TORAH OHR BULLETIN

December 8-14 ♦ Kislev 20-26 Parashat Vayeshev

Parasha page 198 Haftarah page 1142

HAPPY CHANUKAH Rabbi Benjamin S. Yasgur Phone (561) 479-4049 (Office ext. “0”) Rabbi Dr. Chaim Shapiro, Rabbi Emeritus Fax (561) 705-2047 Josh Samborn, President Website: Torahohr.shulcloud.com

LIFECYCLES

Mazel Tov to: Rabbi Dr. Moshe Kranzler and Esta Shepetofsky on their engagement; Barbara and Rabbi Benjamin Yasgur on the birth of a grandson; Sandi and Sidney Goldschmidt on the birth of a grandson.

Welcome New Members: Judy and Michael Turk; Fredda and Ira Epstein; Judy and Stuart Morgan.

Condolences to: Herman Koenigsberg on the loss of his beloved brother Bernard Koenigsberg.

Candle Lighting: earliest 4:23/standard 5:10pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:10pm

Shabbat Shacharit Schedule 7:30am-Hashkama Minyan (Beit Midrash) 8:15am-Nusach Sfard (West Wing)

8:30am-Main Sanctuary 9:00am-Upstairs Sanctuary Latest time to recite the Shema is 9:35am this Shabbat.

Shabbat Mincha: 5:00pm (followed by Seudah Shlisheet) Ma’ariv: 6:02pm Shabbat ends: (not before) 6:07 pm

Weekday Schedule Daf Yomi 6:45am and after the 7:30am Minyan Mincha/Ma’ariv Shacharit: Mon & Thurs 6:50, 7:30, 8:00am (Sun – Thurs)……………….5:15pm Sun, Tues, Wed, Fri 7:00, 7:30, 8:00am Repeat Kriat Shema………….after 6:07pm Chumash Class…...……….after 8:00am Minyan Earliest Tallit/Tefillin (Sun-Thurs)..6:15am* Sunday, 9:00am Hattie Thum Women’s Tehillim Group Earliest Davening (Sun-Thurs)……5:47am* Mishna Berurah Class……following Ma’ariv *NOTE: These are the latest times during the week

THIS WEEK

Shabbat, Dec. 8-9: Carlebach Shabbat Sunday, Dec. 10: Goods and Services Chinese Auction (S) Tuesday, Dec. 12: MorseLife free Caregiver Support Group. (See next page.) Tuesday, Dec. 12: First Night of Chanukah

COMING EVENTS

Monday, Dec. 18: Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group Thursday, Dec. 21: Guest Speaker Presentation: Susan Fruchter at 11:00am, in the Social Hall (S) Sunday, Dec. 24: Cheifetz Hachnasat Sefer Torah Monday, Dec.25: Vera Isaacson Card/Game Party (S) Monday, Dec. 25: Men’s Club Book Review Sunday, Dec. 31: Bikur Cholim Achdus Breakfast

Flyers/forms are available on the Website & in the Lobby.

Date Change—Jan. 2-4: Bus Trip: Kennedy Space Center/ Orlando (MC) This trip is postponed to a later date.

CARLEBACH SHABBAT Dr. Elli Kranzler will be with us to conduct our Carlebach Shabbat. The Erev Shabbat Carlebach davening will be followed by a delicious, sold-out Shabbat dinner. Torah Ohr members are invited to join us

following dinner (at approximately 8:30pm) for a Kumzitz- communal singing along with Chassidic tales and dessert. Shabbat morning, Dr. Elli Kranzler will lead Shacharit in the upstairs minyan and Mussaf in the Main Sanctuary. Both will be non-Carlebach style.

This program has been dedicated by Judah Klein and his sons in memory of Judah’s wife,

Joanne, a woman inspired by the music of Shlomo Carlebach.

SPONSORSHIPS

SEUDAH SHLISHEET this Shabbat, December 9th, is sponsored by the Shul.

LEARNING SPONSORSHIPS A Year of Learning sponsored by friends of Bob and Carol Weissman, for a Refuah Shelaymah for Carol, Chaya Malka bat Rachel

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A Year of Learning in memory of our beloved members Abraham “Al” B. Wolf (Avrum Berrill ben Yacov) ע'ה and Elaine Wolf (Geli Ethel bat Shmuel Yosef) ע'ה

Sponsored by In Memory of

A Month of Learning 12/1-12/30 Steven Vogel in memory of Arthur and Gena Vogel ע'ה Loving parents & grandparents, Holocaust Survivors, and Founding Members of Torah Ohr

A Day of Learning 12/7 Gloria and Alvin Greenfield her sister, Etta Leah bat Avraham Joseph HaLevi ע'ה 12/9 Bella Dolinsky her uncle, Shmuel Pinchas ben Zvi Hersh ע'ה 12/12 Henry and Rochelle Dicker his mother, Bluma bat Leibush Eliyahu ע'ה 12/13 Ernest Bloom his father-in-law, Yakov ben Mordechai ע'ה 12/13 Judah Klein his father-in-law, Peretz ben Moshe ע'ה 12/13 Leonie and Sonny Meiselman her father, Chanoch Zundel ben Chaim Dovid Shmuel ע'ה 12/13 Martin and Sondra Fisch his mother, Tziva bat Eliezer ע'ה 12/14 Jay and Florence Levy his mother, Yita bat Rav Ephraim ע'ה 12/14 Ralph and Honey Cheifetz his mother, Esther Liba bat Yehoshua ע'ה

A Month of Learning:

11/19-12/22 in honor of Susan Borger’s 70th Birthday from her loving children, Lawrence & Iris Borger, Jeffrey & Susan Borger, and Caryn Borger & Mark Dunec

BIKUR CHOLIM ACHDUS BREAKFAST Sunday, December 31, at 10:30am, in the Social Hall. Reservation forms are available in the Lobby. Additionally, if you would like to volunteer for Bikur Cholim, Sign Up Forms are available in the Lobby. For information, call Bayla Ackerman at (845) 461-5405.

REFUAH SHELAYMAH

Refuah Shelaymah to: Susan Borger (Sarah Rosa bat Pesha), Malka Silver Fuchs (Malka Shoshana bat Esther Beila), Avi Gilad (Avihu ben Leah), Alvin Greenfield (Avraham ben Pezel), Lana Heit (Leah bat Chaika), Bruce Lederman (Baruch Aharon ben Bashya), Malka Levy (Malka bat Leah), Dave Love (Dovid Yakov ben Raizel), Margareta Neulinger (Malka bat Esther), Michael Poretsky (Mordechai Aron ben Rachel), Carol Weissman (Chaya Malka bat Rachel), Reuven Eliyahu ben Shaindel Malka.

We want to advise our members that a Torah Ohr Memorial

Fund has been established in the name of Dr. Alvin I.

Schiff to commemorate the forthcoming Fifth Anniversary

of his Yahrzeit.

ALERT!! Since many congregants have allergies, asthma, and other breathing difficulties, we would appreciate it if men and women would refrain from using perfume, cologne, etc. when coming to Shul. Thank you.

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Torah Ohr Annual Dinner 2018

The Annual Torah Ohr Dinner will take place on Sunday, February 11, 2018.

It is with pleasure that we will be honoring such deserving members of our kehilla:

Jay and Wendy Goldberg Dave and Eva Love

Gary and Marcia Schrager

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Torah Ohr thanks Joel Flamholz, and Lillian Aharon (in our office), for uploading all of last year’s classes onto our Website.

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Beautiful PURIM cards are available for purchase at the Shul office.

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The Shul has a limited number of plots available in the new Torah Ohr section at Eretz HaChaim Cemetery outside Beit Shemesh, Israel. If interested, please contact Sidney Schuchman at (561) 414-9206.

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MorseLife offers a free Caregiver Support Group for spouses and family caregivers at Torah Ohr. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Dec. 12. Questions, please call Ronney Wiener, LCSW, at (561) 289-8578.

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MorseLife’s “Neighbor to Neighbor” Program offers free services. Please call Joyce Moskowitz at (561) 531-9844.

PHONE DIRECTORY INFORMATION

The Yellow Pages and Display Ad blanks are available in the rack outside the Shul office.

There is a dollar-for-dollar credit towards the

Annual Tribute Dinner with all vendor ads.

Please note that the deadline for vendor ads is

December 22, 2017.

For questions, contact David Dolny,

Telephone Directory Chairman,

(914)414-1449 or DavidDolny@aol.com

RABBI YASGUR: Phone (561) 451-2566 Email: RabbiTorahOhr@gmail.com Rabbi Yasgur’s Office Hours Monday, Wednesday 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00am to12 noon. It is advisable to call in advance for an appointment. Afternoon appointments are available by request.

Mah Jongg Cards: We are now accepting orders for the 2018 Mah Jongg cards. Flyers are available in the Lobby of the shul. Any questions, please contact Eunis Penn or Judy Cohen.