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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

July 2, 2016 26 Sivan 5776

Shabbat Mevarchim

Torah Sefer: Numbers Parasha: Sh’lach Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 ————————————— Shabbat Meat Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall: Sponsored by Irv Rotter in commemoration of the Yahrzeit of his wife, Sandy. Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. __________________________ Seudah Shlishit in Taubenhaus Hall: Sponsored by Kristen & Jaime Gateno in memory of Isaac Gateno. 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 Bnei Akiva is out for the summer. Please Join us again for first snif of the year on August 27th. Y'all have a great and relaxing summer!

We are excited to announce the grand opening of

Kosherama Grocery Store

(11113-B Braesridge Road)

The HKA will certify the prepared foods when they begin in the coming weeks.

The packaged items are not monitored by the HKA. Please check all products to make sure you are comfortable with their Hashgacha.

Feel free to contact the HKA with any questions.

Mazal Tov

Matthew Schmerer & Rebecca Clark

on their upcoming marriage

Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz on the

birth of their granddaughter

Parents: Jennifer & Jacob Orrin

Brothers: Adam & Joey

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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON

Friday July 1st 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:08 pm Candle Lighting Saturday July 2nd No Class Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 6:45 pm Gideon Miller No Class pm Rabbi Gelman 8:00 pm Mincha 8:30 pm David Silberman 9:08 pm Havdalah Sunday July 3rd 8:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday July 4th 8:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday July 5th 7:00 am Shacharit 8:05 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday July 6th Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 6:30 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday July 7th Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 6:30 am Shacharit 8:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday July 8th 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:07 pm Candle Lighting

Shabbat: Pre-Shacharit Class: with Aharoni Carmel. The Pre Shacharit class will not

meet over the summer. We thank Rabbi Carmel for giving the class each week and congratulate the participants for spending time Shabbat morning studying Torah.

Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Taubenhaus Hall. Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before MIncha

at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. Shabbat Class: 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 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 Ann Friedman in the UOS Library. Please go to http://www.uosh.org/event/meditation.html for the class schedule. This class is currently on summer break. The next class will be on July 5, 2016.

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. This class is currently on break.

Wednesday 8:30 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Mesillat

Yersharim (Path of the Just) by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto taught by Rabbi Rabinowitz.

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 whatapp app.

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Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

The Pre Shacharit class will not meet over the summer. We thank Rabbi Carmel for giving the class each week and con-gratulate the participants for spending time Shabbat morning studying Torah. —————————————–--

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. There will be no class this Shabbat. —————————————

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 wom-en ——————— 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. This class is currently on break. —————— Wednesday 8:30 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.

——————— 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

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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

Shlomo Altman Elad Imany

Ze’ev Bar-Yadin Albert Katz

Akiva Gilad Brody Lawrence Katz

Azriel Oz Brody Jake Saitowitz

David Chertoff Nadav Shoifet

Yonaton Cytrin

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 foyer, and the members of this com-mittee 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 participate 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 other participating organizations, as well as designating UOS.

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

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June 2016

Mazal Tov

Matthew Schmerer & Rebecca Clark on their marriage

Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz on the birth of their granddaughter

Parents: Jennifer & Jacob Orrin, Brothers: Adam & Joey

Emunah & Rabbi Aharoni Carmel on the birth of their baby girl.

Mazal Tov to siblings Shaked, Tchelet, Yisrael, Shir Tzion & Ahava.

Aimee Goldman & Jeffrey Hankin on their marriage

Baruch Dayan H’emet

Frank Gorme, Father of our member Neil (Laura) Gorme

Dr. Robert Weinberger, Husband of our member Lennie Weinberger

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Donations June 2016

Breakfast-Kiddush- Seudah Shlishit General Synagogue Fund Rabbi Gelman's Discretionary Fund

Elise & Marc Passy Sally & Lenard Berkowitz Sari & Scott Garfinkle

Evelyn Reichenthal Chagit & Alan Croock Barbara & Martin Gelman

Sheila & Louis Train Rene Diosdado Roman Kazinnik

Denise Weinberg Sari & Scott Garfinkle Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman

Olga & Terence Gordon Sandi Sperling

Nancy Beren & Larry Jefferson Lawrence Whyte

Karen & William Rubinsky

Torah Fund Matthew Schmerer

Mariela & Luis Becerra Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman

Sally & Lenard Berkowitz Saline & Johnny Weintraub

Linda & Nelson Block

Debra & Sheldon Bootin

Gillian & Michael Davis

Beverly & Howard Feldman Cemetery

Alisha Klapholtz & Josh Furman Renee & Howard Kerner

Gaye & Dennis Halpin Bnei Akiva Maria Toybina

Roman & Kazinnik Debra & Michael Kupferman Jerome Wilkenfeld

Lester King

Jackeline & Ilan Nevah

Laura & Steven Paletz

Elise & Marc Passy

Matthew Schmerer

Carol-Anne & Brian Schulman

Myra & David Simon

Joel Spira

Paula & Rabbi Mark Urkowitz

Gerry & Larry Wadler

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Yahrzeits July 1, 2016-July 31, 2016

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

7/1/2016 25 Sivan Sandy Rotter

7/2/2016 26 Sivan Cecil Meir Abramson

7/2/2016 26 Sivan Dan Reichman

7/3/2016 27 Sivan Frida Zilinsky

7/4/2016 28 Sivan Isaac Gateno

7/4/2016 28 Sivan Edith Sankie

7/4/2016 28 Sivan Ruth Kelman

7/4/2016 28 Sivan Florence Shoifet

7/4/2016 28 Sivan Celia Berkowitz

7/5/2016 29 Sivan Nathan Saitowitz

7/6/2016 30 Sivan Abraham Poliakoff

7/6/2016 30 Sivan Gertrude Arfa

7/6/2016 30 Sivan David Garsek

7/7/2016 1 Tammuz Mires Carl Gehr

7/7/2016 1 Tammuz Yetta Friedman

7/8/2016 2 Tammuz Lester Brody

7/8/2016 2 Tammuz Yisroel Yanowitz

7/9/2016 3 Tammuz Monique Tzoukermann

7/9/2016 3 Tammuz Pearl Pont

7/9/2016 3 Tammuz Yochevet Freida Jaffe

7/10/2016 4 Tammuz Henry Spira

7/11/2016 5 Tammuz Sarah Szyc Topek

7/11/2016 5 Tammuz Harry Spitz

7/11/2016 5 Tammuz Harry Brown

7/12/2016 6 Tammuz Max Klein

7/12/2016 6 Tammuz Mary Marcus

7/12/2016 6 Tammuz Ruth Cohen

7/12/2016 6 Tammuz Fannie Haus Ozon

7/13/2016 7 Tammuz Richard Walsh

7/13/2016 7 Tammuz Marcia Chandler

7/13/2016 7 Tammuz Moshe Avraham Breit

7/13/2016 7 Tammuz Anna Onikul

7/14/2016 8 Tammuz Benjamin Dienstag

7/15/2016 9 Tammuz Sarah Bootin

7/16/2016 10 Tammuz Theresa Reichman

7/16/2016 10 Tammuz Libby Chapman

7/16/2016 10 Tammuz Harry Davis

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

7/17/2016 11 Tammuz Arlene Abramowitz

7/17/2016 11 Tammuz Francisco Forero

7/18/2016 12 Tammuz Goldie Belinsky

7/19/2016 13 Tammuz Louis J. Brandt

7/19/2016 13 Tammuz Israel Katz

7/19/2016 13 Tammuz Dora Reichstein

7/20/2016 14 Tammuz Harold Weinberger

7/20/2016 14 Tammuz Charna Steinberg

7/21/2016 15 Tammuz Mildred Plessner

7/21/2016 15 Tammuz Carl Theodore Rotenberg

7/21/2016 15 Tammuz Tilly Sacks

7/22/2016 16 Tammuz Malka Urman

7/23/2016 17 Tammuz Luba Gerszonovitz

7/23/2016 17 Tammuz Moshe Leib Gerszonovitz

7/23/2016 17 Tammuz Yaacov Aaron Gerszonovitz

7/23/2016 17 Tammuz Shmuel Meir Gerszonovitz

7/23/2016 17 Tammuz Warren Blumberg

7/23/2016 17 Tammuz Alicia Murciano

7/23/2016 17 Tammuz Douglas Chandler

7/24/2016 18 Tammuz Louis Feinman

7/24/2016 18 Tammuz Nachman Ferber

7/25/2016 19 Tammuz Malcom Gluckman

7/25/2016 19 Tammuz Felix Mucasey

7/26/2016 20 Tammuz Lillian Goldstein

7/26/2016 20 Tammuz Anne Endelman

7/27/2016 21 Tammuz Melvin Ira Berkowitz

7/27/2016 21 Tammuz Hilda Vivier

7/27/2016 21 Tammuz Jacob Moses Braude

7/27/2016 21 Tammuz Bella Eichel

7/27/2016 21 Tammuz Fannie Fisher Shapiro

7/28/2016 22 Tammuz Harold Raizes

7/29/2016 23 Tammuz David Brown

7/30/2016 24 Tammuz Rachmiel Postan

7/30/2016 24 Tammuz Jake Thompson

7/31/2016 25 Tammuz Beryl Simon

7/31/2016 25 Tammuz Lillian Harris

7/31/2016 25 Tammuz Beryl Simon

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Yahrzeits July 31, 2016-September 13,2016

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

7/31/2016 25 Tammuz Bernard Hyman

7/31/2016 25 Tammuz Enoch Simon

7/31/2016 25 Tammuz Beryl Simon

8/1/2016 26 Tammuz Albert Bilmen

8/1/2016 26 Tammuz Herman Martin

8/2/2016 27 Tammuz Lila Sternberg

8/2/2016 27 Tammuz Isaac Ozon

8/2/2016 27 Tammuz George H. Pickar

8/2/2016 27 Tammuz Taube Moore Efromowicz

8/3/2016 28 Tammuz Evelyn Shocket

8/3/2016 28 Tammuz Julius Fine

8/3/2016 28 Tammuz Betty Schecter

8/4/2016 29 Tammuz Margaret Minzer

8/4/2016 29 Tammuz Abraham Pekovar

8/4/2016 29 Tammuz David Yaffee

8/5/2016 1 Av Bernard Cohen

8/5/2016 1 Av Esther R. Moore

8/6/2016 2 Av Molly Fallas

8/7/2016 3 Av Juliette Radinsky

8/7/2016 3 Av Hilda Carliner Goldman

8/8/2016 4 Av Ruth Mitzner

8/9/2016 5 Av Shneier Zalman Jaffe

8/9/2016 5 Av Nessim Knafo

8/9/2016 5 Av Beatrice Shore Gover

8/10/2016 6 Av Frieda Leba Gerringer

8/13/2016 9 Av Thomas W. Karonika

8/14/2016 10 Av Bernard Greenberg

8/14/2016 10 Av Joseph "Buddy" Smith

8/15/2016 11 Av Norman Block

8/16/2016 12 Av Evelyn Chimes

8/17/2016 13 Av Sam Nowitz

8/17/2016 13 Av Edward Sperling

8/17/2016 13 Av Rudolph Isaac Goldreich

8/18/2016 14 Av Samuel Gluckman

8/18/2016 14 Av Daniel Moshe Sacks

8/19/2016 15 Av Mordechai Yaakov Mitzner

8/21/2016 17 Av Ruth Alpert

Eng Date Heb Deceased Name

8/21/2016 17 Av Max Dall

8/22/2016 18 Av Judy Siegel

8/23/2016 19 Av Melvin Diner

8/23/2016 19 Av Joseph Louis Sandler

8/23/2016 19 Av Eric Freedman

8/26/2016 22 Av Barbara Bar-ilan

8/26/2016 22 Av Milton Rosenfield

8/26/2016 22 Av Rebecca Goldsmith

8/27/2016 23 Av Bessie Glantzberg

8/29/2016 25 Av Fishel Wolf

8/30/2016 26 Av Brian Nitsun

8/30/2016 26 Av Abe Kaplan

8/30/2016 26 Av Esther Lachs

8/30/2016 26 Av Brenda Loewenson

8/31/2016 27 Av Naomi G. Altman

8/31/2016 27 Av Patricia Passy

8/31/2016 27 Av Celia Simon

9/1/2016 28 Av Pauline Abrahamson

9/1/2016 28 Av Abe (JoJo) Moore

9/2/2016 29 Av Eleanor Hyman

9/2/2016 29 Av Pearl Opwald

9/3/2016 30 Av Zvi Friedman

9/5/2016 2 Elul Otto Israel Plessner

9/5/2016 2 Elul Samuel Schmeidler

9/6/2016 3 Elul Abraham Joseph Gelman

9/7/2016 4 Elul Sol Waldman

9/7/2016 4 Elul Sally Waldman

9/9/2016 6 Elul Yehudah Amsalem

9/9/2016 6 Elul Elliot Wainstein

9/10/2016 7 Elul Blanche Opolion

9/12/2016 9 Elul Benjamin Kramer

9/12/2016 9 Elul Louis Rosh

9/12/2016 9 Elul Max Landman

9/13/2016 10 Elul Goldie Fels Leff

9/13/2016 10 Elul Jack Simon

9/13/2016 10 Elul Alexander S. Sachs

9/13/2016 10 Elul Sam Harris

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