December 8, 2018 30 of Kislev 5779 Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Chanukah, Parshas Miketz Vol. 9 No. 12

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Big Brother Program (Shomrei’s Partnership with its sister city, Eli)

A Letter from Eliana Passentin

We are pleased to report that the Big Brother Program at the Talmud Torah Hadar Yosef, which many of you have generously supported in the past, has been a major success. Baruch Hashem our small community now includes 50 high-ranking officers in the IDF. This high proportion of officers speaks to the commitment of our community to the defense of Israel, as well as to the type of people that make up our community. That being said, this commitment on the part of the fathers means that their children often are without a parent learning partner. That is where the Big Brother Program comes in to address this important need. The primary objective of the program is to promote Torah learning in Eretz Yisrael. As we are now in Chodesh Kislev, the program has focused on much of the history surrounding the Chag. The fact that our children can see the site of the first battle between the Maccabees and the Greeks from their classroom brings our history and their learning even closer to home. We would like to thank those that have supported us in the past for your contributions to this program. Your partnership in this program is greatly appreciated; and we would be most grateful for your continued participation in this year’s program. If you are not yet a partner, we encourage you to join us in this significant undertaking in the education of our children. Chag Urim Sameach!! Eliana Passentin, Deputy Director Talmud Torah Hadar Yosef, Eli

Note: Contributions can be made to the Shomrei Emunah Israel Fund, earmarked Big Brother Program.

Thank you to this year's Chanukah party sponsors! Rabbi and Rebbetzin Marwick Rabbi Jonah and Sara Lerner Yossi and Devora Klein Dov and Shira Ocken

Gershon and Tali Seidel Daniel and Rikki Ambinder Moshe and Atara Miller Alan and Shoshi Stein

Message from the Youth Department: Exciting news! Next Shabbos, December 15, we will welcome two new all-star group leaders to our team, Yehuda Stern and Mickey Dov Lebovic. Both are excited to join us and wanted to say hello! 1-3 Grade Boys: "Hi, my name is Yehuda Stern. I am really excited for this wonderful opportunity of being the new group leader! Can't wait to meet everyone, Be"h!" 4-6 Grade Boys (Junior Congregation): "Hi, I’m Mickey Dov Lebovic, long time member of Shomrei Emunah, and excited to bring my experience of running groups in the Baltimore community to Shomrei Emunah 4th-6th grade boys!" **Junior Congregation will resume Shabbos, December 15, at 9:00 in the main minyan**

Welcome Shomrei Members: Yossie & Hinda Davis Joel & Rachel Gedalius Sanford and Susan Kadish

Menachem and Bahareh Radparvar Joseph Ari and Leah Weber Moishe and Miriam Zayon

Join the Shomrei Family!

Visit www.shomreiemunah.org or take an application from the lobby.

Yahrzeits Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Chanukah Pashas Miketz December 8 2018/30 of Kislev 5779

Mincha: 12:40, 3:00, 4:20pm Candle Lighting: 4:25pm

Shacharis: 7:00am (Main Shul) Parshas

8:15am (Bais Medrash) HaShavuah: 8:30am

8:45am (Classroom 3/4)

9:00am (Main Shul) Krias Sh'ma: 9:36am

Mincha: 2:00pm

3:00pm Shiur: 3:30pm

4:15pm

Maariv: 5:27pm Daf Yomi: After Havdallah

Shabbos Afternoon Shiur: will be given by Rabbi Marwick on the topic: The Minhag to Light Chanukah Candles in Shul and other Public Places Part II.

Shalosh Seudos Speaker: Ron Mitnick

Shalosh Seudos Sponsors: Ron and Myrna Mitnick in memory of Ron’s mother, Mollie Mitnick,

26 of Kislev.

Notes for this week:

Chaburah following the 8:15am davening.

Rosh Chodesh Teves is Shabbos & Sunday (December 8 & 9)

The 9:00am Minyan will likely miss the Zman Krias Sh’ma, please

remember to recite it before the posted time.

Next Week: Shabbos Vayigash Mincha: 4:25pm Candle Lighting: 4:25pm

DAVENING TIMES This Week 12/9-12/13

Mincha/Marriv:

4:30pm (MS)

Early Mincha (Sunday)

12:40pm(MS)

Additional Maariv:

7:15pm (BM)

8:15pm (MS)

9:00pm (MS)

10:00pm (BM)

MS - Main Shul, BM - Bais Medrash, SH - Social Hall, ETT - Earliest Talis/Tefilin

Shacharis

Rosh Chodesh Chanukah Rosh Chodesh

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday Weekday

ETT: 6:15am ETT: 6:16am ETT: 6:17am ETT: 6:17am ETT: 6:18am ETT: 6:19am

5:55 (MS) 5:55 (MS) 5:55 (MS) 5:55 (MS) 5:55 (MS) 6:05 (MS)

6:05 (BM) 6:15 (BM) 6:15 (BM) 6:15 (BM) 6:15 (BM) 6:15 (BM) 6:05 (MS) 6:10 (BM)

6:45 (MS) 6:45 (MS) 6:45 (MS) 6:45 (MS) 6:45 (MS) 6:40 (MS)

7:15 (BM) 7:15 (BM) 7:15 (BM) 7:15 (BM) 7:15 (BM) 7:15 (BM) 7:15 (BM) 7:15 (BM)

8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS) 8:00 (MS)

8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM) 8:30 (BM)

9:15 (MS) 9:00 (MS) 9:00 (MS) 9:00 (MS) 9:00 (MS) 9:00 (MS) 9:15 (MS) 9:00 (MS)

Shema: 9:36am Shema: 9:37am Shema: 9:37am Shema: 9:38am Shema: 9:39am Shema: 9:39am

Please Daven for a Refuah Sheleimah for:

Yeshaya Shalom ben Malka Gittel Rafoel Chayim Yoel ben Shayna Golda Tuvia Avraham ben Chaya Zeesha

Yechezkel Avrohom ben Shoshana Fraida Reuven Halevi ben Masha

Shmuel ben Devorah Chaim Yitzchok Yaakov ben Chava Feiga

Reuven Yisroel ben Tzippora Rachel Noach ben Chaya

Ronit bas Hadassa Esther Chava bas Chaya Masha

Reuven Eitan ben Chava Breina Tzvi Ze'ev ben Devorah Miriam

Sarah bas Esther

Important Note: To add a name please contact the office by email: Office@ShomreiEmunah.org. The list will be cleared every Rosh Chodesh.

It is better to accept upon oneself a fast from speaking that a fast from eating because speaking causes more damage--Sefer Rosh Hagboah. After all the latkes and donuts the Shmiras HaLashon Chabura is not eating OR speaking this Sunday and will resume next week --8:45-9:30am Classroom 1.

Mazel Tov Dr. Janet Sunness on the The Hoover Low Vision Rehabilitation Center dedication

of the Alvin S. and Elaine S. Mintzes Endowment in her honor, to honor her treating 5,000 unique patients at GBMC, which took place this past week.

Mitchell and Amy Ackerson on the marriage of their daughter, Elisheva to Jonathan Maltz originally of Staten Island, tonight in Ranana. The happy couple will be living in Petach Tikva.

Diane and Dr. Jerry Felsenthal on the marriage of their granddaughter, Shira, the daughter of Shulamit and Steven Felsenthal of Beit Shemesh, to Yossi Goldschein, the son of Esther and Howie Goldschein of Efrat. Mazel Tov to the other grandparents, Mati and Zush Motechin, Suzanne and Lenny Goldschein, and Chaya and Moshe Ginsburg.

Anflick and Topper families on the birth of Chaya Sora Topper.

Fred Sunness 30 Kislev Father Benjamin Sunness

Sandy Gewanter 30 Kislev Mother Dr. Edith Earle Leonard

Robert Lehman 30 Kislev Mother Nannette Lehman

Deborah Eisenberg 1 Tevet Mother Shirley Polak

Brian Tanen 1 Tevet Father Bernard Tanen

Kayla Freed 1 Tevet Husband Asher Freed

Melvin Minster 1 Tevet Father Samuel Minster

Amy Ackerson 3 Tevet Mother Lillian Hammer

Gerald Goldfeder 4 Tevet Grandfather Avraham Feder

David Diamond 4 Tevet Father Herbert Diamond

Tracey Kotlicky 5 Tevet Father Jack Gordon

Ellen Lightman 5 Tevet Father Hans Frank

David Bienenstock 5 Tevet Grandmother Jenny Bienenstock

Abe Gutman 5 Tevet Brother Manny Gutman

Avigdor Loeb 5 Tevet Father Reuven

David Bienenstock 6 Tevet Aunt Lilly Goldstein

Josh Lewis 6 Tevet Father David Yirmiyahu Lewis

Memorial Donations Esther Goldfeiz in memory of her sister, Chaya bas Dovid, donation to the

Israel Fund.

Y O U T H N E W S

Shabbos Youth Programs

Babysitting (12mo. to 3 years) - Board Room , Time: 8:45 - end of Shul

Preschool Group (4-5 year olds) - Classroom 2, Time: 8:45 - end of Shul

Beginner’s Minyan (1st-3rd Grade) - Classroom 3, 8:45 - end of Shul

Younger Girls Groups (1st-3rd Grade) - Kallah Room, 10:00 - end of Shul

Junior Congregation (4th-6th Grade Boys) - Begin and End in main

minyan 9:00 - end of shul (Classroom 1 for Kiddush and activities).

Older Girls (4th-6th Grade) - Tower Classroom 1, 10:00 - end of Shul

Teen Minyan - Shul Next Door, 9:15. Hot kiddush following davening

dedicated in memory of Gilad Schwartz.

**Note: Girls’ groups officially begin at 10:00, but there will be a supervised games/hang-out room available from 8:45-10:00 (Kallah Room)

The youth department would like to remind all parents to remain on the shul premises if your children are participating in youth groups.

Happy Birthday to all Shomrei Youth with December Birthdays!!

Is your child’s birthday in December and not on this list? Fill out the youth survey on the Shul web site!

Shul Notes Aliyos If you have a Bar Mitzvah or Aufruf coming up, please

contact David Bienenstock at Zaidyb12@gmail.com to arrange your Aliyos.

Message From The Chessed Committee: A family in the community is in need of Shabbos meals. Please see "take a meal" form http://www.takethemameal.com/meals.php?t=NHYU1159 or contact office@shomreiemunah.org or Rochel Katz at rachelk8@gmail.com or call 410-292-4113.

Did you know? Gifts can be made to Shomrei Emunah with a stock donation? Shomrei has an account with Morgan Stanley and Vanguard to accept all stock gifts. Check the donations tab at www.shomreiemunah.org for more information or call Shira at (410) 358-8604.

Please join Shomrei in partnership with ACHI (American Communities Helping Israel) to spread ACHI's message of "Think Israel--Buy Israeli." Thank you to the following people who have donated towards this project by sponsoring an Israeli product at Seuda Shlishit.

If you would like to sponsor an Israeli product for Seuda Shlishit, or any other Shomrei function, in future weeks, please send an $18 check made out to ACHI to Tova Taragin at 6600 Baythorne Road 21209. If you sponsored last year, and would like to sponsor again, feel free to do so. We will soon need more sponsors.

Please continue in the ACHI spirit. Fill a dish (KLEE) every week with Israeli products and spread the message of "Think Israel-Buy Israeli" at your Shabbat table. Fill it and refill it every week. Klee cards are available in the shul lobby.

Arthur and Mary Sue Rubenstein Arthur and Mary Sue Rubenstein Jechiel and Hadassah Juskowicz Jechiel and Hadassah Juskowicz Mike and Layne Lowenstein

Mike and Layne Lowenstein Rabbi Shimshon and Donna Wach Jechiel and Hadassah Juskowicz Jechiel and Hadassah Juskowicz

Joshua Bernstein Noam Schulman

Shmuel Chaim Breuer Elisheva Sklare

Sammy Carter Yosef Spatz

Gittel Friedman Nava Stein

Zevi Goldsmith Yehuda Traub

Kayla Lasson Nachum Wealcatch

Aharon Meth Doni Weichbrod

Shira Rosenberg

UNDER CONTRACT

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HAPPY CHANUKAH!!

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Sympathy Rabbi Dovid Lefkowitz on the loss of his mother, Mrs. Shoshana

Lefkowitz.

May the families be comforted amongst the mourners of Tzion & Yerushalayim.

Daf Yomi Kayla Freed in memory of her husband, Asher Naftali Freed, 1 of

Teves.

Kiddush at the 8:45/D’veykus Minyan is sponsored anonymously, in honor of Rabbi Marwick.

To sponsor, please contact dr.kenneth.friedman@gmail.com

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

WITH RABBI MARWICK!

Shomre i Pos t -Ca rpool Sh iur f o r W o m e n a w e e k l y di scus s ion of con temporary i s s u e s c o n n e c t e d t o t h e Parsha . Meet s Tuesdays at 9 : 3 0 a m . P l e a s e c o n t a c t R a b b i M a rw i c k w i t h a ny ques t io ns . New Top i c : P i rkei Avos !

Thursday Morn ing Sh iu r on C o n t e m p o r a r y H a l a c h i c Is sues at 9:30am. For more i n fo rma t ion con tac t Dav id B i e n e n s t o c k a t Zaidyb12@gmai l . com .

“ P i z z a & P a r s h a ” f o r S t u d e n t s & Y o u n g P r o f e s s i o n a l s a g e s 1 7 -2 9 t h i s p r o g r a m i s d e d i c a t e d L ’ i l u i N i s h m a s G i l a d S c h w a r t z a n d spo n so re d by t h e May e r F a m i l y . T a k e s p l a c e a t 7 :30pm on Thursdays .

Th u rsd a y N ig h t s i n t h e Kn ish Shop Pa r ty Room 9 : 3 0 p m , 1 1 t h a n d 1 2 t h g r a d e b o y s P a r s h a Di scus s ion .

Halach ic Themes f rom the Parsha Sh iu r Thur sdays at 10:15pm. Th i s pas t week ’s top ic : Maoz Tzu r : Bor row ing Tunes in Ha lacha.

Shabbos Af te rnoon Sh i ur : w i l l be g i v e n by R a b b i Marwick on t he topi c : T he Minhag to L igh t Chanukah Cand les in Shu l and other Public Places Part II.

The Rav ’s Mishna yos Sh iur ! At ten t ion Boys in 5 th , 6 th grade . The sh iu r w i l l take place i n Rabb i Marw ick ’ s off ice a t 3 :00pm . Learn ing Mase c he s R o s h Ha s hanah . Spon so red by Aaron and R i sa Lev i . Refre shmen ts w i l l be served !

Community Notes The WIT Melave Malka will take place Motzei Shabbos,

December 15th at 8:00 pm. The event, which takes place at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion will pay tribute to Dr. Rena Langermann and Mrs. Chavie Klein and will feature a video presentation highlighting the WIT faculty. For more information or to register please visit WIT’s website, www.witbaltimore .org or email wit@witbaltimore.org.

THANK YOU – THANK YOU!!! Jewish Caring Network Annual Toy Drive was a HUGE SUCEESS DUE TO YOUR LOVING HEARTS & GENEROUSITY. Thank you for partnering with us and bringing a smile to children’s faces and a “brightening” their lives this Chanukah. We cannot thank you enough!!

One Crucial Night to Raise Mental Health Awareness - will be held at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion Congregation in Monday, Dec. 17th from 8-9:30 p.m. The purpose of this important event is to increase mental health awareness, reduce stigma, increase support within the Baltimore Orthodox community, and encourage people to seek treatment/therapy/medication. Featured speakers are: Rabbi Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro and Dr. Norman Blumenthal. Sponsors include: Relief Services, Bikur Cholim, Ohel New York, Sinai Hospital, Levindale Hospital, Ahavas Yisrael, CBMI/Lev Shlomo, Jewish Caring Network, Hatzalah. There is no charge. This event is endorsed by community Rabbonim and for men and women. For more information, call/text Suzann Lasson (410) 598-4765 or email otlasson@gmail.com.

Join us at Torah Together: Wednesdays, 8 p.m. at Shomrei Emunah. Chavrusah study for men & women. For more info or for a custom-fit chavrusah. Please call Toby Friedman 443-468-4598/tpfriedman@gmail.com

Yeshiva of Greater Washington-Tiferes Gedaliah Boys Division Open House in Baltimore on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 8:00 PM at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shimon Weichbrod, 6714 Woodbury Road, Baltimore, MD 21209. For directions call 443-379-0385. If you have a son going into grades 7 –11, join us, meet the Hanhala, and find out what the Yeshiva of Greater Washington in Silver Spring is all about!

The Shidduch Center of Baltimore invites the entire community to a special evening of unity. The event will feature a unique perspective from Rabbi YY Jacobson on how we can all be involved in alleviating the challenges that face those who are in shidduchim. Light refreshments will be served. Event to take place Sunday night, Dec. 16, 8pm at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion. There is no charge to attend this event.

Sunday Dec 9th Shomrei MIshmeres 2821 West Strathmore Ave. Breakfast & Chanukah Shiur Rabbi Simcha Baer. Shachris 715am.

Jewish Caring Network Invites the Community to a Lecture on the First Yahrzeit of Mrs. Chaiya Drabkin a”h, Our Cherished Friend and JCN Co-Founder. Rabbi Paysach Krohn - Bringing Simcha Into Our Lives. Monday, January 7, 2019 – 8pm at Shomrei Emunah Congregation. Lecture is open to Men & Women - There is No Charge for This Lecture. Lecture Sponsored by Season’s Hospice & Palliative Care with appreciation to Shomrei Emunah Congregation for their partnership.

The Baltimore Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Group will have the next meeting on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 12:00 noon at the Park Heights JCC. We will join Lisa Shifren and the Holocaust Survivors Social Club for a Hanukah Party. Please RSVP by December 10 to Lisa Shifren 410-843-7338. Fee: $5.00 per person includes lunch and performance by the Baltimore Klezmer Orchestra. For more information contact Felicia Graber at 443-759-5556 or hgraber@earthlink.net.

The Chesed Fund & Project Ezra announce “Chanukah Lights- A Shabbos of Reflection,” a free reflector belt giveaway campaign. Belts for adults are available at shul and belts for children have been distributed through their schools. Reflector belts protect and save lives on dark nights and during inclement weather!

This Motzei Shabbos: 6:45pm