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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 16, 2016 10 Tammuz 5776
Torah Sefer: Numbers Parasha: Chukat Haftarah: Judges 11:1-33 ————————————— Shabbat Kiddush will be in Taubenhaus Hall: Shabbat Kiddush next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. __________________________ Seudah Shlishit in will be 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.
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!
Mazal Tov Sharlene & Lawrence Barris on the birth of their grandson
Carmen & Ralph Grenville on the birth of their grandson
Nettie Barris on the birth of her great-grandson
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UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON
Friday July 15th 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:05 pm Candle Lighting Saturday July 16th No Class Aharoni Carmel 9:00 am Shacharit 6:40 pm Gideon Miller 6:55 pm Rabbi Gelman 7:55 pm Mincha 8:25 pm David Silberman 9:05 pm Havdalah Sunday July 17th 8:00 am Shacharit 8:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Monday July 18th 6:45 am Shacharit 8:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Tuesday July 19th 7:00 am Shacharit 8:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Wednesday July 20th 7:00 am Shacharit 8:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Thursday July 21st 6:45 am Shacharit 8:00 pm Mincha/Maariv Friday July 22nd 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 8:02 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. Sermon by Rabbi Gelman: The Original RBG and Notorious RBG: Lessons In
Leadership And Life From Aaron. Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour 15 minutes before MIncha
at the home of Barbara & Robert Levy. Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, 1 hour before Mincha. Rabbi
Gelman will continue his class on: Fundamental Questions On The Study Of The Bible: “What is Different About The Book of Devarim?”
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 [email protected] or online at www.uosh.org. This class is currently on break.
Wednesday 8:00 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. —————————————
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. This class is currently on break. —————— Wednesday 8:00 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 [email protected]
House and Grounds Neil Scheckter [email protected]
Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai [email protected]
Youth Education Robert Levy [email protected]
Membership Steven Abramson [email protected]
Hospitality Elise Passy [email protected]
Tzedakah Committee Dov Liberman [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
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
You may have seen or heard about this new virtual game. If you would like to understand more, you can click on the below link.
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videos/1108867302537145/
Greetings UOS Men's Club Members We are please to invite you to attend a fascinating talk at 8pm on Thursday July 21, 2016 at UOS on Greenwillow.
During his 40 year career, Richard Schatz handled over 1,400
divorce cases in California, Nevada and more recently in Texas. Four of his cases resulted in murders wherein one
spouse killed the other. He was indirectly involved with three other divorce-related murders, that involved his colleagues
and their respective cases.
At this time, he is in the process of writing a book that tells the true, non-fiction stories of two of these couples, their
backgrounds and what triggered these crimes.
Please feel free to bring your wives, girlfriends and family. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
The event will be co-sponsored by HOD Galil.
RSVP to Paul at [email protected]
Dear Members, A young (46year old) Jewish man is a patient at MD Anderson. He desperately needs blood/platelets. He wishes to remain anonymous. Do a mitzvah and donate blood and/or platelets for a member of our Houston Jewish Community who is in need. To learn how and where to donate, please visit
www.mdanderson.org/BloodBank
When making a donation, reference patient number 1129306.This is truly a gift from the heart.
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The 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B'Av 17th of Tammuz
The 17th day in the Jewish month of Tammuz, Jews the world over fast and lament to commemorate the many calamities that have befallen our people on this ominous day. The purpose of such fasts in the Jewish calendar is to awaken hearts towards repentance..."
A HISTORIC DAY OF CALAMITY Going all the way back to Biblical times, Moses descended Mount Sinai on this day and, upon seeing the Golden Calf broke the first set of Tablets carrying the Ten Commandments (Shemot 32:19, Mishna Taanit 28b). In the First Temple Era: The priests in the First Temple stopped offering the daily sacrifice on this day (Taanit 28b) due to the shortage of sheep during the siege and the next year 3184 (586 BCE), the walls of Jerusalem were breached after many months of siege by Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian forces. In Melachim II 21:7 we find that King Menashe, one of the worst of the Jewish kings, had an idol placed in the Holy Sanctuary of the Temple, according to tradition on this date. The Talmud, in Masechet Taanit 28b, says that in the time of the Roman persecution, Apostomos, captain of the occupation forces, did the same, and publicly burned the Torah - both acts considered open blasphemy and desecration. These were followed by Titus and Rome breaching the walls of Jerusalem in 3760 (70 CE) and Pope Gregory IX ordering the confisca-tion of all manuscripts of the Talmud in 4999 (1239). In later years this day continued to be a dark one for Jews. In 1391, more than 4,000 Jews were killed in Tole-do and Jaen, Spain and in 4319 (1559) the Jewish Quarter of Prague was burned and looted.
CUSTOMS The fast of the 17th of Tammuz is observed from the break of dawn until dusk. Unlike the two Jewish fast days Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av, washing and wearing leather are permitted on this day. Special prayers (vayechal and anenu) are added to the morning and afternoon prayers. Ashkenazim add the latter only in the afternoon service (mincha). This day is the beginning of the Three Weeks, an annual period of mourning over the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem.
Tisha B'Av Tisha B'Av - The "ninth day" in the Jewish month of Av, which starts at sundown on the eighth day and con-cludes at sundown on the ninth day of Av. This is the day when the intensity of the entire three week mourn-ing period reaches its peak (keep reading below for details and use our entire Tisha B'Av Resource Center to learn more).
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HISTORY: According to our sages, many tragic events occurred to our ancestors on this day: 1. The sin of the spies caused Hashem to decree that the Children of Israel who left Egypt would not be per-mitted to enter the land of Israel; 2. The first Temple was destroyed; 3. The second Temple was destroyed; 4. Betar, the last fortress to hold out against the Romans during the Bar Kochba revolt in the year 135, fell, sealing the fate of the Jewish people. 5. One year after the fall of Betar, the Temple area was plowed. 6. In 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain issued the expulsion decree, setting Tisha B'Av as the final date by which not a single Jew would be allowed to walk on Spanish soil. 7. World War I - which began the downward slide to the Holocaust - began on Tisha B'av.
PROHIBITIONS: The prohibitions on Tisha B'Av itself are similar to those of Yom Kippur. In addition to not eating or drinking, we are not allowed to wash, anoint oneself or wear leather shoes. In a prohibition more stringent than on Yom Kippur, we are only allowed to study certain portions of the Torah and Talmud on Tisha B'Av. Observances for Tisha B'Av Day: * Until Mincha on Tisha B'Av one should try to avoid sitting on a chair or bench. Instead, the custom is to stand or sit on the floor, just like a mourner during the Shiva (traditional seven days of mourning a loved one). * Beginning at Mincha sitting on chairs is permitted, and we reduce the intensity of the grief that has pervad-ed us so far. Also, men put on Tefillin and recite those Tefillot that were omitted at Shacharit. * It is forbidden to greet friends or acquaintances on Tisha B'Av. However, if greeted first, one should answer, but in a low tone in order not to arouse resentment. * At the evening Ma'ariv service, the entire congregation sits on the floor and recites the Book of Eicha (Lamentations) where the prophet Jeremiah weeps the destruction, and we weep with him. * The morning of Tisha B'Av is the saddest part of the day. We recite Kinot, and the men do not don Tefillin at Shacharit, because Tefillin are called "Pe-ar," "Glory," and this is definitely not a day of glory for the Jewish People.
Seventeenth of Tammuz This year, the 17th of Tammuz falls out on Shabbat - July 23rd All the laws of mourning are suspended on Shabbat. The fast is postponed until Sunday, and the Shabbat is joyously celebrated. 17th of Tammuz (observed) - July 24, 2016 Fast begins on Sunday, July 24th at 5:17am - Shacharit Services at 8:00AM Evening services at services at 8:00PM The fast ends at 8:46PM
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Tisha B'Av Tisha B'Av - Shabbat August 13th - Observed Sunday August 14th The following rules apply to any year on which Tisha B'Av is observed on Sunday-whether it originally fell on Sunday, or whether it fell on Shabbat and the fast was postponed until Saturday night. On Shabbat, all public displays of mourning are strictly prohibited. On this day we eat, drink and rejoice as is customary. There are two exceptions: a) If Shabbat is actually the 9th of Av (like this year), then marital relations are for-bidden. b) In all cases when Tisha B'Av is observed on Sunday, it is forbidden to study Torah starting with Shabbat midday (1:26PM) (aside for those sections of Torah which are permitted to be studied on Tisha B'Av). No mournful - Seudah Mafseket - separation meal - is conducted before the fast. Instead, shortly be-fore sunset we partake of a pre-fast meal making sure to end the meal before sunset (8:04PM). Mincha - 5PM - Seudah Shlishit should be eaten at home. Fast begins on Saturday Night, Aug. 13th at 8:04PM. Shabbat Ends at 8:46PM Maariv / Eicha - 9:10PM. At 8:46 everyone should say the phrase "baruch hamavdil bein kodesh lechol," remove their shoes, and change into weekday clothes and come back to shul for Maariv and Eicha.
Havdalah:
When Tisha B'Av falls out on Shabbat and is pushed off to Sunday, the bracha of Boreh Meorei HaEsh upon a fire is made on Saturday night before the reading of Eicha, however, the bracha of Havdalah on a cup of wine is delayed until after Tisha B'Av, Sunday night. An adult who is exempt from fasting should recite Havdalah on Saturday night before eating. Sunday, Aug. 14th - Shacharit and Kinnot - 8:00AM Learning and Films at UOS - (Times are approximate) - 1:30PM Our sages teach that whoever mourns over Jerusalem will merit the future vision of her joy. As it is written in Isaiah (Chapter 66, verse 10), "rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn her."
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