TORAH OHR BULLETIN

January 26—Feb. 1, 2018 ♦ Shevat 10 -16, 5778

Parashat Beshalach / Shabbat Shira

Parasha page 366 Haftarah page 1152 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

Candle Lighting: earliest 4:51pm / standard 5:40pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:40pm

Shabbat Shacharit Schedule 7:20am-Hashkama Minyan (Beit Midrash) 8:00am-Nusach Sfard (West Wing)

8:30am-Main Sanctuary 9:00am-Upstairs Sanctuary 9:40am (Beit Midrash) Latest time to recite the Shema is 9:50am this Shabbat.

Shabbat Mincha: 5:20pm(followed by Seudah Shlisheet) Ma’ariv: 6:31pm Shabbat ends: (not before) 6:36pm There will be two simultaneous Mincha Minyanim, one in the Main Shul and one in the Beit Midrash.

Weekday Schedule ** During Yeshiva Week II, all Shacharit Minyanim will meet in the Main Shul except the 7:30am Minyan which meets in the Beit Midrash (which has limited space).

Daf Yomi 6:45am and after the 7:30am Minyan Mincha/Ma’ariv Shacharit: Fri. Sun, Tues, Wed. 6:50, 7:30, 8:00 Sun – Thurs………………… ..….5:45pm Mon. & Thurs. 6:50, 7:30, 8:00am Repeat Kriat Shema……..…..after 6:39pm Chumash Class…...……….after 8:00am Minyan Earliest Tallit/Tefillin (Sun-Thurs)..6:22am* Sunday, 9:00am Hattie Thum Women’s Tehillim Group Earliest Davening (Sun-Thurs)……5:52am*

Mishna Berurah Class……….5:10PM *NOTE: These are the latest times during the week

THIS WEEK

Sun. Jan 28 Annual Used Seforim & Book Sale 9:00a West Wing Mon. Jan 29 Men’s Club Book Review: 8:00p “Why was the Book EXODUS so Successful in America in the 50’s?”, Hershel Sennett Tues. Jan 30 Boca Lights Fashion Show 12:00p Clubhouse $25 includes salmon lunch and 3 raffle tickets Wed. Jan 31 Tu B’Shevat Wed. Jan 31 "Living on the Edge: The Modern 5:00p History of the Northern Negev" Thurs. Feb 1 Men’s Club: Esther Wachsman 11:30a speaks “From Sorrow to Joy: a Mother’s Perspective”

The Official Torah Ohr Office Hours are:

Monday - Thursday: 9:00am to 3:00pm

Friday: 9:00am to 12noon.

By observing these hours, you will allow our staff to better serve our growing kehillah.

Limited tickets are still available

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

Annual Torah Ohr Used Seforim and Book Sale

Sunday, January 28, 2018, 9 am - 12 pm All proceeds go to the purchase of new

Seforim for the Torah Ohr Library.

Sisterhood Congregation Torah Ohr PURIM BASKETS

Order your baskets by February 20, 2018. Quantities are limited

$75 Each beautiful package will include a scroll listing the names of all Shul participants who are extending their Purim Greetings to you. Packages will be available to be picked up on Purim after the evening or morning Megillah reading.

Torah Ohr Website – www.torahohrboca.org What can I do with it?

1. Show printable current flyers (HOME) 2. Read current Bulletin and Calendar (Bulletin) 3. Easy access to Shul numbers (Contacts) 4. Access to up-to-date Member Directory (for members only) 5. Listen to classes (Learn) 6. See upcoming events for the rest of the season (Home sidebar: View full calendar) 7. Make donations and payments online (Donate)

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), George Heino (Rafael Yaakov Yissocher Noson ben Alta Elka), Lana Heit (Leah bat Chaika), Bruce Lederman (Baruch Aharon ben Bashya), Malka Levy (Malka bat Leah), Sharon Lisker (Chana-Sara bat Etel), Dave Love (Dovid Yakov ben Raizel), Margareta Neulinger (Malka bat Esther), Michael Poretsky (Mordechai Aron ben Rachel), Reuven Eliyahu ben Shaindel Malka.

SPONSORSHIPS SEUDAH SHLISHEET this Shabbat, January 27, is sponsored by the Shul.

LEARNING SPONSORSHIPS A Year of Learning sponsored by friends of Bob and Carol Weissman, in memory of Carol, Chaya Malka bat Yechiel Mordechai ע'ה

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 1/1-1/26 Mindle and David Cheslow her father, Nechemiah ben Mordechai Yona HaLevi ע'ה 1/8-2/7 Haren and Mel Haller her mother, Malka Rochel bat Yehuda Leib ע'ה 1/16-2/16 Perry and Jill Meltzer his mother, Malka bat Baruch ע'ה and his sister, Golda Leah Bat Dovid ע'ה A Week of Learning 1/20-1/28 Esther Slochowsky her husband, HaRav Avraham ben HaRav Moshe ע'ה 1/26-2/5 Seymour and Ramona Levine his father, Yechiel Michel ben HaRav Alexander Ziskind ע'ה and his mother, Liftsha bat Avraham Shemai ע'ה 1/26-2/5 Charles Gelfenstein his father-in-law, Yechiel Michel ben HaRav Alexander Ziskind ע'ה and his mother-in-law, Liftsha bat Avraham Shemai ע'ה 1/28-2/4 Tova Zimmer her mother, Henya bat Berel ע'ה A Day of Learning 1/21 Dorothy and Saul Chapman her mother, Rochel bat Nosson ע'ה 1/26 Avrum and Yoni Stein his father, Chaim ben Avraham ע'ה 1/26 Bob and Judy Thaler his mother, Kressel bat Mordechai Eliyahu ע'ה 1/28 Eli and Sheila Zimmerman his father, Alter ben Zion Eliyano Yehudah ע'ה 1/29 Harriet and Ephraim Grumet her father, Simcha ben Gershon ע'ה 1/29 Bob and Paula Bromberg his uncle, Berel ben Nusson Yitzchuk Issac HaLevi ע'ה 1/30 Rita Gruber her husband, Yehuda Meir HaCohen ע'ה 1/30 Vera and Milton Hamburger her mother, Chana bat Dovid ע'ה 2/1 Bob and Paula Bromberg his grandfather, Nossun Yitzchuk Issac ben Leib HaLevi ע'ה

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER: Please NOTE that sponsorship forms are due by Tuesday afternoon completely filled in. Information received after the cutoff date may not be included in the bulletin or made available to our Gabbaim for announcing. For example: for a Yahrzeit to be announced on a Wednesday or Thursday, the form would need to be received by Tuesday of the previous week (9-10 days before the date of the sponsorship) to allow for our Bulletin printing time. Forms are available in the Lobby and online, and may be

LIFECYCLES Mazel Tov to: Marcia and Gary Schrager on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson; Marcia and Milton Fried on the birth of a great-grandson; Jack and Sheila Prince on the birth of a great-grandson, the marriage of a grandson and the marriage of a granddaughter. Welcome New Members: Bella and David Saxe (from Monroe Township, NJ to Ainslie A), Elaine T. Adler (to Cornwall B). Condolences to: Lynne Mayers on the passing of her brother Warren Weinstein.

MEMBERSHIP OFFER AT HALF PRICE: The Board of Directors has created a new membership classification called Associate which is open to those people who spend less than 30 cumulative days a year in Century Village. The dues and maintenance allocation are only 50% of that of full members. They have the same rights and privileges as full members, except they will not have voting rights in shul elections, and will not receive the membership discount for high holiday seats. Yes, they will be in the phone book. Yes, they will get Kibbudim in Shul. Yes, they will get the discount card. Yes, to all other benefits except the two mentioned above. If you know of someone who might be willing to take advantage of this offer, and they are not currently in the village, let them know that this can be handled by calling the office. If you qualify, please contact the office for more details and a membership application.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Dear Torah Ohr Community, The Bob Weissman Family would like to thank and show their appreciation for the wonderful support shown to us during our ordeal. We thank you all. Bob Weisman.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE: To enhance the safety of our members and guests, the elevator will not be in service on Shabbat. Anyone who has any degree of difficulty using the stairs must not attend services on the second floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Members are invited to contribute to the Memorial fund in memory of Carol Weisman. It is a tradition at Congregation Torah Ohr to honor the memory of our departed members by establishing a named fund which supports Torah learning and education programs at our kehilla. Checks should be made payable to Congregation Torah Ohr and marked for the Carol Weisman Memorial Fund.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sofer in Residence has been postponed. We will advise when new dates are available.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MorseLife offers a free Caregiver Support Group for spouses and family caregivers at Torah Ohr. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 13. Questions, please call Ronney Wiener, LCSW, at (561) 289-8578. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MorseLife’s “Neighbor to Neighbor” Program offers free services. Please call Joyce Moskowitz at (561) 531-9844.

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 to 12 noon. It is advisable to call in advance for an appointment. Afternoon appointments are available by request. There are two ways to reach Rabbi Yasgur in the Shul by phone. The preferred option is to call the Rabbi’s direct number, 451-2566. The second, is to call the Shul’s main number, 479-4079 and select option 3 to reach the Rabbi. If one leaves a message in the general office voice mail box at a time when the office is not open, that message will not be heard until office hours resume. If Rabbi Yasgur is not available on his direct line and there is an urgent matter, you may reach the Rabbi on his cell.

FUTURE EVENTS/HOLIDAYS

Sun. Feb 4 Annual Siyum Mishnayot 4:00PM Guest Speaker: Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Cong. B’nai Yeshurum, Teaneck, NJ “Super Bowl from a Torah Perspective” Tickets are $25, includes dinner.

Mon. Feb 5, Rabbis on Rotation: R’ Jaroslawicz Feb. 12, & 19 “Who has to Pay and Why?” 10:00AM Mon. Feb 5 Men’s Club Book Review 8:00PM “The Making of the Modern American Jewish

Novel: Bible, Babel, Bellow to Roth.” Dr. Mira Rosenfeld Sennett

Tues. Feb 6 Sisterhood: Pampered Chef 4:00 PM “How to make eating healthy easier”

Tues. Feb 6 Lecture Rabbi Michael Olshin 7:00PM “Stories of Resistance to Strengthen our Resilience”

Thurs. Feb 8 Amit K’far Boca: Mother-in-Israel Luncheon 12:00PM “A Guide for Women Sixty and Beyond” RSVP by Jan. 31, 561-672-7032, CV Clubhouse

Sun. Feb 11 Torah Ohr Annual Dinner 4:00PM Congregation B’nai Torah Limited tickets are still available.

Wed. Feb 14 Sisterhood Trip to Florida Sugar Cane 9:00AM

Thurs. Feb 15 Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Adar Party 9:00AM Davening and Pushka Party (RSVP by Feb. 11)

Sun. Feb 18 Torah Ohr Annual Meeting 12:00PM Temple Beth Shalom

Mon. Feb 19 Men’s Club Presents 7:30PM Carlebach Memorial Concert featuring Oneg Shemesh

Wed. Feb 21 Car Fit 8:30a—1:00p Torah Ohr Parking Lot

Tues. Feb 27 Lunch and Learn

12:15PM Rabbi Efrem Goldberg (RSVP by Feb. 19) “Sympathy vs. Empathy: How to be a Good Friend in a Time of Crisis”. Thurs. Mar 1 Purim Reading of the Megillah Mon. Mar 5 Annual Yom Iyun TBA Speaker: Rabbi Steven Weil, Ex. Vice President of Orthodox Union.

PURIM cards are available for purchase at the Shul office, or directly from Sharon Segal (917-301-6280) or Adele Kaufman (561- 609-9510).