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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 5, 2017 13 Av 5777
Torah Sefer: Devarim Parasha: Vaetchanan Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26
————————————— Shabbat Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. Seudah Shlishit in Taubenhaus Hall. Sponsored by Ellen & Mark Buchine. Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated.
United Orthodox Synagogues
The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX 77096
713-723-3850
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 No Teen Minyan & No Groups 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat with Maya Wadler Snif and groups will resume August 26th, 2017
Rabbi Gelman will be away from August 2—August 10th. You may email him, but response time will be longer than normal.
Please contact the synagogue office for urgent matters.
Baruch Dayan H’emet
We regret to inform you on the passing of Shirley Mucasey
Mother of our member Debbie (Sheldon) Bootin
May the families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem
Mazal Tov Steven Abramson and Elisa Stern on their engagement. Congratulations to their
parents Zelia Abramson (Cecil Abramson z'l) of Netanya, Israel and Louis and Gloria Stern of Detroit Michigan, and their entire families.
Happy 93rd Birthday
Evelyn Reichenthal
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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON
Friday August 4th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:54 pm Candle Lighting
Saturday August 5th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:30 Gideon Miller No Class by Rabbi Gelman 7:45 pm Mincha 8:15 pm Class by David Silberman 8:54 pm Havdallah Sunday August 6th 8:00 am Shacharit 7:50 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday August 7th Tu B;’Av 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 7:50 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday August 8th 6:00 Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:50 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday August 9th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:50 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday August 10th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 7:50 pm Mincha/Maariv
Friday August 11th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 7:48 pm Candle Lighting
Saturday August 12th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:25 Gideon Miller 6:40 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 7:40 pm Mincha 8:15 pm Class by David Silberman 8:47 pm Havdallah
Shabbat: Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall. Sermon by Irv Rotter Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha
at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman, There will be no class this Shabbat. 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. There will be No Class Sun—Wed this week.
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 Ann Friedman 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 [email protected] or online at www.uosh.org.
Summer Schedule. No class on Aug. 2, 9.
Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Rabbi Moshe
Traxler teaching the Ramban's Mishneh Torah.
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 sending out a weekly inspirational message or link thru a WhatsApp group. 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
1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha: Massechet Shabbat with Gideon Miller at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. —————————————— Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman 1 hour before Mincha. There will be no class this Shab-bat. —————————————— After Mincha: Massechet Bava Metziah with David Silberman. ——————————————
45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. There will be no class Sun—Wed this week. ———————
11:15 pm—1:15 pm: Israeli dance for Women. ——————— 45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. . There will be no class Sun—Wed this week. ———————
45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. There will be no class Sun—Wed this week. ——————
11:45 am(lunch) 12-12:30 pm(class) Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Gelman: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah portion. See page 2 for the summer schedule. —————— Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum.
Rabbi Moshe Traxler teach-ing the Ramban's Mishneh Torah. ——————— 45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel.
45 minutes Before Mincha: Daf Yomi: with Rabbi Nagel. ——————
UOS Torah Classes at a Glance
UOS Committee Chairpersons
Committee Contact Email Address
Chesed Doreen Lerner [email protected]
Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler [email protected]
Hospitality Elise Passy [email protected]
House and Grounds Neil Scheckter [email protected]
Membership Steven Abramson [email protected]
Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai [email protected]
Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman [email protected]
Youth Education Robert Levy [email protected]
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
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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
and those connected to our congregational
family in active IDF & US Military
Ron Arad Guy Chever Yehuda Katz
Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman
Zvi Boruch Altman Elad Imany
Akiva Gilad Brody Yehuda Lajcher
Azriel Oz Brody Albert Katz
Roni Buchine Reuben Morris
David Chertoff Gavriel Saitowitz
Yonaton Cytrin Jake Saitowitz
Samuel Gorme
Chessed Committee
We are currently looking for volunteers, both male & female, to help serve as Shul greeters
on Shabbat. You will welcome people to UOS as they enter the Sanctuary.
We hope to grow and be able to offer more in time, but to start we are currently able to extend these acts of chesed: 1. Friendly check-in calls – to members we haven’t seen in shul for a while, just to make sure they’re okay. 2. Hospital Visits (bikur cholim) 3. Birthday calls or visits to seniors who’re living alone or don’t have family in the area. 4. Rides to weekday shul events – for members who’d like to come to an event, or perhaps to daven or say kaddish, but don’t have a way to get there.
If you are able to help or know of someone
that needs some assistance
please contact Doreen Lerner at [email protected]
Let us plant together! I found [ready grown] carob trees in the world; as my forefathers planted these for me so I too plant these for my children. Talmud - Mas. Ta'anith 23a
Todah Rabah to the 43 people who have signed their letters of intent to provide for the future of our congregation. These people have made it possible for UOS to meet the goals established by the Legacy program, and they have done their part to plant for tomorrow. These individuals will be invited to a celebratory brunch on September 10th (invitations to follow) where they will not only be feted, but will have the opportunity to learn how to confirm their future gifts.
It is not too late to add your name to the list!
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 avail-able in the foyer, 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. The forms for the confirmation of the gifts are also now available, and an essential part of the Create A Legacy program. Again, todah rabah to those who have made their plans known!
For more information, please see our web site at http://www.uosh.org/uoslegacy.html
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Please join us for a special Kiddush in honor of
Sonia Raizes And all of her contributions to our community
On Shabbat August 19, 2017
If you are interested in helping sponsor or to donate to a
new rose garden to be dedicated in Sonia’s honor,
please go to our website at www.uosh.com
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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON
9001 Greenwillow
Houston, TX 77096
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
2017-2018 5778
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, September 17, 2017, and at Yizkor during Yom Kippur, which this year
will occur on Saturday, September 30, 2017.
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
synagogue office NO LATER THAN Friday September 1,2017. 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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Baruch Dayan H’Emet We regret to inform you on the passing of
Gerry Wadler, Wife of our member Larry Wadler
Mother of our member Michael (Freda) Wadler
Shirley Mucasey, Mother of our member Debbie (Sheldon) Bootin
Mazal Tov
Steven Abramson and Elisa Stern on their engagement. Congratulations to their parents
Zelia Abramson (Cecil Abramson z'l) of Netanya, Israel and Louis and Gloria Stern of Detroit Michigan, and their entire families.
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Donations
July 2017
Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah
Shlishit
Torah Fund Cont’d Rabbi Gelman's Discretionary
Fund
Sharon & Sonny Gerber Sheila & Louis Train Holly & David Davies
Pauline Katz Sari & Scott Garfinkle
Elena & Ronald Levy Doreen & Marshall Lerner
Gary Moore General Synagogue Fund Andrea Moore
Mike Moore Sally & Lenard Berkowitz Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman
Rebecca & Paul Oberman Lisa & Aaron Brown Harry Elliott Simon
Susan & Max Reichenthal Andrea & Stephen Eisenstein Marsha Wolk
Irv Rotter Beverly & Howard Feldman Bnei Akiva
Sheila & Louis Train Rhoda Seplowitz & Jonas Hafkin Tova & Pablo Geralnik
Doreen & Basil Joffe Mirit & Andrew Schneider
Torah Fund Marilyn & Ron Kammerman
Adrianne & David Berger Joy & Joseph Kaplan
Debra & Sheldon Bootin Hayley & Yair Kol Cemetery
Marisa & Harry Brown Doreen & Marshall Lerner
Ellen & Mark Buchine Naomi & Alan Malakoff
Holly & David Davies Carolyn Lynn Plessner
Sharon & Gary Endelman Susan & Max Reichenthal
Beverly & Gerald Fanarof Marilyn & Don Schlossberg
Elayne & Sloan Gordon Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman
Marilyn & Ron Kammerman David Seligman
Florence & Howard Kusnetz Carol & Jerry Silverman Prayer Books
Nava & Gideon Miller Sandi Sperling Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman
Bella & Jeff Morgan Joel Spira
Susan & Max Reichenthal Sheila & Louis Train
Irv Rotter Paula & Rabbi M. Urkowitz
Sharon & Frank Ruben
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Yahrzeits
August 5,2017– September 18,2017
8/5/2017 13 Av Evelyn Vera Chimes
8/5/2017 13 Av Rudolph Isaac Goldreich
8/5/2017 13 Av Edward Sperling
8/5/2017 13 Av Sam Nowitz
8/6/2017 14 Av Daniel Moshe Sacks
8/6/2017 14 Av Samuel Gluckman
8/7/2017 15 Av Mordechai Yaakov Mitzner
8/9/2017 17 Av Ruth Alpert
8/9/2017 17 Av Max Dall
8/10/2017 18 Av Judy Siegel
8/11/2017 19 Av Eric Freedman
8/11/2017 19 Av Melvin Diner
8/11/2017 19 Av Eric Freedman
8/14/2017 22 Av Barbara Bar-ilan
8/14/2017 22 Av Rebecca Goldsmith
8/14/2017 22 Av Milton Rosenfield
8/15/2017 23 Av David Mitzner
8/15/2017 23 Av Bessie Glantzberg
8/17/2017 25 Av Fishel Wolf
8/18/2017 26 Av Brian Nitsun
8/18/2017 26 Av Esther Lachs
8/18/2017 26 Av Brenda Loewenson
8/18/2017 26 Av Abe Kaplan
8/19/2017 27 Av Patricia Passy
8/19/2017 27 Av Naomi G. Altman
8/19/2017 27 Av Celia Simon
8/20/2017 28 Av Abe (JoJo) Moore
8/20/2017 28 Av Pauline Abrahamson
8/21/2017 29 Av Pearl Opwald
8/21/2017 29 Av Eleanor Hyman
8/22/2017 30 Av Zvi Friedman
8/24/2017 2 Elul Otto Israel Plessner
8/24/2017 2 Elul Samuel Schmeidler
8/25/2017 3 Elul Rose Esther Goldberg
8/25/2017 3 Elul Abraham Joseph Gelman
8/26/2017 4 Elul Sol Waldman
8/26/2017 4 Elul Sally Waldman
8/28/2017 6 Elul Yehudah Amsalem
8/28/2017 6 Elul Elliot Wainstein
8/29/2017 7 Elul Blanche Opolion
8/31/2017 9 Elul Benjamin Kramer
8/31/2017 9 Elul Louis Rosh
8/31/2017 9 Elul Max Landman
9/1/2017 10 Elul Sam Harris
9/1/2017 10 Elul Jack Simon
9/1/2017 10 Elul Goldie Fels Leff
9/2/2017 11 Elul Louis Feigon
9/2/2017 11 Elul Moses Schneider
9/2/2017 11 Elul Manya Kerner
9/4/2017 13 Elul Shana Saitowitz
9/4/2017 13 Elul Rose Moglinsky
9/4/2017 13 Elul Abeldro Garcia
9/5/2017 14 Elul Dina Melnick
9/5/2017 14 Elul Seymour Buchine
9/6/2017 15 Elul Louis Weiss
9/7/2017 16 Elul Maurice Howard Treiman
9/7/2017 16 Elul Bernard Blieden
9/7/2017 16 Elul Adelaide Pesses Friedman
9/9/2017 18 Elul Wallace Simson
9/9/2017 18 Elul Sylvia Silverman Goren
9/11/2017 20 Elul Abraham Kramer
9/11/2017 20 Elul Irving Shapiro
9/11/2017 20 Elul Michael Sankie
9/12/2017 21 Elul Feivel Topek
9/12/2017 21 Elul Edward Levy
9/12/2017 21 Elul Sheryl Collins
9/13/2017 22 Elul Neil Berman
9/14/2017 23 Elul Muriel Weinberg
9/15/2017 24 Elul Sylvia Rosenberg Berkowitz
9/15/2017 24 Elul Sam N. Sussman
9/16/2017 25 Elul Joseph "Joe" Wolk
9/17/2017 26 Elul D. Aaron Topek
9/17/2017 26 Elul Jacob Blog
9/18/2017 27 Elul Gilda Simon
9/18/2017 27 Elul Adolph Schimmel
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Yahrzeits
September 19,2017– October 19,2017
9/19/2017 28 Elul Herman Bootin
9/19/2017 28 Elul Jean Edward Junker
9/20/2017 29 Elul Joseph Steiman
9/20/2017 29 Elul Pearl Sperling
9/21/2017 1 Tishrei Miriam Saitowitz
9/21/2017 1 Tishrei Elie Nahman
9/22/2017 2 Tishrei Gloria Fallas
9/22/2017 2 Tishrei Molly Levy
9/22/2017 2 Tishrei Daniel Belinsky
9/24/2017 4 Tishrei Mary Kaplan
9/24/2017 4 Tishrei Miriam Goldman
9/24/2017 4 Tishrei Hyman Simon
9/25/2017 5 Tishrei Roslyn Joffe
9/25/2017 5 Tishrei Annette Brown
9/25/2017 5 Tishrei Ilana Sharon
9/26/2017 6 Tishrei Martin Kerner
9/26/2017 6 Tishrei Sol Weinberg
9/26/2017 6 Tishrei Morris Landman
9/27/2017 7 Tishrei Frimet Florance Moore
9/28/2017 8 Tishrei Kevin David Bloch
9/28/2017 8 Tishrei Zev Garfinkle
9/29/2017 9 Tishrei Kurt Dolina
9/29/2017 9 Tishrei Samuel Schwartz
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Ann Green
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Golda Dziengel
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Schlomo Charski
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Minna Freedman
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Rose Schneider
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Rivka Dziengel
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Yehudah Freedman
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Gittel Dziengel
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Isadore Garsek
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Reuven Dziengel
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Berek Dziengel
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Esther Dziengel
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Chaim Urman
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Shimon Dziengel
9/30/2017 10 Tishrei Leah Charski
10/1/2017 11 Tishrei Blanche Mueller
10/2/2017 12 Tishrei Ann Block Adelson
10/3/2017 13 Tishrei Lillian Maltz
10/3/2017 13 Tishrei Ernest Gittleman
10/4/2017 14 Tishrei Manny Simon
10/4/2017 14 Tishrei Bertha Pollak
10/4/2017 14 Tishrei Harry Freedman
10/5/2017 15 Tishrei Isaac Ashkenase
10/5/2017 15 Tishrei Shulamit Liberman
10/5/2017 15 Tishrei Joseph Melnick
10/6/2017 16 Tishrei Dora Secan
10/8/2017 18 Tishrei Jeanette Magrid
10/8/2017 18 Tishrei Bernard Shocket
10/9/2017 19 Tishrei Lillie Bier Kammerman
10/9/2017 19 Tishrei Simcha Sydney Minkowitz
10/9/2017 19 Tishrei Sara Kowenski
10/10/2017 20 Tishrei Morris Davis David Ashendorf
10/10/2017 20 Tishrei Arthur Berman
10/11/2017 21 Tishrei Jacob F. Leff
10/11/2017 21 Tishrei Ellen Rosenberg
10/11/2017 21 Tishrei Sam Raizes
10/11/2017 21 Tishrei Patricia Levy
10/12/2017 22 Tishrei Esje Blog
10/12/2017 22 Tishrei Moric Ackerman
10/12/2017 22 Tishrei Bernard Rockoff
10/12/2017 22 Tishrei Alexandar A.J. Hoffman
10/12/2017 22 Tishrei Marvin Wolk
10/15/2017 25 Tishrei Daniel Zack Pokroy
10/15/2017 25 Tishrei Joseph Fayner
10/16/2017 26 Tishrei Alan Kaplan
10/16/2017 26 Tishrei Sadie Farum
10/16/2017 26 Tishrei Bruno Frankel
10/17/2017 27 Tishrei Sandy Hoffman
10/18/2017 28 Tishrei Gordon Johnson
10/18/2017 28 Tishrei Albert Rubinsky
10/19/2017 29 Tishrei Frieda Halpin
10/19/2017 29 Tishrei Yolanda Gold
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In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you
Dear friends, Please help us raise money to purchase patient beds for Hadassah Hospital by attending our event and inviting your friends and family members to join you. The event is open to all - members, non-members, friends, spouses – and it’s under HKA supervision. We’ll be serving delicious hors d’oeuvres, desserts, wine and coffee. Ticket prices: $36 per person - gets you 1 door prize ticket $72 per person - gets you 3 door prize tickets $108 per person - gets you 5 door prize tickets The door prize is an Amazon Echo Dot. We also have some great silent auction items. Thanks in advance for your support, Doreen Lerner - Fundraising VP, Marc Chagall Hadassah Sari Garfinkle - Fundraiser Refreshments Chair Debbie Ciner, Marilyn Kammerman, Carol Liberman – Fundraiser Refreshments Team Lydia Bilton, Auction Co-chair Marty Klashman, Invitations Nada Chandler, Advisor Andrea Eisenstein, Publicity
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