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S H A B B AT B U L L E T I N

Serving the Orthodox Community of Houston for over 100 years

August 27, 2016 23 Av 5776

Shabbat Mevarchim

Torah Sefer: Deuteronomy Parasha: Eikev Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 ————————————— Shabbat Kiddush will be in Taubenhaus Hall: Sponsored by an anonymous donation in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Talia Elfezouaty. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsored by Mirit and Andrew Schneider in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Daniella. __________________________ Seudah Shlishit: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated.

Rabbi Barry Gelman Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky z’l

Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Rick Guttman

The Eruv is up.

The greatest chessed (kindness) you can do for someone in shul is to let them pray undisturbed. Please refrain from talking during services.

LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM:

Shabbat 9:30 am: Teen Minyan. 10:15 am: Torah Bowl Aleph 10:15 am: Torah Bowl Bet 10:15 am: Tot Shabbat 6:10 pm: Mifkad Madrichim 6:20 pm: Snif for Chavraya Alef followed by Mifkad 7:20 pm: Chevraya Bet Mincha followed by Seuda Shlishit

Mazal Tov

Eileen Elfouzuaty on the Bat

Mitzvah of her daughter, Talia

Hayley & Yair Kol on the

Bat Mitzvah of their

daughter, Taya

Baruch Dayan H’emet

We regret to inform you on the passing of Eva Lou Chapman

Wife of our member Julius Chapman

May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

Awakenings 5776/7 Pre High Holiday and Sukkot Programs for the UOS Community

Dear Friends, As Elul approaches and the season’s first shofar blasts sound, we are awakened to take stock of our lives and to reflect upon how we can improve ourselves. United Orthodox Synagogues is here to help you prepare for the High Holidays and to make the most of this auspicious time. Please take advantage of all the wonderful learning opportuni-ties outlined in this year’s Awakenings program. To be sure, there is something here for everyone and each offering leads to a more in-spired and passionate life. May we all be inspired this Elul, and together be inscribed for good health, happiness, blessing and success.

Rabbi Barry Gelman

Please click here for the schedule

Bnei Akiva is back! We're looking forward to an incredible year with new ideas for Bnei Akiva snif and morning Shabbat groups. Wishing much luck and a great start to all our madrichim and madrichot, both new and old, and wishing the community success in all our educational programming, Shabbat Shalom. See y'all there! The Shlichim; Rafi, Stacey, Dafna and Shira.

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday August 26th 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:31 pm Candle Lighting Saturday August 27th 8:30 am Class by Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 6:05 Class by Gideon Miller 6:20 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 7:20 pm Mincha 7:40 pm Class by David Silberman 8:31 pm Havdallah Sunday August 28th 8:00 am Shacharit 7:25 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday August 29th 6:45 am Shacharit 7:25 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday August 30th 7:00 am Shacharit 7:25 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday August 31st 7:00 am Shacharit 7:25 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday September 1st 6:45 am Shacharit 7:25 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday September 2nd 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:23 pm Candle Lighting

Shabbat: Pre-Shacharit Class: with Aharoni Carmel. Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall. Sponsored by

an anonymous donation in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Talia Elfezouaty. Sermon by Rabbi Barry Gelman Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before MIncha

at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, 1 hour before Mincha. Funda-

mental Issues In The Study of Bible: “Using Archeology To Serve G-d Better”. 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 Freedman Hall 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 713-776-9739.

Tuesdays 8:00 pm-9:00 pm: Meditation class with Janice Rubin in the UOS Library. Please go to http://www.uosh.org/event/meditation.html 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 www.uosh.org.

Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Mesillat

Yersharim (Path of the Just) by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto taught by Rabbi Rabinowitz. This class is currently on break.

Stay Connected: UOS: www.uosh.org

Robert M. Beren Academy: www.berenacademy.org

UOS Goldberg Montessori: www.uosgms.org

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. Email or text your cell # to Rabbi Gelman if you wish to join and download the WhatsApp app.

Rabbi Gelman is starting a new WhatsApp group. Rabbi Gelman will be sending out a weekly inspirational message or link. Please text Rabbi Gelman at 713 922 2473 indicating that you would like to join the UOSInspiration WhatsApp group. Make sure you have a WhatsApp account.

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Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

8:30 am: Pre-Shacharit class with Rabbi Ahroni Carmel —————————————–--

1 hour 15 minutes before Min-cha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. —————————————

1 hour before Mincha: Shabbat class with Rabbi Gelman. . Fun-damental Issues In The Study of Bible: “Using Archeology To Serve G-d Better”. —————————————

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. ———————

45 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. —————— Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum.

Mesillat Yersharim (Path of the Just) by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto taught by Rabbi Rab-inowitz. This class is cur-rently on break.

——————— 45 minutes before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.

45 minutes before Min-cha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————

UOS Torah Classes at a Glance

UOS Committee Chairpersons

Committee Contact Email Address

Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org

House and Grounds Neil Scheckter houseandgrounds@uosh.org

Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai security@uosh.org

Youth Education Robert Levy youth@uosh.org

Membership Steven Abramson membership@uosh.org

Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org

Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman tzedakah@uosh.org

Welcome members, friends and guests to UOS. On behalf of the Board of Direc-tors, I invite you to engage in our com-munity and in our Shul. Please reach out to our Rabbi, me, or any of our com-mittee leaders as we work together to enrich each other and our community. Best regards Rick S Guttman

CARE CALENDARS We are pleased to share with you the CareCalendar for Rafi and Stacy Engelhart and for our Bnot Sheirut Shira & Dafna. Babysitting needs have been added for Rafi & Stacy and can be counted towards the Beren community service hours! We hope that the entire community will take the opportunity to get to know these wonderful people.

Please go to Http://www.carecalendar.org and enter the following information in the

appropriate spaces:

Rafi & Stacy: Calendar ID : 239549 Security code : 3662 Shira & Dafna: Calendar ID : 240610 Security code : 3097

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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

and those connected to our congregational

family in active IDF service

Ron Arad Guy Chever

Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman

Yehuda Katz

Ze’ev Bar-Yadin Elad Imany

Akiva Gilad Brody Albert Katz

Azriel Oz Brody Lawrence Katz

David Chertoff Jake Saitowitz

Yonaton Cytrin Nadav Shoifet

Register Now ! Talia is the most thoughtful person I know. She is always thinking of others and is a friend to all. Talia is a student at the Emery Weiner Middle School. She has competed on the girls soccer team and on the track team for the past two years. Talia has been in the school musical for the past two years for both The Little Mermaid and The Seussical Musical. She was nominated for the People to People Leadership program for which she attended a special leadership seminar and conference in Washington,

D.C. Talia has been taking art at school for the past two years. Last year there was an Art Card Contest for which the admin-istration selected one work of art for each grade level; the art-work that Talia had created was the one selected as their favorite for her entire grade and was then made into Emery Art Cards. This past year Talia had been accepted for the Duke Talent Initiative Program. Talia has been a member of the Jew-ish Life Club as well as the Kind Club for the past two years and was elected for the Student Council position of Vice President for this academic year; making her the only female in Student Council. In addition to all of this, Talia loves to read and bake. We are so proud of the hard work she has put into the preparation for her D’var Torah. Talia, we are wishing you a hearty Mazel Tov!!

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UOS is proud to be one of the community participants in the Houston Jewish Community Foundation’s Create a Legacy Program. As a participant we are planning for the future of our congregation by asking our members to make plans for a legacy gift to UOS. There are several ways this can be accomplished, but we first ask for a Letter of Intent, indicating your support. The form is available in the office. Brochures are available in the foy-er, and the members of this committee are anxious to speak with you; they are Nada Chandler (713-256-1030), Joe Blog (713-530-5337) and Basil Joffe (713-302-6691). Feel free to contact them for more information. Our goal is to have a very large percentage of our members partic-ipate and we look forward receiving the completed Letter of Intents send to the office. Please do not assume that someone else will help us reach this goal – it is up to you! Please note that you may designate one of the oth-er participating organizations, as well as designating UOS.

For more information, please see our web site at http://www.uosh.org/uoslegacy.html

Starting September 6, 2016

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

9001 Greenwillow

Houston, TX 77096

BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

2016-2017 5777

During the High Holidays, we especially remember our beloved relatives and friends who are

no longer with us. It is a hallowed tradition not only to remember them in our hearts, but also

to remember them publicly. The synagogue’s Book of Remembrance allows their names to be

publicly remembered.

This Book of Remembrance is used during the Cemetery Memorial Services, which this year

will occur on Sunday, October 9, 2016, and at Yizkor during Yom Kippur, which this year will

occur on Wednesday, October 12, 2016.

If you would like your departed loved ones be publicly acknowledged at these services by

having their names printed in the Book of Remembrance, please send the names to the syna-

gogue office NO LATER THAN MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2016. Please list the names of

the loved ones you wish to memorialize below. You may also go to www.uosh.org and fill out

the form under the “Contribute” tab.

A memorial tribute, enclosed is $_______ as a donation to the congregation from:

Please print name of donor(s) to be listed. _________________________________________

Print name(s) of departed loves one(s):

** MINIMUM DONATION IS $10.00 PER NAME.

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