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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

June 17, 2017 23 Sivan 5777

Shabbat Mevarchim

Torah Sefer: Bamidbar Parasha: Sh’Lach Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24

————————————— Shabbat Kiddush in Freedman Hall. Sponsored by Rachel & Ari Gladstein in honor of the birth of their son. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsored by Irving Rotter to com-memorate the yahrzeit of his wife Sandy Rotter z"l Seudah Shlishit in Taubenhaus Hall. 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.

Stay Connected: UOS: www.uosh.org

Robert M. Beren Academy: www.berenacademy.org

UOS Goldberg Montessori: www.uosgms.org

LOUIS AND LEAH YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM:

Shabbat 9:30 am Teen Minyan 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat with Maya Wadler 10:30 am: 1-5 grade groups: This is the last Shabbat for groups Snif and groups will resume August 26th, 2017

Mazal Tov

Rachel & Joseph Schiff on the birth of their granddaughter

Rachel & Ari Gladstein on the birth of their son,

Mazal Tov to sibling, Izzy—Bris to follow services

Shana Berkowitz & Eric Czinn on the occasion of their

engagement, Parents: Sally & Lenard Berkowitz

Baruch Dayan H’emet

We regret to inform you on the passing of

Golda Baker, Wife of our associate member Gilbert Baker

Ryan Maidenberg, Grandson of our member Tiby Unterhalter

Shirley Shaytin, Grandmother of our member Andrew (Mirit) Schneider

Great-Grandmother to Ariel, Daniella, and Jonah, Cousin to Beverly Feldman

Howard Glatter, Uncle of our member Adrianne (David) Berger

Samuel Kupfer, Father of our member Moshe (Debbie) Kupfer

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

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday June 16th 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:05 pm Candle Lighting

Saturday June 17th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:40 pm Class Gideon Miller 6:55 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 7:55 pm Mincha 8:25 pm Class by David Silberman 9:06 pm Havdallah Sunday June 18th 8:00 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday June 19th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday June 20th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday June 21st 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday June 22nd 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:45 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv

Friday June 23rd 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:07 pm Candle Lighting

Saturday June 24th 9:00 am Shacharit 6:45 pm Class Gideon Miller 7:00 pm Class by Rabbi Gelman 8:00 pm Mincha 8:30 pm Class by David Silberman 9:08 pm Havdallah

Shabbat: Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Freedman Hall. Sponsored by

Rachel & Ari Gladstein in honor of the birth of their son. Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before Mincha

at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Gelman, 1 hour before Mincha, Topic “Judaism

and Jail, What Is The Purpose Of Prison In Jewish Law And Thought?” Seudah Shlishit: Will take place in Taubenhaus Hall. 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.

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 Jeff@uosh.org or online at www.uosh.org.

Summer Schedule. No class on June 21 and 28.Class resumes for July 5,12,19.

No class on July 26, 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 Topic “Judaism and Jail, What Is The Purpose Of Prison In Jewish Law And Thought?” —————————————— 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. See pg 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 Chesed@uosh.org

Education - UOSGMS Nada Chandler education@uosh.org

Hospitality Elise Passy hospitality@uosh.org

House and Grounds Neil Scheckter houseandgrounds@uosh.org

Membership Steven Abramson membership@uosh.org

Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai security@uosh.org

Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman tzedakah@uosh.org

Youth Education Robert Levy youth@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

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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 Nadav Shoifet

Chesed 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 Chesed@uosh.org

CARE CALENDAR The UOS community is pleased to offer hospitality to Malka and Meir Kirshner and their family who will be moving into the neighborhood and joining our community. They will be moving into the community on Sunday, June 25th. There are week-day and a Shabbat opportunity for you, your family to get to know these wonderful people. To access the Kirshner's Carecalendar site, visit https://www.carecalendar.org/logon/256167 and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces.

Calendar ID: 256167 Security Code: 2491

We are trying to provide hospitality and an oppor-tunity to meet families and individuals moving into the community. There will be opportunities both for Shabbat and during the week. If you know of a new family or individual, moving into the community, please let Elise at elise@passy.us know so that she can set up a care calendar and we can all participate in welcoming them to the community.

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Congratulations Graduates

Netanya Abramson from Beren Academy, High

School

Ariel Lagnado from Beren Academy, 5th grade

Ben Gelman from Beren Academy, and will be

attending Yeshivat Ma’Aleh Gilboa

Matan Lagnado from Pin Oak Middle School,

8th grade

Dr. Sally Greenberg Berkowitz from Sam Houston

State University, Doctorate in Educational

Leadership

(Moshe) Daniel Levine from UCLA, Master’s

in Near Eastern Studies

Deborah Brown from Beren Academy, High

School

Eliana Levy from NYU Nursing School

Julia Brown from Beren Academy, 8th grade Elliot Levy from University of Chicago, BS in

Computer Science

Abigail Garfinkle from Dickinson College of

Carisle, PA.,BA in Political Science and a

certificate in Security Studies

Melanie Levy from University of Texas

Medical Branch at Galveston

Shayna Garner from Beren Academy, Elementary

School

Shira Levitt from Beren Academy, High School

Yari Garner from Beren Academy, High School Adina Passy from Beren Academy, High

School

Molly Goldstein from Beren Academy, Middle

School

Yael Passy from Beren Academy, Middle

School

Yossi Hoffman from Yeshiva University, Finance

degree and will be attending UPenn Law in the fall

Loren Rose Smolar from Queens College,

Master of Arts in Data Analytics and Applied

Social Research

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Neighborhood Information Starting June 15, 2017 the entire southbound lane of Greenwillow Dr. between Breakwood Drive and Interstate 610 frontage road will be shut down for 2 weeks (maybe more pending on weather & onsite changes). Huff & Mitchell will be moving forward on completely replacing that entire concrete pavement in this sec-tion. Greenwillow will only be open on the NORTHBOUND lane. NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO EXIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO 610 FRONTAGE ROAD OFF OF GREENWILLOW. PLEASE USE ALTERNATE ROUTES SUCH AS BRAESWOOD AND CLIFFWOOD TO EXIT NEIGHBORHOOD. If residents need access to Breakwood Dr, Meyerwood Drive, and Woodvalley Dr from Interstate 610, they will either need to enter from Greenwillow NORTHBOUND lane and detour when Greenwillow intersects with Cliffwood and drive back down south down Cliffwood towards Interstate 610. Residents will also have access to Woodvalley, Meyerwood, and Breakwood if they enter through Cliffwood from the 610 frontage road. Residents entering from Braeswood will only have access to Woodvalley, Meyerwood, and Breakwood if they detour through Cliffwood Drive driving towards Interstate 610. We respectfully request that all residents please stay alert in regards to all traffic signs and certified flagmen indicating these specific detours.

Rabbi Gelman will be away on summer vacation (and performing a wedding of a congregant) from June 25th - July 3rd. If you have any urgent mattes to discuss,

please be in touch with him before he leaves.