most helpful to the residents. If you re interested in volunteering for this project, please contact Doreen Lerner: doreenlerner@sbcglobal.net 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 Zach Katz Reuben Morris Gavriel Saitowitz Jake Saitowitz 6

7 Jacob Nathaniel Kupferman will be celebrating his Bar MItzvah on Saturday September 15, 2018, Shabbat Parashat Vayeilech. Jacob is the son of Debra and Michael Kupferman and brother of Asaph and Gabrielle. His proud grandparents are Carol and Max Kupferman of Woodmere, NY and Shulamit and Joseph z'l Yoshor of Houston, Texas. Jacob is in 8th grade at Robert M. Beren Academy and enjoys camping, hiking, scouting, photography and basketball. For Families of High School Seniors. Before you know it, it will be time to choose a school for gap year Yeshivot, Midrashot and other programs. Rabbi Gelman is happy to meet with families to offer guidance and information about the different programs. To make an appointment to meet with Rabbi Gelman to discuss this, please use this link - 7

8 Don't forget to sign up to study a chapter of the Torah in time for the Simchat Torah celebration. All we are asking in that you sign up to study a portion of the torah at your own pace...you can read it in english, study it with a commentary...alone or with a friend...please contact Gabi Gelman at gabigelman@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions or need guidance - follow this link to sign up - 8

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