Adar/Nissan 5772 March 2012 Volume 4/ Number 3 Parashat March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 Tetzave Ki Tisa Vayakhel/Pekudei Vayikra Tzav SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING March 2 5:49PM March 9 5:50PM March 16 5:51PM March 23 5:52PM March 30 5:53PM Tu B Shevat PAGE 4 PURIM March 8 ROSH CHODESH March 24 WEEKLY Sunday: 9:30 am Hebrew School Monday: 7:15 am Minyan Shacharit Thursday: 7:15 am Minyan Shacharit Friday: 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat: 9:30 am Minyan followed by Kiddush Passover from 1926 PAGE 5 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 Special Kiddush David Elefant in Memory of his Mother The Kohler Family in honor of Brayden 's Birthday Chava and Shoshanna Wang Maricar Mascunana and Isador Gilan Asher Goffer Shabbat Hagadol
March 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:00PM 3 Ladies Lesson after Lunch 4 Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children 5 6 7 Fast of Esther 8 PURIM 9 Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:00PM 10 Ladies Lesson after Lunch 11 Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children 12 13 14 15 16 Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:00PM 17 Ladies Lesson after Lunch 18 Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children 19 20 21 22 23 Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:00PM 24 Ladies Lesson after Lunch 25ROSH CHODESH Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children 26 27 28 29 30 Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:00PM 31 Ladies Lesson after Lunch VISIT YOUR SYNAGOGUE SUPPORT YOUR JEWISH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Do you know that membership in the Jewish Association of the Philippines only costs PHP18,000 per year for a family and PHP14,000 per year for singles? Do you know that this small amount goes to paying for all the Shabaton lunches, dinners, events, salaries, lights, maintenance and upkeep of the building. And in addition to all this, your Jewish Association does a lot of charity work. We are WIFI. Come in, browse the library, have coffee and surf the net. JEWISH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES 110 H. V. Dela Costa Street Salcedo Village, Makati City Philippines Tel: (632) 815-0265 Fax: (632) 840-2566 Website: www.jewishphilippines.org Email: admin@jewishphilippines.net (John Kater) president@jewishphilippines.net (Paul Rosenberg) rabbi@jewishphilippines.net (Rabbi Azaria)
MARCH BIRTHDAY S Civil Birthday Hebrew Birthday This Years Civil Date Hara CONNELL March 2 Adar 1 30 March 24 Daday BANEZ March 2 Adar 10 March 4 Abigail AZARIA March 3 Adar1 29 March 23 Jessica MALCA March 3 Adar 10 March 4 Esther WANG March 8 Adar 13 March 7 Brayden KOHLER March 9 Yaacov AZARIA March 10 Adar 14 March 8 Naomi GREEN March 10 Adar 13 March 7 Rafa SARFATI March 10 Adar 24 March 18 Gemma BACALDO March 12 David GREEN March 14 Adar 13 March 7 Kaitlin KERTZMAN March 17 Adar 26 March 20 Dana NEWMAN March 20 Nissan 17 April 9 Marilyn FRAGMAN March 21 Adar 24 March 18 William KERTZMAN March 27 Nissan 10 April 2 Rabbi Eliyahu AZARIA March 28 Nissan 9 April 1 Miriam MALCA March 29 Nissan 7 March 30 Rina GOLAN March 31 Nissan 8 March 31 Upcoming Kiddush s April 7 Lee Blumenthal In Memory of his Mother April 14 William Kertzman Bar Mitzvah April 21 Rose Abreu Birthdays of Greg and Rachel April 28 Please check Bulletin Board outside of Social Hall for future available Dates. All Kiddush bookings are on a first come first serve basis. Upon booking please choose your menu.
Page 4 TU B SHEVAT As is the tradition started by the Rabbi and Rabbanit several years ago the whole community went to La Mesa Echo Park. It was a wonderful day of planting, eating, boating, sports and games. The pictures below tell the whole story. The food was
Page 5 CAN YOU NAME THESE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ANSWERS NEXT MONTH SUBMIT YOUR PICTURES TO THE OFFICE TO INCLUDE NEXT MONTH S MEWSLETTER
Page 6 S C H E D U L E OF READING THE MEGILLAH Morning service (Fast of Esther) Wednesday Morning, March 7, 2012 fast starts @ 4:50am and ends at 6:26pm.7:15am Arvit and Reading of the Megillah Wednesday Night, March 7, 2012..6:30pm Shaharit and Reading of the Megillah Thursday, March 8, 2012..9:30am Followed by Seudah Purim at the Social Hall
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Jewish Association of the Philippines Beth Yaakov Synagogue 110 H.V. De La Costa corner Tordesillas West Salcedo Village Makati City, Philippines 1227 Telephone: 632 815-0 Fax: 632 840-2 Email: jap.manila@gmail.c Dear Members, Community Seders - Pesach 5772 / April 2012 We will have a Community Seder on both the first and second nights of Passover, Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7, 2012. The Seders will be held at the Beth Yaakov Synagogue located at 110 H.V. De La Costa Street, corner of Tordesillas Street West, Salcedo Village, Makati City. The Seders will begin immediately after the Evening Services which will start at 6:30 pm. Since we must make proper arrangements well in advance, we request your cooperation by advising us as soon as possible whether you will be attending the Seders. Telephone your reservations to our office at 815-0265 from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Please fill out the attached form and return it to our office as soon as possible. Please include your payment in cash or in check. If you have any Jewish friends, businessmen, tourists, etc. who will be in Manila at the time of the Seder they are welcome to join us. Please inform them about the Community Seders. Charges for each Seder will be as follows: Adults (including children 13 years and older) P 1,000 per person Children (12 years and under) P 500 per child Non-Members/Guests P 1,300 per person JEWISH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES I/We will attend the Community Seder on: [Circle appropriate date(s)] Friday, April 6 / Saturday, April 7 / Both Seders Name Age of Children Total number of Adults Total number of Children Enclosed: Check P Cash P